a&s International talked to Verghese Thirumala, Managing Director for Maxitulin, a Malaysia-based systems integrator with its subsidiary offices in India, Cambodia, and Saudi Arabia to comment on his observation toward the latest security trends. Thirumala said that he would like to cooperate with more solution providers. He is happy to see many product-oriented manufacturers moving toward solutions. Verticals, such as retails, banking, or factories, reply on customized solutions. If the manufacturers are able to provide more integrated systems/solutions for different vertical markets, it will definitely save a lot of time and troubles for systems integrators. Particularly, he expects Asian vendors, from Taiwan and Korea to provide more cost-effective solutions to maintain its strengths in the global markets.