Every once in a while, I run into an interesting problem related to connections and pooling with ActiveMQ, and today I'd like to discuss something that is not always very clear and could potentiall...

Word on the street is that Camel tastes good. Well, I can't vouch for that (as I haven't tried it...), but what I can vouch for is that working with Apache Camel for integration projects is awesome...

I'm excited to be giving a webinar on Wednesday (December 18th, 2013) at 9am MST (so that translates to 8am PST, 11 EST, and 16:00 UTC). I've already heard that the signups for this event are off t...

It's Open Source! JBoss Fuse is an open-source ESB and is the evolution of Fuse ESB after the Red Hat acquisition of FuseSource. It's open-source, Apache v2 Licensed, and fully supported by Red Hat...

This blog demonstrates how easy it is to use Apache Camel and its new json-path component along with the camel-sqs component to produce and consume messages on Amazon SQS. Amazon Web Services SQS i...

This week you can get 50% off PackT Publishing books! There are a couple new Apache Camel Books released that you may wish to take a look at: Instant Apache Camel Message Routing Instant Apache Cam...

First of all, for full disclosure, for the last 1.5 years, I've been working as a consultant for FuseSource (now Red Hat) supporting SOA and Integration projects for large and small companies in di...

So ActiveMQ 5.9 is due out from the community any day now! I just did a talk at the local Phoenix JUG about it, and did some live demos of some of the new features. I've posted by slides (below) an...

So I've recently re-kindled my interest in how Apache Camel works. Camel is such a powerful integration tool and is very widely used, but anytime I put it to work, I can't help but think "well, how...

Have you had a chance to take a look at HawtIO yet? If you haven't, it's a new web-based dashboard for managing and monitoring JVM-based services like Apache ActiveMQ, Apache Camel, JBoss, Infinisp...

So I was planning to give a talk on ActiveMQ at the Phoenix JUG this August, but through no fault of my own, it has been rescheduled for September. Well... actually, I didn't plan and coordinate it...

JBoss A-MQ  is based on Apache ActiveMQ. It's lightweight, has excellent performance, and can be configured to fit a variety of use cases. One of those use cases, and a requirement that you'll find...

Thanks to all that came out to Camel One in Boston this year! I had a great time, my presentation went well, and there were some other great talks! I believe the organizers of Camel One will be pub...

I recently had the pleasure of reviewing Tim Bish's new book Instant Apache ActiveMQ Messaging: Application Development How-To and wanted to share some thoughts. If you're new to messaging, new to ...

For the past couple of years, FuseSource has held CamelOne, an annual conference specifically geared toward the open-source messaging and integration communities especially those at Apache around t...

HawtIO is a new pluggable HTML5 dashboard for monitoring ActiveMQ, Camel, Karaf, Fuse Fabric, Tomcat, and other technologies. Actually, I was completely surprised to see the list of plugins already...

There's usually a steady drip of questions on the mailing list surrounding ActiveMQ's message-priority support as well as good questions about observed behaviors and "what's really supported"? I ho...

So you want to do publish-subscribe with ActiveMQ across distributed topics and be reliable. You can just use durable subscriptions, right? Well, you could, but if you're using clustering with Acti...

I saw a question on the mailing list asking for a simple, stripped-down, version of ActiveMQ. The default version 5.7.0 distribution and all of its runtime dependencies come in at about 44MB. I was...

On January 23rd, I will be giving a live webinar about Camel! I recently completed a DZone RefCard on essential camel components that will be published next week. Go sign up for the webinar at DZon...