Business leaders must increasingly make strategic decisions because organisations operate in an environment where technological advancement continue to accelerate.
Datec Fiji’s acting chief executive officer Asheel Singh made the comment during Datec Fiji’s Innovation Forum held at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva last week.
Mr Singh said that technology should never be adopted simply because it was trending.
“Technology should solve problems, strengthen resilience, create efficiencies and enable sustainable growth,” Mr Singh said.
He acknowledged the innovation forum saying such forums played an important role in enabling organisations to move beyond conversations around products and focus on practical implementation, collaboration and long-term outcomes.
The innovation forum was hosted by Datec Fiji Limited, and featured insights and collaboration with leading global technology partners, including Fortinet, Eaton, Sophos, Nutanix and Conexx.
Discussions at the forum focused on cybersecurity and organisational resilience, artificial intelligence and nusiness readiness, automation and operational efficiency, virtualisation and future-ready infrastructure platforms, strategic technology investment and digital transformation.
The forum reinforced that successful transformation was not driven by technology alone, but by thoughtful planning, informed investment decisions and stronger collaboration between people, platforms and processes.
While closing the event, Datec chief financial officer Nivlesh Nand Buttru said that strong partnerships remained one of the most important drivers of innovation. He said the Datec Innovation Forum demonstrated what could be achieved when organisations collaborated towards a common goal.
The event was part of Datec’s ongoing commitment to enable digital progress across the region, which brought together customers, business leaders, media representatives and strategic technology to share meaningful conversations around emerging technologies and the practical realities organisations faced as they navigated digital transformation, cybersecurity readiness, automation, artificial intelligence and modern infrastructure strategies.
It also marked an important milestone in building momentum toward the Fiji Tech Summit 2026, which continues to establish itself as one of the Pacific’s platforms for technology, innovation and industry collaboration.
Datec staff with partners and stakeholders during the Datec Innovation Forum at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva last week. Picture: KARISHMA KUMARI
