WebSphere Message Broker

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Feature 6.1 7.0 8
Data Format and Protocol Support


.NET Compute node and access to COM objects

Yes
High performance parsing of non-XML data using DFDL standard

Yes
SCA nodes
Yes yes
Multi-platform CICS node
Yes Yes
CORBA node
Yes Yes
JDEdwards EnterpriseOne support
Yes Yes
JSON
Yes Yes
MQ File Transfer Edition support
Yes Yes
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct nodes
Yes Yes
Email input and output
Yes Yes
Database input
Yes Yes
Windows 7 support
Yes Yes
High performance native XML support Yes Yes YES
MRM parsing Yes Yes Yes
Support for all WebSphere MQ transports, including enterprise, real-time, multicast sensor and device integration Yes Yes Yes
Support for tagged / delimited data formats Yes Yes Yes
Extended industry standard data formats (e.g. SWIFT, EDIFACT, XML DTDs, XML Schema) Yes Yes Yes
Native support for XML schemas Yes Yes Yes
Support for XML style sheets Yes Yes Yes
Version control and change management Yes Yes Yes
Support for HTTP 1.1 Yes Yes Yes
Support for HTTPS Yes Yes Yes
Internet reach (access through firewalls) and enhanced security through HTTP tunneling Yes Yes Yes
Message models for SOAP envelopes, MIME headers, and SAP IDoc segments Yes Yes Yes
SAP, Siebel, and Peoplesoft nodes Yes Yes Yes
File input and output nodes Yes Yes Yes
SMTP and JDBC Database nodes Yes Yes Yes
PHP node for dynamic scripting Yes Yes Yes
Intelligent Routing


High-speed Publish and Subscribe Yes Integrated with MQ7.0.1 Integrated with MQ7.0.1
Content-based routing of messages Yes Yes Yes
Full transactional support across all platforms Yes Yes Yes
Dynamic database schemas Yes Yes Yes
Fan-in / fan-out of messages Yes Yes Yes
SSL authentication Yes Yes Yes
Transformation


Support for .NET languages (e.g. C#, F#, VB.NET)

Yes
Direct deployment of source artefacts including subflows and ESQL

Yes
Advanced mapping support (including support for high performance, natively deployed maps

Yes
Improved support for date / time variables
Yes Yes
Drag-and-drop graphical mapping for transformations Yes Yes Yes
XSLT transformation Yes Yes Yes
PHP Support Yes Yes Yes
Support for Java-based transformations using the Java Compute node Yes Yes Yes
SOA and Standards Support


Web Services Reliable Messaging

Yes
SOAP/JMS support
Yes Yes
Advanced web services, including wsdl, xsd, gzip, zlib and deflate compression
Yes Yes
Web Services Gateway
Yes Yes
Enhanced security, including SAML, Kerberos, LTPA and RACF
Yes Yes
Web Services support Yes Yes Yes
Support for SOAP 1.2 and SOAP with Attachments Yes Yes Yes
WS-I Support for Web Services Yes Yes Yes
Support for any JMS 1.1 provider Yes Yes Yes
WSDL importer for importing schemas Yes Yes Yes
WS-Addressing and WS-Security built in Yes Yes Yes
Web 2.0 REST support for http nodes Yes Yes Yes
Application Development


Applications and Libraries for simplifed development

Yes
Create message flows programmatically

Yes
Patterns instantiation
Yes Yes
Pattern authoring
Yes Yes
Default configuration wizard Yes Yes Yes
Graphical debugging Yes Yes Yes
Eclipse-based tooling Yes Yes Yes
Management and Administration


Record, edit and replay messages

Yes
Activity logging to easily understand broker behavior

Yes
Enhanced installer including silent, non-root and flexible security groups

Yes
Web-based administration

Yes
Simplified provisioning and maintenance using Hypervisor Edition
Yes Yes
Simplified product pre-requisites and components
Yes Yes
Message Broker Explorer
Yes Yes
Enhanced statistics reporting, including resource statistics
Yes Yes
64 bit support on ALL platforms
Yes Yes
Autonomic fail-over of brokers
Yes Yes
Support for customer extensions and plug-ins Yes Yes Yes
Message flow accounting and statistics Yes Yes Yes
Database user ID / password support Yes Yes Yes
SMF record support (z/OS) Yes Yes Yes
Runtime versioning Yes Yes Yes
Extended platform support: Linux on Intel and zSeries Yes Yes Yes
Java Administration API (CMP) for remote, scriptable systems management Yes Yes Yes
Co-exist multiple versions on the same machine, for simplified migration Yes Yes Yes
Enterprise security with LDAP and TFIM Yes Yes Yes
Event Driven Architecture


Sequence / Resequence nodes
Yes Yes
In-memory cache Yes Yes Yes
TimeoutControl and TimeoutNotification nodes Yes Yes Yes

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