No year-end wrap-up is complete without the views of the industry. Asia's IT heads, analysts and vendors reflect on 2005, as well as share their hopes and predictions for 2006.

	"In 2006, you are likely to see a greater availability of mainstream iSCSI platforms...iSCSI is definitely finally ready for prime time."" -- Steve Fitz, president, , EMC Asia-Pacific and Japan
	"I saw more pennies drop in 2005 as companies lowered the cost of data center computing by using Linux over proprietary Unix systems." -- Paul Kangro, applied technology specialist, Novell
	"Mobile professionals are demanding access anywhere and anytime, and 3G WAN will enable mobile computers to be more easily connected to the Web wirelessly." -- Ou Shian Waei, regional managing director, Lenovo ASEAN/South Asia
	"I would like to see technology vendors consider security from the beginning of the design life cycle, and to make the technology less complex. No matter how sophisticated a technology can be, it will be less effective if the security aspect is neglected." -- Husin Jazri, director of National ICT Security and Emergency Response Centre, Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation, Malaysia
	"Virtualization is no longer only delegated to separating the OS from the hardware platform. Virtualization now promises the delivery of business agility while saving costs at the application level, in other words, separating the application from the OS." -- Dwain Kinghorn, chief technology officer, Altiris
	"Certainly IPTV, with the choice of programming, the on-demand capabilities, and... the ability to deliver HDTV, will make a compelling alternative to existing TV services." -- Andrew Coward, chief technology officer, Juniper Networks Asia-Pacific
	"The trend towards mobile access of information using a personal digital assistant/smart phone type device will further push the thin client concept to a higher level." -- Lim Chin Siang, CIO, Media Development Authority of Singapore
	"With the Internet and the opportunity of a truly networked world, I would like to see more product integration and interoperability across the entire spectrum of the infocomm industry." -- James Kang, CIO, NTUC Income
	"Open source...has become respectable and is threatening conventional business models." -- Graeme Phillipson, IT analyst
	"We can take better advantage of what global standards can deliver in terms of consistency and cost savings, as well as tap the expertise of a fully functioning global IT security team." -- Deva Choesin, IT deployment manager, IBM ASEAN/South Asia
	"As a CIO, one of my challenges is to understand a new technology and how it will fit into the corporation before bringing it into the company to solve a problem." -- Linda Brigance, CIO, FedEx Express
	"I'd like to see vendors charge at sustainable or reasonable prices according to each industry's ability to afford software or hardware." -- Ryan Chioh, executive director, Far East Flora.com
	"I believe that there is one unshakeable area that the technology group at OCBC will always have to work on, and that is continuing to make sure we add value to the business." -- Ching Wei Hong, head of Group Operations and Technology, OCBC Bank
	"Security and sophisticated fraud detection/prevention continues to be an area of challenge for the industry as a whole." -- Chu Hong Keong, HSBC Malaysia's CIO
	"2006 will be the year companies understand the importance and the need to fully equip their road warriors with the tools that enable them to do their work effectively and efficiently." -- Ng Kim Hung, IT director, Exel Asia-Pacific