CA Technologies to appoint Thai partner in recognition of market potential
CA Technologies will appoint a country-representative partner in Thailand in the next three months, as it views the Kingdom as a huge opportunity market in Asia.
Victor Cheng, vice president, Asia South, of CA Technologies, an IT-management software and solutions company based in the United States, said it planned to transfer technology and knowledge to a local partner to broaden its presence in growth markets across Asia.
Two weeks ago, the firm appointed IT Infrastructure Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Microlink Solutions, as its partner for Malaysia. Indonesia is the next market in which it plans to follow the partnership model.
Cheng described Asean as an important market, since the region had a combined gross domestic product of US$1.8 trillion (Bt55.3 trillion) in 2010, which is expected to rise to $2.7 trillion in 2015. This makes it a huge market opportunity for information technology, behind only China in terms of investment in IT spending.
"Thailand is one of three countries that offer a huge market opportunity in Asia," he said.
The company recently conducted a survey, "The Future of the CIO", among 270 chief information officers at Asian companies with more than 500 employees. Thirty of the respondents were Thai.
The survey found that 67 per cent of the Thai CIOs recognise that they need new skills to achieve their mission statement, notably in the fields of regulation and compliance, risk management, negotiation and sales, and legal.
Meanwhile, cloud computing has enabled Thai CIOs to spend more time on business strategy and innovation.
