Development status Active Operating system | ||
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Developer(s) Apache Software Foundation Stable release 0.32 / March 19, 2015 (2015-03-19) Type AMQP, Java Message Service, Message-oriented middleware, Enterprise Messaging System | ||
Apache Qpid, an open-source (Apache 2.0 licensed) messaging system, implements the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol. It provides transaction management, queuing, distribution, security, management, clustering, federation and heterogeneous multi-platform support.
History
In 2005 JPMorgan Chase approached other firms to form a working group that included Cisco Systems, IONA Technologies, iMatix, Red Hat, and Transaction Workflow Innovation Standards Team (TWIST). In the same year JPMorgan Chase partnered with Red Hat to create Apache Qpid, initially in Java and soon after C++.
References
Apache Qpid Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA