Category Archives: IBMMQ

Anything related to IBM MQ – operations, administration, development, architecture, security, etc.

The Deep Queue – Episode #3: Ethical Administration

Posted on September 29, 2008 by T.Rob

In this episode of The Deep Queue I propose something I’m calling “ethical administration”.  Most people have heard of ethical hacking – doing what the bad guys do on behalf of and in cooperation with the good guys.  Ethical administration … Continue reading →

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The Deep Queue – Episode #2: Security Best Practices and FIPS

Posted on September 14, 2008 by T.Rob

I just uploaded the second episode of The Deep Queue.  This episode expands on my recent Mission:Messaging column and also discusses some nuances of working with FIPS compliance in WebSphere MQ.  The next episode is scheduled for October 6th.  Between … Continue reading →

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Mission:Messaging: Embracing cultural change in the WebSphere MQ community

Posted on September 7, 2008 by T.Rob

Mission:Messaging: Embracing cultural change in the WebSphere MQ community developerWorks WebSphere Technical Journal 03 September, 2008 In this article I argue that many of the best practices in the WebSphere MQ community are no longer “best” and may even have … Continue reading →

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The Deep Queue – Episode #1: PCI-DSS and WMQ

Posted on August 25, 2008 by T.Rob

The first episode of the new Deep Queue podcast is online!  In this episode I introduce the podcast for a few minutes and then talk about a discussion that I had with some guys from the IBM Retail group.  The … Continue reading →

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See you in Barcelona!

Posted on August 1, 2008 by T.Rob

I just found out my travel has been approved for IBM’s Transaction & Messaging Technical Conference coming up this November in Barcelona!  I seem to have inherited ownership of the High Availability presentation which I certainly do not mind.  I … Continue reading →

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WebSphere MQ is twittering?

Posted on August 1, 2008 by T.Rob

Yes, believe it or not.  http://twitter.com/WebSphere_MQ

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WMQ meta news

Posted on August 1, 2008 by T.Rob

Good to see Ben Mann has a new blog.  You may know Ben as the Product Manager for WebSphere MQ but his blog is all about the new Managed File Transfer product being developed in Hursley Labs.  For years people … Continue reading →

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SSL certificate irony

Posted on July 30, 2008 by T.Rob

I happened across Doug Munsinger’s post about refreshing WMQ SSL certificates.  On the one hand, it’s good to know someone else out there is using SSL with WMQ.  On the other hand, the certificate problem on Doug’s web site overshadows … Continue reading →

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Question about benefits of WMQ Clustering

Posted on July 16, 2008 by T.Rob

Here’s an email question I received today and my response: Does IBM have any write up for the advantage of using mq clustering vs non clustering setup? I am trying to get our application teams on board with using clustering. … Continue reading →

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Fix Pack 6.0.0.6 for WebSphere MQ Extended Security Edition V6.0 is available

Posted on July 8, 2008 by T.Rob

See the IBM Flash announcement. Significant new functionality was delivered in this Fix Pack.  According to the README file: 1.2.2 New support 1.2.2.1 Active Directory User Registry This fix pack adds support for Tivoli Access Manager 6.0 environments where the … Continue reading →

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