T.Rob Wyatt presenting ‘Check list of MQ top MQ security outstanding bugs/issues/gotchas’ session:

Lyn Elkins presenting the ‘The top ten issues in IBM MQ and IIB’ session:

Barry Lamkin presenting the ‘The top ten issues in IBM MQ and IIB’ session:

Lunch:

Mark Taylor presenting the ‘Where is my Message?’ session:

Lee Wheaton presenting the ‘Supporting IBM MQ on a Shoestring Budget’ session:

Morag Hughson presenting the ‘Authentication in MQ’ session:

Afternoon desserts:

Dave Ware presenting the ‘What can you achieve with MQ clusters?’ session:

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

There were 13 people who summoned the courage to get up and tell a horror story:

• Linda Stanley
• Robin Wiley
• Kristi Starr
• Neil Kelley
• John Edelmann
• Neil Casey
• Tony Konczak
• Eric Schumann
• Richard Nikula*
• Peter Potkay
• Colby Perry
• Morag Hughson
• Roger Lacroix*

* Vendors cannot win prizes.

And the winners were (left to right):
1. Peter Potkay
2. Colby Perry
3. Neil Casey

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

Second Day of MQ Technical Conference

Rob Parker presenting ‘MQ Security Deep – Dive into Advanced Security Configuration Options, including MQ AMS’ session:

Matt Leming presenting ‘Looking ahead to MQ support for z/OS Connect’ session:

Matt Whitehead presenting ‘Hybrid Messaging with IBM Bluemix’ session:

Dave Ware presenting ‘An Introduction to MQ Publish/Subscribe’ session:

Roger Lacroix presenting ‘MQ Visual Edit V2 – The Next Generation’ session:

Lunch:

Robin Wiley presenting ‘MQ-DataPower Connectivity Deep Dive’ session:

Afternoon desserts – cheesecake:

Tuesday evening in the Vendor Pavilion:

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

MQ Labs:

Chris Hanna presenting ‘Addressing PCI w/Capitalware – A Customer Perspective’ session:

Lunch:

Sandeep Chellingi presenting ‘Deployment Patterns using Docker & Chef’ session:

Afternoon desserts – ice cream social:

Chris Frank presenting ‘Performance Considerations When Designing IIB solutions’ session:

Monday evening in the Vendor Pavilion:

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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

This year’s attendance is up by 12% over last year’s conference. 🙂

Registration & Welcome Social for MQTC v2.0.1.6:

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

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6 (MQTC) is only 1 week away – September 26 to September 28, 2016 at Kalahari Resorts in Sandusky, Ohio.

MQTC will offer 70 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:
• 70 technical sessions – 44 unique technical sessions
• 15 vendor sessions
• 27 MQ speakers – 9 from IBM
• MQ Sessions for all major platforms including z/OS
• MQ Labs on Monday (all day) & Tuesday (half day)
• ‘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.

Kunal Mittal of Miracle Software Systems will be presenting the following session at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6 (MQTC):

Kunal Mittal’s Vendor Session:
• Understanding Hybrid Messaging with Message Hub and Bluemix

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

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

Capitalware would like to announce that Miracle Software Systems is a Gold Sponsor of MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6 (MQTC).

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

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6 (MQTC) is 2 weeks away – September 26 to September 28, 2016 at Kalahari Resorts in Sandusky, Ohio.

MQTC will offer 70 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:
• 70 technical sessions – 44 unique technical sessions
• 15 vendor sessions
• 26 MQ speakers – 9 from IBM
• MQ Sessions for all major platforms including z/OS
• MQ Labs on Monday (all day) & Tuesday (half day)
• ‘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.