Monthly Archives: December 2013

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

December 23, 2013 Roger Lacroix

I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, etc… and a Happy New Year. 🙂 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Fedora 20 Released

December 17, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Fedora Project Contributors has just released Fedora v20. http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/20/html/Release_Notes/index.html Fedora is a Linux-based operating system, a suite of software that makes your computer run. You can use the Fedora operating system to replace or to run alongside of other operating systems such as Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X. The Fedora operating system is 100% […]

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A Must Read for IT Managers!!

December 16, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Mike Hadlow has posted an excellent blog item that every IT Manager should (must) read: http://mikehadlow.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/are-your-programmers-working-hard-or.html Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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The Perfect Cup of Coffee

December 12, 2013 Roger Lacroix

At first I thought this article ‘Over-Engineering the Perfect Mug of Coffee‘ at Slashdot was a joke but it is real. Since coffee fuels my programming, I’m seriously thinking of getting one through the KickStarter project or maybe I’ll ask Santa for it. 🙂 The company that will be creating the mugs is called Joevo. […]

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Compress, Encrypt and Upload Files with Universal File Mover (How To #10)

December 11, 2013 Roger Lacroix

As I mentioned in this blog posting, I use a UFM Workflow to perform a daily backup of selected directories, encrypt the compressed files then upload the encrypted files to a remote server. In this blog posting, I will show you how to create a UFM Workflow that will compress the contents of 3 directories […]

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SupportPac MO72 v7.5 Released

December 10, 2013 Roger Lacroix

WebSphere MQ Development, IBM United Kingdom Laboratories has released version 7.5 of SupportPac MO72. http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24007769 Changes: Updated to be compatible with V7.5 client tables. SupportPac MO72 is a command line tool for issuing MQSC commands to a queue manager or client. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Mozilla Firefox 26.0 Released

December 10, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v26.0. 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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Do You Backup Your Data?

December 9, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Over the weekend, I read Alan Zeichick’s article Protect your developer data and it made me smile as I’ve been through the exact same thing many times over the years. Of course, it made me think, are people/companies backing up their data or just flying by the seat of their pants. Do people think that […]

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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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