Archive for the Category: IBM MQ

MQ Visual Browse V3.3.0 Released

December 15, 2025 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Visual Browse v3.3.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Visual Browse V2/V3. MQ Visual Browse allows users to view messages in a queue and/or topic of an IBM MQ queue manager and presents the data in a simplified format […]

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MQ Batch Toolkit v3.2.3 Released

December 14, 2025 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Batch Toolkit v3.2.3. MQ Batch Toolkit allows users to manipulate, monitor and manage messages in a queue of an IBM MQ (formally WebSphere MQ & MQSeries) queue manager from a command-line or shell scripting environment. MQ Batch Toolkit can run on the following platforms: […]

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New: Universal File Mover v2.0.1

December 11, 2025 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware is pleased to announce the release of Universal File Mover v2.0.1. It is a free open source project. Universal File Mover is more than a simple tool to manage the transfer of files. It allows the user to combine business processes into a workflow. The user combines a series of Action commands to create […]

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Java/MQ GUI Program to Monitor a Queue

December 10, 2025 Roger Lacroix

A long time ago, I created a Java/MQ GUI program to monitor certain queues in various MQ environments because a backend system had a throughput limitation and the request messages sent to it needed a reply message within 60 seconds or it would cause issues. I called the program Throttler and not only did it […]

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IBM MQ V9.4.4 Announced

October 14, 2025 Roger Lacroix

IBM has announced IBM MQ V9.4.4: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/9.4.x?announcement=mq-944-delivers-native-high-availability-cross-region-replication-linux-mq-as-service-reserved-instance-aws-technology-preview-mq-ai-agent IBM MQ for Multiplatforms 9.4.4 – Security Compliance: Use Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) mode configuration across distributed MQ components to meet the requirements of Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program – FIPS 140-3: MQ on Linux distributions for x86-64 and IBM Power are compliant with FIPS 140-3 […]

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IBM MQ End of Service Dates

October 8, 2025 Roger Lacroix

So, what version of IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ & MQSeries) are you running? Are you behind in upgrading your release of MQ? Everybody “should be” running IBM MQ v9.3 or v9.4, if you want support from IBM. In case it has slipped your mind, here is a list of IBM MQ releases and there […]

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IBM MQ V9.4.3 Announced

June 18, 2025 Roger Lacroix

IBM has announced IBM MQ V9.4.3: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/ian-harwood1/2025/06/13/mq943ga Highlights: – IBM MQ Operator preview on Amazon EKS – IBM MQ Console enhancements – Improved JSON Web Token (JWT) handling – Longer User IDs – Native HA and Cross-region Replication Add-On parts IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ) homepage https://www.ibm.com/products/mq Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Enhancement to MQAUSX

April 2, 2025 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware has an MQ solution called MQ Authenticate User Security Exit (MQAUSX). MQ Authenticate User Security Exit (MQAUSX) is a solution that allows a company to fully authenticate a user who is accessing an IBM MQ resource. It authenticates the user’s UserID and Password against the server’s native OS system, LDAP server, Microsoft’s Active Directory, […]

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MQMR with Cloned Messages going to a Topic

March 12, 2025 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware has an MQ solution called MQ Message Replication (MQMR). MQ Message Replication will clone messages being written (via MQPUT or MQPUT1 API calls) to an application’s output queue and MQMR will write the exact same messages to ‘n’ target queues (‘n’ can be up to 100). When MQMR replicates a message both the message […]

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C, Just in Time! with IBM MQ

February 19, 2025 Roger Lacroix

I’ve come across an interesting tool for MQAdmins or MQ developers. It’s called C, Just in Time! (aka CJIT). It is available for Windows, macOS and Linux platforms. CJIT is written by Jaromil, Danielinux and Matteo, and inspired by Puria and Alvise. CJIT is a lightweight C interpreter that lets you run C code instantly, […]

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