Author Archives: Roger Lacroix

My name is Roger Lacroix and I am a die hard programmer. I have been programming since the 80s. My favorite programming languages are Java, C and Rexx. I have worked in the airline, retail but I have spent most of my time doing middleware work in the financial services industry. In 1994, I was introduced to IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ & MQSeries) and I thought it was the next best thing since man created fire. This blog will be about IBM MQ, Java, C, Rexx and any other interesting items that I can think of. I hope you enjoy it.

IBM MQ 9.3 End of Service Date

April 23, 2026 Roger Lacroix
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The end of service date for IBM MQ 9.3 on distributed platforms (Linux, Unix, Windows and IBM i) is September 30, 2027. The IBM MQ Software lifecycle page is at: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6598101 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM has announced IBM MQ 10.0

April 22, 2026 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just announced IBM MQ 10.0 for multi-platforms, z/OS and IBM MQ on Cloud: https://www.ibm.com/new/announcements/introducing-ibm-mq-v10-0 IBM MQ 10.0 will be available for electronic download on June 16, 2026 (June 19, 2026 for IBM MQ for z/OS) Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ 9.4.5 Announced

February 26, 2026 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has announced IBM MQ 9.4.5: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/9.4.x?topic=delivery-whats-new-changed-in-mq-945 IBM MQ & IBM MQ Advanced for Multiplatforms 9.4.5 – Support for customized SSLSocketFactory for CCDT and JWT retrieval over HTTPS – FIPS compliance with IBM MQ Explorer – AIX Cryptographic library GSKit upgraded to version 9 – Secure heartbeat for HA RDQM – Moving and copying messages […]

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IBM Champion Renewal Declined

February 25, 2026 Roger Lacroix
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Today, I received the email below stating that I have been removed from the IBM Champion program after being in the program for 9 years. I have a blog dedicated to IBM MQ, answer email questions on various forums and mailing lists and the committee thinks I don’t provide value. All I can say is […]

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Capitalware Products & Older Versions of the Products

January 2, 2026 Roger Lacroix
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A long time ago, Capitalware Support was constantly having issues with customers not upgrading to the latest version of a product and the customers reporting bugs/issues that had already been fixed months or years earlier. About 12 years ago, we added expiry code to output the “too old” error message. The error message is outputted […]

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

December 15, 2025 Roger Lacroix
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I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, etc… and a Happy New Year. 🙂 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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MQ Visual Edit V3.3.0 Released

December 15, 2025 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Visual Edit v3.3.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Visual Edit V2/V3. MQ Visual Edit allows users to view, manipulate and manage messages in a queue and/or topic of an IBM MQ queue manager and presents the data in […]

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MQ Visual Browse V3.3.0 Released

December 15, 2025 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Visual Browse v3.3.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Visual Browse V2/V3. MQ Visual Browse allows users to view messages in a queue and/or topic of an IBM MQ queue manager and presents the data in a simplified format […]

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MQ Batch Toolkit v3.2.3 Released

December 14, 2025 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Batch Toolkit v3.2.3. MQ Batch Toolkit allows users to manipulate, monitor and manage messages in a queue of an IBM MQ (formally WebSphere MQ & MQSeries) queue manager from a command-line or shell scripting environment. MQ Batch Toolkit can run on the following platforms: […]

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MQTT Message Editing Suite V1.2.0 Released

December 14, 2025 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQTT Message Editing Suite V1.2.0. MQTT Message Editing Suite (MMES) application allows users to subscribe, publish, edit, copy, delete, forward, backup, restore, import and export messages of a topic of an MQTT Broker. MMES supports MQTT protocol versions 3.1, 3.1.1 and 5.0. MMES can run […]

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