Overview
Smoother, safer operations
Protect your growing volumes of data with superior security, including true end-to-end encryption. With IBM® MQ Advanced middleware, you can more easily implement reliable business continuity mechanisms to stay up and running. Share data across environments with ease; you can deploy certified containers for Red Hat® OpenShift® with one click.
Benefits
Strengthen security and compliance
End-to-end encryption protects your company and customers and supports compliance.
Support business continuity
Implement an effective failover plan and eliminate any potential single points of failure.
Reduce cost
Save money on audits, increase productivity and remove network storage costs.
Collaborate with confidence
Safely exchange data with third parties and get native support for IBM® Blockchain integration.
Get enhanced container deployment
Expect certified containers for Red Hat® OpenShift® with one-click operator deploy.
Product in use
Expect enhanced message security
Your IBM MQ Advanced queue manager is protected by MQ Advanced message security.

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24/7 IBM technical support included
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Message queues for assured, asynchronous messaging
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Message queuing
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Flexible routing
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Delivery acknowledgement
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Transaction support
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Publish and subscribe (includes durable subscriptions for guaranteed message delivery)
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Language support for Java, Node.JS, COBOL, C, Go, .NET, Python, Ruby, C#
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APIs: JMS, MQI, MQ Light
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Messaging protocols: MQ, AMPQ, MQTT, REST
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Build your own container image and charts for Docker, Kubernetes/Cri-O or Red Hat OpenShift
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Certified container for Red Hat OpenShift with one-click operator deploy
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Uniform clusters for automated workload re-balancing
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Multi-instance (active/active, active/passive) high availability
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Replicated data queue managers offering 3-node quorum high availability and disaster recovery
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Native HA for cloud native 3-node quorum HA data replication (with IBM Cloud Pak® for Integration)
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User identification and authorization
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Support for TLS secured communications, including TLS 1.3 and mutual authentication
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Allowlisting and blocklisting
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Customizable security processing with security exits
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Advanced message security for end-to-end message encryption
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Advanced message security for end-to-end message data integrity
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IBM Aspera fasp.io gateway for rapid message transfer over long distances or poor networks
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Managed file transfer (MFT) for reliable, efficient and security-rich data and file transfer
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IBM MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol support to communicate with telemetry devices
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Blockchain bridge
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Salesforce bridge
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Features
True end-to-end encryption
IBM MQ Advanced protects data in flight and in memory – and also protects data at rest.
Blockchain bridge (Linux only)
Easily access blockchain data from MQ and use local hyperledger fabric networks.
Advanced managed file transfer
Transfer files between systems in an auditable way, regardless of file size or operating system.
IBM® MQ Advanced for developers
Developers get full MQ Advanced features for development and unit test environments.
Connectivity features
Uniform clusters
Automated workload balancing removes any dependency on a specific queue manager.
Replicated data queue managers
A quorum-based high availability and disaster recovery solution.
Managed file transfer
A more reliable and efficient means for secure data and file transfer compared to FTP, HTTP and SFTP.
Advanced message security
Full end-to-end-encryption for unrivaled security of company and customer data, and compliance.
IBM® Aspera® FASP.io gateway
Rapid transfer increases network capacity to millions more messages per day without network changes.
MQTT protocol
Get connectivity through MQTT to remote sensors, actuators, and telemetry devices.
An insurer thrives with MQ Advanced
Ninety percent of system code eliminated. An 80% drop in remedial actions as a result of audits.