Archive for the Category: Education

Avoid Building a Certificate Management Center of Mediocrity

January 15, 2014 Roger Lacroix

A live Q&A on “Avoid Building a Certificate Management Center of Mediocrity” with MQ security guru T.Rob Wyatt of IoPT Consulting will be held on Tuesday, January 28 at 11:00 AM EDT. Here is the link to register for this live Q&A session: https://secure2.wispubs.com/gwc_qa_register/home?id=93bf57de-8c25-4beb-80be-198256560810 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Free IBM e-book: Application Release and Deployment For Dummies

January 14, 2014 Roger Lacroix

IBM is giving away free copies of the e-book: Application Release and Deployment For Dummies https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/signup.do?source=swg-rtl-sd-wp&S_PKG=ov19195&ce=ISM0056&ct=swg&cmp=ibmsocial&cm=h&cr=crossbrand&ccy=us This book defines the basics of application release and deployment, and provides best practices for implementation with resources for a deeper dive. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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A Must Read for IT Managers!!

December 16, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Mike Hadlow has posted an excellent blog item that every IT Manager should (must) read: http://mikehadlow.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/are-your-programmers-working-hard-or.html Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Happy 10th Anniversary for MQ Visual Edit

November 4, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Wow. I can’t believe it has been 10 years since MQ Visual Edit was officially launched as a commercial product. As they say, “we have come a long way baby!” Back in 2001, when I was laid off from Candle as a traveling MQ consultant, I just figured I would continue being an MQ consultant […]

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Morag Hughson’s write up of MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.3

September 30, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Morag Hughson presented many sessions at Capitalware’s MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.3. Here is a write up she did on her experience at MQTC v2.0.1.3. https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/aimsupport/entry/mq_technical_conference_in_sandusky_ohio Morag Hughson works at IBM’s Hursley Lab in the UK on WebSphere MQ. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Summary of MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.3

September 26, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Well, that was a great conference (in my humble opinion). After it was over on Wednesday, my wife and I (and kids too) went to Kalahari’s water park, crawled into the hot tub and relaxed for an hour – boy did that feel good. 🙂 I would like to thank the attendees, speakers and sponsors […]

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Presentations for MQ Technical Conference

September 26, 2013 Roger Lacroix

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 26, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Mark Taylor presenting ‘WebSphere MQ Disaster Recovery’ session: Chris Frank presenting ‘MQ Pub/Sub Part #2’ session: Lunch: Bobbee Broderick presenting the ‘Multi-Instance Queue Managers’ session: T.Rob Wyatt presenting the ‘Base Queue Manager Hardening’ session: Afternoon desserts: Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Second Day of MQ Technical Conference

September 26, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Breakfast: Morag Hughson presenting ‘Monitoring and Auditing WebSphere MQ’ session: T.Rob Wyatt presenting ‘MQ High Availability’ session: Lunch: Richard Nikula presenting the ‘Understanding Queue Manager Message Performance’ session: Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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First Day of MQ Technical Conference

September 23, 2013 Roger Lacroix

It has been a hectic first day!! Busy getting attendees registered: Breakfast: Mark Taylor presenting ‘What’s New in WebSphere MQ’ session: T.Rob Wyatt presenting ‘Certificate Management ‘ session: Lunch: Bobbee Broderick presenting the ‘MQ Best Practices’ session: Afternoon desserts: Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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