WebSphere MQ Low Latency Messaging extends the WebSphere MQ messaging family as an additional transport designed for low latency, high-throughput message delivery. It adds to an expanding suite of transport protocols to address a wide range of messaging needs. IBM WebSphere Front Office for Financial Markets Version 2.0 is an enhanced version of IBM’s high-speed market data delivery platform. It offers improved performance, capabilities, and simplification. WebSphere Front Office enables financial markets firms to improve the management of their complex financial market data requirements across the enterprise.

Chae An, vice president of financial sector industry solutions at IBM, said: The new IBM WebSphere software combines best-of-breed performance in its ability to process millions of messages per second with latency measured in microseconds, along with unbeatable flexibility, resiliency and scalability.