Author Archives: Roger Lacroix

My name is Roger Lacroix and I am a die hard programmer. I have been programming since the 80s. My favorite programming languages are Java, C and Rexx. I have worked in the Airline, Retail but I have spent most of my time doing middleware work in the financial services industry. In 1994, I was introduced to IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ & MQSeries) and I thought it was the next best thing since man created fire. This blog will be about IBM MQ, Java, C, Rexx and any other interesting items that I can think of. I hope you enjoy it.

Java 8 Released

March 18, 2014 Roger Lacroix
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Oracle has just released Java 8. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/8train-relnotes-latest-2153846.html 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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Mozilla Firefox 28.0 Released

March 18, 2014 Roger Lacroix
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Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v28.0. 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 […]

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Power Development Cloud Horror Story

March 6, 2014 Roger Lacroix
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Does anyone know who is responsible (director or VP) for IBM’s Power Development Cloud (aka Virtual Loaner Program)? I have not been able to load an ‘IBM i (OS/400) saved image’ on IBM’s Power Development Cloud since February 19th, 2014. I have opened ticket after ticket after ticket after ticket after ticket after ticket with […]

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MQTC v2.0.1.4 Gold Sponsor: Nastel Technologies

March 6, 2014 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware would like to announce that Nastel Technologies is a Gold Sponsor of MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.4 (MQTC). Nastel Technologies will also be giving a technical session on AutoPilot® for WebSphere MQ. For more information, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Cindy Gregoire, Doyle Reese and Allan Bartleywood will be Speaking at MQTC

February 21, 2014 Roger Lacroix
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Cindy Gregoire, Doyle Reese and Allan Bartleywood of TxMQ will be speaking at Capitalware’s MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.4 (MQTC). Here are the sessions they will be presenting at MQTC: IIB Scalability & Performance Management by Cindy Gregoire of TxMQ Leveraging DataPower to Secure & Deliver Mobility Use Cases by Doyle Reese of TxMQ WebSphere MQ […]

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It’s Alive!!

February 15, 2014 Roger Lacroix
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We have switch our primary domain name from capitalware.biz to capitalware.com and it’s alive. Yeah!! 🙂 Please update your bookmarks and address books. 1. For sales inquiries or to send corporate POs (purchase orders) to Capitalware Inc., please use the new email address of sales@capitalware.com 2. For support questions or product issues, please use the […]

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MQTC v2.0.1.4 Gold Sponsor: Avada Software

February 12, 2014 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware would like to announce that Avada Software is a Gold Sponsor of MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.4 (MQTC). Avada Software will be giving a session on Infrared360 for WebSphere MQ. For more information, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Capitalware will be Switching Domain Names this Weekend

February 12, 2014 Roger Lacroix
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As you may have noticed, Capitalware has been using capitalware.biz domain name for a long, long time. That’s because back in the 90’s, I made a naive mistake related to buying domain names for Capitalware. I purchased capitalware.org first thinking nobody would want capitalware.com. D’oh. A cyber-squatter would!! After all these years, I have finally […]

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Barry Lamkin will be Speaking at MQTC

February 5, 2014 Roger Lacroix
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Barry Lamkin of IBM confirmed today that he’ll be back as a speaker at MQTC v2.0.1.4. Barry Lamkin will be presenting the following sessions at MQTC: The top ten issues in WebSphere MQ and WebSphere MB A vendor session called: “Application Performance Management” For more information about MQTC, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix […]

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MQTC v2.0.1.3 Session Web Page

February 5, 2014 Roger Lacroix
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If you are looking for the MQTC v2.0.1.3 Session web page with all the links to the PDFs for the MQTC v2.0.1.3 sessions, it was renamed to http://www.mqtechconference.com/sessions_v2013.html Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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