PLEASE NOTE: This course is also available as an Instructor Led Online Course, Technical Introduction to IBM WebSphere MQ (Remote Classroom) (VM101) and also as a Self Paced Virtual Course (E-Learning), Technical Introduction to IBM WebSphere MQ (Self-paced) (ZM101). Please also note these two options do not require any travel. This 1-day instructor-led course is a technical overview of IBM WebSphere MQ. It provides a conceptual understanding of messaging and queuing as implemented by IBM WebSphere MQ. IBM WebSphere MQ delivers reliable application integration for applications and web services, allowing users to fully leverage existing software and hardware investments. Through a series of lectures, students learn how IBM WebSphere MQ provides a messaging backbone for deploying an enterprise service bus (ESB) as the connectivity layer of a service-oriented architecture (SOA). The course also explains how IBM WebSphere MQ responsibilities can include the management of topic-based publish/subscription information. There are no lab exercises in this course; students confirm their learning through checkpoint questions. For information about other related WebSphere courses, visit the WebSphere Education Training Paths website: www.ibm.com/software/websphere/education/paths/