
President and Chief Executive Officer, Visuvi Inc.
Member of the Technology Council
Christopher Boone is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Visuvi, a visual search engine that examines the content and patterns within an image, categorizes that information via mathematical indexing and delivers search results of information based on the image itself. Previously, Mr. Boone was the President and CEO of AppCentral, a software as a service firm with patent pending technology in desktop virtualization. He specializes in enterprise IT, internet media and telecommunications and corporate finance. Mr. Boone has authored patents on encrypted networks, virtualization software and network security and is the primary inventor on 4 patents pending. Prior to that, he was the Head of ecommerce and part of the Senior Leadership Team heading corporate strategy at Excite@Home and was a Vice President in Investment Banking at JP Morgan in New York City where he focused on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, structured products and derivatives. (This is me - Update Profile)
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All things evolve, including technology
August 11, 2008
Cloud Computing: Anything as a Service | www.cioinsight.com
Cloud computing will increase productivity, reduce technology burdens, and improve cash flows as monthly subscriptions/utility services. While we are at the forefront of a new technology generation, SaaS/cloud computing will evolve and as it does, client installed software, locally stored data and the burdens associated with them will go the way of the dodo.
iPhone Business Adoption Highly Unlikely
March 14, 2008
Apple Faces Challenges In Driving iPhone Adoption By Business | www.informationweek.com
Security issues + poor keyboard form factor + lack of Exchange 2003 compatibility + high cost all equate to lack of adoption by businesses as RIM replacement.
Expect Virtualization "Co-opetition" Near Term
June 25, 2007
Microsoft, VMware Agree: They Better Cooperate | www.informationweek.com
• Onus on VMWare, XenSource, etc. to comply with Microsoft software, not the other way around
• Microsoft has virtualization software of their own
• Expect Microsoft cooperation today, competition tomorrow
Change is Good... But Lots More is Needed
December 7, 2006
Yahoo Shakes Up Leadership | www.mercurynews.com
Reshuffling the executives at Yahoo is indicative of the company and its board, recognizing that Yahoo is falling behind Google and the Nasdaq. Positioning Sue Decker with operations and revenue responsibilities will make for a more logical successor to Terry Semel. Yahoo still lacks the strategic direction, growth and revenue diversification to surpass Google.
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| TMT Council Members in Member Programs | 16437 |
| Technology Council Members in Member Programs | 8640 |
| Online Advertising Experts | 568 |
| Colocation and Data Center Experts | 439 |
| Online Advertising Experts (North America) | 425 |
Christopher Boone has not participated in any GLG Live Meetings.