Paul Clarke and Morag Hughson will be Speaking at MQTC v2.0.1.7

July 4, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Again, Paul Clarke and Morag Hughson will be flying in from down-under (New Zealand), and will be speakers at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.7 (MQTC).

    Morag Hughson’s Technical Sessions:

  • Introduction to the MQI
  • Learn to code the MQ Message Property MQI calls
  • Using Application Activity Trace
    Paul Clarke’s Technical Session:

  • Introduction to MQ Clients
    Paul Clarke’s Vendor Session:

  • The MQGems – MQ Administration tools from MQGem Software
  • The MQGems – Message manipulation tools from MQGem Software

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

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Eclipse 4.7 (Oxygen) Released

June 29, 2017 Roger Lacroix

On June 28th, 2017, Eclipse Foundation has released the annual Eclipse release train:
https://projects.eclipse.org/releases/oxygen

    Key Highlights of Neon Release

  • Eclipse Linux Tools 6.0 updates Docker Tools with more security options.
  • Eclipse PDT (PHP Development Tools) 5.0 supports the 7.1 version of PHP.
  • The Eclipse Sirius 5.0 platform for building domain-specific modeling tools.
  • Eclipse EGit 4.8.0, offering performance and usability for the Java implementation of Git code management integration.
  • Java 9 support remains in beta stage

      • Eclipse is an open source community, whose projects are focused on building an open development platform comprised of extensible frameworks, tools and runtimes for building, deploying and managing software across the lifecycle. The Eclipse Foundation is a not-for-profit, member supported corporation that hosts the Eclipse projects and helps cultivate both an open source community and an ecosystem of complementary products and services.

      Regards,
      Roger Lacroix
      Capitalware Inc.

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Introduction to MQTT Message Viewer Video

June 23, 2017 Roger Lacroix

I have created and posted an introduction to MQTT Message Viewer video. This video guides the user through the process of installing, registering and using MQTT Message Viewer.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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MQTC v2.0.1.7 Early-bird Price ends on Sunday June 25th

June 23, 2017 Roger Lacroix

The early-bird price for MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.7 (MQTC) expires on Sunday, June 25th.

MQTC is the largest conference in the world solely dedicated to IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ & MQSeries).

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

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Free MQTT Message Viewer for Canada 150

June 21, 2017 Roger Lacroix

On July 1st, 2017, Canada will celebrate being a nation for 150 years.

2017 marks a significant moment in the History of Canada. 150 years ago, Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia – united to create the Canadian Confederation, called the Dominion of Canada. On account of the British North America Act that became law July 1st 1867, these British colonies would be recognized as an independent nation. In the years that followed, the other provinces and territories joined the Dominion, making today’s Canada a mari usque ad mare (“from sea to sea”).

I have decided that Capitalware will have a free product give away to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. Capitalware will give away 150 licenses for MQTT Message Viewer (that’s not a typo, 150 licenses). The free product give away is for ANYONE from around the world (not just Canadians).

If you use/work with MQTT messages and want a great tool for FREE, then send an email to support@capitalware.com and say ‘Happy 150th Birthday Canada’ and we will send you a FREE license to MQTT Message Viewer.

There are absolutely no strings attached. Capitalware will give out free MQTT Message Viewer licenses to the first 150 ‘Happy Birthday’ emails that we receive.

Why am I doing this?

(1) To celebrate Canada’s 150 birthday,
(2) With all the craziness going on in the world, maybe this will bring a smile to a few faces,
(3) I like the concept of ‘Pay It Forward’.

So, don’t delay. If you use MQTT and want an awesome free tool then send an email ASAP to support@capitalware.com .

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ V8.0 is available on the HPE NonStop platform

June 20, 2017 Roger Lacroix

IBM has released IBM MQ V8.0 on the HPE NonStop platform:
https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/6/897/ENUS217-266/index.html

Highlights:
– Support for both the NSX and NSI platform
– Support for both 32-bit and 64-bit native applications
– Support for OSS and Guardian applications
– Data storage in Transaction Management Facility (TMF) protected Enscribe files
– Transactional support provided by TMF
– MQ non-native TNS language support with greater memory headroom than in the WebSphere MQ for HP NonStop Server V5.3
– Support for all the WebSpher MQ for HP NonStop Server V5.3 native languages with additional support for the native pTAL language
– Support for modern PUT multi-threading
– Default Fault Tolerant Mode for high availability
– Bundled MQ client feature with TMF integration
– Richer Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS) event handling
– TCP/IP transport configurable by channel and listener

IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ) homepage
http://www.ibm.com/software/products/en/ibm-mq

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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MQTT Message Viewer V1.1.0 Released

June 20, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQTT Message Viewer V1.1.0. 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 v1.1.0:

  • Added the ability to discover topics so that they can be used in a listing
  • Added the ability to list discovered topics
  • Added the ability to organize discovered topics
  • Added support for delimiters to parse file(s) for ‘Import File’ feature.
  • Fixed an issue with message coloring when ‘#’ wildcard is used to subscribe to a topic

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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Richard’s Graduation Ceremony and Awards

June 16, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Today was Richard’s (son #1) graduation ceremony from University of Western Ontario (Mechatronic Systems Engineering program).

He picked up 2 more awards:
– Governor General’s Academic Medal – awarded for having the highest average of Western’s entire graduating class.
– Professional Engineers of Ontario Gold Medal – awarded to the graduating engineering student with the highest aggregate mark for the four years of the undergraduate program.

The London Free Press has written an article about Richard’s awards and job with Google.

The legal process for Richard getting his TN1 Visa has take longer than expected, so Richard’s new start date is July 10th.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Scam/Fraud Phishing Email ‘DocuSign’

June 12, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Another day, another scam. I received another scam email that Spam Assassin didn’t remove. This email is a phishing email pretending to be from DocuSign with the title ‘Please review your document Invoice 2521458 for capitalware.com’ and is a scam or more likely it is ransomware.

So, be warned, the following email is a scam or ransomware and is not real.

Note: ‘Review Document’ is a link to http://explorist.in/file.php ? document=c2FsZXNAY2FwaXRhbHdhcmUuY29t – I put a space before and after the ‘?’ in the link so that it would not be click able.

(1st) Email Header shows that it came from: 173-162-136-5-newengland.hfc.comcastbusiness.net
(2nd) Email Header shows that it came from: 70-89-217-253-clark-manor-il.hfc.comcastbusiness.net
From Email: william_scott@flexovitportal.com
Subject: Please review your document Invoice 2521458 for capitalware.com

Your Invoice 2521458 from capitalware.com for May Document is Ready for Signature.

Please review and sign your Invoice 2521458 from capitalware.com for May
via DocuSign by clicking on the “Review Document” button above. Signing will not be complete until you have reviewed the document and confirmed your signature. Please contact us if you have any questions. Thank you.

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If you get an email like this from an unknown person, do NOT click on the ‘REVIEW DOCUMENT’ button in the email. Just delete the email ASAP and clear your Trash folder.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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OMG: Apple Finally Adds Support For FLAC Lossless Audio In iOS 11

June 7, 2017 Roger Lacroix

I love programming and there are 2 things I require: coffee and music. You give me fresh coffee and let me play my music (Alt-Rock with a hint of blues), I can program all day and all night. 🙂 Although, my wife will get really mad about me programming all night. 🙂

My wife and I have 5 kids. So, when either the kids or my wife ask me what I want for my birthday or Xmas, etc… I say music, music and more music. And not the low quality digital download music (crap) but I want my music on CD. I want CDs for 2 reasons: (1) it is the best quality available for music and (2) the artist gets paid the most in royalties from a CD purchase.

For years and years, when I get new CDs, I had to rip them twice. Once to get the music in FLAC format and a second time to get MP3 format (VBR 192-320kps).

I use Winamp to play my music from my FLAC music library. But since Apple has refused to support FLAC, I have to have my music in MP3 format, so that I can load it onto my iPhone and iPod.

So, I REALLY hope this news article is correct:
https://thenextweb.com/apple/2017/06/06/ios-11-flac-audio-iphone-ipad/

It will make my life so much easier when I get new CDs. 🙂

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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