AMQP is an Open Standard for Messaging Middleware: A straight-forward and complete solution for business messaging Completely open Created by users and technologists working together Made to satisfy real needs Specifies store-and-forward and publish-and-subscribe semantics in one specification Contributors: JPMorgan Chase Bank & Co., Cisco Systems, Inc., Envoy Technologies Inc., iMatix Corporation, IONA Technologies, Red Hat, Inc., TWIST Process Innova