Monthly Archives: April 2015

Debian 8.0 Released

April 27, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Debian Project has just released Debian 8.0. https://www.debian.org/News/2015/20150426 Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian uses the Linux kernel (the core of an operating system), but most of the basic OS tools come from the […]

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How to Become a Better Developer?

April 27, 2015 Roger Lacroix

I just read a really good article by Cay Horstmann called ‘How to Become a Better Java Developer’ at InformIT: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2343471 All novice developers, regardless of the programming language they are learning, should read the article (I strongly suggest it). It has a lot of really good pointers for novice developers. Cay Horstmann has written […]

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Ubuntu 15.04 Released

April 24, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Ubuntu has just released Ubuntu v15.04. http://releases.ubuntu.com/15.04/ Super-fast, easy to use and free, the Ubuntu operating system powers millions of desktops, netbooks and servers around the world. Ubuntu does everything you need it to. It’ll work with your existing PC files, printers, cameras and MP3 players. And it comes with thousands of free apps. Regards, […]

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New: MQ Auditor v2.2.0

April 24, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Auditor v2.2.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Auditor. MQ Auditor is a solution that allows a company to audit/track all MQ API calls performed by MQ applications that are connected to a queue manager. For more information about […]

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New: MQ Message Encryption v3.2.0

April 23, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Message Encryption v3.2.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Message Encryption. MQME provides encryption for MQ message data while it resides in a queue and in the MQ logs (i.e. all data at rest). For more information about MQME, […]

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SupportPac MS0T v8.0.0.2 Released

April 17, 2015 Roger Lacroix

IBM has released SupportPac MS0T for version v8.0.0.2: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24021041 Changes: Updated for v8.0.0.2 SupportPac MS0T (MQ Explorer) is a graphical configuration tool built on Eclipse which enables you to remotely explore and configure all WebSphere MQ objects and resources, including Java Message Service (JMS), and publish and subscribe. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM Hursley to Send 2 Speakers to MQTC v2.0.1.5

April 17, 2015 Roger Lacroix

I have great news. I just received an email from Matthew Whitehead of IBM that said “we will be sending 2 technical speakers from Hursley”. I do not yet know who these speakers are nor the topics that they will be presenting on. I’ll keep you posted. For more information about MQTC, please go to: […]

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MQTC v2.0.1.5 Gold Sponsor: OpenLogix

April 16, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware would like to announce that OpenLogix is a Gold 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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‘Restore the Link’ Wins at Western Engineering First-Year Design Showcase

April 16, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Some of you may remember my son, Tyler Lacroix, as a speaker at MQTC v2.0.1.3 for the ‘MQ Telemetry Transport Programming’ session. He is now in first year engineering at the University of Western. Tyler’s group (Dana Zagar, Eric Robinson, Kaylin Haill and Tyler) entered the Engineering First-Year Design Showcase along with nearly 500 students […]

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New: MQ Message Replication v1.0.0

April 13, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Message Replication v1.0.0. MQ Message Replication (MQMR) 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 […]

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