Avada Software https://avadasoftware.com/ Smarter, Easier, More Secure Middleware Management Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:18:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 Common IBM MQ Explorer Tasks You Can Perform in Infrared360 https://avadasoftware.com/mq-explorer-tasks-infrared360/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:18:14 +0000 https://avadasoftware.com/?p=9693 If you use IBM MQ Explorer, you probably have a few familiar routines. Check a queue, investigate a channel, update an object, or find out why an application isn't processing its messages. When you're evaluating another administration tool, those are the tasks you want to see working.Infrared360® lets you perform many of these tasks through [...]

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]]> IBM MQ Explorer Alternative: Why Infrared360 Goes Beyond a Replacement https://avadasoftware.com/ibm-mq-explorer-alternative/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:59:46 +0000 https://avadasoftware.com/?p=9654 IBM has announced the deprecation of MQ Explorer, raising an urgent question for MQ administrators: What’s next? For organizations evaluating an IBM MQ Explorer alternative, the answer shouldn't simply be migrating to another basic GUI or forcing a shift to GitOps. It should be an opportunity to adopt a better way to administer MQ. [...]

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]]> Going to IBM TechXchange 2026? Make Time for the MQ User Group https://avadasoftware.com/ibm-mq-user-group-techxchange-2026/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:27:31 +0000 https://avadasoftware.com/?p=9642 Heading to IBM TechXchange in Atlanta this year? If IBM MQ is part of your day-to-day work, you'll want to make time for the MQ User Group on Monday, October 26. It's a chance to hear directly from IBM, see how others are approaching common MQ challenges, and connect with people who understand what it [...]

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]]> IBM MQ Capacity Planning: Why Queue Depth Is Only Part of the Picture https://avadasoftware.com/ibm-mq-capacity-planning/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:47:38 +0000 https://avadasoftware.com/?p=9583 When people think about IBM MQ capacity planning, queue depth is often one of the first things they look at. That makes sense. If messages are piling up on a queue, something may not be keeping pace. But queue depth only tells you part of the story. An MQ environment can start running into [...]

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]]> IBM MQ Message Browsing: Simplify Triage After You Find a Suspicious Message https://avadasoftware.com/ibm-mq-message-browsing-triage/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:57:13 +0000 https://avadasoftware.com/?p=9537 A queue is backing up. An application team is reporting failed transactions. Or while investigating an unrelated routing issue, you discover messages that simply look out of place. Standard IBM MQ message browsing lets administrators and support teams inspect queue contents without consuming or removing messages.[1] But in active enterprise environments, discovering a suspicious [...]

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]]> Managing IBM MQ at Scale in Travel & Transportation: A Guide for Middleware Operations Leaders https://avadasoftware.com/ibm-mq-travel-transportation/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 21:42:11 +0000 https://avadasoftware.com/?p=9523 IBM MQ® can support some of the most time-sensitive digital interactions in travel and transportation, including bookings, travel updates, fare payments, baggage-related processes, hospitality systems, and loyalty programs.[1][2] For Middleware Operations Leaders, the challenge increases as IBM MQ expands across more applications, environments, locations, and teams. The goal is to keep the MQ environment [...]

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]]> Troubleshoot Protobuf Kafka Records Without Custom Code https://avadasoftware.com/troubleshoot-protobuf-kafka-records-without-custom-consumer/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:55:46 +0000 https://avadasoftware.com/?p=9414 This is Part 5 of a 5-part series exploring The Protobuf Visibility Gap in Kafka Operations | Previous Article A custom Kafka consumer is often the first troubleshooting idea when a team needs to inspect Protobuf data. The logic appears simple: obtain the schema, connect to the topic, deserialize the record, and print the fields. [...]

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]]> IBM MQ REST API Security: Automate MQ Without Losing RBAC https://avadasoftware.com/ibm-mq-rest-api-security-rbac/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:22:29 +0000 https://avadasoftware.com/?p=9366 REST APIs are changing how teams manage enterprise middleware. For IBM MQ teams, that can be a very good thing. REST and Swagger-style API documentation make it easier to script common actions, integrate with change systems, reduce manual work, and give operations teams faster ways to interact with MQ environments. But there is a [...]

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]]> Confluent Message Browser vs. Infrared360 for Protobuf https://avadasoftware.com/confluent-message-browser-vs-infrared360-protobuf/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:54:30 +0000 https://avadasoftware.com/?p=9411 Confluent Message Browser vs. Infrared360: Two Protobuf Inspection Workflows This is Part 4 of a 5-part series exploring The Protobuf Visibility Gap in Kafka Operations | Previous Article | Next Article A useful product comparison starts by acknowledging the overlap. Confluent Cloud's message browser and Confluent Platform Control Center can display, filter, validate, download, and [...]

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]]> How Infrared360 Helps IBM MQ Engineers in Financial Services https://avadasoftware.com/infrared360-ibm-mq-engineers-financial-services/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:46:43 +0000 https://avadasoftware.com/?p=9350 A practical evaluation guide for MQ engineers comparing monitoring and administration platforms If you are evaluating an IBM MQ monitoring and administration solution, you probably do not need another tool that only displays queue depth. You need a faster and safer way to see what is happening across the MQ estate, investigate incidents, [...]

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