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"Message Broker is valuable because most of the applications are using MQ. Even in my current engagement, the few applications which I audit to onboard the bank are using MQ.""Integration and mapping are easy, which is a major advantage.""The solution has good integration.""Straightforward development and deployment.""It has many interfaces and you can connect to any backend source that has another format, and convert it to the desired format.""We only use the basic features, but the most valuable one for us is the Publish-subscribe pattern.""The most valuable feature of IBM WebSphere Message Broker is the ability to facilitate communication with legacy systems, offering a multitude of great capabilities. For example, if there is a mainframe system in place with a web service serving as the front end. In that case, the solution enables efficient protocol transformations to convert all request payloads into a format that the legacy systems can accept, rendering the integration and transformation processes seamless and highly effective.""The transactions and message queuing are the most valuable features of the solution."

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"There are many features of the solution that are quite useful. For us, the most valuable aspect may be visibility."

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Cons
"The solution can add container engines such as docker.""The installation configuration is quite difficult.""There is some lag in the GUI. There have been some performance issues and maybe it's because of the application data.""Today I probably wouldn't go for Message Broker because of the cost structure, support, and the whole ecosystem around IBM.""Technical support is very slow and needs to be improved.""Technical support is good but they could have a better response time.""It is currently a weighty product.""Stability and pricing are areas with shortcomings that need improvement."

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"The solution could improve its user interface."

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  • "IBM products are generally more stable and have more features, but also come at a greater cost."
  • "The price is very high and it's the main reason that we are searching for alternatives."
  • "This product is more expensive than competing products."
  • "I feel with IBM, when you want certain functions or features, you have to continuously purchase add-ons. There are always additional fees."
  • "The solution is expensive."
  • "The solution is expensive."
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    Top Answer:It is a scalable solution...The setup is easy.
    Top Answer:The solution is expensive. I give the cost a one out of ten. We pay for an annual license.
    Top Answer:Stability and pricing are areas with shortcomings that need improvement.
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    WebSphere Message Broker
    NetWeaver Business Rules Management
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    Overview
    WebSphere Message Broker is an enterprise service bus (ESB) providing connectivity and universal data transformation for service-oriented architecture (SOA) and non-SOA environments. It allows businesses of any size to eliminate point-to-point connections and batch processing regardless of platform, protocol or data format.
    SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management (SAP NetWeaver BRM) is part of the SAP NetWeaver AS Java. SAP NetWeaver BRM enables your organization to externalize business rules and manage them flexibly across multiple installations for greater agility, for consistent and transparent enforcement of policies across the entire enterprise.
    Sample Customers
    WestJet, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Sharp Corporation, Michelin Tire
    Dansk Supermarked A/S, Ego Pharmaceuticals Pty. Ltd, Kaeser Kompressoren, Lenovo
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    Financial Services Firm27%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Insurance Company9%
    Retailer7%
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    Small Business20%
    Large Enterprise80%
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    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise75%
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    IBM WebSphere Message Broker is ranked 10th in Application Infrastructure with 11 reviews while SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management is ranked 25th in Application Infrastructure. IBM WebSphere Message Broker is rated 7.8, while SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of IBM WebSphere Message Broker writes "For new applications that are being onboarded, we engage this tool so the data can flow as required but there's some lag in the GUI". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management writes "First Look – SAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management". IBM WebSphere Message Broker is most compared with IBM Integration Bus, webMethods Integration Server, Mule ESB, IBM DataPower Gateway and IBM BPM, whereas SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management is most compared with Azul Zulu.

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