Archive for the Category: Capitalware

IBM Champion Renewal Declined

February 25, 2026 Roger Lacroix

Today, I received the email below stating that I have been removed from the IBM Champion program after being in the program for 9 years. I have a blog dedicated to IBM MQ, answer email questions on various forums and mailing lists and the committee thinks I don’t provide value. All I can say is […]

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Capitalware Products & Older Versions of the Products

January 2, 2026 Roger Lacroix

A long time ago, Capitalware Support was constantly having issues with customers not upgrading to the latest version of a product and the customers reporting bugs/issues that had already been fixed months or years earlier. About 12 years ago, we added expiry code to output the “too old” error message. The error message is outputted […]

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MQ Visual Edit V3.3.0 Released

December 15, 2025 Roger Lacroix

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

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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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MQTT Message Editing Suite V1.2.0 Released

December 14, 2025 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQTT Message Editing Suite V1.2.0. MQTT Message Editing Suite (MMES) application allows users to subscribe, publish, edit, copy, delete, forward, backup, restore, import and export messages of a topic of an MQTT Broker. MMES supports MQTT protocol versions 3.1, 3.1.1 and 5.0. MMES can run […]

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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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Inflation and Tariffs

October 30, 2025 Roger Lacroix

Between 2020 and 2024, annual inflation in Canada & USA averaged roughly 4–5%, compared with about 2% in the preceding decade. The CPI surged in 2021–2022, reaching highs of around 8%, before slowing to about 3–4% by 2024 as interest rates rose and supply chains normalized. Despite this moderation, real purchasing power has declined, as […]

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ProcessUnity Exchange Member

October 14, 2025 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware is now a ProcessUnity Exchange Member. 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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