CeBIT (Centrum der Büro- und Informationstechnik; German for "Centre of Office and Information technology") is the world's largest computer expo. A computer expo is a Trade fair or exposition for computers and electronics It is held each spring on the world's largest fairground in Hanover, Germany, and is a barometer of the state of the art in information technology. The Hanover fairground (in German: Messegelände Hannover) is an exhibition area in the Mittelfeld district of Hanover Germany Hanover (i ( haˈnoːfɐ on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony ( Niedersachsen Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Information technology ( IT) as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA is "the study design development implementation support With an exhibition area of roughly 450,000 m² (5 million ft²) and up to 700,000 visitors, it is larger than COMPUTEX and the no-longer held COMDEX. M^2 redirects here For other uses see M². CM2 redirects here The square foot is an Imperial unit / US customary unit (non- SI non- metric) of Area, used mainly in the United States COMPUTEX Taipei, or Taipei International Information Technology Show ( is a Computer expo held annually at the Taipei World Trade Center in Taipei COMDEX ( Computer Dealer's Exhibition) was a Computer expo held in Las Vegas Nevada, each November from 1979 to 2003 By 2007 the CeBIT expo attendance has shrunk to 'more than 200,000' from those all-time highs^[1], it was held from 15 March to 21 March 2007. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The 2008 expo dates were 4 March to 9 March 2008, with a notable event being the police raids of 51 exhibitors for patent infringement^[2], something that is traditionally not a criminal matter in most jurisdictions^[3], and is likely to further affect attendance figures in the future. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The 2009 expo dates are 3 March to 8 March 2009. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories.

History

A crowded exhibition hall during CeBIT 2000.

CeBIT was traditionally the computing part of the Hanover Fair, a big industry trade show held every year. The Hannover Messe (English Hanover Fair is the world's biggest industrial fair A trade fair (or trade show) is an exhibition organised so that companies in a specific Industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products service study It was first established in 1970, with the opening of the Hanover fairground's new Hall 1, then the largest exhibition hall in the world. The Hanover fairground (in German: Messegelände Hannover) is an exhibition area in the Mittelfeld district of Hanover Germany ^[4] However, in the 1980s the information technology and telecommunications part was straining the resources of the industry fair so much that it was given a separate trade show starting 1986, held four weeks earlier than the main Hanover Fair.

As CeBIT continued to grow quickly and was becoming too big on its own, it was decided to concentrate on the professional market, while the home and entertainment market was given a separate show, CeBIT Home, during summer, planned to be biennial. However, after being held twice (in 1996 and 1998), the 2000 CeBIT Home (supposed to be held in Leipzig due to the Expo 2000 being held at the time in Hanover) was cancelled and the project was abandoned. This sort of fix restores section edit linkpoints to where they belong Expo 2000 was a World's Fair held in Hanover, Germany from June 1 to October 31, 2000.

Worldwide CeBIT shows

Since 1999 the CeBIT sponsor Deutsche Messe AG ("German Trade Show, Ltd. ") has organized trade shows outside of Germany bearing the CeBIT name:

• CeBIT Asia, in Shanghai, China
• CeBIT Australia, in Sydney
• CeBIT Eurasia Bilişim, in Istanbul, Turkey

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References

1. ^ Attendance for CeBIT increases to 200,000
2. ^ Authorities seize gadgets during patent raid at German tech fair
3. ^ Patent infringement
4. ^ 20 Jahre Centrum für "B" und "IT": Die CeBIT hat Geburtstag (German) – By Detlef Borchers, heise online, 8 March 2006

External links

General:

• CeBIT official website: "The leading business event for the digital world"
• The history of CeBIT
• Overview of worldwide CeBIT events

Media:

• CeBIT 2008 - Photo report
• CeBIT 2005 video coverage
• CeBIT 2006 video coverage – In HDTV format