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Search every verified P. Jenkins interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Tom Jenkins, Executive Chair and Chief Strategy Officer of OpenText, has spoken about the company's global reach and the importance of Asia to Canada's future. He noted that 95% of OpenText's business is outside Canada and 50% is outside North America, with Asia being critical because it will represent half of the world's GDP. Jenkins emphasized the need for Canada to become more familiar with Asia through joint development and co-location, citing OpenText's experience in Hyderabad, India, where the company co-develops products for world markets. Jenkins has also discussed the company's history and the evolving nature of the internet. On OpenText's 20th anniversary, he highlighted milestones such as surpassing $1 billion in revenue and having 50 million users, as well as the company's role in managing content for governments and social media platforms. He noted that 98% of the internet is behind firewalls and that the volume of data is growing rapidly, with the internet now doubling every week. Jenkins has also addressed Canada's productivity challenges, attributing a significant portion of the decline to a lack of investment in information and communications technology, and has advocated for continued support for entrepreneurship and innovation.
“competition leads to innovation which leads to productivity that causality chain for policy makers that's a truism all throughout the world when i see former communist countries in paris at the oecd learning how to incent competition i don't want to say those former communist countries but i was really taken by the fac...”
“if we're going to perform or follow a strategy of public policy where we're going to give out shred and we're going to give out handouts for r d and that's it without any requirement on satisfying a customer need then we're kidding ourselves we have an invention strategy in our country not an innovation strategy”
“everyone thinks they know the internet because they surf Google or they use Facebook but 98% of the internet's actually behind the firewall and this tells the story of that and how it was all created”
“it used to be that the internet doubled once a year we're now doubling every week now that may not sound like a lot but that's tens of thousands of times of doubling in a year it's just incredible what's happening”
Tom Jenkins, Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer, Open Text Innovation in Canada: From Waterloo to Canada's Innovation Strategy
Tom Jenkins, Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer, OpenText Corporation, speaks about the importance of Asia to Canada's future. "Canada in the Pacific Century" is an initiative of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. For more information please visit www.ceocouncil.ca
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