Introduction
CeBit is the biggest information and communication technology fair. This exhibition is held from 1970. It stands for ‘Center for Office and Information Technology’. Its ends syllable ‘BIT’ denotes the smallest unit of information handled by computer. Year after year CeBit attracts hundreds & thousands of visitors.
CeBit’ 97
CeBit ’97 the world largest computer carnival had all the trappings of mega_events. It was held in Hann over Germany. There were at least 7000 exhibitors from 73 countries.
As usual the 6 days mega_event was characterized by mega deals and a spate of new tie ups as technology and market leaders, from Netscape and Microsoft to Intel and sun, gave glimpses of what each had to offering the months to come. The first two days saw the rival camps clashing over the future of desktop, Intel and Microsoft, announced a series of initiatives aimed at ushering in the Net PC concept. The two companies jointly introduced the wired for management (WFM) baseline specification. These are designed to help manufacture produce a range of mutually compatible business PCs that can be effectively managed over networks, to reduce ownership costs. Oracle has come up with final version of Hat trick. Its office suite is equipped with a word processor, Spreadsheet and business graphic. Sun has launched. JavaTel, Sun’s strategy to Javatise computer telephony integration (CTI).
Criving a boost development on Java HP announced that it will offer developers. An HP edition of Java workshop, which is equipped with an open plug in. architecture in cooperating support for HP_UX and Windows NT, to enable cross platform development for both of these environments.
Microsoft announced an aggressive compaign for its Internet Explorer. The semi conductor scenaric was, as usual Intel version the rest. AMD and Cyrix both announced improvement over their existing product lines. Cyrix displayed its media GX and launched its socket 7, other attraction included compage’s 166, Mitz multimedia Presario 2100 which uses a Cyrix chip instead of an Intel.
The CeBit 97 also had countless arrays of other products from data warehousing and ERP solution to RBDMS’ and Fancy hardware like wireless LAN cards and jumper less motherboads. To mobile computing and cellular telephony products. India too made its presence felt though in a smaller way than last year. With a dozen or so Exhibitors. They were led by NASSCOM and included AKSHAY Software and Pentafour Software.
CeBit ’98
Regardless of the size, the companies that participate in CeBit are all working to secure their future.
Held in Hannover, Germany, between March 19-25, 1998, companies of various size displayed their production information technology, telecom and office automation. Of these three, the IT Industry has a fairly large representation. The number of multimedia exhibitors jumped dramatically from 187 in 1994 to 290 in this year. Some manufacturers of system technology demonstrated how, with the aid of an application card, a desktop PC can be linked with an ISDN network for videoconferencing.
The number of foreign visitors this year was 1,20,000 and they came from all parts of the globe. While some countries like Japan(43) countries, South Korea(33), India(20), and China(16) had an increased participation, Singapore and Malaysia were pretty low key this year.
CeBit ’99
Several factors are helping to make CeBit ’99 a particularly a good show.Software, CeBit’s largest and fastest-growing sector , will be represented by a record 3,400 companies and take up four entire exhibit halls and part of a fifth. Visitors will find new development based on strategic alliances and licensing agreement with leading international system suppliers.
As Hannover prepares for the biggest-ever show to happen in the year 2000, the success of CeBit’99 would certainly be a launching pad.
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Conclusion
Hannover, a well connected city by air, train and road, is an ideal location for such an mega exhibition. Its excellent transportation system has added to the mobility of the visitors. The exhibition could be approached from any corner of the city. It is then not surprising that the city as been referred as the city of International Fairs.
How this biggest trade show in the planet was ignored by Indian companies? It is surprising to know that only 20 Indian companies participates in this event. Among this also only 3 big companies Wipro, Aptech and L & T participated. Even these companies had no adequate space to display their products. To attract more participants from with in the country DOE in association with NASSCOM and IGEP would launch an awareness compaign about CeBit.
In participation for the World Exposition EXPO 2000, Deutsche Desse AG has initiated a major modernization program at the Hannover Exhibition Ground. Indeed this will further change the structure of CeBit in the coming years.
As we get set to open the doors to another CeBit it can be anticipated that it will again prove to be a productive event for all participants, exhibitors, and visitors alike.
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