Messaging Archives

Published March 26, 2024

Strategies for Ensuring Compliance in Financial Messaging

By Richard Nikula

In the ever-evolving landscape of financial services, institutions are under constant pressure to ensure their messaging infrastructures comply with a myriad of global regulatory requirements. Compliance with regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2), and other localized financial regulations is not just a legal necessity but a cornerstone for maintaining trust and integrity in the financial sector.

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Strategies for Ensuring Compliance in Financial Messaging

Published February 22, 2023

A New Chapter Unfolds On Becoming meshIQ

By Navdeep Sidhu

Earlier this month, we announced a rebrand to meshIQ and in this blog we will highlight the reasons behind the rebrand and what you can expect going forward.

Nastel has been at the forefront of some major technological innovations in the middleware messaging management sphere.

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Published September 13, 2022

What is Distributed Tracing vs OpenTelemetry?

By meshIQ

There are a few key differences between distributed tracing and OpenTelemetry. One is that OpenTelemetry offers a more unified approach to instrumentation, while distributed tracing takes a more granular approach. This means that OpenTelemetry can be less time-consuming to set up, but it doesn’t necessarily offer as much visibility into your system as distributed tracing does.

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What is Distributed Tracing vs OpenTelemetry?

Published September 2, 2022

Confluent for Apache Kafka and Confluent for Kubernetes

By meshIQ

Apache Kafka is an open-source software platform for processing streams of events. Developed for the streaming and archiving of data, Kafka is now supported by a large ecosystem of third-party applications. Developed by the founders of Confluent, Kafka was initially created in 2007 while the three creators were at LinkedIn.

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Confluent for Apache Kafka and Confluent for Kubernetes

Published July 18, 2022

IBM MQ Streaming Queues Adds Business Value to Middleware

By Sam Garforth

Last year we published this blog post about the benefits of IBM MQ streaming queues. On July 15^th, 2022 this functionality was also made available for MQ on the mainframe (z/OS) and it’s also been announced for the MQ appliance for Aug 2^nd, 2022.

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IBM MQ Streaming Queues Adds Business Value to Middleware

Published June 8, 2022

Apache Pulsar vs. Apache Kafka 2022 Benchmark

By meshIQ

You will have seen the Nastel Messaging Middleware Performance Benchmark Report comparing the performance of the commonly used messaging middleware platforms - IBM MQ, RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka, ActiveMQ Classic, ActiveMQ Artemis, TIBCO EMS, and Apache Pulsar.

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Published June 1, 2022

How to Install Apache ActiveMQ on Debian 11

By meshIQ

Apache ActiveMQ is a free and open-source message broker developed by Apache Software Foundation. It is one of the well-known message brokers that supports multiple protocols such as AMQP, MQTT, Stomp, and OpenWire. It is written in Java and fully compliant with JMS 1.1 standards.

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How to Install Apache ActiveMQ on Debian 11

Published March 10, 2022

What is IBM Cloud Pak for Integration?

By Sam Garforth

IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I) is a platform that helps you quickly and easily integrate your hybrid cloud applications with the systems and applications that are important for running your business. It can help to collaborate between the different application teams and businesses that exist in your organization and ensure that they are working together at maximum efficiency.

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Published November 26, 2021

Black Friday Requires Dynamic Integration Infrastructure Management

By Sam Garforth

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.

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Black Friday Requires Dynamic Integration Infrastructure Management

Published October 29, 2021

Nastel Technologies Launches New and Improved Website

By David Liff

Nastel Technologies, a global leader in integration infrastructure and transaction management for mission-critical applications, has officially launched its new and improved website. Founded in 1994, Nastel has built a reputation for excellence and is used by some of the world’s top brands, including Dell Technologies, Citi, BlueCross Blue Shield, and more.

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