IBM MQ User Group at TechXchange: Full Agenda Announced The IBM MQ User Group is set to take place at IBM TechXchange on Monday, October 6th, 2025, and the agenda is now live. This dedicated User Group brings together MQ architects, practitioners, and industry experts to share insights, explore best practices, and look ahead [...]
2025 Mid-Year MQ and Middleware Roundup The first half of 2025 has brought plenty of conversations around optimizing IBM MQ environments, improving developer workflows, and strengthening resilience through automation and smart access controls. Whether you’re catching up or revisiting key insights, we’ve pulled together six standout articles that balance practical advice with big-picture strategy. Each [...]
Why Developers Need Access to MQ and How to Make It Work Securely Imagine you're a developer trying to test a new feature that sends a message through IBM MQ. You write the code, hit run... and nothing happens. The message disappears. You suspect it’s stuck in a queue somewhere. But you can’t see [...]
IBM MQ 9.4.2 Release: Enhancements and Features for Modern Messaging IBM has announced the upcoming IBM MQ 9.4.2 release, the second Continuous Delivery (CD) release of the 9.4 Long Term Support (LTS) line. This update introduces improved resiliency, enhanced administrative tooling, and performance optimizations across IBM MQ, IBM MQ Advanced, IBM MQ for z/OS, [...]
Self-Healing Middleware: The Architect’s Blueprint for Resilience Middleware Architects rely on automated self-healing to maintain system resilience and efficiency. Middleware environments are inherently complex, with interconnected queues, brokers, and channels. Manually addressing issues like queue overflow, stalled processes, or certificate expirations consumes valuable time and resources, leaving architects with less bandwidth for optimization and innovation. [...]
Don't Let IT Integration Delay Your M&A – Here’s How to Get It Right This guide will provide key considerations and best practices for successfully integrating IT systems during mergers and acquisitions (M&A). With organizations increasingly engaging in M&A activities, integrating diverse applications and IT systems is crucial for ensuring operational efficiency, data accuracy, [...]
Why Secure Remote Access Is Critical for Your Business Success Secure remote access is more than just an operational necessity—it is a critical requirement for organizations managing sensitive systems. With regulatory bodies enforcing stringent compliance measures across industries such as banking and finance, businesses must implement secure access strategies to protect their networks and data [...]
Best of 2024: Insights and Innovations in Middleware and Messaging As we look back on the Best of 2024, it’s evident that this year brought forward critical strategies and solutions for navigating the challenges of middleware management, messaging technologies, and enterprise integration. From optimizing MQ operations to building resilient middleware architectures, these articles highlight [...]
Why Middleware Automation is Important As banks and financial services institutions face growing demands for efficiency and resilience, IT automation has continued to grow across the industry. A study by SMA showed that 61% of financial institutions are planning to spend more on automation over the next 12 months than they did last [...]
Best of Q4 - 2024 As 2024 draws to a close, we’re taking a moment to reflect on some of the most impactful articles we’ve shared this quarter. From exploring messaging broker security to essential monitoring KPIs and innovative integration solutions, these pieces offer valuable insights to enhance your IT infrastructure and operational [...]
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