WhatsApp has released an update for its iOS app, bringing it up to version 2.17.1. The update brings a few changes to the iOS messaging app, perhaps the most notable being the new queue for offline ...

Systems need to talk to one another. When an IT environment contains platforms with multiple messaging protocols—and most do—a message queue (MQ) is required to handle the messages that travel back ...

First, a confession. When David and I started writing this series, we envisioned it would be completed after the third part. It appears we were a bit short-sighted. An astute reader challenged us to ...

Executive Summary The three Quality of Service levels (QoS) offered by MQTT may have been adequate for the original design ...

Growing up, while other boys dreamed of being astronauts or NFL quarterbacks, one of the authors (we won’t say which) dreamed of being a message queue programmer. While the NFL quarterback gets all ...

Being agile in a fast-paced environment means concentrating on what differentiates you from your competitors and sourcing everything else from third parties. The antithesis of the “not built here” ...