Paul Loke, senior assistant director, computing and information systems, corporate services and planning, National Heritage Board
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Q: What was the biggest industry trend that affected your company last year?
Web 2.0 has definitely changed the way we interact with the public. With the prevalence of camera phones, blogs and mashups, the interest of the public in exhibitions and lifestyle events has increased. However, this is a double edged sword as replicating the exhibition too closely online would cause the visitor not to visit the museum and just be happy viewing the exhibition on the Web.
What technology innovation are you looking forward to this year?
Not so much an innovation, but I'm looking forward to the advances in 3D virtual environments. The number of applications that virtual environments have would certainly be interesting to say the least. It would be interesting to see how virtual environments promote collaboration amongst teams and how these networked teams work together.
What is the biggest challenge facing your IT department?
As usual, lack of manpower would be the largest challenge. Although there is increased use of IT throughout the organization, we have a relatively lean team. The situation is improving, but I still consider the team to be very lean.
Do you expect it to be business as usual, in light of the recession?
More or less. We might have to source for better deals, but there will still be projects that need to be completed.
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