Slides from the 9th December 2014 Webcast : "Open standards messaging to make apps responsive and easier to scale"

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IBM MQ Light Alan Chatt (alan.chatt@uk.ibm.com) Product manager for MQ Light @achatt83 #mqlight

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IBM Messaging portfolio
Deliver Messaging Backbone for Enterprise
Focus on traditional MQ values, rock-solid enterprise-class service, ease-of-operation, breadth of platform coverage, availability, z/OS exploitation
Capture Big Data from Mobile and Internet of Things
Focus on Internet-scale events, m2m device enablement, security and privacy, feed into real-time analytics, location- based notifications
Enable developers to build more scalable, responsive applications
Focus on application developer use cases, breadth of language support, no administration, ease-of-deployment, lightweight & powerful API, as software or a cloud service
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MQ Light : Software and Cloud
Messaging that application developers will love to use, helping them make responsive applications that scale easily
Available in 3 ways
–Software download
–Fully managed cloud service in Bluemix
–API coming soon to IBM MQ (statement of direction)
Trivial to get started : just download, unzip and start coding
Open APIs crafted to feel natural in a growing range of popular languages
Tooling that makes modular app development easy
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The journey that got us here…
Previous developer / IT relationship
–Driven by centrally controlled common standards
–Carefully planned projects delivering core business systems
–Focused on re-using existing skills and investments
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Share,
re-use and save!
I need to access some messaging services. I own the apps.

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The journey that got us here…
Evolving developer / IT relationship
–Driven by business sponsor demands
–Developers download and use the tools to get the job done
–Focused on trying new apps and concepts in the market
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The journey that got us here…
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Ruby
Node.js
Python
C
C++
Java
C#
Perl
Go
Clojure
Lua
Erlang
Scala
PHP

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Compare Application vs Infrastructure needs
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Andy
Developer
Iain
Infrastructure
Guy
I want to execute code
without taxing my
Web app processes
My job is run a
communications service
for my customers’ apps
Some
Thing
My Apps Workers
Messaging
Backbone
My Customers’ Apps

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Use cases
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Connecting external systems
Event driven
Worker offload
•Posting video to multiple social sites after transcoding
•Respond to external events
•Updating external booking app
•Posting updates to twitter
•Image processing
•Text analytics

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Making applications more responsive and easier to scale
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User Waits

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Making applications more responsive and easier to scale
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User Waits

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Easy to get going
Download and get coding within 5 minutes
No administration; just code and go
Node API client libraries installed using npm package manager
Tutorials and examples in their languages, relevant to actual use
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Tooling to assist development
Used to answer questions like :
–Where did this message come from?
–Where did that message go?
–What messages has my app consumed?
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Does not restrict language choice
Polyglot language
API crafted to feel native within the language
New clients can be created by developers
Using open protocol to build community around messaging clients
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Node.js
Python
PHP
Java
Ruby
Open protocol

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MQ Light messaging model concepts
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Clients attaching to the same topic pattern and share name attach to the same shared destination.
DESTINATION
1.Send (‘/test/a’, “Hello”);
2.Send (‘/test/a’, “World!”);
1.Hello
2.World!
1.Hello
2. World!
SHARING
Topic Address Space
Sender application
DESTINATION
Pattern=/test/#
Pattern=/test/#
Share=myshare
Client 1
Client 2
Client 3

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Deployment options : Statement of Direction
Developer coding in Python,
Ruby, JavaScript, Java, C#,
PHP
MQ Light for Bluemix
WebSphere MQ
[Statement of Direction]
“MQ Light”
Deploy seamlessly to “MQ Light”, MQ
or MQ Light Service
Builds application and uses MQ
Light messaging and tests in local
developer sandbox
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WALKTHROUGH
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Summary
MQ Light : https://developer.ibm.com/messaging/mq-light/
MQ Light for Bluemix : www.bluemix.net
Messaging designed for developers to create responsive and scalable applications
–Simplified messaging API
–Easy to acquire and incorporate into applications
–Development focused tooling
Range of application deployment options
–MQ Light
–IBM MQ [Statement of Direction]
–MQ Light cloud service in BlueMix
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Thank you
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