Responsiv Solutions IBM MQ on Cloud
IBM MQ on Cloud provides a messaging transport and delivery service for applications. It is the gold standard for enterprise messaging, providing security-rich and reliable messaging across multiple clouds. You connect applications to it, and then easily send and receive messages in real time. Messaging paradigms include point-to-point and publish-subscribe.
Features
- Message delivery with security-rich features that produce auditable results
- Assured once and once-only message delivery
- QoS to ensure messages will withstand application and system outages
- End-to-end message encryption and signing
- Highly available and scalable architectures to support an application’s needs.
- Application to application real-time messaging
- Asynchronous message processing and transfer
- Point-to-point and publish-subscribe paradigms
- File Transfer
- Very wide range of APIs and language
Benefits
- You can secure message delivery between queue managers with TLS
- Application programmers do not need to have communications programming knowledge
- Advanced Message Security (AMS), to encrypt and sign messages
- Message delivery is assured and decoupled from the application
- Messaging and queuing allow multiple modes of operation, point-to-point, publish/subscribe
- Application has choice of programming interfaces, and programming languages
- Optimise business processes through asynchronous processing
- Ensure transactional processing across multiple applications
- Transfer data in real-time between applications running anywhere
- Provision the service within minutes
Pricing
£507.00 a unit a month
Service documents
Request an accessible format
Framework
G-Cloud 13
Service ID
8 7 3 8 6 8 1 5 6 4 0 1 1 6 1
Contact
Responsiv Solutions Ltd
Mike Axial
Telephone: +44 (0)1344 266 980
Email: sales@responsiv.co.uk
Service scope
- Software add-on or extension
- No
- Cloud deployment model
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- Public cloud
- Private cloud
- Hybrid cloud
- Service constraints
- No Constraints
- System requirements
- https://www.ibm.com/software/reports/compatibility/clarity/softwareReqsForProduct.html
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- Email or online ticketing
- Support response times
- Response time depends upon request severity. Severity 1 has an objective of under 2 hour response time, 24 x 7, whilst a Severity 4 has an objective within 1 business day (Monday-Friday business hours)
- User can manage status and priority of support tickets
- Yes
- Online ticketing support accessibility
- WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
- Phone support
- Yes
- Phone support availability
- 24 hours, 7 days a week
- Web chat support
- Web chat
- Web chat support availability
- 24 hours, 7 days a week
- Web chat support accessibility standard
- WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
- Web chat accessibility testing
- https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/overview/accessibility?topic=overview-accessibility-platform
- Onsite support
- Yes, at extra cost
- Support levels
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Included within the price
Severity 1 - Critical impact/service down:
Business critical functionality is inoperable or critical interface has failed. Condition requires an immediate solution.
Response: Within 1 hour, 24x7
Severity 2 - Significant impact:
A service feature or function is severely restricted in its use or Client is in jeopardy of missing business deadlines.
Response: Within 2 business hours, Monday to Friday business hours
Severity 3 - Minor impact:
Indicates the service or functionality is usable .
Response: Within 4 business hours, Monday to Friday business hours
Severity 4 - Minimal impact:
An inquiry or non-technical request.
Response: Within 1 business day, Monday to Friday business hours
On-site support provided as a Time & Materials basis and will be scoped and agreed before attending site - Support available to third parties
- Yes
Onboarding and offboarding
- Getting started
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Pre-sales engagement can be held with you before purchase, to help you understand the product and map out use cases. This is useful for product demonstrations and technical exploration. IBM have a number of Proofs of Technology and Proofs of Concept available, to help you explore.
After purchase, as part of the support contract, IBM provides a wealth of FAQ and how-to articles at no extra charge. IBM also provides web chat and forums, thus enabling your users to engage with technical support at no extra charge.
Onsite and online training can be provide as required (charges apply).
Extensive user documentation exists on the IBM site
https://developer.ibm.com/messaging/learn-mq/ - Service documentation
- Yes
- Documentation formats
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- HTML
- End-of-contract data extraction
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Typically, as a messaging transport service, all user data is transient and no user data is stored within the IBM service. This means that typically there is no need for users to extract their data when the contract ends.
Having said that: at any time, users can extract all message data if there is any (take them off queues) and users can extract and export the configuration of all the Queue Managers and all the artefacts inside them - End-of-contract process
- At the end of the contract, your Queue Managers, all their artefacts and any remaining message data will be securely and permanently deleted. This is provided as part of the service, at no extra charge.
Using the service
- Web browser interface
- Yes
- Supported browsers
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- Microsoft Edge
- Firefox
- Chrome
- Safari
- Application to install
- No
- Designed for use on mobile devices
- No
- Service interface
- Yes
- User support accessibility
- WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
- Description of service interface
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The service interface for administration allows you to create and manage Queue Managers, to create and manage artefacts within Queue Managers, and to manage application and user access. This can be done using web browser (IBM Web Console), installed client (MQ Explorer), programmatically (REST API) or Command Line (runmqsc).
The service interface for runtime access allows an application to put and get messages to and from queues, and to publish and subscribe to topics. This can be done using MQ Client protocol and REST APIs. - Accessibility standards
- WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
- Accessibility testing
- https://www.ibm.com/able/product_accessibility/request?requestId=91fb19afa7266d1b651bbeb4817e67f2
- API
- Yes
- What users can and can't do using the API
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The management REST API interface does not allow you to set up the service, manage the service itself, manage users or create Queue Managers.
However you can use the management REST API interface to create and manage artefacts within all Queue Managers. For more details, see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/9.2?topic=administering-administration-using-rest-api
https://developer.ibm.com/tutorials/mq-develop-mq-rest-api/ - API documentation
- Yes
- API documentation formats
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- Open API (also known as Swagger)
- HTML
- API sandbox or test environment
- Yes
- Customisation available
- No
Scaling
- Independence of resources
- The architecture of IBM cloud services maintains logical separation of client data. Internal rules and measures separate data processing, such as inserting, modifying, deleting, and transferring data, according to the contracted purposes.
Analytics
- Service usage metrics
- Yes
- Metrics types
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All of the following are available as part of the Web Console administration provided by the service.
System metrics, including CPU usage, disk usage, bytes of message stored.
Queue Manager metrics, including number of accesses to queues, PUTs and GETs to queues, rates of message transmission.
In addition, for experienced IBM MQ users, standard analysis tools can be used to access data and analyse metrics - Reporting types
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- API access
- Real-time dashboards
Resellers
- Supplier type
- Reseller providing extra support
- Organisation whose services are being resold
- IBM
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Other security clearance
- Government security clearance
- Up to Developed Vetting (DV)
Asset protection
- Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
- Yes
- Data storage and processing locations
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- United Kingdom
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- Other locations
- User control over data storage and processing locations
- Yes
- Datacentre security standards
- Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 3.0)
- Penetration testing frequency
- At least once a year
- Penetration testing approach
- ‘IT Health Check’ performed by a Tigerscheme qualified provider or a CREST-approved service provider
- Protecting data at rest
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- Physical access control, complying with CSA CCM v3.0
- Physical access control, complying with SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
- Physical access control, complying with another standard
- Encryption of all physical media
- Scale, obfuscating techniques, or data storage sharding
- Data sanitisation process
- Yes
- Data sanitisation type
- Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation
- Equipment disposal approach
- Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v.30, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001
Data importing and exporting
- Data export approach
- Typically, as a messaging transport service, all user data is transient and no user data is stored within the IBM service. This means that typically there is no need for users to export any data. Having said that: at any time, users can extract all message data if there is any (take them off queues) and users can extract and export the configuration of all the Queue Managers and all the artefacts inside them. They do this using standard MQ techniques to GET messages, and standard MQ techniques to dump configurations.
- Data export formats
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- CSV
- ODF
- Other
- Other data export formats
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- Message data : the same format as held on queues
- Configuration data: MQ format, allowing for re-creation later
- Data import formats
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- CSV
- ODF
- Other
- Other data import formats
- Messages on queues can be in any format
Data-in-transit protection
- Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
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- TLS (version 1.2 or above)
- IPsec or TLS VPN gateway
- Other
- Other protection between networks
- IBM will encrypt content not intended for public or unauthenticated viewing when transferring content over public networks. Further, unless excluded by a TD, IBM will enable use of a cryptographic protocol, such as HTTPS, SFTP, and FTPS, for Client’s secure transfer of content to and from the Cloud Service over public networks.
- Data protection within supplier network
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- TLS (version 1.2 or above)
- IPsec or TLS VPN gateway
Availability and resilience
- Guaranteed availability
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Availability during a contracted month = Compensation
(% of monthly subscription fee for contracted month that is the subject of a claim)
<99.9% = 2%
<99.0% =5%
<95.00% = 10.0%
IBM will make a rebate directly available to Client. Further details at
https://www.ibm.com/software/support/saas_support_overview.html - Approach to resilience
- Available on request
- Outage reporting
- Email alerts are provided. Notifications of current overall status and of planned maintenance are posted on the main dashboard. More detailed dashboards are provided to provide details of all current status.
Identity and authentication
- User authentication needed
- Yes
- User authentication
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- Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
- Username or password
- Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
- IBM maintains individual role-based authorization of privileged accounts that is subject to regular validation. A privileged account is a duly authorized IBM user identity with administrative access to a Cloud Service, including associated infrastructure, networks, systems, applications, databases and file systems.
- Access restriction testing frequency
- At least every 6 months
- Management access authentication
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- Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
- Username or password
Audit information for users
- Access to user activity audit information
- Users contact the support team to get audit information
- How long user audit data is stored for
- Between 1 month and 6 months
- Access to supplier activity audit information
- Users contact the support team to get audit information
- How long supplier audit data is stored for
- Between 1 month and 6 months
- How long system logs are stored for
- Between 1 month and 6 months
Standards and certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001 certification
- Yes
- Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
- Bureau Veritas Certification Holding SAS
- ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
- 29 November 2021
- What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
- https://www.ibm.com/cloud/compliance
- ISO 28000:2007 certification
- No
- CSA STAR certification
- Yes
- CSA STAR accreditation date
- 02/01/2020
- CSA STAR certification level
- Level 1: CSA STAR Self-Assessment
- What the CSA STAR doesn’t cover
- The IBM CSA Star Self-Assessment can be viewed https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/star/registry/ibm-cloud/services/ibm-cloud-services/
- PCI certification
- No
- Cyber essentials
- No
- Cyber essentials plus
- No
- Other security certifications
- Yes
- Any other security certifications
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- https://www.ibm.com/uk-en/cloud/compliance/global
- https://www.ibm.com/trust
Security governance
- Named board-level person responsible for service security
- Yes
- Security governance certified
- Yes
- Security governance standards
- ISO/IEC 27001
- Information security policies and processes
- IBM has an Information Technology (IT) Security policy that establishes the requirements for the protection of IBM's worldwide IT systems and the information assets they contain, including networks and computing devices such as servers, workstations, host computers, application programs, web services, and telephone systems within the IBM infrastructure. IBM’s IT Security policy is supplemented by standards and guidelines, such as the Security Standards for IBM's Infrastructure, the Security and Use Standards for IBM Employees and the Security Guidelines for Outsourced Business Services. Such are reviewed by a cross-company team led by the IT Risk organization every six months. IBM has a dedicated Vice President of IT Security who leads a team responsible for IBM's own enterprise data security standards and practices. Responsibility and accountability for executing internal security programs is established through formal documented policies. IBM Services teams also have dedicated executives and teams who are responsible for information and physical security in the delivery of our client services.
Operational security
- Configuration and change management standard
- Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
- Configuration and change management approach
- IBM maintains policies and procedures to manage risks associated with the application of changes to its Cloud Services. Prior to implementation, all changes to a Cloud Service, including its systems, networks and underlying components, will be documented in a registered change request that includes a description and reason for the change, implementation details and schedule, a risk statement addressing impact to the Cloud Service and its clients, expected outcome, rollback plan, and documented approval by IBM management or its authorized delegate.
- Vulnerability management type
- Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
- Vulnerability management approach
- With each Cloud Service, as applicable and commercially reasonable, IBM will a) perform penetration testing and vulnerability assessments before production release and routinely thereafter, b) enlist a qualified and reputable independent third-party to perform penetration testing and ethical hacking at least annually, c) perform automated management and routine verification of underlying components’ compliance with security configuration requirements, and d) remediate any identified vulnerability or noncompliance with its security configuration requirements based on associated risk, exploitability, and impact. IBM takes reasonable care to avoid Cloud Service disruption when performing its tests, assessments, scans, and execution of remediation activities.
- Protective monitoring type
- Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
- Protective monitoring approach
- IBM maintains and follows policies requiring administrative access and activity in its Cloud Services’ computing environments to be logged and monitored, and the logs to be archived and retained in compliance with IBM’s worldwide records management plan. IBM monitors privileged account use and maintain security information and event management policies and measures designed to a) identify unauthorized administrative access and activity, b) facilitate a timely and appropriate response, and c) enable internal and independent third party audits of compliance with such policies. IBM systematically monitors the health and availability of production Cloud Service systems and infrastructure at all times.
- Incident management type
- Conforms to a recognised standard, for example, CSA CCM v3.0 or ISO/IEC 27035:2011 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
- Incident management approach
- IBM: -maintains and follows incident response policies aligned with NIST guidelines for computer security incident handling, and will comply with data breach notification requirements under applicable law. -investigates security incidents, including unauthorised access or use of content or the Cloud Service, of which IBM becomes aware, and, if warranted, define and execute an appropriate response plan. -promptly notifies Client upon determining that a security incident known or reasonably suspected by IBM to affect Client has occurred. -provides Client with reasonably requested information about such security incident and status of applicable remediation and restoration activities performed or directed by IBM.
Secure development
- Approach to secure software development best practice
- Supplier-defined process
Public sector networks
- Connection to public sector networks
- No
Social Value
- Tackling economic inequality
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Tackling economic inequality
Responsiv Solutions is a new business that employs both graduate and school leavers. We have approximately 40% non-native English speakers, and a gender balance of around 50% male. Our business works with smaller businesses to help them use technology to grow and prosper. We are bringing knowledge and expertise more commonly found in larger organisations to the masses. - Equal opportunity
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Equal opportunity
Responsiv prides itself in selecting our staff on their individual merits, and their ability to work with our customers as part of the Responsiv team. We do not single out particular groups by any measure and regard ourselves to be an equal opportunity employer.
Responsiv has signed up to the Disability Confident initiative as a Disability Confident Committed Employer. - Wellbeing
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Wellbeing
Responsiv provide our staff with wellbeing advice and private medical care that includes mental health and encourages good habits to promote healthy lifestyles. Many of our staff are keen sports people who participate in cycling and sporting events.
Pricing
- Price
- £507.00 a unit a month
- Discount for educational organisations
- No
- Free trial available
- Yes
- Description of free trial
- Full features
- Link to free trial
- https://cloud.ibm.com/registration?cm_mmca1=000032EK&S_PKG=ov64640&target=/catalog/services/mq