Matt Kolon, CTO, Juniper Networks Asia-Pacific
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What was the biggest technology innovation that affected your company last year?
The biggest change I see is in green networking. The green trend brought about cost savings, network and data consolidation and virtualization. While it's been on the agenda for some time, 2009 is likely to see quantifiable metrics for efficiency and power consumption become a core element to RFPs.
To date, it's been a nice-to-have with vague, unquantifiable goals. There are now testing standards that allow more rigorous demands to be placed around the green credentials for networking equipment.
Is there an industry trend you are looking forward to next year?
Against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, environmental pressures and tighter budgets, I'm looking forward to the continued convergence and cost reduction in 2009. The industry will see a focus on consolidation and reduced complexity, alongside the long anticipated adoption of IPv6.
The biggest challenge facing IT departments is...
...always "doing more with less", and especially so in 2009. IT departments will be encouraged to deploy simple, fast security, enable effective management and compliance response, and improve overall IT efficiency.
Will it be business as usual next year with the recession, or will there be changes Juniper intends to make?
In this tight economic conditions, we are generally optimistic and believe that there's opportunity for the company. The focus for the company this year is on ROI and with the expansion of our product portfolio, the recession presents us with an opportunity to selectively invest in emerging markets and benefit from the rapid pace of change seen there.
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