IBM WebSphere Message Broker File Extender handles files residing on the same system as the Message Broker run time

It is a set of plug-in nodes fully integrated with the Message Broker Toolkit palette, giving users of WebSphere Message Broker immediate productivity.

Extends the capabilities of WebSphere Message Broker into the domain of files, enabling users to natively exploit huge amounts of information from the broker that many enterprises store in flat files

Allows businesses to see the same level of reuse and value from the data held in files as they currently get from the data being sent round their business in messages
Enables users to apply brokering services such as transformation, enrichment, logging, and routing to file content

Seamlessly convert messages into files, file records, and vice versa, by simply wiring and configuring the relevant input/output nodes into the appropriate message flow
Increases the value of previous investments by supporting and transforming information between legacy file-based applications and new applications based on different protocols, standards, and formats

Adheres to the overall WebSphere Message Broker administration paradigm
Based on technology from the SPAZIO family of products by Primeur
Operating systems supported: Linux, UNIX, Windows