Table of Contents Best of 2025: Top Middleware Trends & Integration Guides 2025 was a turning point for enterprise IT. Middleware stopped being just "plumbing." It became the intelligence behind the operation. Looking back at the last 12 months, one thing is clear: the old ways of managing integration are gone. [...]
Best of 2025: Top Middleware Trends & Integration Guides 2025 was a turning point for enterprise IT. Middleware stopped being just "plumbing." It became the intelligence behind the operation. Looking back at the last 12 months, one thing is clear: the old ways of managing integration are gone. What changed in 2025? According to [...]
A Smarter Way to Handle Message Data: Understanding Context Trees in IBM App Connect Enterprise As integration environments grow more complex, developers face a recurring challenge in IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE): how to efficiently access, track, and reuse message data as it flows through multiple nodes — or even nested subflows — without [...]
IBM MQ vulnerability to Slowloris attack: What Your Team Can Do About It The recently disclosed MQ vulnerability to Slowloris attack (CVE-2025-36128) is a reminder that even mature messaging platforms like IBM MQ can be impacted by classic web-layer denial-of-service techniques. IBM’s security bulletin confirms that certain IBM MQ components are susceptible to a Slowloris-style [...]
Smarter Than Scripts: How Intelligent Automation Transforms IBM MQ Administration For decades, IBM MQ administrators have relied on scripts to automate routine tasks — from clearing queues and restarting channels to handling messages stuck in the Dead Letter Queue. These scripts were once the backbone of efficiency. But as MQ environments have grown more [...]
IBM MQ User Group at TechXchange: Full Agenda Announced The IBM MQ User Group is set to take place at IBM TechXchange on Monday, October 6th, 2025, and the agenda is now live. This dedicated User Group brings together MQ architects, practitioners, and industry experts to share insights, explore best practices, and look ahead [...]
Can an MQTT Client Work with Apache ActiveMQ Server? If you’re exploring lightweight messaging solutions for IoT or real-time systems, you may be wondering: can an MQTT client work with Apache ActiveMQ server? The short answer is yes—ActiveMQ supports MQTT natively, and the two technologies can work together seamlessly. ActiveMQ Classic supports MQTT v3.1 [...]
Avada Software Is Sponsoring Middleware Mash-Up 2025 We’re excited to announce that Avada Software is sponsoring Middleware Mash-Up 2025, a one-day event built for IBM MQ and integration professionals. If you work with MQ, App Connect, or other integration technologies, this event is designed for you. Event Details Date: August 26, 2025 Location: Topgolf [...]
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% [...]
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