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.

MQ Visual Edit V2.0.0 Released

October 3, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Visual Edit V2.0.0. Version 2 includes the following revisions: a new GUI (desktop interface); a rewrite of the internals to improve speed and memory usage; and the implementation of support for topics and subscriptions. The cost for MQ Visual Edit V2.0.0 is $79.00 USD […]

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MQ Visual Browse V2.0.0 Released

October 3, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Visual Browse V2.0.0. Version 2 includes the following revisions: a new GUI (desktop interface); a rewrite of the internals to improve speed and memory usage; and the implementation of support for topics and subscriptions. The cost for MQ Visual Browse V2.0.0 is $25.00 USD […]

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Summary of MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6

September 30, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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I would like to thank the attendees, speakers and sponsors for participating in the 4th annual MQ Technical Conference. I hope the attendees learned a few new things and were well fed in the process. 🙂 Several people said the speakers were wizards with the MQ material. Next year’s conference, MQTC v2.0.1.7 will be held […]

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Presentations for MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6

September 30, 2016 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 30, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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T.Rob Wyatt presenting ‘Check list of MQ top MQ security outstanding bugs/issues/gotchas’ session: Lyn Elkins presenting the ‘The top ten issues in IBM MQ and IIB’ session: Barry Lamkin presenting the ‘The top ten issues in IBM MQ and IIB’ session: Lunch: Mark Taylor presenting the ‘Where is my Message?’ session: Lee Wheaton presenting the […]

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Bats of a Feather Session at MQ Technical Conference

September 30, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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There were 13 people who summoned the courage to get up and tell a horror story: Linda Stanley Robin Wiley Kristi Starr Neil Kelley John Edelmann Neil Casey Tony Konczak Eric Schumann Richard Nikula* Peter Potkay Colby Perry Morag Hughson Roger Lacroix* * Vendors cannot win prizes. And the winners were (left to right): Peter […]

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Second Day of MQ Technical Conference

September 30, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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Second Day of MQ Technical Conference Rob Parker presenting ‘MQ Security Deep – Dive into Advanced Security Configuration Options, including MQ AMS’ session: Matt Leming presenting ‘Looking ahead to MQ support for z/OS Connect’ session: Matt Whitehead presenting ‘Hybrid Messaging with IBM Bluemix’ session: Dave Ware presenting ‘An Introduction to MQ Publish/Subscribe’ session: Roger Lacroix […]

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First Day of MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6

September 30, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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MQ Labs: Chris Hanna presenting ‘Addressing PCI w/Capitalware – A Customer Perspective’ session: Lunch: Sandeep Chellingi presenting ‘Deployment Patterns using Docker & Chef’ session: Afternoon desserts – ice cream social: Chris Frank presenting ‘Performance Considerations When Designing IIB solutions’ session: Monday evening in the Vendor Pavilion: Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Sunday at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6

September 30, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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Sorry for the delay in getting the MQTC pictures posted but it has been a very busy and stressful conference. This year’s attendance is up by 12% over last year’s conference. 🙂 Registration & Welcome Social for MQTC v2.0.1.6: And everybody got a bag of cool (hopefully) swag: Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Mozilla Firefox 49.0 Released

September 20, 2016 Roger Lacroix
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Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v49.0. 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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