— Dries Scott , Chief Technology Officer , Okada Manila

06 previously used legacy system to rely on . The initial challenge when I came on board was to start everything from scratch . It was an empty playing field , and we had to go and hand pick every single system installed in the property ,” explains Scott . “ Through that process you don ’ t necessarily want to use legacy or outdated AS400 systems because you want to go with the newer developments and technologies . I believe it gave us an advantage because we ’ re not stuck dealing with an older legacy . We can adapt and change , and that gives us an advantage over our competitors because we ’ re able to be more flexible . We get a lot of support from our mother company UEC , which is a gaming technology company that provided some of our core gaming components , and have in many areas been beating some of their own competitors by introducing advanced gaming platforms that is assisting to drive the industry into the next generation .”