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.

Now That’s a Trailer!!

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Early this week, the wife, kids and I went to see Black Panther (great movie). But before the Black Panther movie started, there was the usual assortment of trailers including the next trailer for Solo Star Wars. It was a fine trailer nothing that would make me say “I gotta see that movie”. Last night, […]

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IBM MQ on IBM Cloud

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Last month, IBM announced an experimental service for MQ on IBM Cloud: https://www.ibm.com/blogs/bluemix/2018/01/experimental-service-mq-ibm-cloud/ Last week, IBM announced that MQ on IBM Cloud has moved into the “beta phase”: https://www.ibm.com/blogs/bluemix/2018/02/mq-on-ibm-cloud-weve-hit-beta/ So, if you like your MQ in the SAAS (Software-As-A-Service) format then you should give the beta a try. If I can find some time this […]

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My Saga in Getting New Speakers for my PC

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A couple of weeks ago, my old Logitech 2.1 speaker system starting to crackle and pop in the right speaker, even with the PC off. After a few hours, it was driving me nuts, so it got pulled and trashed. It was over 10 years old, so I got good use out of the speaker […]

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Suganya Rane will be Speaking at MQTC v2.0.1.8

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Suganya Rane of Sabre will be speaking at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8 (MQTC). Suganya Rane’s Sessions: MQ Monitoring on the Cloud MQ on AWS For more information about MQTC, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Tim Zielke will be Speaking at MQTC v2.0.1.8

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Tim Zielke of Aon will be speaking at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8 (MQTC). Tim Zielke’s Session: MQ Data Conversion For more information about MQTC, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Call for Speakers for MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8

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We are looking for speakers on any product/service that uses IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ & MQSeries) for MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8 (MQTC). The sessions are to be technical in nature and on any subject so long as it relates to MQ (and you are a SME, Subject Matter Expert, on the topic you are […]

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MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8

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Capitalware would like to announce MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8 (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 71 technical sessions and 15 vendor sessions that are designed to enhance the skills of IT professionals who […]

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Burger King Explains Net Neutrality With Whoppers

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In Canada, we have a Net Neutrality law, so the FCC Net Neutrality non-sense in the USA does not affect me. I’m not into politics but anyone can clearly see that Ajit Pai (FCC Chairman) motive for getting rid of Net Neutrality in the USA is all about the money. When he’s done at the […]

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Capitalware z/OS and IBM i Product Advisory

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A potential bug was discovered in Capitalware’s logging framework, see here for more details, for commercial and “Licensed as Free” products for z/OS and IBM i. Commercial Products affected: MQ Authenticate User Security Exit for IBM i MQ Channel Encryption for IBM i MQ Standard Security Exit for IBM i MQ Authenticate User Security Exit […]

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SQLite v3.22.0 Released

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D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.22.0. 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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