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 [...]
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% [...]
eCommerce in Italy: Why IT Leaders Need to Prepare for the Digital Surge eCommerce in Italy is Booming — And IT Leaders Must Keep Pace eCommerce in Italy is experiencing extraordinary growth. Recent reports show that the Italian eCommerce market is on track to reach over €61 billion by 2028, building on revenues of over [...]
The Importance of Access Controls in MQ Incident Response IBM® MQ plays a critical role in ensuring reliable, secure messaging between distributed applications. But as your MQ infrastructure grows in complexity—spanning hybrid, containerized, and multi-cloud environments—so too does the risk of misconfiguration, unauthorized access, and slower incident response times. That’s where access controls in MQ [...]
Best Practices for Securing IBM MQ in Kubernetes As organizations modernize their infrastructure, deploying IBM MQ in Kubernetes has become increasingly common. But with this shift comes new challenges—especially in security. Traditional methods of access control and monitoring aren't enough in dynamic, containerized environments. Securing IBM MQ in Kubernetes requires a focus on identity, visibility, [...]
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 Native HA: Enhancing Messaging Resilience in Modern Architectures In today’s digitally connected world, enterprise messaging systems must be both highly available and resilient. IBM MQ—a leader in message-oriented middleware—provides robust messaging capabilities that ensure reliable data exchange between applications. One of the key features that help guarantee uninterrupted messaging is Native High [...]
Are You Effectively Monitoring Your IBM MQ and Kafka Performance? In today's complex data landscapes, many enterprises rely on a combination of IBM MQ and Apache Kafka to handle their messaging needs. While both are powerful technologies, they serve different purposes: IBM MQ excels at ensuring precision and guaranteed message delivery, while Kafka is [...]
How to Simplify IBM MQ DLQ Management with Automation Dead Letter Queues (DLQs) are a crucial component of IBM MQ, acting as a safety net for messages that cannot be delivered to their intended destination. However, managing DLQs efficiently—especially in large, complex environments—can quickly become a challenge. Without automation, the task is labor-intensive, prone to [...]
Optimize IBM MQ Performance: The Essential Guide to Metric Baselines In today’s complex IT landscapes, establishing IBM MQ metric baselines for performance is crucial to ensure that your messaging system operates at peak efficiency. With increasing demand for real-time data processing and seamless integration across distributed systems, a robust baseline helps you identify anomalies, [...]
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