Archive for the Category: Linux

Pres. Trump says gov’t agencies need better security – MQ security too?

February 3, 2017 Roger Lacroix

The other day, U.S. President Donald Trump said: the government agencies need to better protect their networks. Most of the U.S. government agencies use IBM MQ for their messaging middleware. Application messages that traverse their MQ environment contain confidential and highly secure information. As many of you know, A basic setup of IBM MQ Server […]

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LibreOffice 5.3 Released

February 1, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Document Foundation has just released LibreOffice v5.3. https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2017/02/01/the-document-foundation-announces-feature-rich-libreoffice-5-3/ LibreOffice is a comprehensive, professional-quality productivity suite that you can download and install for free. There is a large base of satisfied LibreOffice users worldwide, and it’s available in more than 30 languages and for all major operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux […]

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Mozilla Firefox 51.0 Released

January 24, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v51.0. 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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WebSphere MQ Fix Pack 7.1.0.8 Released

January 20, 2017 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released FixPack 7.1.0.8 for WebSphere MQ http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993831 Don’t forget, the end of service date for WebSphere MQ v7.1.0 on distributed platforms (Linux, Unix, Windows and IBM i) is April 30, 2017. The official announcement can be found here: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg3c741503j17231u61 That’s in 3 months!!! So, suck it up buttercup, its time to get […]

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SQLite v3.16.1 Released

January 4, 2017 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.16.1. 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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MQ Visual Edit V2 – Prompt for Password

December 15, 2016 Roger Lacroix

A customer emailed me the other day saying that their security policy does not allow applications to store passwords (even in encrypted format) on their local PCs. Their security policy states that the user must be prompted for his/her password (like MQ Explorer). I thought this was a good idea, so I have made a […]

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New: MQ Auditor v2.4.0

December 14, 2016 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Auditor v2.4.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Auditor. MQ Auditor is a solution that allows a company to audit/track all MQ API calls performed by MQ applications that are connected to a queue manager. For more information about […]

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New: MQ Authenticate User Security Exit v3.2.0

December 14, 2016 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Authenticate User Security Exit v3.2.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Authenticate User Security Exit. MQ Authenticate User Security Exit is a solution that allows a company to fully authenticate a user who is accessing an IBM MQ resource. […]

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New: MQ Channel Encryption v3.1.2

December 14, 2016 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Channel Encryption (MQCE) v3.1.2. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQCE. MQCE provides encryption for message data over IBM MQ channels. MQCE operates with Sender, Receiver, Server, Requester, Cluster-Sender, Cluster-Receiver, Server Connection and Client Connection channels of the WMQ queue […]

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New: MQ Channel Throttler v1.0.2

December 14, 2016 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Channel Throttler v1.0.2. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Channel Throttler. MQCT provides the ability to control/throttle the number of messages or bytes that flow over a channel. For more information about MQCT, please go to: https://www.capitalware.com/mqct_overview.html Added the […]

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