Last year, Toronto-based application developer
Polar Mobile doubled the size of its workforce as it grew quickly to serve a roster of corporate clients. In
November, company spokesperson Jon Zifkin said it was a matter of the company having built a solid development foundation upon which it was now rapidly building. "The immediate future is pretty steady growth as we continue expanding our reach globally," he said.
Those words appear prescient on the heels of two recent Polar announcements. On August 17, Polar
unveiled a deal with Nokia that will see it develop 300 or more applications for big-name corporate clients for use on the Nokia phones. In the announcement, a Nokia spokesperson cited Polar's ability to scale up to meet the demands of the world's top-tier brands as a key asset in the deal. One week later, Polar
announced the opening of an office in Dubai alongside a deal with a major Middle Eastern phone manufacturer to build more than 100 apps to serve the region. Once again, the company's ability to scale quickly was cited as a decisive factor.
Polar spokesperson Sydney Strader says that as the announcements suggest, the investment in a scalable platform for apps is now paying off. "We can now turn out apps for big clients as quickly as two weeks, and that's across every single smartphone platform, as well as tablets," she says. "Growing to become a large global player is certainly the intent. Every year now we've seen growth around the world, and we continue to expand in those markets.
As you might expect, the company is
continuing to hire at a quick rate. "Our team is pretty much constantly growing now," Strader says of the 40-employee company. "There are lots of open positions, and we expect that to be the case going into the future."
Writer: Edward Keenan
Sources: Jon Zifkin, Director of Business Development, Polar Mobile; Sydney Strader, Communications, Polar Mobile