The meshIQ blog provides insights into pivotal and disruptive technologies, such as Hybrid Cloud, i2M, Messaging Middleware, AI, blockchain, and more contributed by MeshIQ experts and innovators.
Published December 14, 2021
It seems that every few weeks, we are alerted to a new significant security issue within one of the plethoras of code elements that are widely used. The same pundits discuss the same range of concerns with open-sourced code each time.
Published November 26, 2021
Life for an IT architect in retail would be so much easier if people would just spread their shopping out across the year.
Since 1941 American Thanksgiving has been a holiday on the fourth Thursday of November and most American companies and schools take the following day as a holiday too with major retailers offering price reductions on this day to kick start the Christmas shopping season.
Published November 17, 2021
November 2021 is a good month if you’re a Fortune 500 or Global 2000 enterprise. The investments your organization has made in “integration” over the years were necessary as the organization and the IT infrastructure grew, but the Integration Infrastructure (i2) has likely been considered a necessary evil by senior management. That investment can now be leveraged in two important, new ways.
Published November 13, 2021
XRay 1.4 Solution Plugs Data and Analytics Gaps for Enterprises to Enable Insights from the Integration Infrastructure (i2) Layer, IoT, and Containers.
Nastel Technologies, the leader in Integration Infrastructure Management (i2M) solutions for complex enterprises, today announced the immediate availability of the XRay AIOps and Tracing and Tracking solution’s latest release.
Published November 12, 2021
Nastel Navigator v10.3 Enables Speed-to-market, Competitive Advantages Across IBM MQ, IBM Integration Bus, IBM ACE, Kafka, TIBCO EMS, and i2 Estates.
Nastel Technologies, the leader in integration infrastructure management (i2M) solutions for complex enterprises, today announced the general availability of Nastel Navigator™ version 10.3, a vital component of The Nastel Platform and the Navigator X solution.
Published November 9, 2021
Complex enterprises have an integration infrastructure (i2) layer that connects technologies and applications across cloud, data center, virtualized systems, mainframe, edge computing, etc.
Integration Infrastructure Management (i2M) is the “management” of the i2 layer and includes:
The i2 layer includes a core middleware application (such as IBM MQ) along with many other “integration” technologies, such as MFT (managed file transfer), IoT, REST APIs, DataPower Gateway, and other messaging technologies (i.e., Kafka, TIBCO EMS, IBM ACE, IBM Integration Bus (IIB) and more).
Published November 4, 2021
Researchers and thought leaders shared 3 predictions for enterprise CIOs and IT leaders that are particularly relevant and important to consider as we move into 2022:
Prediction 1: Through 2026, 65% of CIOs will sustain a cycle of tech-based empowerment, agility, and resilience through collaborative governance, new service delivery models, and a business outcomes orientation.
Published November 3, 2021
In the last 2 installments (Part 1 & Part 2), we discussed the basics of IoT and an example of how the components can be connected and used to provide basic automation and alerting.
Published November 2, 2021
In the first part, I outlined some of the terms associated with the delivery of IoT. Next, let’s look at how this gets complex.
You will need to read the state of each sensor (through their appropriate API and through their appropriate vendor-supplied hub), create logic to determine what actions must be taken when certain conditions are met, and then deliver these as a workflow to each responder, and confirm through data collected from sensors that the requested change was implemented.
Published November 1, 2021
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a wonderful marketing term given to devices that are connected to the internet. Today everything from light switches, air conditioners to door locks have the option of being internet-connected.
Now that multiple companies have created “tags” that you can add to anything from keys to cars and packages, anything can be tracked.
