What’s New In IBM MQ 9.3

June 20, 2022

What’s new in IBM MQ 9.3?

The latest long-term support (LTS) and continuous delivery (CD) release of IBM MQ will be released for the distributed platforms on June 23, 2022.

IBM MQ 9.3, again, has a focus on securely powering cloud-native applications across hybrid-multicloud as well as making it easier to get started.

The MQ 9.3 release includes:

An improved getting-started experience.
Simplified cloud-native deployment and improved high availability, scalability, and resilience.
The ability to tap into existing data with streaming queues – see our blog post on this here.
Enhanced administration with the MQ Console, whilst the MQ Explorer has been removed from the IBM MQ install package.
Security enhancements that build on the existing robust security mechanisms in MQ.
Enhancements to IBM MQ Advanced Managed File Transfer capabilities – see our page on MFT support here.
Updates to the supported platforms i.e. Adoptium and IBM Semeru Java 11, Oracle and Adoptium Java 17, Windows 11, JMS 3.0, NET 6 support.

Nastel has been participating with the development team on this technology and analyzing the impact and benefits to our customers as part of our own cloud and container initiatives.

Nastel products support this new version of MQ and the new features. For further information on the Nastel solution please read here.

To see the official IBM press release see here.

Nastel Technologies is the global leader in Integration Infrastructure Management (i2M). It helps companies achieve flawless delivery of digital services powered by integration infrastructure by delivering tools for Middleware Management, Monitoring, Tracking, and Analytics to detect anomalies, accelerate decisions, and enable customers to constantly innovate, to answer business-centric questions, and provide actionable guidance for decision-makers. It is particularly focused on IBM MQ, Apache Kafka, Solace, TIBCO EMS, ACE/IIB and also supports RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Blockchain, IOT, DataPower, MFT, IBM Cloud Pak for Integration and many more.

The Nastel i2M Platform provides:

Secure self-service configuration management with auditing for governance & compliance
Message management for Application Development, Test, & Support
Real-time performance monitoring, alerting, and remediation
Business transaction tracking and IT message tracing
AIOps and APM
Automation for CI/CD DevOps
Analytics for root cause analysis & Management Information (MI)
Integration with ITSM/SIEM solutions including ServiceNow, Splunk, & AppDynamics