Maarten Koster, president, general manager, Novell Asia-Pacific
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Q: What was the biggest thing that affected your company this year?
With the recent acquisitions that Novell made in the last one to two years, and with the possibility of a tough market situation in Singapore and in the region, we've revamped our go-to-market strategy, globally and in the Asia-Pacific region. This approach will realign our sales, engineering and support teams in the region, and help us operate with a tighter budget constraint.
It will be business as usual, but as with any other company in tough economic times, we have to be cautious and keep our costs down.
What technology trend are you looking forward to next year?
We expect see more and more organizations embracing mixed environments. Some applications work great on proprietary software environments while others are better on open source.
There have been recent reports on Web 2.0 tools only just beginning to gain traction among enterprises in the United States. I believe Asia-Pacific organizations will also begin to appreciate the use of Web 2.0-based collaboration tools within the organization.
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