Archive for the Category: Education

What’s new in the latest IBM MQ v9.4 – Webinar

April 12, 2024 Roger Lacroix

You can sign up for What’s new in the latest IBM MQ v9.4 webinar at: https://ibm.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1666171&tp_key=34458c4185 This webinar will focus on the latest and greatest offering from IBM MQ – v9.4, a Long Term Support (LTS) release coming up after 2 years and preceded by v9.3. MQ v9.4 will feature all the CD releases of […]

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Free courses on Artificial Intelligence (AI)

January 4, 2024 Roger Lacroix

Microsoft has released 6 free courses on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Microsoft – AI For Beginners Curriculum It covers Symbolic AI, Neural Networks, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, and more. Hands-on lessons, quizzes, and labs included. https://microsoft.github.io/AI-For-Beginners/ Introduction to Artificial Intelligence This course helps you grasp key concepts in artificial intelligence. Designed for project managers, product […]

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New Raspberry Pi 5 Announced

September 29, 2023 Roger Lacroix

Raspberry Pi Foundation has just announced a new Raspberry Pi 5. https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-raspberry-pi-5/ Specifications: 2.4GHz quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 CPU VideoCore VII GPU, supporting OpenGL ES 3.1, Vulkan 1.2 Dual 4Kp60 HDMI® display output 4Kp60 HEVC decoder Dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi® Bluetooth 5.0 / Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) High-speed microSD card interface with SDR104 mode support 2 […]

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List Ciphers used by JVM

June 2, 2023 Roger Lacroix

On StackOverflow, someone was having an issue with a particular CipherSuite. So, I posted a sample Java code that I found a while ago to list the ciphers used by a JVM. I found the Java code on Atlassian Support’s page here. The purpose of the code sample is to allow the user to determine […]

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Disabling IPV6 in IBM MQ

April 5, 2023 Roger Lacroix

Angel Rivera of IBM posted a document on how to disable IPV6 in IBM MQ. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6980507?myns=swgws&mynp=OCSSYHRD&mync=E&cm_sp=swgws-_-OCSSYHRD-_-E The document states that: “The default behavior with IBM MQ is to try to use IPV6 calls (Internet Protocol Version 6), and if there are timeouts, then the IPV4 calls will be tried next.” I did not know this […]

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IBM TechCon 2023 Announced

February 21, 2023 Roger Lacroix

IBM has announced IBM TechCon 2023 and registration is now open. https://bzb.tools.ibm.com/TechCon2023 The event will be a virtual experience with 72 LIVE sessions across the following six tracks: – AIOps & IT Automation – Application Integration – API Management & Gateways – Cloud Native Development & Application Modernization – Messaging & Events – Observability & […]

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IBM TechCon 2022

March 3, 2022 Roger Lacroix

IBM has announced IBM TechCon 2022. It will be a virtual conference running on April 5th – 7th, 2022. You can register here. This event brings together all our AIOps, IT automation, integration, and application platform domain expertise. TechCon 2022 will be held April 5 – 7 as an interactive virtual experience with access to […]

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Capitalware Products Listed at LinkedIn

January 26, 2022 Roger Lacroix

The other day, MQGem posted a blog item about a new feature at LinkedIn where a company can list their products. I’ve have created a LinkedIn page for Capitalware and then added all 17 commercial products that Capitalware sells. You can view the entire list of Capitalware products at https://www.linkedin.com/company/capitalware/products/ page. The interesting feature that […]

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How Long it Takes for a Hacker to Crack Your Password

July 27, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Over at Komando’s web site, they have an article called: Use this chart to see how long it’ll take to crack your passwords. A general rule is that your password should be at least 11 characters and use numbers, along with upper and lowercase letters. That combination will take hackers 41 years to crack. Here’s […]

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IBM MQ Knowledge Center Icons

June 4, 2021 Roger Lacroix

IBM keeps added more and more icons in the MQ Knowledge Center to highlight which platforms and/or versions that a particular feature is supported on. You can find a complete list and explanation of the icons on the following MQ Knowledge Center page: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/latest?topic=mq-release-platform-icons-in-product-documentation Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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