Kwang Tat Ang, CEO, ANTlabs
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Q: Do you have plans for the impending recession?
I think no business entity today can operate "business as usual" in these tumultuous times. However, for ANTlabs we do see a shift in the proportion of the types of projects and customers that will be the key focus this year. We do expect more local mega-projects coming online as government-announced long-term projects like the FTTH (Fiber To The Home), NAF (National Authentication Framework) and Wireless@SG expansion are being materialized this year.
In fact, we expect higher local sales increase to more than compensate for the reduction in the export sales in 2009. We do see good opportunities in China and the Middle East and we will continue to invest in R&D for product upgrades and new innovation development.
What technology innovation or product are you looking forward to next year?
On an industry basis, we are really looking forward to seeing the new FTTH network come online in Q4 of 2009, as well as hoping for wider WiMax adoption. There are quite a few interesting items that we are developing in-house and working with partners in anticipation for exploiting this new high-speed connectivity medium. All these will drive consumer usage, and the demand for these products that we have developed that help service providers to deliver more fun, value-added and yet secured and seamless web experience.
The biggest challenge facing IT departments is...
...juggling key areas on a likely reduced spending budget for 2009.
One of the things that I believe is that spending on IT security will be resilient. If anything that this financial storm has taught us, it is this: Confidence in the system is an invisible foundation that once broken, will have potential cascading and damaging consequences.
Consumers need to know that their transactions are secure, and their personal identity or confidential information has protection.
Consumer trust and confidence in the security and integrity of the transactions will be similarly important, IT departments will need to invest in good cost-effective solutions that address security in an end-to-end fashion, rather than in a piecemeal manner.
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