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.

Morag Hughson’s write up of MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.3

September 30, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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Morag Hughson presented many sessions at Capitalware’s MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.3. Here is a write up she did on her experience at MQTC v2.0.1.3. https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/aimsupport/entry/mq_technical_conference_in_sandusky_ohio Morag Hughson works at IBM’s Hursley Lab in the UK on WebSphere MQ. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Summary of MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.3

September 26, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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Well, that was a great conference (in my humble opinion). After it was over on Wednesday, my wife and I (and kids too) went to Kalahari’s water park, crawled into the hot tub and relaxed for an hour – boy did that feel good. 🙂 I would like to thank the attendees, speakers and sponsors […]

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Presentations for MQ Technical Conference

September 26, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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I have updated the Sessions web page to include links to each session’s presentation (in PDF format). As I get the final few presentations, I’ll update the Sessions web page. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Third Day of MQ Technical Conference

September 26, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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Mark Taylor presenting ‘WebSphere MQ Disaster Recovery’ session: Chris Frank presenting ‘MQ Pub/Sub Part #2’ session: Lunch: Bobbee Broderick presenting the ‘Multi-Instance Queue Managers’ session: T.Rob Wyatt presenting the ‘Base Queue Manager Hardening’ session: Afternoon desserts: Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Second Day of MQ Technical Conference

September 26, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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Breakfast: Morag Hughson presenting ‘Monitoring and Auditing WebSphere MQ’ session: T.Rob Wyatt presenting ‘MQ High Availability’ session: Lunch: Richard Nikula presenting the ‘Understanding Queue Manager Message Performance’ session: Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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First Day of MQ Technical Conference

September 23, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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It has been a hectic first day!! Busy getting attendees registered: Breakfast: Mark Taylor presenting ‘What’s New in WebSphere MQ’ session: T.Rob Wyatt presenting ‘Certificate Management ‘ session: Lunch: Bobbee Broderick presenting the ‘MQ Best Practices’ session: Afternoon desserts: Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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6 Days until MQ Technical Conference

September 17, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.3 (MQTC) is only 6 days away – September 23 to September 25, 2013. MQTC will offer 70 sessions that are designed to enhance the skills of IT professionals who are using IBM’s WebSphere MQ on AIX, HP-UX, IBM i (OS/400), Linux, Solaris, Windows and z/OS. The price for the conference is […]

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SupportPac IA94 XMS for .NET v2.0.3 Released

September 17, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has released version 2.0.3 of SupportPac IA9H: IBM Message Service Client (XMS) for .NET. http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24007092 The IBM Message Service Client for .NET (“XMS .NET”) renders the Java Message Service (JMS) API in a managed .NET environment. It brings the benefits of JMS – a standard, abstracted messaging API for pub/sub and point-to-point messaging, as […]

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Mozilla Firefox 24.0 Released

September 17, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v24.0. 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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2 Weeks until MQ Technical Conference

September 11, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.3 (MQTC) is only 2 weeks away – September 23 to September 25, 2013. MQTC will offer 70 sessions that are designed to enhance the skills of IT professionals who are using IBM’s WebSphere MQ on AIX, HP-UX, IBM i (OS/400), Linux, Solaris, Windows and z/OS. The regular price for the conference […]

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