An Introduction to IBM Message Queue (MQ)

What is IBM Message Queue (MQ) / MQ Advanced?

• IBM Message Queue is a messaging platform to integrate applications via data integration using the asynchronous integration method
• By way of data queues, the MQ manages protocol and message format mismatches, lack of scalability of the receiving application, and sudden transient peaks in load
• By simultaneously integrating with many receiving applications by way of publishing/subscribe type of integration.
• With MQ Advanced, gain the ability to do managed file transfer, advanced message security, telemetry, integration with IBM Blockchain, and clustering of MQ nodes. 

what are the data integration requirements?

• Accelerate delivery with faster integration by using data queues and asynchronous integration methods.
• Build and deploy new data integrations faster
• Reduce cost and increase re-use of the enterprise data

What are the pain points it tries to solve?

• Protocol or message format mismatch or adapters not available for an urgent requirement.
• Receiving applications can not handle the volume of data coming in
• To avoid sudden spikes in the data requests
• To maintain the high availability of the platform
• To provide the same data to multiple applications
• Try not to lose the incoming data from applications.

What are the IBM MQ use cases?

• Deploy and update data integrations rapidly and seamlessly
• Scale on-demand with an infrastructure that automatically adjusts to transient peaks in real-time
• Design and build new integrations reusing existing assets with simple low-code tooling
• Standardize operations, management, access management, and logging across integration components