I am in the process of updating the open source project MQ File Mover (MQFM). I would like everyone who has modified MQFM source code to submit their changes (now), for the upcoming release. It will be far easier to merge the changes before the next release than after the release.
Please submit any and all MQFM code changes to support@capitalware.biz ASAP.
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
PyMQI allows users to connect Python applications to WebSphere MQ queue managers.
It can be used to develop test harnesses for WebSphere MQ based systems, for rapid prototyping of WebSphere MQ applications, for development of administrative GUIs or for mainstream MQ application development.
PyMQI has been used in production environments for several years on Linux, Windows, Solaris and AIX with queue managers running on Linux, Windows, Solarix, AIX, HP-UX and z/OS mainframe. Supported WebSphere MQ versions are 5.0, 5.1, 5.3, 6.0 and 7.0.
New features in v1.2:
– Added support for MQ 7.0-style publish/subscribe
– Added support for creating and parsing of MQRFH2 headers
– Added new constants in the CMQZC.py module
– Added new structures – MQSRO, MQSD, MQTM, MQTMC2
– PyMQI now supports byte strings
– New MQ verb – MQSUB
– Simplified establishing connections to queue managers
– Added means for checking whether a client application is connected to a queue manager
For more information about PyMQI, please go to:
http://packages.python.org/pymqi/
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
Oracle is dropping OpenOffice and returning it to a community-based open source project. Oracle will no longer offer a commercial version of Open Office.
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/04/oracle-gives-up-on-ooo-after-community-forks-the-project.ars
Interesting. Oracle won the battle for OpenOffice but lost the war and now concedes defeat. It was a nice David and Goliath story. It is good to see David win a few.
Long live LibreOffice. 🙂
http://www.libreoffice.org
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQRC2-GUI v1.0.0.
MQRC2-GUI is an application that can interpret an MQ reason code number (i.e. 2035), MQ reason code symbol (i.e. MQRC_OBJECT_IN_USE) or AMQ message number (i.e. AMQ4005) and display the relevant information from the WebSphere MQ Messages manual.
MQRC2-GUI requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4 or higher and can run on any platform that has a JRE or JDK installed.
For more information on MQRC2-GUI, please go to:
https://www.capitalware.com/mqrc2_overview.html
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQRC2 v1.1.0.
MQRC2 is an application that can interpret an MQ reason code number (i.e. 2035), MQ reason code symbol (i.e. MQRC_OBJECT_IN_USE) or AMQ message number (i.e. AMQ4005) and display the relevant information from the WebSphere MQ Messages manual.
For more information on MQRC2, please go to:
https://www.capitalware.com/mqrc2_overview.html
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of Message Multiplexer (MMX) v1.4.0.
Message Multiplexer is an application that will get a message from a queue and output it to one or more queues. The context information is maintained across the message put(s).
For more information on Message Multiplexer, please go to:
https://www.capitalware.com/mmx_overview.html
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of Message Router (MRTR) v1.1.0.
Message Router is an application that will move a message from a central queue to a specific application queue. The destination queue that the message will be placed into will be based on a keyword in the message. Context information is maintained across the get then message put.
For more information on Message Router, please go to:
https://www.capitalware.com/mrtr_overview.html
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v4.0.
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 anticipate likely additions to the standards
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
Yesterday, I decided to send a letter to the NHL regarding the head shots and cheap shots going on in the NHL. Here is a scan of the letter that Capitalware sent to the NHL (in PDF format).
Here is the text of the letter:
| Dear Commissioner Bettman:
We are contacting you today to add our voice to the chorus of voices from individuals and corporations regarding the unacceptable life threatening injuries that are taking place in the NHL. We fully agree with VIA Rail’s comments regarding the incident involving Max Pacioretty and Zdeno Chara at the Bell Centre early this week:
Head shots, cheap shots, etc. have absolutely no place in hockey regardless if they are claimed to be unintentional or not. The NHL needs to implement a hard policy towards these types of incidents, so that these incidents will be a thing of the past. As avid hockey fans for many decades, we respectfully request the NHL implement rules and policies, so the safety of the players is paramount. Nobody wants to see the players end up as an invalites or dead. We look forward to the NHL making the right decisions in the future to protect the game we all love and cherish. |
I would encourage everyone to let the NHL know how they feel regarding the head shots and cheap shots that are taking place during hockey games.
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
The following is a comparison of Capitalware’s MQ Enterprise Security Suite (MQESS) to IBM’s WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security (WMQ AMS).
| Capitalware’s MQESS |
IBM’s WMQ AMS |
|
| Authentication | Yes | NO |
| End-to-End Encryption | Yes | Yes |
Supported Encryption
|
Yes Yes Yes |
Yes No Yes |
| Digital Signature | SHA-2 | SHA-1/MD5 |
| Requires the purchase of an SSL certificate for each queue manager (~$400 USD) | No | Yes |
| PCI compliant for separation of digital signature and message data in the message payload | Yes | No |
| Show encrypted message data to unauthorized users | NO | Yes |
| Support Publish/Subscribe | Yes | No |
| Channel data conversion | Yes | No |
| Support for Java MQ v6 applications | Yes | No |
| MQGet with Convert for C/COBOL applications | Yes | Yes |
| MQGet with Convert for C++ applications | Yes | Unknown |
| MQGet with Convert for Java applications | Yes | No |
| MQGet with Convert for .NET (C#) applications | Yes | No |
| Distribution lists | Yes | No |
| WebSphere MQ classes for .Net in a managed mode | Yes | No |
| Message Service client for .Net (XMS) applications | Yes | No |
| Message Service client for C/C++ (XMS) applications | Yes | No |
| Protection of SYSTEM.* queues | Yes | Yes |
| Require application code changes | No | No |
| Supported Platform: Unix (AIX, HP-UX & Solaris) | Yes | Yes |
| Supported Platform: Linux (x86, x86-64, Power & System z) | Yes | Yes |
| Supported Platform: Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Supported Platform: IBM i (OS/400) | Yes | NO |
| Supported Platform: z/OS | Partial** | Yes |
** Partial means MQAUSX and MQCE are supported on z/OS while MQME is not currently supported on z/OS. It is hoped that IBM will soon introduce API Exit support for z/OS. When an API Exit is supported on z/OS, Capitalware will port MQME to z/OS.
Note: IBM WMQ AMS information was retrieved from WMQ AMS web site and a presentation given by Jack Carnes of IBM.
I hope the above information is useful.
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
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