Avro vs. Protobuf: Choosing the Superior Data Serialization Method for Kafka and High-Throughput Systems Should You Use Protobuf or Avro for the Most Efficient Data Serialization? Data serialization plays a crucial role in modern distributed systems, enabling effective communication and storage of structured data. Two widely used serialization methods in the industry are [...]
APAR status Closed as program error. Error description IBM MQ channels might go unresponsive with high CPU usage in channel process amqrmppa or runmqchl if the channel synchronization record is corrupted. If the problem affects the channels on the SENDER side(e.g. SDR or CLUSSDR) channels then no message will be sent by the [...]
Where is my message and what does it look like? When it comes to using MQ, it's not uncommon to run into issues with tracking messages and its contents. For example, you might find yourself wondering, "Where is my message and what does it look like?" A common solution is [...]
4 Ways IT Administrators Can Be More Productive & Cost Efficient The following 4 ways IT Administrators can be more productive and cost efficient are a helpful guideline for steps you can take today to help your organization. Introduction Gartner Speaks on the Cost of IT Skills According to Gartner, [...]
Identity and Access Management for MQ Environments Should Administrators, Engineers, Developers, helpdesk Agents, and Managers all have the same visibility and access to your enterprise messaging and integration infrastructure? Not according to Gartner and we couldn’t agree more. In fact, Identity and Access Management for MQ Environments is why we created our unique Trusted Spaces™ [...]
Third Thursdays: A Conversation Around IBM Products - MQ Ansible - A Live Technical Q&A Are you tired of manually deploying IBM MQ on each of your virtual machines (VMs)? Do you find it challenging to deal with technical issues and the time it takes to deploy on each VM? If so, join [...]
Efficiently Integrating Banking & Financial Transactional Systems from Mergers & Acquisitions Over the past few years, the banking and financial sector has seen an increase in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), leading to a need for integration of various, disparate applications and IT systems to ensure more efficient and customer-oriented operations. As [...]
MQ Admin Tool News: Fix for QM to go into unresponsive state. Back in March of 2022, IBM acknowledged an issue when upgrading to MQ 9.2.x CD. The problem, it seems, is that the the queue manager intermittently hangs. Users of this MQ Admin tool will get an FDC that reads: "XC307100 xlsRequestMutex xecL_W_LONG_LOCK_WAIT [...]
We would like to congratulate our very own Peter D’Agosta for being named to the IBM Champions Class of 2023. From IBM: "IBM Champions demonstrate practical expertise in IBM technologies while providing extraordinary support and advocacy in IBM digital and local communities. The IBM Champions program recognizes these innovative thought leaders in the technical [...]
News From Your IBM MQ Cloud Integration Team at Information Design Inc. By: Nick Felicione Information Design, Inc What’s new in 2023? We are pleased to announce that IBM is making changes in the way they deploy IBM MQ updates. The changes to IBM MQ's maintenance delivery model are as follows: IBM MQ is adopting [...]
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