Gavin Selkirk, corporate senior vice president and general manager, CA Asia-Pacific and Japan
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Q: What was the biggest thing that affected your company this year?
The most significant event of the year was, without doubt, the global financial tsunami. We are working through one of the most challenging periods that many of us can remember.
Operationally, CA's biggest event of 2008 in the Asia-Pacific and Japan region was our shift to a new go-to-market model, by which a number of partner organizations became the primary sales interface for CA’s portfolio of IT management software in Greater China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and New Zealand.
This was designed to drive sales and improve our sales relationships with customers.
What technology innovation are you looking forward to next year?
Innovation for the sake of innovation doesn't really interest CA, unless it can be channeled into solving problems for client organizations and making them more successful.
Having said that, I believe that the one overarching technology issue throughout 2009 will be about helping the world of business to manage IT in a way that will satisfy performance, competition and growth demands at the same time as reducing harmful impact on the environment.
The biggest challenge facing IT departments is?
Their biggest challenge for the foreseeable future will be to govern, manage and secure IT to optimize business performance and sustain competitive advantage.
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