Biographical Sketch: Paul Clarke is the Client Architect for the IBM WebSphere MQ product. He has worked on WebSphere MQ since the first version back in 1991. He works in IBM’s Hursley Development Laboratory in the south of England. Paul has worked on a variety of areas in MQ but has tended to work mainly on the Distributed product in the area of clusters, channels and clients. He is also the author of a variety of SupportPacs – MA01, MO03, MO71, MO72 & MA94.