Archive for the Category: Linux

Java and MQ issues with UFM and MQ v7.5.0.3

March 25, 2015 Roger Lacroix

The last 3-4 weeks have been an interesting and painful, ‘beat your head against the wall’ type of developer nightmare. A customer was getting some very strange behavior with Universal File Mover (UFM) setting the Correlation Id of a message when running as a Windows service. When UFM is watching a directory for files to […]

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Beta testers needed for MQ Message Replication

March 11, 2015 Roger Lacroix

All, Capitalware is ready for beta testers for a new solution called: MQ Message Replication. I get a lot of emails asking me if I have a solution to do message replication/cloning. I always direct people to MMX (Message Multiplexer) application. Some people are happy with this solution but a lot of people say that […]

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New Feature Requested for MQAUSX (and z/MQAUSX)

March 10, 2015 Roger Lacroix

A customer requested a new feature be added to MQ Authenticate User Security Exit (MQAUSX). The new feature is called Excessive Client Connections (ECC). ECC is an alert system that counts the number of connections over a period of time (i.e. Day / Hour / Minute) and writes a message to the log when the […]

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WebSphere MQ Fix Pack 8.0.0.2 Released

February 27, 2015 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released FixPack 8.0.0.2 for WebSphere MQ http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21697959 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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A Comparison of Capitalware’s MQAUSX to MQ V8 Authentication

February 26, 2015 Roger Lacroix

The following is a comparison of Capitalware’s MQ Authenticate User Security Exit (MQAUSX) to IBM’s MQ V8 new authentication feature. By authentication, I mean UserId and Password authentication against a target system (i.e. Local OS, LDAP, etc.). Authentication IBM MQ V8 MQAUSX& z/MQAUSX Authentication against Local OS Yes Yes Authentication against LDAP Server Yes Yes […]

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Mozilla Firefox 36.0 Released

February 24, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v36.0. 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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New Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Released

February 2, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Raspberry Pi Foundation has just released a new Raspberry Pi 2 Model B. http://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-2-model-b/ Specifications: A 900MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU 1GB RAM 4 USB ports 40 GPIO pins Full HDMI port Ethernet port Combined 3.5mm audio jack and composite videov Camera interface (CSI) Display interface (DSI) Micro SD card slot VideoCore IV 3D graphics […]

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LibreOffice 4.4 Released

January 30, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Document Foundation has just released LibreOffice v4.4.0. http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2015/01/29/libreoffice-4-4-the-most-beautiful-libreoffice-ever/ LibreOffice is a comprehensive, professional-quality productivity suite that you can download and install for free. There is a large base of satisfied LibreOffice users worldwide, and it’s available in more than 30 languages and for all major operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux […]

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Call for Speakers for MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.5

January 20, 2015 Roger Lacroix

We are looking for speakers on any product/service that uses IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ & MQSeries) for “MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.5” (MQTC). The sessions are to be technical in nature and on any subject so long as it relates to MQ. We offer speakers the conference fee for free and we also pay for […]

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SQLite v3.8.8 Released

January 16, 2015 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.8.8. 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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