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.

My Saga in Getting New Speakers for my PC

February 20, 2018 Roger Lacroix
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A couple of weeks ago, my old Logitech 2.1 speaker system starting to crackle and pop in the right speaker, even with the PC off. After a few hours, it was driving me nuts, so it got pulled and trashed. It was over 10 years old, so I got good use out of the speaker […]

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Suganya Rane will be Speaking at MQTC v2.0.1.8

February 16, 2018 Roger Lacroix
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Suganya Rane of Sabre will be speaking at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8 (MQTC). Suganya Rane’s Sessions: MQ Monitoring on the Cloud MQ on AWS For more information about MQTC, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Tim Zielke will be Speaking at MQTC v2.0.1.8

February 16, 2018 Roger Lacroix
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Tim Zielke of Aon will be speaking at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8 (MQTC). Tim Zielke’s Session: MQ Data Conversion For more information about MQTC, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Call for Speakers for MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8

February 8, 2018 Roger Lacroix
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We are looking for speakers on any product/service that uses IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ & MQSeries) for MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8 (MQTC). The sessions are to be technical in nature and on any subject so long as it relates to MQ (and you are a SME, Subject Matter Expert, on the topic you are […]

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MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8

February 1, 2018 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware would like to announce MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8 (MQTC). MQTC is an event that will educate attendees on current practices, methodologies, administration, problem determination, security best practices and technology trends for IBM MQ. MQTC will offer 71 technical sessions and 15 vendor sessions that are designed to enhance the skills of IT professionals who […]

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Burger King Explains Net Neutrality With Whoppers

January 25, 2018 Roger Lacroix
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In Canada, we have a Net Neutrality law, so the FCC Net Neutrality non-sense in the USA does not affect me. I’m not into politics but anyone can clearly see that Ajit Pai (FCC Chairman) motive for getting rid of Net Neutrality in the USA is all about the money. When he’s done at the […]

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Capitalware z/OS and IBM i Product Advisory

January 23, 2018 Roger Lacroix
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A potential bug was discovered in Capitalware’s logging framework, see here for more details, for commercial and “Licensed as Free” products for z/OS and IBM i. Commercial Products affected: MQ Authenticate User Security Exit for IBM i MQ Channel Encryption for IBM i MQ Standard Security Exit for IBM i MQ Authenticate User Security Exit […]

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SQLite v3.22.0 Released

January 23, 2018 Roger Lacroix
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D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.22.0. http://www.sqlite.org/news.html SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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T.Rob’s post of “When deprecated != deprecated”

January 19, 2018 Roger Lacroix
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T.Rob Wyatt of IoPT Consulting has a new blog posting called “When deprecated != deprecated“. If you use SSL/TLS with IBM MQ then you should read it: https://t-rob.net/2018/01/19/when-deprecated-deprecated/ Here is the current IBM MQ Depreciated Cipher page. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ for HPE NonStop V8.0.1 is now available

January 19, 2018 Roger Lacroix
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IBM MQ for HPE NonStop 8.0.1 is the first Continuous Delivery (CD) update for MQ NonStop. (WebSphere MQ NonStop 5.3.1 is the current Long Term Support option). The Continuous Delivery releases incrementally build on the MQ 8.0.0 features, providing early, supported access to the latest MQ capabilities. https://developer.ibm.com/messaging/2018/01/19/ibm-mq-hpe-nonstop-v8-0-1-now-available/ Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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