Bats of a Feather Session at MQ Technical Conference

September 28, 2017 Roger Lacroix

There were 10 people who summoned the courage to get up and tell a horror story:

  • Srinivasa Babu Purushothaman
  • Dave Van Doren
  • John Edelmann
  • Curt Dolny
  • Bryan Alison
  • Steven Truax
  • Robin Wiley
  • Robert Johnson
  • Glen Brumbaugh
  • Doyle Leabch

 

    And the winners were (right to left):

  1. Dave Van Doren
  2. Doyle Leabch
  3. John Edelmann

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Second Day of MQ Technical Conference

September 28, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Rob Parker presenting ‘MQ Security – An Overview & Recap MQ’s Various Security Features’ session:

Paul Clarke presenting ‘Introduction to MQ Clients’ session:

Glen Brumbaugh & Rob Lee presenting ‘MQ & MQ MFT and How They Work in Tandem’ session:

Matt Whitehead presenting ‘MQ Hybrid Cloud Architectures’ session:

Sam Goulden presenting ‘MQ Appliance – HA & DR Deep Dive’ session:

Lunch:

T.Rob Wyatt presenting ‘MQ Automation: Config Management using Baselines, Patterns and Apps’ session:

Roger Lacroix presenting ‘Introduce to JSON’ session:

Afternoon desserts – cheesecake:

Chris Frank presenting ‘What’s new with Logging in IBM MQ?’ session:

Tuesday evening in the Vendor Pavilion:

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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First Day of MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.7

September 28, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Opening Remarks:

Selfie – my first ever!:

Mark Taylor presenting ‘What’s New in IBM Messaging’ session:

MQ Labs:

Lunch:

Afternoon desserts – ice cream social:

Doyle Leabch & Cindy Gregoire presenting ‘IIB v10 Differentiators’ session:

David Richards presenting ‘Update on the MQ Portfolio’ session:

Monday evening in the Vendor Pavilion:



Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Sunday at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.7

September 28, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Sorry for the delay in getting the MQTC pictures posted but it has been a very busy.

This year’s attendance is up by 5% over last year’s conference. 🙂

Registration & Welcome Social for MQTC v2.0.1.7:

And everybody got a bag of cool (hopefully) swag:

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Java 9 Released

September 22, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Oracle has just released Java 9.
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/whatsnew/toc.htm#JSNEW-GUID-C23AFD78-C777-460B-8ACE-58BE5EA681F6

Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) lets you develop and deploy Java applications on desktops and servers, as well as in today’s demanding embedded environments. Java offers the rich user interface, performance, versatility, portability, and security that today’s applicationsrequire.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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IBM Open Sources Their Own JVM As Eclipse OpenJ9

September 19, 2017 Roger Lacroix

IBM has open sourced their JVM implementation (called J9) as OpenJ9. The community now has an alternative implementation of Java which has been well tested on enterprise workloads and hardware.
https://www.eclipse.org/openj9/index.html

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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MQTT Message Viewer V1.2.0 Released

September 19, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQTT Message Viewer V1.2.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQTT Message Viewer.

MQTT Message Viewer is an MQTT (MQ Telemetry Transport) client that connects to an MQTT Broker. MQTT is a machine-to-machine (M2M)/Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity protocol. MQTT Message Viewer supports MQTT 3.1 and 3.1.1 protocol versions.

MQTT Message Viewer allows users to subscribe, publish, edit, copy, delete, forward, backup, restore, import and export messages of a topic. MQTT Message Viewer is a great tool for IoT (Internet of Things) application programmers, developers, quality assurance testers, and production support personnel.

    Changes for MQTT Message Viewer v1.2.0:

  • Added the topic string field that the message belongs to on the Message Properties panel
  • Increased the ‘Topic String’ width when ‘Show Message Property Columns’ is selected
  • Fixed an issue with the Test button on the MQTT Broker Profile window
  • Fixed an issue with coloring the main table when the topic string contains either ‘#’ or ‘+’.
  • Fixed button selection coloring on macOS.
  • Added code to update screen title with either (1) days remaining in subscription or (2) days remaining in trial.
  • Enhanced the Registration window.
  • Updated the MQTT Eclipse Paho Client to v1.2.0
  • Added extra JVM locale and Charsets for more languages.

For more information about MQTT Message Viewer, please go to:
https://www.capitalware.com/mtmv_overview.html

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Equifax Hired a Music Major as the Company’s Chief Security Officer

September 15, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Here’s a shocking article stating that Equifax CEO Richard Smith hired Susan Mauldin as Equifax’s Chief Security Officer. She has a bachelor’s degree and a master of fine arts degree in music composition from the University of Georgia.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/equifax-ceo-hired-a-music-major-as-the-companys-chief-security-officer-2017-09-15

Many years ago, I got a Bachelor of Computer Science degree and have worked my whole life in the software industry (and a fair bit in security). When I read that article, all I can do is shake my head in disgust and ask how the f**k did a person with zero computer and zero security experience get hired as a Chief Security Officer!!! WTF!

It is no wonder that Equifax got hacked!!

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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2 Weeks until MQ Technical Conference

September 12, 2017 Roger Lacroix

MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.7 (MQTC) is 2 weeks away – September 25 to September 27, 2017 at Kalahari Resorts in Sandusky, Ohio.

MQTC will offer 71 technical sessions and 15 vendor sessions that are designed to enhance the skills of IT professionals who are using IBM MQ on AIX, HP-UX, IBM i (OS/400), Linux, Solaris, Windows and z/OS.

    Reasons to attend:

  • 71 technical sessions – 45 unique technical sessions
  • 15 vendor sessions
  • 28 MQ speakers – 10 from IBM
  • MQ Sessions for all major platforms including z/OS
  • MQ Labs on Monday & Tuesday
  • ‘Bats of a Feather’ session – prizes will be awarded
  • Breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks are included
  • Hor d’oeuvres served between 5:00PM and 8:00PM in the Vendor Pavilion

For more information, please go to: www.mqtechconference.com

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Prizes for Bats of a Feather Session

September 11, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Prizes for Bats of a Feather Session:

Beats Solo3 Wireless Headphones (Gloss Black)
Belkin Valet Charge Dock for Apple Watch + iPhone
Amazon Echo Dot

For more information about MQTC, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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