Archive for the Category: IBM MQ Appliance

The Queuing Solutioning Guide by Ian Shore

October 19, 2026 Roger Lacroix

Ian Shore of IBM has written a 3-part guide to queuing. Introduction Part 1: Architectural Foundations Part 2: Concepts and Patterns Part 3: Evolution Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ 10.0.1 Announced

October 7, 2026 Roger Lacroix

IBM has announced IBM MQ 10.0.1: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/mq-1001 IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ) homepage https://www.ibm.com/products/mq Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ 9.3 End of Service Date

April 23, 2026 Roger Lacroix

The end of service date for IBM MQ 9.3 on distributed platforms (Linux, Unix, Windows and IBM i) is September 30, 2027. The IBM MQ Software lifecycle page is at: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6598101 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM has announced IBM MQ 10.0

April 22, 2026 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just announced IBM MQ 10.0 for multi-platforms, z/OS and IBM MQ on Cloud: https://www.ibm.com/new/announcements/introducing-ibm-mq-v10-0 IBM MQ 10.0 will be available for electronic download on June 16, 2026 (June 19, 2026 for IBM MQ for z/OS) Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ 9.4.5 Announced

February 26, 2026 Roger Lacroix

IBM has announced IBM MQ 9.4.5: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/9.4.x?topic=delivery-whats-new-changed-in-mq-945 IBM MQ & IBM MQ Advanced for Multiplatforms 9.4.5 – Support for customized SSLSocketFactory for CCDT and JWT retrieval over HTTPS – FIPS compliance with IBM MQ Explorer – AIX Cryptographic library GSKit upgraded to version 9 – Secure heartbeat for HA RDQM – Moving and copying messages […]

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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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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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