In today’s heterogeneous computing environments and with the emergence of Web services and service-oriented architectures, interoperability has become a critical business and IT need.
Microsoft is joining the AMQP Working Group at the request of its members, including several of Microsoft’s customers in the financial services industry, in order to support the development of an open industry standard for ubiquitous messaging.
Read more at: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/oct08/10-24AMQPPR.mspx
AMQP Working Group includes Cisco, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Red Hat and many more major institutions and corporates.
Read more about AMQP Working Group at: http://jira.amqp.org/confluence/display/AMQP/AMQP+Working+Group
More information about Microsoft’s interoperability efforts can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/interop