Archive for the Category: IBM MQ

Language Wars – Maybe Enough Already

Maybe I’m just old and grumpy, but I’m tired of surfing the internet and seeing language wars. I just saw this line “100% Java free!” the other day, listed as a product feature and it makes me shake my head. Of all the product features that would sell a product, you want to include that […]

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LearnMQ from IBM Developer

During David Ware’s “What’s New in IBM MQ?” session at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8, David announced LearnMQ (see slide 24). LearnMQ is a place where new users can get some FREE MQ training (and earn badges). The LearnMQ web site is broken down into 3 sections: MQ Essentials MQ Tutorials Run a Demo So, if […]

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MQ Lab at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8

For those who don’t know, IBM sends laptops and lab materials to MQ Technical Conference (MQTC) for attendees to do FREE hands-on training. The MQ Lab was open to attendees all day Monday and Tuesday. I would like to thank Lyn Elkins, Jack Carnes Jr and Mitch Johnson from IBM for doing an awesome job […]

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And Now The End Is Near for MQ on HP-UX and Solaris

During David Ware’s “What’s New in IBM MQ?” session at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8, the following was announced (see slide 46 of the PDF): IBM MQ on HP-UX Not on CD stream: Last release: MQ V9.0 LTS Statement of Direction: No further releases. IBM MQ on Solaris Not on CD stream: Last release: MQ V9.1 […]

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Third Day of MQ Technical Conference

Richard Nikula presenting ‘If you can’t clone yourself, Delegate!’ session: Rob Sordillo presenting the ‘REST Easy with Infrared360’ session: Krista Valentine presenting the ‘Licensing Lingo – The Users Guide to IBM Licensing’ session: Lunch: Chris Frank presenting the ‘What’s new with Logging in IBM MQ?’ session: Jonathan Levell presenting the ‘MQTT: The Protocol for the […]

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Second Day of MQ Technical Conference

Suganya Rane presenting ‘MQ on AWS’ session: Rob Parker presenting ‘Running MQ in the Cloud’ session: MQ Labs: Lunch: Afternoon snacks – tortilla & pita chips served with 4 different dips Mark Taylor presenting ‘Using Open Source solutions to monitor your queue managers’ session: Tuesday evening in the Vendor Pavilion – cheesecake: Regards, Roger Lacroix […]

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First Day of MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8

Opening Remarks: Selfie: David Ware presenting ‘What’s New in IBM Messaging’ session: MQ Labs: Lunch: Sandeep Chellingi presenting ‘MQ High Availability and Disaster recovery Implementation scenarios’ session: Afternoon desserts – ice cream social: Glen Brumbaugh presenting ‘MQ, IIB, Docker, Kubernetes and the IBM Cloud’ session: Monday evening in the Vendor Pavilion: Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware […]

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Sunday at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8

Sorry for the delay in getting the MQTC pictures posted but it has been a very busy. Registration & Welcome Social for MQTC v2.0.1.8: And everybody got a bag of cool (hopefully) swag: Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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WebSphere MQ FixPack 7.5.0.9 Released

IBM has just released FixPack 7.5.0.9 for WebSphere MQ https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10730869 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Sessions by Tracks for MQTC v2.0.1.8

The final list of sessions, schedule and tracks have been posted to MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8 web site. I have posted the ‘Tracks‘ web page. I have grouped the sessions together by various Tracks. It is designed to help attendees determine what sessions they should attending at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8 . I have created […]

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