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Florian Raschbichler, Oct 29, 2019

What are MQTT User Properties? – MQTT 5 Essentials Part 6

Category: MQTT 5 MQTT 5 Essentials HiveMQ IoT

How the MQTT 5 User Property feature works and what it can do for you.

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Christoph Schäbel, Oct 23, 2019

MQTT 5’s Improved Client Feedback & Negative ACKs – MQTT 5 Essentials Part 5

Category: MQTT 5 Essentials MQTT 5 IoT

Learn how MQTT 5 improves the transparency of MQTT with more feedback for clients and negative ACKs.

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HiveMQ Team, Oct 22, 2019

15 Frequently Asked MQTT Questions

Category: FAQ MQTT

Here're top 15 frequently asked questions or FAQs about MQTT protocol.

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Magi Erber, Oct 21, 2019

Bidirectional IoT Messaging between MQTT and Apache Kafka

Category: HiveMQ HiveMQ Extension for Kafka

New Features for the HiveMQ Enterprise Extension for Kafka enable bidirectional communication between HiveMQ and one or more Kafka clusters.

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Florian Raschbichler, Oct 16, 2019

MQTT Session Expiry and Message Expiry Intervals – MQTT 5 Essentials Part 4

Category: MQTT 5 Essentials MQTT 5 IoT

How the MQTT 5 session and message expiry interval features work and what you need them for.

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HiveMQ Team, Oct 10, 2019

The HiveMQ Team Is Growing

Category: HiveMQ HiveMQ Team

We are growing! Meet the new faces behind HiveMQ.

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Ian Skerrett and Florian Raschbichler, Oct 7, 2019

MQTT 5: Seven Reasons to Upgrade to it from MQTT 3.1.1 – MQTT 5 Essentials Part 3

Category: MQTT 5 Essentials MQTT 5 IoT

Looking to upgrade from MQTT 3.1.1 to MQTT 5? Here are seven reasons why you should move to the new protocol.

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Mary Brickenstein-Hofschen, Oct 1, 2019

Introduction to MQTT 5 Protocol - MQTT 5 Essentials Part 1

Category: MQTT 5 Essentials MQTT 5

Meet MQTT 5: The most extensive and feature-rich update to the MQTT protocol specification ever.

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Anja Helmbrecht-Schaar, Sep 24, 2019

MQTT CLI: Smart, Compact, Open Source

Category: HiveMQ MQTT CLI

We are happy to announce a new open source tool, called MQTT CLI a smart and compact MQTT command line tool.

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Florian Raschbichler, Sep 23, 2019

Setting up TLS for your cloud-based MQTT broker

Category: HiveMQ Cloud IoT Security Encryption

Using HiveMQ to achieve complete end to end encryption in the cloud.

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Mary Brickenstein-Hofschen, Sep 15, 2019

Migrating from HiveMQ 3 to HiveMQ 4

Category: HiveMQ Release MQTT 5 HiveMQ Migration

We’ve got great news for HiveMQ 3 users who are thinking about upgrading to HiveMQ 4: migration just got a lot easier.

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Florian Raschbichler, Sep 13, 2019

Building an elastic high availability MQTT broker cluster on AWS

Category: HiveMQ Clustering AWS Third Party

Guide to quickly building a HiveMQ Cluster in AWS.

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HiveMQ Team, Sep 11, 2019

Join the Free HiveMQ Webinars

Category: HiveMQ Webinar

Register now for free and join the HiveMQ webinars.

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Magi Erber, Sep 10, 2019

Role Based Access Control to Secure an MQTT Broker

Category: HiveMQ IoT Security Control Center HiveMQ ESE

A guide to securing the HiveMQ Control Center with HiveMQ Enterprise Security Extension.

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Simon Baier, Sep 10, 2019

HiveMQ on DC/OS

Category: HiveMQ Cloud Cloud-Native Operations Third Party

A guide to the official HiveMQ service for D2IQ DC/OS.

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Ian Skerrett, Sep 6, 2019

HiveMQ Now Listed as Confluent Verified

Category: HiveMQ HiveMQ Extension for Kafka

The HiveMQ Enterprise Extension for Kafka is listed as a Confluent Verified Standard product.

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HiveMQ Team, Sep 4, 2019

HiveMQ is exhibiting at the Industry of Things World Berlin 2019

Category: HiveMQ Events

HiveMQ is participating in the Industry of Things World Berlin 2019. Book your meeting with HiveMQ CEO Christian Götz in advance or drop by at our booth.

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HiveMQ Team, Aug 29, 2019

HiveMQ ESE 1.3 released

Category: HiveMQ ESE IoT Security

The HiveMQ team is pleased to announce the availability of HiveMQ Enterprise Security Extension 1.3.

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Florian Raschbichler, Aug 28, 2019

Lessons Learned: Deploying Connected Car Services in Production

Category: HiveMQ Connected Car IoT Security

Sharing the experience I gathered over many years of supporting connected car platforms.

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Florian Raschbichler, Aug 21, 2019

IoT Security in the cloud - How to integrate IoT Device Authentication and Authorization with HiveMQ and AWS

Category: HiveMQ HiveMQ ESE Third-Party AWS IoT Security

A guide to deploying an enterprise level secured HiveMQ broker cluster on AWS

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HiveMQ Team, Aug 20, 2019

MQTT Topics, Wildcards, & Best Practices – MQTT Essentials: Part 5

Category: MQTT Essentials MQTT

Learn about MQTT Topics, naming conventions, MQTT $SYS topics, MQTT Prefix, MQTT Topic Wildcards, and more in this MQTT Essentials article.

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Ian Skerrett, Aug 19, 2019

Top 10 Criteria for Selecting a MQTT Broker

Category: HiveMQ

When evaluating MQTT brokers it is important to consider some key criteria to ensure the successful deployment of an MQTT system.

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HiveMQ Team, Aug 16, 2019

HiveMQ ESE 1.2 released

Category: HiveMQ ESE IoT Security

The HiveMQ team is pleased to announce the availability of HiveMQ Enterprise Security Extension 1.2.

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Silvio Giebl, Aug 12, 2019

The HiveMQ MQTT Client 1.1.2 is released

Category: HiveMQ MQTT Client MQTT Client

The HiveMQ team is pleased to announce the availability of HiveMQ MQTT Client 1.1.2.

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HiveMQ Team, Jul 29, 2019

HiveMQ ESE 1.1 released

Category: HiveMQ ESE IoT Security

The HiveMQ team is pleased to announce the availability of HiveMQ Enterprise Security Extension 1.1.

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Silvio Giebl, Jul 23, 2019

HiveMQ MQTT Client Features: Android Support

Category: HiveMQ MQTT Client MQTT Client

A detailed look at the Android support of the HiveMQ MQTT Client library.

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Ian Skerrett, Jul 18, 2019

A Better Solution for IoT Security and MQTT

Category: HiveMQ HiveMQ ESE IoT Security

We are thrilled to announce the new HiveMQ Enterprise Security Extension for integrating production ready security into your HiveMQ cluster.

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HiveMQ Team, Jul 17, 2019

MQTT Client, MQTT Broker, and MQTT Server Connection Establishment Explained – MQTT Essentials: Part 3

Category: MQTT Essentials MQTT

Discover what is an MQTT Client, an MQTT Broker and how both the client and broker establish a connection.

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HiveMQ Team, Jul 16, 2019

Is it time to upgrade to MQTT 5 yet?

Category: MQTT 5

Is MQTT 5 ready for prime time? Should you upgrade from MQTT 3.1.1 yet? We'll answer these questions in this weeks blog post.

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Silvio Giebl, Jul 16, 2019

The HiveMQ MQTT Client 1.1.1 is released

Category: HiveMQ MQTT Client MQTT Client

The HiveMQ team is pleased to announce the availability of HiveMQ MQTT Client 1.1.1.

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HiveMQ Team, Jul 15, 2019

MQTT Client Tools - The Seven Best Tools

Category: MQTT MQTT Client

This post sums up the seven best MQTT client tools for newbies and experts. There are different tools in the list for Desktop, Android or iOS.

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Magi Erber, Jul 1, 2019

The HiveMQ Control center at a glance

Category: HiveMQ Control Center

Have a look at the HiveMQ Control Center Key Features like Cluster Metrics, Trace Recordings, Dropped Messages Analytics, Client Overview and Details.

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Silvio Giebl, Jun 26, 2019

HiveMQ MQTT Client Features: Fluent API

Category: HiveMQ MQTT Client MQTT Client

A detailed look at the fluent API of the HiveMQ MQTT Client library.

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Silvio Giebl, Jun 17, 2019

HiveMQ MQTT Client Features: Reconnect Handling

Category: HiveMQ MQTT Client MQTT Client

A detailed look at the Reconnect Handling functionality of the HiveMQ MQTT Client library.

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Ian Skerrett, Jun 14, 2019

Using MQTT and HiveMQ to Build the Connected Car

Category: HiveMQ Connected Car

Creating the Connected Car Platform.

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Silvio Giebl, Jun 11, 2019

The HiveMQ MQTT Client 1.1 is released

Category: HiveMQ MQTT Client MQTT Client

The HiveMQ team is pleased to announce the availability of HiveMQ MQTT Client 1.1.