IBM MQ

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What is IBM MQ?

IBM MQ (formerly WebSphere MQ and MQSeries) is messaging middleware.

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#1 most frequent

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

27.8%

795 installations of 2,861

#2 most frequent

Finance and Insurance

22.9%

656 installations of 2,861

#3 most frequent

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11.1%

319 installations of 2,861

Verified User

C-Level Executive in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Messaging between the systems and integrating the application in the enterpise

Pros

Queue Messages
First in First out
reprocessing of messages
stack up when consumer is down

Cons

visibility of messages
more UI capability to monitor

Return on Investment

ability to integrate seamlessly

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)

Other Software Used

Apache Kafka

Lamin Abugah View profile

Windows System Administrator in Information Technology at Ecobank (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use IBM MQ for managing messages between our flexcube and swift applications

Pros

Ability to translate messages from flexcube to swift very well

Cons

IBM MQ needs to improve on its connectivity to applications
IBM MQ should include auto restart when messages begin to fail

Return on Investment

IBM MQ is less costly compared to SWIFT GPI that we also use
we always have to manually restart the service in case the service goes down

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NICK DAKORONIAS View profile

Application Integration and Middleware Solution Certified Specialist in Information Technology at National Bank of Greece (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM MQ is used as an Enterprise Messaging platform in a Banking organization to ensure message integrity and flow consistency. It deals with challenges such as long-running transactions, message tracking, performance, and authentication/authorization issues. Working with IBM MQ for many years in heterogeneous environments, the platform has proven to be robust, with huge integration capabilities through the variety of APIs provided.

Pros

MQ client application authentication and authorization.
MQ message integrity.
MQ integration with other product suites such as: IBM Websphere Application Server, Delinea Secrets PAM server, etc.
MQ error logging mechanism.
MQ APIs for .NET, Java,... based application codes.

Cons

MQ message tracking in cases of no commit or roll-back.
MQ integration with cloud based apps optimization.
MQ message data handling for testing purposes (successor of RFHUtil).

Return on Investment

Messaging flow & delivery stability.
Message integrity.
Secure authentication and authorization for accessing MQ resources (channels, queues).

Usability

Alternatives Considered

RabbitMQ

Other Software Used

IBM Integration Bus, IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition, IBM Datacap

Marc Martinez View profile

Solution Architect in Customer Service at Bottomline (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM MQ is used to expose some of our software solutions to our customers. Depending on the software and customer requirements, we offer Active/Standby or RDQM infrastructure. Our challenge is to keep the MQ Infrastructure as standard as possible to allow perfect monitoring and operability.

Pros

Resilient
Secure
Stable

Cons

PKI keystore refresh should not interrupt active channels.
AMS rules shall not be stored only on the MQ server (an admin can remove the rules to access the messages—this is exactly what we want to avoid with AMS !).
Channel name length must be improved to more than 20 characters.

Return on Investment

I am not working on this part of the business.

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Sarthak Chopra View profile

Associate in Research & Development at Gartner (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In my organization, IBM MQ has become essential for ensuring seamless communication between data sources and my analytics platforms. Since I work directly or indirectly in data analytics and research, I rely on it to maintain the integrity and reliability of data pipelines. We use IBM MQ for real—time data integration. Our analytics process requires data from multiple sources, such as databases, APIs, and external data feeds. MQ ensures that we transfer reliably.

Pros

Ensures messages are delivered in the correct order, preventing data loss.
It provides excellent encryption and authentication to protect data during transfer.
Facilities smooth communication between diverse systems and applications.

Cons

I reckon the initial setup and configuration are complex and time-consuming.
The licensing cost is high, but the rest works fine.
The user interface could take a moment to grasp, although it is not a big challenge.

Return on Investment

Reducing downtime and preventing costly errors.
Automated message handling and integration are done pretty well.

Usability

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Tableau Cloud, Apache Spark

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Alibaba Cloud Message Queue (AlibabaMQ)

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