IBM has released a “Statement of Direction” for IBM MQ:
http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=AN&subtype=CA&htmlfid=897/ENUS216-084&appname=USN
Leif Davidsen, Product Manger for IBM MQ, has a write up on the “Statement of Direction” for IBM MQ:
https://leifdavidsen.wordpress.com/2016/02/16/setting-out-markers-for-mqs-road-ahead/
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.11.0.
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html
SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain.
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
Document Foundation has just released LibreOffice v5.1.
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2016/02/10/the-document-foundation-announces-libreoffice-5-1/
LibreOffice is a comprehensive, professional-quality productivity suite that you can download and install for free. There is a large base of satisfied LibreOffice users worldwide, and it’s available in more than 30 languages and for all major operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, Suse, …).
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
Here are the speakers, so far, that have committed to MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6 (MQTC):
For more information about MQTC, please go to:
http://www.mqtechconference.com
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
We are looking for speakers on any product/service that uses IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ & MQSeries) for “MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6” (MQTC). The sessions are to be technical in nature and on any subject so long as it relates to MQ.
We offer speakers the conference fee for free and we also pay for your room at Kalahari Resorts. Note: Breakfast and lunch plus snacks & drinks during the breaks are included for all attendees and speakers.
If you are interested please contact me at callforspeakers@mqtechconference.com
MQTC is a premier event that brings together IBM MQ professionals from across the mid-west and the world. MQTC will offer 70 technical sessions and 15 vendor sessions that are designed to enhance the skills of IT professionals who are using IBM’s IBM MQ on AIX, HP-UX, IBM i (OS/400), Linux, Solaris, Windows and z/OS.
MQTC is the largest conference in the world solely dedicated to IBM MQ.
More information on MQTC can be found at http://www.mqtechconference.com
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
Capitalware would like to announce MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6 (MQTC). MQTC is an event that will educate attendees on current practices, methodologies, administration, problem determination, security best practices and technology trends for IBM MQ. 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. Since we have 5 session rooms at MQTC, there will be 5 concurrent MQ sessions at any given time.
MQTC is the largest conference in the world solely dedicated to IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ & MQSeries).
| Date: | September 26 to September 28, 2016 |
| Location: | Kalahari Resorts in Sandusky, Ohio |
| Duration: | 3 Days |
| Early-bird Price: | $349.00 until June 26th, 2016 |
| Regular Price: | $399.00 from June 26th to September 11th, 2016 |
| Group Price (5+ people): | $299.00 until August 26th, 2016 |
| Late/Onsite Price: | $449.00 after September 11th, 2016 |
For more information, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v44.0.
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.
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 2nd year engineering at the University of Western.
I just realized that I never posted anything on Tyler’s latest iOS app. On October 3rd, 2015, Tyler released a new iOS app called Peg Grabbers.
Description: Meet Goop. An adorable, cute, orange creature. Use your finger to fling Goop and help him reach the rocket while collecting the fruits.
You can find Peg Grabbers in the iOS app store at:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/peg-grabbers/id823254497?mt=8
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.10.0.
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html
SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain.
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
This is an update to a posting I made last year which includes new features in MQAUSX & z/MQAUSX and updates made to MQ V8 via Fix Packs.
The following is a comparison of Capitalware’s MQ Authenticate User Security Exit (MQAUSX) to IBM’s MQ V8 new authentication feature. By authentication, I mean UserId and Password authentication against a target system (i.e. Local OS, LDAP, etc.).
| Authentication | IBM MQ V8 | MQAUSX & z/MQAUSX |
| Authentication against Local OS | Yes | Yes |
| Authentication against LDAP Server | Yes | Yes |
| Authentication against LDAP Server using SSL | Yes | Yes |
| Authentication against MS Active Directory from Windows | No | Yes |
| Number of LDAP calls to perform Authentication | 2 | 1* |
| Authentication against Quest Authentication Services | No | Yes |
| Authentication against Centrify’s DirectControl | No | Yes |
| Authentication against PAM | Yes** | Yes |
| Authentication against RACF – z/OS only | Yes | Yes |
| Authentication against ACF2 – z/OS only | Yes | Yes |
| Authentication against TopSecret – z/OS only | Yes | Yes |
| Authentication against File Based Authentication | No | Yes |
| Ability to use more than 1 authentication type per Queue Manager | No | Yes |
| Ability to set authentication order | No | Yes |
| Group Functionality | IBM MQ V8 | MQAUSX & z/MQAUSX |
| Only allow the connection if the UserId exists in a particular LDAP Group | No | Yes |
| Only allow the connection if the UserId exists in a particular Local OS Group | No | Yes |
| Only allow the connection if the UserId exists in a particular File-based Group | No | Yes |
| Control Functionality | IBM MQ V8 | MQAUSX & z/MQAUSX |
| Assign a Password to a Queue Manager | No | Yes |
| Credential Caching | No | Yes |
| Allow/Reject by IP Address | Yes | Yes |
| Allow/Reject by Hostname (DNS) | Yes | Yes |
| Allow/Reject by Host by Name | No | Yes |
| Allow/Reject by SSL DN | Yes | Yes |
| Allow/Reject by UserId | Yes | Yes |
| Allow/Reject by MS Active Directory Name | No | Yes |
| Ability to Reject Self Signed Certificates | No | Yes |
| Limit the number of connections by Channel | Yes | Yes |
| Ability to secure cluster channels | Yes | Yes |
| Mapping Functionality | IBM MQ V8 | MQAUSX & z/MQAUSX |
| Map incoming UserID to another UserId to be used as the connection MCAUSER value | Yes | Yes |
| Map SSL UserId to the connection MCAUSER value | Yes | Yes |
| Map the channel’s SSLCertUserID to the connection MCAUSER value – z/OS only | No | Yes |
| Logging Functionality | IBM MQ V8 | MQAUSX & z/MQAUSX |
| Logging (& alerting) of Excessive Client Connections | No | Yes |
| Generate an alert when number of connections by Channel reaches a certain percentage | No | Yes |
| Logging of successful connections | Partial | Yes |
| Logging of failed connection attempts | Yes | Yes |
| Write event message for failed connection attempts | Yes*** | Yes |
* A single LDAP API call is used for a standard LDAP v3 server. MQAUSX will issue 2 LDAP API calls to Microsoft Active Directory as an LDAP server.
** Requires MQ v8 with Fix Pack 3 or higher
*** Event messages must be enabled first.
MQ V8 offers basic UserId and Password authentication and control over access granted to an incoming connection (CHLAUTH) whereas MQAUSX offers a robust solution that includes authentication to a variety of different targets and a wide variety of secondary features to control incoming connections.
I hope the above information is useful.
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
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