IBM MQ - The most reliable MQ solution which stood test of time
September 23, 2021
IBM MQ - The most reliable MQ solution which stood test of time
Score 7 out of 10
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Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with IBM MQ
As HSBC is a financial organization there are a lot of Applications that talk to each other. The messages which are transferred through different APIs are done through IBM MQ. And this solution is used throughout the Application due to its reliability. Also, IBM MQ is used to transfer all financial transactions.
- Transfer messages between different Applications (Frontend to Backend)
- Financial messages like MT101 between different Applications need to communicate asynchronously.
- Used as PubSub where applications need to communicate in Many-to-many, One-to-many or Many-to-one architecture.
- When a financial organization needs to communicate with another without sharing infrastructure
- They need to improve their Cloud migration as it lags behind.
- There are much better options being provided by Cloud providers. IBM Cloud is a solution but it doesn't integrate well with AWS or GCP.
- For now scalability in IBM MQ means you need multiple servers. It should have native support for containerizing
- Monitoring tools from IBM for MQ are very hard to use. Especially IBM Tivoli Monitoring. Needs a UI upgrade.
- There is no UI for MQ where you can centrally manage all the queues.
- Pub-Sub
- Transfer of Financial message
- Communication of different Applications or API interfaces with each other
- The maintenance cost is very low. And it rarely fails to deliver
- The LTS cost for support from IBM is quiet expensive so keeping the servers updated with latest version can be easier
- The time to market to set up new customers is relatively easy
Do you think IBM MQ delivers good value for the price?
No
Are you happy with IBM MQ's feature set?
Yes
Did IBM MQ live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of IBM MQ go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy IBM MQ again?
Yes