Microsoft sends an open source message by joining the AMQP working group

Microsoft Subnet — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:43:36 -0400

UPDATE: 10/27 (from Microsoft Subnet editor Julie Bort): Microsoft has today answered my e-mail asking how MSMQ might be affected by AMQP. According to Greg Thomas, Sr. Manager, Platform Strategy for Microsoft, "Today our customers have diverse and complex messaging needs that no single IT company alone can address.

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Messaging: Cellular or Internet Protocols?

Craig Mathias — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:19:50 -0400

The subject of instant messaging came up this week (and the week is just getting started) via a call from an editor who wanted to talk quite broadly about this topic, particularly with respect to how IM is being used in business. In general, I am not personally a fan of IM, and rarely recommend it beyond purely personal use, for two reasons: it's not secure, and, even more importantly, it's not auditable. This is why many enterprises ban the use of IM at work - there's no trail of what was communicated as there is with e-mail.

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messaging protocols

Microsoft sends an open source message by joining the AMQP working group

Messaging: Cellular or Internet Protocols?