MQ Traffic Switching Visibility: Reducing Risk During Data Center Failover When enterprises move application traffic from one data center to another, the release or operations workflow may look controlled on the surface. A change window is opened. A runbook is followed. A release orchestration tool launches a workflow. Scripts are executed. Statuses are checked. [...]
IBM MQ Administration Automation: Why Ansible Alone Isn’t Enough Automation is a priority for many enterprise IT organizations, and for good reason. Repetitive manual work slows teams down, introduces risk, and consumes valuable engineering time. So when organizations look at IBM MQ administration automation, it is natural for Ansible to enter the conversation. Ansible [...]
This is Part 1 of a 6-part series exploring how to use IBM MQ as a reliable ingestion layer for AI and RAG. For the full article, click here Using IBM MQ and RAG Together: A Reliable Ingestion Layer for AI Enterprise AI projects rarely fail because the model is hard to use. [...]
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 [...]
How the IBM Confluent Acquisition Changes MQ and Kafka in 2026 Imagine you are an enterprise architect building a modern data system. You need to safely move highly sensitive financial transactions. You also need to stream millions of user clicks to your analytics dashboard in real time. For a decade, IT directors fiercely debated the [...]
Avada Software at 20: Two Decades of Building for the Real World of Enterprise Middleware For 20 years, Avada Software has followed a path that is increasingly rare in enterprise technology: steady, customer-driven growth built on deep engineering rather than hype. Since its founding in 2006, Avada has focused on solving real operational problems for [...]
20 Infrared360 features you didn’t realize you were missing We believe that managing complex middleware environments should be seamless, secure, and intuitive. Since we were founded 20 years ago, Avada Software has continuously evolved Infrared360® to address the unique challenges middleware teams face in managing distributed environments. Because we focus so [...]
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 [...]
IBM MQ Appliance Authority Vulnerability (CVE-2026-1713) Addressed: What MQ Teams Should Do Now Security bulletin recap and upgrade checklist for IBM MQ Appliance 9.4 LTS and 9.4 CD Key takeaways IBM disclosed and addressed an authority vulnerability affecting IBM MQ Appliance (CVE-2026-1713).12 The issue relates to unintended access to the system queue SYSTEM.AUTH.DATA.QUEUE, which [...]
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