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Mattermost v7.1 (Extended Support Release) is generally available today. The following new features are included (see changelog for more details).

The full form of MOM is Message-Oriented Middleware which is an infrastructure that allows communication and exchanges the data (messages). It involves the passing of data between applications using a communication channel that carries self-contained units of information (messages).In a MOM-based communication environment, messages are sent and received asynchronously.

When IBM MQ 9.3 was released last month, as discussed here, it was notable (and noted) that this was just for distributed platforms and that news of the mainframe and the appliance would follow. Now, IBM has announced the new MQ Appliance, called M2003, with general availability on August 2, 2022.

Integration and middleware staffing issues within IT Operations and Service Delivery teams are common, even in the largest enterprises. Here is the story of one large enterprise.

In distributed systems, middleware is a software component that provides services between two or more applications and can be used by them. Middleware can be thought of as an application that sits between two separate applications and provides service to both. In this article, we will see a role of middleware in distributed systems.

When the first supporting server-side infrastructure for Collapsed Reply Threads (CRT) shipped with Mattermost v5.29 (November 2020), it included an ominous release note: > This setting is enabled by default and may affect server performance. While performance concerns are possible with any new feature, most features don’t require significant architecture and data model changes. Most features don’t ship incrementally across 20 monthly releases. And most features – to their credit?

Selecting the right middleware for your company can be one of the most important decisions that you can make at the outset of a software project, as this will determine how well your business performs going forward. We look at some of the key features from the major integration software providers below.

Total Economic Impact Study evaluates potential business benefits and cost savings enabled by Nastel’s Integration Infrastructure Management (i2M) Platform.

What is DataPower used for? It provides security, control, integration and optimized access to a full range of mobile, web, application programming interface (API), service-oriented architecture (SOA), B2B and cloud workloads.

Apache Kafka provides an unified, high-throughput, low-latency platform for handling real-time data feeds. Installing Apache Kafka, especially the right configuration of Kafka Security including authentication and encryption is kind of a challenge. This should give a brief summary about our experience and lessons learned when trying to install and configure Apache Kafka, the right way.