Ravi Rajendran
Vice President and General Manager, ASEAN
Hitachi Data Systems

One of the pillars of last year's budget was value creation through innovation, and I believe, it will continue to remain a priority on every decision maker's agenda for 2010, including mine.

As business gradually moves towards recovery, we need to take a hard and in-depth look at the areas that contribute towards building a resilient technology infrastructure that will deliver results and help organisations to succeed during an upturn. Organisations must also be agile and flexible when confronted with challenges to overcome difficulties in the face of resource and time constraints. Infrastructure has to be well maintained to ensure cost savings and consistency in results and output.

At Hitachi Data Systems, we understand the importance of value creation through innovation. As such, my focus for 2010 would be to help companies drive redundant costs through their storage implementation by utilising existing assets. Strategic use of technologies such as virtualisation and dynamic provisioning have proved to automate performance and increase utilisation and we are sure that these will help organisations align their IT and business goals more effectively in the near future.

Charles Reed
CEO
DOCOMO interTouch

Singapore is now on an economic recovery continuum after defeating the worst of the financial meltdown. The local government is riding on this momentum by extending an attractive fiscal package for local organisations to expand their businesses, not just in Singapore but also across the region. At the same time, with the upcoming launch of the Integrated Resorts (IR) and casinos, it is well predicted that the tourism industry will grow tremendously. On that note, it is imminent that Singapore's invaluable human resource will continue to increase in demand as various industry sectors start opening their doors for new talents. The new budget should continue to place this as a priority since it's the biggest asset of any organisation - at the end of the day, people make the company.

In order to get the best out of investing in people, companies should also invest in technology and Research and Development (R&D). It is people and technology that improves productivity and allow a modern economy to upscale its capabilities and differentiate on value not just cheap labour. As a CEO of a leading technology company, this is definitely something I hope the budget will provide more support on.