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.

New: MQ Enterprise Security Suite

March 10, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Enterprise Security Suite. MQ Enterprise Security Suite (MQESS) is a new solution that provides authentication and data protection (Channels and Queues) for WebSphere MQ. MQ Enterprise Security Suite is comprised of: MQ Authenticate Security Exit for Authentication MQ Channel Encryption for Data Protection for […]

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New: MQ Message Encryption v1.0.0

March 8, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Message Encryption v1.0.0. MQ Message Encryption (MQME) provides encryption for MQ message data while it resides in a queue and in the MQ logs (i.e. all data at rest). In cryptography, encryption is the process of transforming information into an unreadable form (encrypted data). […]

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Why choose MQ Channel Encryption over SSL?

March 8, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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MQ Channel Encryption (MQCE) is priced at $299 USD (volume discounts available) per queue manager plus 15% yearly maintenance and support fee. SSL costs roughly $400 per certificate per year from a 3rd party CA (Certificate Authority). Hence, MQCE’s initial cost is cheaper than SSL and the ongoing yearly cost of MQCE is substantially cheaper […]

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Security White Paper

March 3, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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James Michael Stewart of Global Knowledge has written a white paper called: Ten Ways Hackers Breach Security Here’s the interesting part: All too often when hacking is discussed, it is assumed that the hacker is some unknown outsider. However, studies have shown that a majority of security violations actually are caused by internal employees.  So, […]

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New WebSphere MQ v6 End of Service Date

March 3, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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The original WebSphere MQ v6 End of Service date was September 30th, 2011, as noted in my blog posting here: https://www.capitalware.com/rl_blog/?p=98 Just recently, IBM has changed/updated the WebSphere MQ v6 End of Service date to be September 30th, 2012 (they added one more year). http://www.ibm.com/software/websphere/support/lifecycle/ http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.jsp?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/2/897/ENUS211-072/index.html&breadCrum=DET001PT288&url=buttonpressed=DET001PT008&page=0&user+type=EXT&submit.x=12&submit.y=6&lang=en_US Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Flocking

March 3, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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And now for something completely different: flocking (aka group behavior). If you ever had a need for an algorithm that handles flocking then have a look at this article (its really interesting): http://harry.me/2011/02/17/neat-algorithms—flocking Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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New: MQ Channel Encryption v2.0.0

February 28, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Channel Encryption (MQCE) v2.0.0. MQCE provides encryption for WebSphere MQ (WMQ) message data over WMQ channels. MQCE operates with Sender, Receiver, Server, Requestor, Cluster-Sender, Cluster-Receiver, Server Connection and Client Connection channels of the WMQ queue managers. MQCE uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to encrypt […]

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New: MQ Channel Encryption for z/OS v2.0.0

February 28, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Channel Encryption for z/OS (z/MQCE) v2.0.0. z/MQCE provides encryption for WebSphere MQ (WMQ) message data over WMQ channels. z/MQCE operates with Sender, Receiver, Server, Requestor, Cluster-Sender, Cluster-Receiver, Server Connection and Client Connection channels of the WMQ queue managers. z/MQCE uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) […]

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Capitalware releases MQRC2 v1.0.0

February 22, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Do you use IBM’s MQRC program? Do you wish it could display more information? I created an application called MQRC2 to fill this need. MQRC2 application can interpret an MQ reason code number (i.e. 2035), MQ reason code symbol (i.e. MQRC_OBJECT_IN_USE) or AMQ message number (i.e. AMQ4005) and display the relevant information from the WebSphere […]

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MiGLayout v3.7.4 Released

February 19, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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MiG InfoCom has just released MiGLayout v3.7.4. http://www.miglayout.com For Java developers writing GUI layouts by hand that wants simplicity, power and automatic per platform fidelity, that are dissatisfied with the current layout managers in Swing, JavaFX and SWT, MigLayout solves your layout problems. User interfaces created with MigLayout is easy to maintain, you will understand […]

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