Archive for the Category: Education

New Raspberry Pi Zero W Released

February 28, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Raspberry Pi Foundation has just released a new Raspberry Pi Zero W. https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-zero-w-joins-family/ Specifications: 1GHz, single-core CPU 512MB RAM Mini-HDMI port Micro-USB On-The-Go port Micro-USB power HAT-compatible 40-pin header Composite video and reset headers CSI camera connector 802.11n wireless LAN Bluetooth 4.0 The difference between ‘Raspberry Pi Zero’ and ‘Raspberry Pi Zero W’, is that […]

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Nancy Shray will be Speaking at MQTC v2.0.1.7

February 15, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Nancy Shray of Southeastern Grocers will doing a session at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.7 (MQTC) called “MQ and MQFTE and how they work in Tandem”. For more information about MQTC, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Lee Wheaton will be Speaking at MQTC v2.0.1.7

February 14, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Lee Wheaton of M&T Bank will doing a session at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.7 (MQTC) called “The MQ Vienna Listserver: Lessons from the Past”. 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 v2.0.1.7

February 14, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Tim Zielke of Aon will doing a session at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.7 (MQTC) called “MQ Tools for your MQ Toolkit”. For more information about MQTC, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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1st Place in Innovative Design at Ontario Engineering Competition

February 3, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Richard Lacroix (son #1) and Jolien van Gaalen won 1st place in the Innovative Design category at Ontario Engineering Competition held last weekend in Ottawa, Canada. You can read about it here: http://www.eng.uwo.ca/news/2017/OEC_2017_Winners.html First, Richard and Jolien won the Western Engineering Competition for Innovative Design on January 13-15, 2017. Now they have won the provincial […]

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Call for Speakers for MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.7

February 1, 2017 Roger Lacroix

We are looking for speakers on any product/service that uses IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ & MQSeries) for “MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.7” (MQTC). The sessions are to be technical in nature and on any subject so long as it relates to MQ. We offer speakers the conference fee for free and we also pay for […]

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MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.7

January 31, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware would like to announce MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.7 (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 70 technical sessions and 15 vendor sessions that are designed to enhance the skills of IT professionals who […]

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The 1st Little Birdie to Leave the Nest

January 5, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Richard (son #1) is in 4th year engineering at the University of Western Ontario in the Mechatronic Systems Engineering program. He has done very well in the program maintaining a high 90’s average. Over the last few months, he has been applying for a full-time job with a number of companies in North America (i.e. […]

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Webinar: IBM MQ CONNAUTH/CHLAUTH Doesn’t Work Like You Think it Does

November 17, 2016 Roger Lacroix

T.Rob Wyatt of IoPT Consulting will be giving a webinar on issues/problems with/using CONNAUTH and CHLAUTH: https://www.imwuc.org/p/ca/vi/sid=435 Date: November 30, 2016 at 01:00 PM EST Description: Native MQ password authentication (CONNAUTH) introduced in IBM MQ v8.0 has gotten off to a rough start. As of Fix Pack 8.0.0.5, the interaction between CONNAUTH and CHLAUTH has […]

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Roger Lacroix’s MQTC Session Video

October 20, 2016 Roger Lacroix

Here is the third video that my daughters, Courtney and Sarah, recorded at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6. Here’s Roger Lacroix’s MQ Visual Edit V2 – The Next Generation session: The presentation for MQ Visual Edit V2 – The Next Generation session can be found at: http://www.mqtechconference.com/sessions_v2016.html Note: All the videos can be found on my […]

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