Monthly Archives: April 2020

Limited Continuing Support for IBM MQ 8.0

IBM has announced Limited Continuing Support for IBM MQ v8.0: In order to help customers through the challenges caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, IBM has announced Limited Continuing Support (LCS) for IBM MQ 8.0 and other selected offerings through 30 September 2020. Customers with active Software Subscription and Support coverage (S&S) on these offerings […]

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What time is it in a customer’s time zone?

I have customers from various cities around the world. Sometimes when I working on a problem, I like to stay focused on it. So if I get an email from a customer somewhere else in the world, I like to know if I need to answer it ASAP (because it is off hours for them) […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 Released

Canonical has just released Ubuntu v20.04. http://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04/ Super-fast, easy to use and free, the Ubuntu operating system powers millions of desktops, netbooks and servers around the world. Ubuntu does everything you need it to. It’ll work with your existing PC files, printers, cameras and MP3 players. And it comes with thousands of free apps. Regards, […]

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WooHoo! I have a brand new toy today!

Today, I got a brand new z/OS v2.4 image (aka mainframe) from the IBM Z Dallas ISV Center. They set it up with lots of toys to play with. IBM MQ v9.0.1 DB2 V11 and V12 IBM V13, V14 and V15 CICS V5 R5 In my original request, I asked for a queue manager for […]

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IBM MQ v9.0 End of Service Date

The end of service date for IBM MQ v9.0 on distributed platforms (Linux, Unix, Windows and IBM i) is September 30, 2021. The IBM MQ Software lifecycle page is at: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/announcement-end-support-ibm-mq-90 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ, Java and MQ MI and/or MQ HA

Sometimes you come across things that make you just scratch your head and say who the hell wrote this @#$% code. I’m not trying to say that I’m the world’s greatest programmer but some of the shit that the MQ/Java team writes just makes my head spin. They need to share what they’re smoking! IBM’s […]

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.1.0.5 Released

IBM has just released Fix Pack 9.1.0.5 for IBM MQ V9.1 LTS: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6090700 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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End of Service Date: IBM MQ v8.0 & IBM MQ Appliance M2000

The end of service date for IBM MQ v8.0 on AIX, HP-UX, IBM i, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS and IBM MQ Appliance M2000 is April 30, 2020. Here is the IBM MQ announcement page: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/announcement-end-support-ibm-mq-80-and-ibm-mq-appliance-m2000 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ V9.1.5 Announced

IBM has announced IBM MQ V9.1.5 for Multiplatforms: https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/9/877/ENUSZP20-0119/index.html Planned availability for IBM MQ V9.1.5 is April 2, 2020 for Electronic software delivery. Ian Harwood of IBM wrote a blog posting summarizing the IBM V9.1.5 CD release. https://community.ibm.com/community/user/imwuc/blogs/ian-harwood1/2020/04/02/mq915ga IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ) homepage https://www.ibm.com/products/mq Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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