Benefits of WebSphere MQ

• Integrates virtually everything-

Helps integrate virtually anything, with support for more than 80 platform configurations,
including native z/OS support, with IBM and Business Partner offerings.
Integrates CICS, IMS™, DB2®, Microsoft® .NET and J2EE™ environments.
• Assured Delivery-
Assured delivery means WebSphere MQ can deliver information either synchronously or
asynchronously depending on the needs of the applications and Web services.
• Time-Independent Processing-
WebSphere MQ helps users send business information to other parts of their business or to
Business Partners or customers without waiting for it to arrive.
WebSphere MQ users feel safe knowing that as soon as recipients are able to receive it, the
information will be delivered.

• Enhanced Security-
WebSphere MQ supports Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) for
authentication, message integrity checking, and encryption for of data sent across the Internet
network and the latest release adds support for the latest algorithms.

• Performance and Scalability-

Users of WebSphere MQ may choose to send persistent messages when the business requires
assurance and recoverability. Multicast and publish/subscribe messaging paradigms support high
performance message distribution.

• Clustering
 MsgType:
Message type indicates the type of the message
exchanged between applications.



• Datagram message. 
– If a message is marked as a datagram, then sender
application doesn't expect for any kind of reply from
receiving end.
• Request message
– For each request message sent, the sender application
waits for the response from receiving end.
• Reply message
– Receiver application will mark their responses as "reply"
messages so that sending application can separate reply
messages from new request/datagram messages from
the receiver.
• Report message
– These are to identify if a message is related to message
expiry, Confirmation of delivery (COD) or Confirmation
of Arrival (COA) etc.