Monthly Archives: January 2015

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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What a Wonderful Day It Is!!!

January 21, 2015 Roger Lacroix

With the price of a barrel of oil taking a nose dive, so too has the Canadian dollar. For the last 2 months, the business reporters keep saying the “new lower dollar” is good for exporters. They always talk about exporters of steel, cars, hard goods, etc.. but they never talk about the “software exporters” […]

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MQTC v2.0.1.5 Silver Sponsor: NetFlexity

January 20, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware would like to announce that NetFlexity is a Silver Sponsor of MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.5 (MQTC). For more information, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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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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PDF for Beginners on WebSphere MQ for zOS

January 20, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Over at mqseries.net, someone posted a link to a PDF for beginners on WebSphere MQ for z/OS. It is from the IBM SWG Wildfire Workshops and is subtitled “From Zero to z/Hero” (funny!). Here is the link to it: http://gseimis2.gse.org/staticcontent/eventforms/WebSphere_MQ_on_zOS_Beginner.pdf Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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MQTC v2.0.1.4 Session Web Page

January 19, 2015 Roger Lacroix

If you are looking for the MQTC v2.0.1.4 Session web page with all the links to the PDFs for the MQTC v2.0.1.4 sessions, it was renamed to http://www.mqtechconference.com/sessions_v2014.html And the MQTC v2.0.1.3 Session web page with all the links to the PDFs for the MQTC v2.0.1.3 sessions is at: http://www.mqtechconference.com/sessions_v2013.html Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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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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T.Rob Wyatt, Barry Lamkin, Chris Frank and Tim Zielke will be Speaking at MQTC

January 15, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Well, the MQTC announcement day is off to a bang. 🙂 T.Rob Wyatt of IoPT Consulting will be back doing interesting sessions on MQ at Capitalware’s MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.5 (MQTC). Barry Lamkin and Chris Frank of IBM received approved to be a speakers at MQTC. Tim Zielke of AON said he will be back […]

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MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.5

January 15, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware would like to announce MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.5 (MQTC). MQTC is an event that will educate attendees on current practices, methodologies, administration, problem determination, security best practices and technology trends for IBM MQ. MQTC will offer 70 technical sessions and 15 vendor sessions that are designed to enhance the skills of IT professionals who […]

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Mozilla Firefox 35.0 Released

January 13, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v35.0. 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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