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"' f: 13.33 dent. markets. solutions and pmd' / .‘_".. 1 b_ ucts for Sybase was visiting the area f. ‘ Ila; "4 i ii ‘ last week and explained how the ‘ a; y l; i. .‘l fit}; If," Q ‘ T} Waterloo office is crucial in produc- "a _ E , a. ing a mobile platform that can run r, ”f: ;, ;_. , , . as. it t , l ”f 177“ m???"- anywhere and is compatible with x “y -. an" , , w ' , most mobile devices and operating "W - ”" ;"‘ “" “quasars; as In, - . » w~~ m.- . - systems , . ‘. W- , ‘ , a. ‘Waterloo forushas reallybeen ,- ‘ - “f ' -r‘ _. .-:,’,.,;x.fm,. ;' A ~ the epicentre for mobility,” said " k .. x ‘ ‘ ' We. Kovacs, a Burlington native who 1 “W 7" ’~:’jQ-s now calls California home. “Obvi- w““ft‘§€ ‘ ‘ ously with access to great local flw’i'i 4“ skills and engineering talent, we've } been able to recruit, sustain and l 1 l . grow an incredibly smart and effec- , ’ ' , ' _ tive engineering base." 4 . . When Sybase was officially "" ' ‘ acquired by SAP, based in Germany. the question naturally turned to Sybase iAnywhere platform, soon a? I; W with big pockets that will give train or plane left." said Kovacs. how the reshaped company would to be SAP iAnywhere platform, ’ ‘ ”it ~. ”if“ Sybase a stronger financial plat- “Someone somewhere in the world â€" look. But executives for one of the which will change over time, were W Qt}? ‘ form to support the type of trans- got one pallet short ofaload." world's largest software developers developed out of this office. H" , gig, formative change that Kovacs and in addition to the added trans- were quick to say that Sybase will “This continues to be a centre of g g {as}; . " others envision for the marketplace partition and shipping costs. it left continue to run separately from what we're doing, is certainly part L . i331», they service and hope to expand. the customer frustrated by receiv- SAP of our overall geographic distribu- A; - g 34'- “Our collective customers and ing less than their full shipment, it They have different cultures and tion of skills. And we expect that to "f” . ”i“ if: market will be the beneficiaries of also lead to a real backlog before it markets. but have been working grow at its normal pace associated i 4 5 $95." this," he said. wasall cleared up. "When that hap- jointly over the last two years to with revenue." 1‘ « “it" '. So what is the full platform shift pens 50 times a day it’s huge.” said develop a number of applications. The close proximity to the Uni- " " t that Sybase and SAP are envision- Kovacs This move will help them speed up versity of Waterloo and the expertâ€" ing’l “When i say transfomiative it's SAP was able to reengineer the the process while preserving ise being generated thereaswell as reallyverysimple,"saidKovacs. process and providethetechnology ~- Sybase‘s unique customer base and the graduates it’s producing , He used the example ofa client to maintain the integrity of the penetration into emerging markets remains a key component to the who is a shipping and transporta- shipment. “We see thousands of like China. strategy. said Kovacs tion logistics company. these types of opportunities. to be “All the acquisitions in this area “The recruitment and leader When they scanned a pallet at able to change the way they do from WatCom on have formed the ship of the intern conversion to I: their loading dock that couldn't be business.” said Kovam. "And we can nucleus of what we're doing," said employee will continue to be as only read. it would be put aside for veri- do it now because there are mobile Kovacs. who recently wrote about robust as it ever has been,” he said. recruitment and retention strate- fication. That shipment would go devices capable of doing it how the days of bringing your own “it‘s agreat job." gies with the applications talent out and the customer at the receiv- “We‘re going to provide the device to work are here for Fortune So what does it all mean? Kovacs that SAP has been a leader in for ingend would be a pallet short infrastructure, the link back into magazine. said they will be able to marry morethan30yeam “That palette would be put in applications and the expertise to “A lot of the components of our those computer engineering It doesn’t hurt that SAP comes the exception area while the truck. take them into this new world." 44._tâ€".- ‘. 9 I KNOW YOU DON T REALLY WANT A MORTGAGE, l‘ mommies YOU WANTAHOME' ' “MAN“ 0 in” lnmil 1... mm not" in in", in was Kilt Maxtmum Results v? y - _ . . Financial Servlru inc. 3, i For weekly rates and S strung tips: wt : ' ll . : a Sign up 11 \\ isvi.ther|ghtmortgagmnlo.com “W"? N, W‘mmm O O 0 Km, Mom,” Ph: 1-877-904-9222 Email: Karen@mrfinancial.ca www.mrfinancial.ca Mortgage Broker, AMP I build my business helping Canadians achieve their home ownership or lifestyle goals. .