Archive for the Category: Windows

Is Microsoft Server to Server Traffic Encrypted? Nobody Knows.

December 6, 2013 Roger Lacroix

There have been a lot of discussions recently about NSA snooping on data traffic between servers. Microsoft has been extremely quiet and evasive about where in the transfer the data is unencrypted between Microsoft Servers. A couple of weeks ago, Ars Technica had the following article where Microsoft’s Dorothee Belz, EMEA VP for Legal and […]

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SQLite v3.8.2 Released

December 6, 2013 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.8.2. 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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New: MQ Visual Edit v1.6.4

December 2, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Visual Edit v1.6.4. 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 v1.6.4

December 2, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Visual Browse v1.6.4. 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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It’s back: Excelsior JET Charity Bundle

November 26, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Excelsior have announced the Excelsior JET charity bundle, where you can get the standard edition of Excelsior JET for just $50 (without support), and they contribute all of the money to charity. www.ExcelsiorJET.com/charity That’s a discount of over $1,400 from the list price of Excelsior JET Standard Edition. What’s the catch? No support. That’s fine, […]

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SupportPac MH06 v1.0 Released

November 26, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Tim Zielke has released SupportPac MH06 version 1.0: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24036430 This SupportPac provides simple command line tools (mqtrcfrmt and mqoptions) to aid in reading distributed MQ traces. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Need beta Testers for a new MQ client-side security exit that works with DTCC

November 21, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Every 7-8 months I get an email asking me if MQAUSX’s client-side security exit will work with DTCC (Depository Trust Clearing Corporation) server-side security exit. I normally tell the person to tell DTCC to use MQAUSX since MQAUSX’s client-side security exit is free to use. But that goes nowhere fast. 🙁 After another recent request […]

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Winamp is Shutting Down on December 20th, 2013

November 20, 2013 Roger Lacroix

I’ve been using Winamp since the 90’s and this is really sad news. Here is a banner from www.winamp.com: Winamp.com and associated web services will no longer be available past December 20, 2013. Additionally, Winamp Media players will no longer be available for download. Please download the latest version before that date. Regards, Roger Lacroix […]

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WebSphere MQ Fix Pack 7.1.0.4 Released

November 20, 2013 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released FixPack 7.1.0.4 for WebSphere MQ http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21655832 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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The future of MQ Visual Edit

November 6, 2013 Roger Lacroix

On Monday, I talked about how MQ Visual Edit is 10 years old (and how I got to where I am). Now lets talk about the future of MQ Visual Edit (MQVE). Here is a list of features that I was thinking of adding to the “next generation” MQVE (aka v2.0.0): (1) Several years ago, […]

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