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.

Free e-book from McGraw-Hill: Understanding Big Data

January 11, 2012 Roger Lacroix
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McGraw-Hill is giving away free copies of the e-book: Understanding Big Data: Analytics for Enterprise Class Hadoop and Streaming Data https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/signup.do?source=sw-infomgt&S_PKG=500016891 Authored by IBM experts, Understanding Big Data will get you up to speed on big data technology, help you understand the big data opportunity, and provide criteria for choosing the right big data platform […]

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Best Paper Awards in Computer Science

January 9, 2012 Roger Lacroix
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If you need new reading material and/or want to stretch your mind then have a look at this site: http://jeffhuang.com/best_paper_awards.html Jeff Huang has a web page devoted to Best Paper Awards in Computer Science. The papers are categorized under the following topics: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Data Mining, Databases, Human-Computer Interaction, Information Retrieval, Knowledge Management, […]

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WebSphere MQ v7.1 and MQAUSX

January 4, 2012 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware has begun testing MQAUSX with WebSphere MQ (WMQ) v7.1 and everything is working very well. There are 2 items that everyone needs to be aware of when using MQAUSX with WMQ v7.1. 1. WMQ v7.1 has a new feature called Channel Authentication Records. (A poor name as no authentication is actually taking place. IBM […]

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

December 22, 2011 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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New: MQ Visual Edit v1.5.5

December 21, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Visual Edit v1.5.5. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Visual Edit. MQ Visual Edit allows users to view, manipulate and manage messages in a queue of a WebSphere MQ (formally MQSeries) queue manager and presents the data in a […]

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New: MQ Visual Browse v1.5.5

December 21, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Visual Browse v1.5.5. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Visual Browse. MQ Visual Browse allows users to view messages in a queue of a WebSphere MQ (formally MQSeries) queue manager and presents the data in a simplified format similar […]

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ProGuard v4.7 Released

December 21, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Eric Lafortune has just released ProGuard v4.7. http://proguard.sourceforge.net/ ProGuard is a free Java class file shrinker, optimizer, obfuscator, and preverifier. It detects and removes unused classes, fields, methods, and attributes. It optimizes bytecode and removes unused instructions. It renames the remaining classes, fields, and methods using short meaningless names. Finally, it preverifies the processed code […]

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Mozilla Firefox 9.0 Released

December 21, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v9.0. http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine, which implements most current web standards in addition to several features that are intended to […]

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Links for WMQ Automatic Client Reconnect

December 15, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Here are some links to information on the Automatic Client Reconnect in WMQ v7.0.1 or higher: WMQ Client manual: Automatic client reconnection WMQ Using Java manual: Automatic client reconnection WMQ System Administration Guide manual: Automatic client reconnection Exploiting the Automatic Client Reconnect feature in WebSphere MQ JMS 7.0.1 Exploiting the Automatic Client Reconnect feature introduced […]

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PuTTY v0.62 Released

December 13, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Simon Tatham has just released PuTTY v0.62 http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Windows and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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