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Published June 25, 2021

Information Technology as an industry is deeply divided into disciplines. Many organizations have built detailed models to describe all the elements, and how they fit together. ISO and ITIL and what seems like hundreds of additional standards organizations have written books, run conferences, and sell consulting services to help describe just how complex everything is.

Are You an Under-appreciated Messaging Middleware Guru?
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Published April 16, 2021

Live Webinar - De-risk your Messaging Middleware Infrastructure!

Date: Wednesday, April 21st at 11 am ET/8 am PT
Speaker: David Liff, Vice President
Host: Steven Menges, Head of Product Management

Messaging middleware platforms are amongst the most stable and as a result, can suffer from under-resourcing as the accepted business logic is to focus resources where more immediate issues exist.

De-risk your Messaging Middleware (before your preventable outage hits)
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Published April 8, 2021

Live Webinar - De-risk your Messaging Middleware Infrastructure!

Date: Wednesday, April 21st at 11 am ET/8 am PT
Speaker: David Liff, Vice President
Host: Steven Menges, Head of Product Management

Messaging middleware platforms are amongst the most stable and as a result, can suffer from under-resourcing as the accepted business logic is to focus resources where more immediate issues exist.

De-risk your Messaging Middleware (before your preventable outage hits)
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Published April 1, 2021

What’s new in MQ 9.2.2?

The most recent Continuous Delivery (CD) release for IBM MQ became generally available on March 25th, 2021. CD releases provide insight into what the next Long Term Support (LTS) release will look at.

What’s new in MQ 9.2.2
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Published March 16, 2021

Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 1 p.m. ET

Many enterprises are adopting OpenShift in their journey to building and running containerized workloads in on-premise, cloud-based or hybrid environments. These initiatives leverage multiple application integration technologies, such as IBM MQ, Apache Kafka, or Tibco EMS.

Mastering Application Integration Challenges in Hybrid Cloud Environments
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Published February 26, 2021

There was a time when owning a cross-cut shredder for home use was considered the height of personal data security. Oh, how the world has changed!

Today we all receive incredible volumes of communication through email, social media, text messages, and phone calls, and each of these messages provides intimate details about us.

Even the smallest piece of data can prove valuable
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Published January 26, 2021

The initial polling of IBM MQ customers reveals some interesting trends as we enter 2021.

Poll #1: When asked which one area they were looking to learn more about in 2021, the top response was “Tools for Cloud Migration of Messaging Middleware.”  It is important to note that all the respondents have IBM MQ messaging middleware in their estate, most also have Kafka, and many also have IIB (IBM Integration Bus), IBM ACE (App Connect Enterprise), and/or TIBCO EMS are part of their IT stack.

Poll Results Indicate New Kafka, Cloud Middleware-related Activity for MQ Shops
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Published December 15, 2020

Business agility is critical. It’s shocking and saddening to see the number of large household names that we grew up with going into administration. Companies that have always been there and we thought always would stand the test of time.

Speed is King in COVID-19 times
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Published November 6, 2020

Almost exactly 19 years ago IBM acquired CrossWorlds Software to add to their WebSphere business-integration middleware business.  CrossWorlds was famous (or infamous) back then mainly because of its founder and approach to advertising, publicity and PR (public relations).

CX Makes This ‘CrossWorld’ Estate Sexy Again