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Dominik Obermaier, Jun 9, 2021

MQTT Sparkplug Publish/Subscribe vs. Poll/Response

Category: MQTT Sparkplug Essentials MQTT Sparkplug

This part explores the many advantages Sparkplug´s decoupled push-based architecture has compared to traditional poll-response protocols like Modbus or OPC-UA.

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John L. Singleton, Jun 7, 2021

LoveLight USA Perfects the Art of Connection with HiveMQ

Category: MQTT HiveMQ

LoveLight USA carefully crafts internet-connected lights that keep friends and loved ones connected around the world. MQTT makes animation, message-delivery guarantees, and other key features possible on very limited hardware.

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Magi Erber, May 27, 2021

Introducing HiveMQ Cloud on Microsoft Azure

Category: HiveMQ Cloud Cloud

HiveMQ Cloud is now available on Microsoft Azure.

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Kudzai Manditereza, May 20, 2021

How to Connect a Smart Factory and Visualize IIoT Data with MQTT Sparkplug

Category: Real-World MQTT Industry 4.0 MQTT Sparkplug

A step-by-step guide on how to use MQTT Sparkplug B specification to connect different Industry 4.0 devices using HiveMQ Cloud and then visualizing the IIoT data.

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Magi Erber, May 14, 2021

How to Use HiveMQ Cloud MQTT Broker with Home Assistant

Category: HiveMQ Cloud Cloud

A step-by-step guide to connecting your Home Assistant with HiveMQ Cloud.

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Christian Meinerding, May 6, 2021

Ready for Lift-off

Category: HiveMQ

We have taken a very big step on our mission by closing our initial seed funding round of EUR 9.3 million.

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Mary Brickenstein-Hofschen, May 5, 2021

Complete End-to-end IoT Solution Testing with HiveMQ Swarm

Category: HiveMQ IoT Testing

HiveMQ Swarm is the industry’s first solution that enables organizations of all sizes to reliably simulate and test large-scale IoT deployments.

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Ian Skerrett, Apr 26, 2021

Making it easy to create dashboards for MQTT Sparkplug with InfluxDB and HiveMQ

Category: HiveMQ MQTT Sparkplug

Many of our customers want visualize the industrial data from their equipment into some type of dashboards. See how this can easily be done with Sparkplug, InfluxDB, and HiveMQ.

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Silvio Giebl, Apr 9, 2021

The HiveMQ MQTT Client 1.2.2 is released

Category: HiveMQ MQTT Client MQTT Client

The HiveMQ team is pleased to announce the availability of HiveMQ MQTT Client 1.2.2.

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Magi Erber, Mar 14, 2021

Connect your MQTT devices with HiveMQ Cloud for free

Category: HiveMQ Cloud Cloud

We now offer a free cluster type for HiveMQ Cloud to experience how easy it is to deploy and manage an MQTT broker.

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Till Seeberger, Feb 19, 2021

HiveMQ Azure Cluster Discovery Extension is released

Category: HiveMQ Extension Third Party

The HiveMQ team is pleased to announce the availability of the HiveMQ Azure Cluster Discovery Extension.

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Ian Skerrett, Feb 19, 2021

Welcome to Two New Industrial IoT Partners to HiveMQ

Category: HiveMQ

In IIoT, partners are key for success. We are thrilled to announce two new partnerships with Opto22 and INS. Both have deep experience in IIoT deployments.

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Matthias Hofschen, Jan 27, 2021

Best Practices for Operating HiveMQ and MQTT on Kubernetes

Category: HiveMQ MQTT IoT Kubernetes

The HiveMQ Kubernetes White Paper: Best Practices for Operating HiveMQ and MQTT on Kubernetes.

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Ian Skerrett, Jan 27, 2021

New White Paper and Webinar about MQTT Sparkplug

Category: HiveMQ MQTT Sparkplug

Discover our new resources about MQTT Sparkplug that aims to break down the data silos created by pairwise integrations found in IIoT architectures.

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Christian Meinerding, Jan 7, 2021

Trends to watch in 2021 for MQTT and HiveMQ

Category: HiveMQ MQTT

Coming off a very successful year 2020 for HiveMQ, now is the time to look forward to understanding where the MQTT industry is going in 2021 and how HiveMQ plans to expand our momentum.

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Till Seeberger, Dec 17, 2020

HiveMQ with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Category: HiveMQ Third Party

A guide to deploy a HiveMQ Cluster on the Azure Cloud by using Azure Kubernetes Service.

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Yannick Weber, Dec 16, 2020

HiveMQ Testcontainer 1.3.0 Released

Category: HiveMQ Testing Test Container MQTT Client

We released the official HiveMQ Testcontainer 1.3.0.

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Dominik Obermaier, Dec 3, 2020

MQTT Sparkplug Architecture

Category: MQTT Sparkplug Essentials MQTT Sparkplug

Sparkplug Essentials Part 2 will cover Sparkplug´s fundamental architecture and the main principles it is built upon.

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Ian Skerrett, Dec 1, 2020

HiveMQ + Splunk = Visualize MQTT Data at Scale

Category: HiveMQ Third Party

Our partner SVA, one of Germany’s leading system integrators, has released a new HiveMQ extension for Splunk that natively forwards MQTT data to Splunk.

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Magi Erber, Nov 25, 2020

The HiveMQ IoT on Azure Survey

Category: HiveMQ

HiveMQ wants to understand what you like and dislike about Azure and Azure services for hosting IoT applications. Give us your feedback by participating in our short online survey about IoT on Azure.

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Ian Skerrett, Oct 29, 2020

Why MQTT Has Become the De Facto Standard for the Connected Car

Category: HiveMQ

The automotive industry is seeing increasing demands for connectivity solutions from consumers. MQTT is ideally suited for connected car use cases.

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HiveMQ Team, Oct 20, 2020

Announcing the MQTT Essentials E-Book

Category: HiveMQ

We are happy to announce the MQTT Essentials E-Book which provides a comprehensive overview of MQTT facts and features for beginners and experts alike.

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Florian Raschbichler, Oct 14, 2020

Monitoring MQTT Messages with InfluxDB and Grafana

Category: HiveMQ Third-Party

A guide to setting up a Grafana dashboard for monitoring HiveMQ, using Telegraf and InfluxDB.

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Ian Skerrett, Oct 13, 2020

Empowering Edge Computing with MQTT

Category: MQTT IoT Edge

Evaluating the benefits and the different types of edge computing and why MQTT is the natural protocol to transfer data from edge devices to the cloud.

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Lukas Brandl, Oct 1, 2020

Build your HiveMQ Extensions with Gradle

Category: HiveMQ Extension Gradle Third Party

Guide to building HiveMQ extensions with Gradle.

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Matthias Hofschen, Sep 7, 2020

Automate your HiveMQ installation with Concourse and Terraform

Category: HiveMQ Clustering AWS Third Party Terraform Concourse

Guide for setting up a Concourse CI pipeline to install HiveMQ on AWS with Terraform.

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Yannick Weber, Sep 2, 2020

HiveMQ Testcontainer 1.2.0 Released

Category: HiveMQ Testing Test Container MQTT Client

We released the offical HiveMQ Testcontainer 1.2.0.

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Dominik Obermaier, Sep 1, 2020

Introduction to MQTT Sparkplug

Category: MQTT Sparkplug Essentials MQTT Sparkplug

Welcome to our new blog post series called Sparkplug Essentials. We will show you everything you need to know about one of the most important communication protocols for the Industrial Internet of Things.

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Ian Skerrett, Aug 26, 2020

Investing in the MQTT Community

Category: MQTT

This summer we took on two projects as investment for the MQTT Community: Updating the MQTT logo and modernizing mqtt.org. Both projects are ready to view.

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Dominik Obermaier, Aug 3, 2020

MQTT Essentials Video Series

Category: MQTT MQTT Essentials

MQTT Monday is back - this time in video format. Every Monday, from now on, we will publish a short MQTT Essential video on our YouTube Channel.

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Magi Erber, Jul 17, 2020

HiveMQ Kubernetes Operator Early Access Preview: Simply Automate Your HiveMQ Deployments Today

Category: HiveMQ Kubernetes HiveMQ Kubernetes Operator

The HiveMQ Kubernetes Operator Early Access Preview lets you fully automate your HiveMQ cluster deployment and management.

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Magi Erber, Jun 24, 2020

Extending Confluent Cloud to Ingest Data from Millions of IoT Devices

Category: HiveMQ Cloud Cloud

HiveMQ Cloud now integrates seamlessly with your Confluent Cloud Kafka cluster.

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Matthias Hofschen, Jun 21, 2020

How to install HiveMQ with Terraform

Category: HiveMQ Clustering AWS Third Party Terraform GitOps

Take A GitOps approach to setting up HiveMQ with Terraform on AWS in the cloud

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Florian Raschbichler, Jun 16, 2020

MQTT Flow Control – MQTT 5 Essentials Part 12

Category: MQTT 5 MQTT 5 Essentials HiveMQ IoT

A deep look into the new MQTT feature: Flow Control.

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Yannick Weber, Jun 12, 2020

HiveMQ Testcontainer 1.1.0 Released

Category: HiveMQ Testing Test Container MQTT Client

We released the official HiveMQ Testcontainer 1.1.0.

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Christian Kurze, Jun 8, 2020

Building a Reliable and Scalable IoT Platform

Category: HiveMQ MongoDB IoT MQTT

How to Build a Scalable and Reliable IoT platform with HiveMQ and MongoDB: Guidelines and Best Practices taken from the real-world use case of fleet management.