IBM MQ holds approximately 8–9% of the enterprise messaging market but commands premium licensing costs that many organizations are reconsidering as open-source alternatives mature. AceMQ partnered with a global enterprise technology company to develop a joint go-to-market motion targeting IBM MQ accounts with a cost-effective migration path to RabbitMQ.
IBM MQ accounts represent significant displacement opportunities, but enterprises are risk-averse about messaging migrations given the critical nature of their infrastructure. A credible migration path combined with a commercial support model that matches IBM's SLA commitments is required to move accounts.
Enterprise accounts with IBM MQ deployments; typically hybrid on-premises and cloud; high availability and compliance requirements.
AceMQ developed a joint architecture advisory and migration assessment service that quantifies IBM MQ licensing cost versus RabbitMQ total cost of ownership, maps IBM MQ workloads to RabbitMQ capabilities, and defines a migration path with AceMQ commercial support as the IBM support replacement.
The joint IBM MQ displacement motion created a structured, repeatable path for enterprise accounts to reduce messaging licensing costs while maintaining enterprise-grade support through AceMQ's commercial RabbitMQ offerings.
AceMQ led the phased migration of American National Insurance's IBM MQ infrastructure to RabbitMQ, including legacy code refactoring and HIPAA-compliant data handling across Windows and mainframe queue environments.
AceMQ advises enterprises transitioning IBM MQ workloads to modern messaging platforms, routing workloads to Kafka for event streaming or RabbitMQ for transactional messaging based on specific use case requirements.
Whether you need architecture advisory, 24/7 support, or full managed services, AceMQ has the expertise to help.