Iron.mq vs Amazon SQS: What’s the Difference?

Overview Language: Amazon SQS is compatible with Java, Ruby, Python, .NET, PHP, JavaScript and Java Message Service (JMS) but Iron.mq supports all major coding languages. Performance: Amazon SQS is easier to use for beginners while Iron.mq is a developer friendly option and performs more consistently. Scalability: Iron.mq is highly scalable because it runs on top…

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Amazon SQS (Simple Queue Service): Quick Overview and Tutorial

Amazon SQS

Now that’s quite a queue! Queues are a powerful way of combining software architectures. They allow for asynchronous communication between different systems, and are especially useful when the throughput of the systems is unequal.   Amazon offers their version of queues with Amazon SQS (Simple Queue Service). For example, if you have something like: System A -…

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