Nova versão do IBM WebSphere Message Broker

Está previsto para novembro (06/novembro/2009) a nova versão do IBM WebSphere Message Broker (versão 7).

Entre as novidades, a que mais se destaca na minha opinião é que o produto não precisará de Banco de Dados (pré-requisito das versões anteriores).

Veja anuncio oficial (Announcement Letter)

WebSphere® Message Broker V7.0 products deliver the following enhancements:

• Simplified for productivity: fewer product components and prerequisities, IBM-supplied patterns for connectivity development, Message Broker Explorer for dedicated administration
• Connectivity for service oriented architecture (SOA): extended publish and subscribe capability better integrated with WebSphere MQ, new nodes for Web 2.0, interoperability, message sequencing, and enhanced adapter nodes for SAP Software, Siebel Business Applications, and PeopleSoft Enterprise
• Dynamic operational facilities for auditing, monitoring, and understanding Message Broker behavior and interactions with other products
• Connectivity with WebSphere Process Server via new nodes and WebSphere Business Monitor through a new event-generation mechanism Service Component Architecture (SCA)
• Exploitation of WebSphere MQ multi-instance queue managers for High Availability
• Industry samples for TLOG retail support and Healthcare, including HL7 Minimal Lower Layer Protocol (MLLP)
• 64-bit support on z/OS®, performance monitoring tools, and reduced memory footprint