CeBIT (from it. Centrum der Büro- und Informationstechnik - the center of office and information technology) is the world's largest international exhibition dedicated to information and telecommunication technologies. It is an indicator of the field of information technology, owning an exhibition area of 450,000 m² and attracting up to 850 thousand visitors, surpassing Computex and no longer conducted by COMDEX (1979—2003 [1] ).
| Centrum der Büro- und Informationstechnik | |
|---|---|
 Exhibition Hall CeBIT 2000 | |
| Industry | International Exhibition Dedicated to Information and Telecommunication Technologies |
| Location | ( Hannover , Lower Saxony ,  Germany ) |
| First date | 1947 |
| Last date | 2018 |
| Organizer | Deutsche Messe AG |
| Attendance | up to 850,000 |
| Status | Is closed |
| Site | cebit.de/en/ |
Held every spring in Hanover by Deutsche Messe AG . In 2015, the exhibition was held March 16–20, in 2016 it will be held March 14–18.
In 2018, the concept and corporate style were changed. Organizers use the name New Cebit. The exhibition is postponed for the summer period and will be held from June 11 to 15, with June 11 being the day of conferences, exhibition halls opening from June 12.
In November 2018, the exhibition was closed due to low attendance and reduced interest from exhibiting firms. [2]
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History
The exhibition originated in 1947 as part of the Hannover Fair . Since 1970, it has been called Ce ntrum der B üro- und I informations echnik. It was first created in 1970 with the opening of the site number 1 of the Hanover Fair, which became the largest exhibition hall in the world [3] . However, in the 1980s such an attention was paid to information technologies that since 1986 there has been a separate exhibition, which takes place four weeks before the Hannover Fair.
As CeBIT quickly grew and developed, it was decided to concentrate on the professional market, while a separate show was devoted to the home market - CeBIT Home, which is planned to be held in the summer of two years. However, after the exhibition was held twice (in 1996 and 1998), the CeBIT Home project was canceled and forgotten.
In the early 2010s, the exhibition began a gradual reorientation from the consumer to the corporate and government segments. The organizers restricted visiting the exhibition with children under 18 years. The policy of the organizers led to a drop in attendance and the dominance of large corporate pavilions (SAP, IBM).
CeBIT in the world
Since 1999, Deutsche Messe AG has been organizing CeBIT exhibitions outside of Germany:
- CeBIT Asia in Shanghai , China
- CeBIT Australia in Sydney
- CeBIT Eurasia in Istanbul , Turkey
CeBIT America / USA was held in 2003 and 2004, but was canceled in 2005.
Criticism
The largest Taiwanese companies ASUS and Gigabyte have decided not to participate in CeBIT 2013 [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Comdex - the most famous project of S. Adelson in the exhibition business; in 1995, Comdex was bought by the Japanese company SoftBank for $ 860 million.
- ↑ Deutsche Messe restructures event portfolio. CEBIT Hannover to be canceled (11/28/2018)
- ↑ heise online - 20 Jahre Centrum für "B" und "IT": Die CeBIT hat Geburtstag (Teil 1)
- Компьютер Journal ComputerPress 3/2013, p.92