Why peer to peer is a flawed architecture for most messaging needs

Posted by on May 18, 2012

If you’ve spent any time architecting or implementing solutions that rely on messaging, you’re surely familiar with the concepts behind broker-based messaging. In a nutshell, message brokers centralize common networked application requirements like: figuring out what information is needed where making the application fault tolerant scaling as requirements grow securing data...
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Government agencies show off their new radiological information sharing system

Posted by on Aug 24, 2011

In the past, we’ve issued a couple of press releases (here and here) about some of the work we have done with the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO), a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). We’ve been working together for the past 18 months or so to deliver cross-agency sharing of real-time information about radiological activity from sensors in major cities,...
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Reason 10: Commitment to Innovation

Posted by on Apr 26, 2011

This is part 10 in a 10 part series: 10 reasons for the growth in middleware appliances. The series summarizes what we’ve learned from our clients about what they value in appliances and why they selected Solace. A lot has changed since the most common software messaging protocols gained their foothold 20 years ago, and there’s only so much incremental improvement you can squeeze out of a...
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Mar 22 Webcast: DHS sharing of critical sensor network data

Posted by on Mar 21, 2011

Tune in tomorrow, Tuesday March 22nd at 1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT to the Homeland Security Science and Technology webcast on their real-time chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives (CBRNE) sensor network. They will discuss how this information is integrated and shared among local, state, federal, commercial and NatLabs stakeholders. The team presenting this webcast has...
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Reason 8: Guaranteed messaging fit for the 21st century

Posted by on Mar 11, 2011

This is part 8 in a 10 part series: 10 reasons for the growth in middleware appliances. The series summarizes what we’ve learned from our clients about what they value in appliances and why they selected Solace. For over two decades, messaging middleware has been transporting information between distributed applications so they don’t need to be directly connected. Over the years though,...
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Reason 7: Content and location routing in real-time

Posted by on Mar 7, 2011

This is part 7 in a 10 part series: 10 reasons for the growth in middleware appliances. The series summarizes what we’ve learned from our clients about what they value in appliances and why they selected Solace. As we often do, we start this entry with a metaphor… Five years ago, there were two distinct ways to consume entertainment and educational content: TV and the Internet, and...
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Reason 6: Appliances remove the operational blindfold

Posted by on Feb 25, 2011

This is part 6 in a 10 part series: 10 reasons for the growth in middleware appliances. The series summarizes what we’ve learned from our clients about what they value in appliances and why they selected Solace. One of the least appreciated jobs in IT is that of the operations team that keeps vital systems running. They inherit applications, figure out how to keep them running, scale them...
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Reason 5: Infrastructure and application consolidation

Posted by on Feb 23, 2011

This is part 5 in a 10 part series: 10 reasons for the growth in middleware appliances. The series summarizes what we’ve learned from our clients about what they value in appliances and why they selected Solace. Five or ten years ago it was relatively easy to figure out messaging middleware requirements. If you needed messaging between data-oriented applications, you would (most likely) buy...
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Reason 4: Messaging appliances rack up assists like Wayne Gretzky

Posted by on Feb 17, 2011

This is part 4 in a 10 part series: 10 reasons for the growth in middleware appliances. The series summarizes what we’ve learned from our clients about what they value in appliances and why they selected Solace. When it comes to offensive prowess in sports, Wayne Gretzky is the gold standard. From his earliest years he was a scoring machine, famously scoring 378 goals in a season at the age of...
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Reason 3: Appliances deliver huge performance gains

Posted by on Feb 15, 2011

This is part 3 in a 10 part series: 10 reasons for the growth in middleware appliances. The series summarizes what we’ve learned from our clients about what they value in appliances and why they selected Solace. So far I’ve talked about saving money and making life easier. The third leg in the stool of commonly recognized advantages of appliances is higher performance. There is no one...
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