Friday's Last Word: Boundary CEO Gary Read
Boundary CEO Gary Read focuses on SaaS-based cloud and on-premises server monitoring. But what does Read do outside of work? Talkin' Cloud has the answers in Friday's Last Word.
November 16, 2012
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Who is Boundary CEO Gary Read, and what makes the cloud-based monitoring executive tick? Here's a look at life -- outside the office.
Before joining Boundary as CEO, Read built Nimsoft — a remote monitoring and management (RMM) software company that CA Technologies acquired in 2010 for roughly 10X revenues.
READ: Justin Bieber with my 12 year old daughter. I have never heard a sound so deafening…..thousands of screaming teenage and younger girls. TALKIN’ CLOUD’s SPIN: We’ve got a few dozen witty comebacks but we’ll withhold comment because this is a family blog.
READ: Skyfall of course. James Bond is my hero…..love everything about it especially his taste in cars – DB5 – wow. TALKIN’ CLOUD’s SPIN: Life in the blog world is a bit less glamorous. I’m still driving a 1998 Maxima as my primary car…
READ: Starting my own business. Best thing that I ever did, and not because of the financial rewards but of the personal rewards of building something meaningful that customers and employees love. TALKIN’ CLOUD’s SPIN: Few people have the talent to build a $30M+ business (Nimsoft)…
READ: Entourage – love the Aston Martins that they drive (there’s a trend here). TALKIN’ CLOUD’s SPIN: You’re correct. The trend includes that I’m still driving that ’98 Maxima…
READ: To use Big Data to solve the problem of IT management in a totally new and different way. TALKIN’ CLOUD’s SPIN: Big Data. A big deal indeed…
READ: Fitbit scales and pedometer….I carry the pedometer with me and use the connected scales. I also bought one for my brother so that I can compete with him for weight loss. TALKIN’ CLOUD’s SPIN: You? Competitive about nearly everything? We would have never guessed.
READ: Weight Watchers Mobile (there’s a trend here….) TALKIN’ CLOUD’s SPIN: Hey, at least it’s a really thin, light app.
READ: Apart from using Gmail to reply to you, then it would be Boundary. I was on it about 30 minutes ago. TALKIN’ CLOUD’s SPIN: Okay, we should have seen that one coming.
READ: Apart from using Gmail to reply to you, then it would be Boundary. I was on it about 30 minutes ago. TALKIN’ CLOUD’s SPIN: Okay, we should have seen that one coming.
By samdizzy
Boundary CEO Gary Read has bet his career on cloud-based monitoring, with a healthy dose of Big Data expertise mixed in. Read previously built Nimsoft, a mid-market MSP software provider that CA Technologies acquired in 2010. So what makes Read tick? Scroll through our slideshow for answers.
Note: Friday's Last Word is open to cloud-centric CEOs who want to pull back the curtains a bit on their lives. Click on each photo and check out the caption further above-right. To raise your hand and potentially be featured in Friday's Last Word, send email to Talkin' Cloud Associate Editor CJ Arlotta, [email protected].
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