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Erik Gfesser

📍 Greater Chicago Area

Countdown to 2014

In his most recent (October 25, 2010) Computerworld magazine opinion piece, Frank Hayes discusses a debt that corporate IT departments need not pay. Perhaps a majority of readers of the magazine are already familiar with "IT debt", because Hayes mentions the term multiple times within his article but

SpringOne 2GX 2010 Day 2: Keynote

After returning to work Thursday and catching up on some sleep following my attendance of the SpringOne 2GX 2010 conference held at The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center in the heart of the Lombard / Oak Brook, Illinois business corridor, the following are some notes taken following dinner during the second keynote

SpringOne 2GX 2010 Day 2:Virtualizing Your Java Applications

Virtualizing Your Java Applications: Best Practices (Justin Murray) Emerging Technology Track 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM From the conference materials: In this session, you will learn the key things to consider when you take your application to a virtualization platform, in particular to VMware ESX. The choice of configured

SpringOne 2GX 2010 Day 1: Keynote

Just returned from the first day of the SpringOne 2GX 2010 conference held at The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center in the heart of the Lombard / Oak Brook, Illinois business corridor. The complete session schedule for the week (Tuesday evening through Friday afternoon) is located here. From the conference materials: SpringOne

Technology == Salvation ?

Due to service disruption with my print subscription to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) this past week, I was not aware of the interview with Peter Thiel entitled "Technology = Salvation" by Holman W. Jenkins Jr. in last weekend's edition until today. Thiel was one of the

New Book Review: "Rules to Break & Laws to Follow"

New book review for Rules to Break & Laws to Follow: How Your Business Can Beat the Crisis of Short-Termism (Microsoft Executive Leadership Series), by Don Peppers & Martha Rogers, PhD, John Wiley & Sons, 2008, reposted here: Purchase of this text by this reviewer followed on the tails of

Google Analytics: 12 Months

Google Analytics was set up for this blog one year ago today. Take a look at the posts I submitted over the past year to see how traffic has grown in the past 12 months. Since the last related post 2 months ago, the number of countries of origin has

Copycat Advertising Campaign

First of all, some readers of my blog might be curious as to why the category tag cloud in the upper right hand corner of the page includes "running" as a category. Where does running fit within a blog entitled "Erik on Software"? I eluded to

New Book Review: "The Data Model Resource Book Volume 3"

Recently posted book review for The Data Model Resource Book Volume 3: Universal Patterns for Data Modeling, by Len Silverston and Paul Agnew, Wiley Publishing Inc, 2009, reposted here: Incredibly well done follow-up to the first two volumes of Silverston's data model series (see my reviews for "

New Book Review: "Enterprise Master Data Management"

New book review for Enterprise Master Data Management: An SOA Approach to Managing Core Information, by Allen Dreibelbis, Eberhard Hechler, Ivan Milman, Martin Oberhofer, Paul van Run, and Dan Wolfson, IBM Press, 2008, reposted here: The best text on enterprise master data management (MDM) in the marketplace today. Other reviewers