diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 846b9223..34ffcc10 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@
 	</properties>
 
 	<repositories>
-		<repository>
-			<id>spring-libs-snapshot</id>
-			<url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
-		</repository>
 		<repository>
 			<id>apache-snapshots</id>
 			<url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
 		</repository>
+		<repository>
+			<id>spring-libs-snapshot</id>
+			<url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
+		</repository>
 	</repositories>
 
 	<pluginRepositories>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/CacheFactoryBean.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/CacheFactoryBean.java
index ea80ea05..c0403123 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/CacheFactoryBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/CacheFactoryBean.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.data.gemfire;
 
+import static org.springframework.data.gemfire.GemfireUtils.apacheGeodeProductName;
+import static org.springframework.data.gemfire.GemfireUtils.apacheGeodeVersion;
 import static org.springframework.data.gemfire.support.GemfireBeanFactoryLocator.newBeanFactoryLocator;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -187,7 +189,6 @@ public class CacheFactoryBean implements BeanClassLoaderAware, BeanFactoryAware,
 	}
 
 	/* (non-Javadoc) */
-	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 	Cache init() throws Exception {
 		ClassLoader currentThreadContextClassLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
 
@@ -201,13 +202,15 @@ public class CacheFactoryBean implements BeanClassLoaderAware, BeanFactoryAware,
 
 			DistributedMember member = system.getDistributedMember();
 
-			log.info(String.format("Connected to Distributed System [%1$s] as Member [%2$s]"
-				.concat("in Group(s) [%3$s] with Role(s) [%4$s] on Host [%5$s] having PID [%6$d]."),
-					system.getName(), member.getId(), member.getGroups(), member.getRoles(), member.getHost(),
-						member.getProcessId()));
+			if (log.isInfoEnabled()) {
+				log.info(String.format("Connected to Distributed System [%1$s] as Member [%2$s]"
+					.concat(" in Group(s) [%3$s] with Role(s) [%4$s] on Host [%5$s] having PID [%6$d]."),
+						system.getName(), member.getId(), member.getGroups(), member.getRoles(), member.getHost(),
+							member.getProcessId()));
 
-			log.info(String.format("%1$s GemFire v.%2$s Cache [%3$s].", cacheResolutionMessagePrefix,
-				CacheFactory.getVersion(), cache.getName()));
+				log.info(String.format("%1$s %2$s version [%3$s] Cache [%4$s].",
+					cacheResolutionMessagePrefix, apacheGeodeProductName(), apacheGeodeVersion(), cache.getName()));
+			}
 
 			return cache;
 		}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/GemfireUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/GemfireUtils.java
index b237098c..6874441e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/GemfireUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/GemfireUtils.java
@@ -33,10 +33,13 @@ import org.w3c.dom.Element;
  * @see org.apache.geode.cache.Region
  * @since 1.3.3
  */
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public abstract class GemfireUtils extends CacheUtils {
 
-	public final static String GEMFIRE_NAME = GemFireVersion.getProductName();
-	public final static String GEMFIRE_VERSION = CacheFactory.getVersion();
+	public final static String APACHE_GEODE_NAME = "Aache Geode";
+	public final static String GEMFIRE_NAME = apacheGeodeProductName();
+	public final static String GEMFIRE_VERSION = apacheGeodeVersion();
+	public final static String UNKNOWN = "unknown";
 
 	private static final String ASYNC_EVENT_QUEUE_ELEMENT_NAME = "async-event-queue";
 	private static final String ASYNC_EVENT_QUEUE_TYPE_NAME = "org.apache.geode.cache.asyncqueue.AsyncEventQueue";
@@ -47,6 +50,26 @@ public abstract class GemfireUtils extends CacheUtils {
 	private static final String GATEWAY_SENDER_ELEMENT_NAME = "gateway-sender";
 	private static final String GATEWAY_SENDER_TYPE_NAME = "org.apache.geode.internal.cache.wan.GatewaySenderFactoryImpl";
 
+	/* (non-Javadoc) */
+	public static String apacheGeodeProductName() {
+		try {
+			return GemFireVersion.getProductName();
+		}
+		catch (Throwable ignore) {
+			return APACHE_GEODE_NAME;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc) */
+	public static String apacheGeodeVersion() {
+		try {
+			return CacheFactory.getVersion();
+		}
+		catch (Throwable ignore) {
+			return UNKNOWN;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* (non-Javadoc) */
 	public static boolean isClassAvailable(String fullyQualifiedClassName) {
 		return ClassUtils.isPresent(fullyQualifiedClassName, GemfireUtils.class.getClassLoader());
@@ -115,5 +138,4 @@ public abstract class GemfireUtils extends CacheUtils {
 		//System.out.printf("Is GemFire Version 6.5 of Above? %1$s%n", isGemfireVersion65OrAbove());
 		//System.out.printf("Is GemFire Version 7.0 of Above? %1$s%n", isGemfireVersion7OrAbove());
 	}
-
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index 461e444c..4a6328f9 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-log4j.rootCategory=WARN, stdout
+log4j.rootCategory=ERROR, stdout
 
 log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
diff --git a/src/test/resources/logback.xml b/src/test/resources/logback.xml
index 5af5ca74..2db6ee44 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/logback.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
         </encoder>
     </appender>
 
-    <logger name="org.springframework.data" level="${logback.log.level:-error}"/>
+    <logger name="org.springframework" level="${logback.log.level:-error}"/>
 
-    <root level="${logback.log.leve:-warn}">
+    <root level="${logback.log.level:-error}">
         <appender-ref ref="console" />
     </root>
 </configuration>