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TheRecord.com - Business - Meet IvanAnywhere

Meet IvanAnywhere
PETER LEE, RECORD STAFF

Right: Glenn Paulley, director of engineering query processing at Sybase iAnywhere, walks with IvanAnywhere as it motors down a corridor at the company's offices in Waterloo.
PETER LEE, RECORD STAFF

Above: Ivan Bowman is shown on his video screen (attached to the stalk of IvanAnywhere in photo at right) from his home in Halifax. From there, using the computerized IvanAnywhere, he can observe activities at iAnywhere Solutions Inc. in Waterloo, work on software coding, attend meetings, ask questions -- even gaze out the window. Ivan is little more than a webcam, screen and speakers mounted on a radio-controlled truck.
PETER LEE, RECORD STAFF

The webcam attached to Ivan Anywhere listens -- and watches -- during a meeting at the company's Waterloo offices.
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PETER LEE, RECORD STAFF

Right: Glenn Paulley, director of engineering query processing at Sybase iAnywhere, walks with IvanAnywhere as it motors down a corridor at the company's offices in Waterloo.
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PETER LEE, RECORD STAFF

Above: Ivan Bowman is shown on his video screen (attached to the stalk of IvanAnywhere in photo at right) from his home in Halifax. From there, using the computerized IvanAnywhere, he can observe activities at iAnywhere Solutions Inc. in Waterloo, work on software coding, attend meetings, ask questions -- even gaze out the window. Ivan is little more than a webcam, screen and speakers mounted on a radio-controlled truck.
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PETER LEE, RECORD STAFF

The webcam attached to Ivan Anywhere listens -- and watches -- during a meeting at the company's Waterloo offices.
PETER LEE, RECORD STAFF

Right: Glenn Paulley, director of engineering query processing at Sybase iAnywhere, walks with IvanAnywhere as it motors down a corridor at the company's offices in Waterloo.
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It's the next best thing to being there; He'll write software, attend meetings and even chat with co-workers. Just don't expect this digital marvel to share a cup of coffee during your next break

October

"The world of poetry, mythology, and religion represents the world as a man would like to have it, while science represents the world as he gradually comes to discover it." -- Joseph Wood Krutch

One of the things you can deduce from my frequency writings is that its generally inversely proportional to how happy I am. These years, these busy years with young children and a burdgeoning career, these years will be my fondest memories.