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.

LearnMQ from IBM Developer

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During David Ware’s “What’s New in IBM MQ?” session at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8, David announced LearnMQ (see slide 24). LearnMQ is a place where new users can get some FREE MQ training (and earn badges). The LearnMQ web site is broken down into 3 sections: MQ Essentials MQ Tutorials Run a Demo So, if […]

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MQ Lab at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8

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For those who don’t know, IBM sends laptops and lab materials to MQ Technical Conference (MQTC) for attendees to do FREE hands-on training. The MQ Lab was open to attendees all day Monday and Tuesday. I would like to thank Lyn Elkins, Jack Carnes Jr and Mitch Johnson from IBM for doing an awesome job […]

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And Now The End Is Near for MQ on HP-UX and Solaris

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During David Ware’s “What’s New in IBM MQ?” session at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8, the following was announced (see slide 46 of the PDF): IBM MQ on HP-UX Not on CD stream: Last release: MQ V9.0 LTS Statement of Direction: No further releases. IBM MQ on Solaris Not on CD stream: Last release: MQ V9.1 […]

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Third Day of MQ Technical Conference

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Richard Nikula presenting ‘If you can’t clone yourself, Delegate!’ session: Rob Sordillo presenting the ‘REST Easy with Infrared360’ session: Krista Valentine presenting the ‘Licensing Lingo – The Users Guide to IBM Licensing’ session: Lunch: Chris Frank presenting the ‘What’s new with Logging in IBM MQ?’ session: Jonathan Levell presenting the ‘MQTT: The Protocol for the […]

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Second Day of MQ Technical Conference

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Suganya Rane presenting ‘MQ on AWS’ session: Rob Parker presenting ‘Running MQ in the Cloud’ session: MQ Labs: Lunch: Afternoon snacks – tortilla & pita chips served with 4 different dips Mark Taylor presenting ‘Using Open Source solutions to monitor your queue managers’ session: Tuesday evening in the Vendor Pavilion – cheesecake: Regards, Roger Lacroix […]

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First Day of MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8

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Opening Remarks: Selfie: David Ware presenting ‘What’s New in IBM Messaging’ session: MQ Labs: Lunch: Sandeep Chellingi presenting ‘MQ High Availability and Disaster recovery Implementation scenarios’ session: Afternoon desserts – ice cream social: Glen Brumbaugh presenting ‘MQ, IIB, Docker, Kubernetes and the IBM Cloud’ session: Monday evening in the Vendor Pavilion: Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware […]

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Sunday at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8

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Sorry for the delay in getting the MQTC pictures posted but it has been a very busy. Registration & Welcome Social for MQTC v2.0.1.8: And everybody got a bag of cool (hopefully) swag: Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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SQLite v3.25.0 Released

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D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.25.0. 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.

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WebSphere MQ FixPack 7.5.0.9 Released

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IBM has just released FixPack 7.5.0.9 for WebSphere MQ https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10730869 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Sessions by Tracks for MQTC v2.0.1.8

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The final list of sessions, schedule and tracks have been posted to MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8 web site. I have posted the ‘Tracks‘ web page. I have grouped the sessions together by various Tracks. It is designed to help attendees determine what sessions they should attending at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8 . I have created […]

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