Bill Cullen

The Java Message Service (JMS) is a specification put forth by Sun to define a common set of APIs and common semantics for messaging-oriented middleware providers. An increasing number of MOM vendors have embraced this specification, and new vendors are building messaging products suitable for doing business-to-business communication across the Internet. The result is a landscape where developers can feel comfortable about writing an application using a standard set of APIs while still having an ample selection of JMS-compliant vendors to choose from. However, the JMS specification is intentionally agnostic when it comes to deployment architectures. Today's B2B environment requires much more than is commonly dictated by the specification, and all JMS vendors have been racing to the finish line to build the additional infrastructure to keep pace with the demands of ... (more)