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Erik Gfesser

📍 Greater Chicago Area

New Book Review: "Pricing Done Right"

New book review for Pricing Done Right: The Pricing Framework Proven Successful by the World's Most Profitable Companies, by Tim J. Smith, Wiley (Bloomberg Press), 2016, reposted here: As the author (founder and CEO of Wiglaf Pricing) mentions at the outset, every offering of a given firm and

New Book Review: "Next Generation Databases"

New book review for Next Generation Databases: NoSQL, NewSQL, and Big Data, by Guy Harrison, Apress, 2015, reposted here: Since it had been about 4 years since I read a database survey book entitled "Seven Databases in Seven Weeks: A Guide to Modern Databases and the NoSQL Movement"

New Book Review: "Microservices vs. Monoliths"

New book review for Microservices vs. Monoliths: The Reality Beyond the Hype, by Chris Richardson, Dan Haywood, Mike Gehard, Matt McLarty, Mark Little, and Adrian Cockcroft, C4Media (Publisher of InfoQ.com), 2017, reposted here: This book brings together several previously published articles, blog posts, and presentations by individuals who have

Personal Reading List: 3Q2017

My personal reading list for July, August, and September 2017. Color Key: Special Notes, Completed Reading. Updated throughout the Quarter. At Bat (Schnell) Fast Data Architectures for Streaming Applications: Getting Answers Now from Data Sets that Never End, by Dean Wampler PhD, O'Reilly, 2016. Copy provided by O&

New Book Review: "Spring Microservices"

New book review for Spring Microservices, by Rajesh RV, Packt Publishing, 2016, reposted here: The mix of theory and practice that this book provides is among the best I have ever run across, although those looking to potentially work through this book should be aware that a number of issues

Ubuntu on Windows: Part 2

About 3 months ago, I posted about my move to Windows 10 with the new laptop I received (Dell 5510 32GB RAM), configuring it for dual boot mode with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS after contemplating installation of Cygwin on another machine yet again, prior to my recollection of a Microsoft

Media Query Source: Part 6 - InformationWeek (US digital magazine); Build a DevOps-focused enterprise

* InformationWeek (US digital magazine) * Cross-enterprise DevOps adoption * Opportunity costs from mishandled change * Changes benefit from stakeholder visibility My responses ended up being included in an article at InformationWeek (June 20, 2017) alongside 5 others including two CTOs. Extent of quote highlighted in orange, paraphrased quote highlighted in gray. Above image

Media Query Source: Part 5 - The Enterprisers Project (US digital magazine); Teaching IT to embrace change: 9 execs share advice

* The Enterprisers Project (US digital magazine) * Advice from execs on embracing change * Being comfortable with uncertainty is a must * Working in agile manner helps ability to steer My responses ended up being included in an article on "The Enterprisers Project" (June 8, 2017), a collaborative effort between CIO

Media Query Source: Part 4

The responses I provided to a media outlet on May 3, 2017: Media: The place of databases in DevOps. My responses addressed the more detailed questions as follows: Media: How often is the database being changed? Gfesser: The frequency of database changes will vary. As a general rule, there will

Media Query Source: Part 3

The responses I provided to a media outlet on April 11, 2017: Media: How should companies choose new technologies to add to their tech stack? My responses addressed the more detailed questions as follows: Media: How can companies effectively choose the right tools and resist adding technologies just for the