Messaging middleware for Windows NT from Microsoft. Code-named Falcon, and abbreviated MSMQ, it allows programs to send messages to other programs. It can be used to queue up transactions in a ...

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 ...

A queue is a data structure that works on a FIFO (first in first out) basis. Items are inserted at the rear of the queue and removed from the front. The term “Enqueue” denotes the operation that ...

In part 1 of this series, I detailed issues around PCI and message queuing. Here in part 2, we will get more into the nitty-gritty of how to ensure PCI DSS compliance when dealing with message queues.

Since the 1990s, MPI (Message Passing Interface) has been the dominant communications protocol for high-performance scientific and commercial distributed computing. Designed in an era when processors ...

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 ...