Join Avada Software at Middleware Mash-Up Philadelphia 2026: Building an AI-Ready Integration Environment Without Added Complexity Enterprise integration teams are being asked to support more than reliable message movement. Today, IBM MQ, IBM App Connect Enterprise, Kafka, Cloud Pak for Integration, OpenShift, automation, governance, and AI initiatives are becoming increasingly connected. That creates an [...]

Using IBM MQ as a Reliable Ingestion Layer for AI and RAG Enterprise AI projects rarely fail because the model was too hard to call. They fail because the right business data does not reach the right downstream system in a timely, reliable, and governable way. That is why IBM MQ deserves a place [...]

IBM MQ RDQM Patching Guide: The hidden kernel-module dependency that can stop HA queue managers Why this IBM MQ RDQM Patching Guide exists RDQM makes IBM MQ highly available by using DRBD disk replication and a cluster stack (Pacemaker/Corosync). That’s great - until a routine RHEL patch window updates the Linux kernel. Here’s the hidden [...]

AI Agents vs. Monitoring Agents: Why the Difference Matters for IT Operations If you’ve been following the AI headlines lately, you’ve probably seen “AI agents” everywhere—pitched as autonomous systems that perceive context, reason, plan, and take actions with minimal human intervention. The hype is real, but it’s also creating a very specific kind of [...]

Preparing Your Payment Middleware for the Surge in eCommerce and Digital Payments in Italy Why Payment Middleware Matters More Than Ever eCommerce in Italy is growing at a phenomenal pace. The Italian eCommerce market is expected to surpass 61 billion EUR by 2028, building on over €47.1 billion in 2024 (which grew by nearly 10% [...]