It appears that IBM has changed MQ’s name (again) from WebSphere MQ to IBM MQ. I guess someone at IBM decided MQ does not belong under the WebSphere umbrella.
IBM has released IBM MQ V8:
http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/7/897/ENUS214-177/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en
Highlights
– Verification of user ID and password, making use of either operating system definitions or a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) repository
– Use of Domain Name System (DNS) host names in Channel Authentication Records (CHLAUTH)
– Channel-level certificates, allowing multiple certificates to be used in a queue manager
– Routed publish-subscribe in clusters
– Enhanced status reporting for publish-subscribe
– Performance enhancements including queue manager scaling and multiplexed client performance
– Support for updated standards
– Support on all platforms for 64-bit queue managers
– Support for multiple transmission queues defined for use in a clustered queue manager on all platforms
– Availability on all platforms of both Advanced Message Security and Managed File Transfer
Planned availability for IBM MQ V8 is May 23, 2014 for Electronic software delivery and June 13, 2014 for Physical media.
IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ) homepage
http://www.ibm.com/software/integration/wmq/
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
