Overview

IBM MQ is enterprise grade messaging middleware that provides secure messaging capabilities to independent and potentially non-concurrent applications, including point-to-point messaging and publish/subscribe.

IBM MQ has been proving itself as an effective messaging solution for more than 30 years. IBM® MQ as a Service provides IBM MQ as a managed offering, where IBM handles upgrades, patches, and many operational management tasks, so you can focus on the integration of IBM MQ with your applications.

IBM® MQ as a Service is available in both IBM Cloud and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It removes much of the responsibility of running and maintaining an IBM MQ environment, including operating system patching, IBM MQ patching, IBM MQ upgrades, availability, and failover.

IBM MQ is also available in a wide range of customer-managed deployment form factors, such as software for many operating systems including Linux, Windows and the IBM z/OS mainframe. It is available as a containerized application, and it is also available as the IBM MQ Appliance, which is dedicated hardware for running IBM MQ.