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Using IronMQ as a Celery Broker

By Iron | February 18, 2013

We are developers because we love to build stuff. Whether we’re building an e-commerce site, a mobile game, or a…

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Game of Nines – Iron.io Uptime Report

By Iron | February 13, 2013

The number one core tenet of Iron.io is IronClad Reliability so we put a lot of time and effort into making our services…

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Improvement to HUD – How to Better Manage Your Tasks

By Iron | February 11, 2013

We did a post the other day on improvements we made to the IronMQ HUD to make it easier to…

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Improvement to HUD – How to Better Manage Your Queues

By Iron | February 1, 2013

If you’re an Iron.io user, you’ve probably noticed improvements in our HUD over the last few months. We’ve gotten great…

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ProQuest’s Scalable, No Maintenance Cloud Stack

By Iron | January 22, 2013

ProQuest chose IronMQ as a key part of their stack while building the website for WorldRiderz, a documentary on the Discovery Channel. They…

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Common Actions on Messages in a Queue

By Iron | January 16, 2013

Overview   In a previous post, we talked about our ten favorite uses for a message queue. The uses laid…

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IronMQ Push Queues – Reliable Message Delivery for the Cloud

By Iron | January 11, 2013

Overview IronMQ Push Queues adds notification capabilities to your queues allowing you to send messages to other systems in a…

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Peek, Touch and Release

By Iron | January 7, 2013

IronMQ now supports three new operations: peek, touch and release. These operations give you greater control over handling your messages…

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Queue Webhook Events with IronMQ Webhook Support

By Iron | January 2, 2013

You can now use IronMQ as a webhook endpoint to collect webhook events/messages from third parties. This new feature supports arbitrary HTTP POSTs…

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IronMQ Handles 100 Million Messages a Day

By Iron | December 28, 2012

Overview Iron.io reached a key milestone on Christmas Eve this year. IronMQ, our cloud-based message queue, reached its first 100…

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Iron.io One Year Anniversary Drinkup… with a Gyrocycle!

By Iron | December 7, 2012

  One Year Celebration A year ago we launched under the Iron.io brand and introduced IronMQ. Which means that it’s a perfect occasion to…

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Iron.io certified US-EU | US-Swiss Safe Harbor

By Iron | December 4, 2012

Wanted to note that Iron.io is now certified to US-EU and US-Swiss Safe Harbor Frameworks effective as of today, December…

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