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 [...]
4 Middleware Architecture Tips You Didn’t Know About As a Middleware Architect, you’re tasked with building, upgrading, or maintaining the backbone of your enterprise’s IT environment. Middleware systems, whether they involve message brokers like IBM MQ, Kafka, or ActiveMQ, or enterprise integration platforms, are essential for enabling seamless communication and data exchange. But even [...]
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 [...]
5 Lesser-Known WebSphere Application Server Metrics to Monitor When it comes to managing your WebSphere Application Server (WAS) environment, monitoring the usual suspects like CPU usage, memory consumption, and thread activity is essential. But to truly optimize performance and ensure seamless operations, you need to dig deeper. Here are five lesser-known WebSphere Application Server Metrics [...]
The Importance of Access Controls in Middleware Incident Response Middleware is the backbone of modern enterprise systems, connecting applications and enabling seamless data exchange. But as critical as middleware is, it’s also an area of vulnerability. Monitoring tools play a vital role in identifying issues within middleware environments, but their true value is realized only [...]
IBM MQ for Test Platform Engineers: Mastering Messaging Systems for Testing Excellence IBM MQ is an integral part of many enterprises' messaging infrastructure, especially in financial services, where reliable and secure messaging is critical. Understanding IBM MQ for Test Platform Engineers is essential for creating robust and resilient testing frameworks that simulate production-like messaging environments. [...]
Enhanced Troubleshooting in IBM WebSphere Application Server When it comes to maintaining high-performing enterprise middleware, visibility into your system's operations is critical. IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS), a cornerstone in enterprise Java applications, recently addressed a critical issue in APAR PH62653. This blog will outline the problem, its resolution, and what it means for [...]
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