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Pack Your Bags for CES

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Pack Your Bags for CES


You may miss Bill Gates as the star of the CES but Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will keynote address on Jan. 7th He's expected to show Microsoft's Windows 7 and maybe the future of Microsoft Office.

Attendance at CES 2009 may drop to 130,000 or lower and hotels (previously packed months before the show) now offer discounted rates. It’s a great year for European buyers to attend a CES: not only will it cost much less, but you’ll also get more attention as US domestic sales slip Continue reading...

California as First State to Partner at CeBIT

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California as First State to Partner at CeBIT

For First Time, a U.S. State Will Be Partner at CeBIT 

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Winners of Orbitsound T12s

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The Reseller Park of IFA, in cooperation with The Distribution Channel Ltd. who publish Consumer IT, drew two prize winners.

Mr. Marcus Mueller, Junior Key Account Manager at Dug Telecom in Oberkarmer, and Mr. Bernd Baesler, Strategic Buyer Non-Foods at REWE-Zentral, will each receive an Orbitsound T12.

A powered stereo sound bar and subwoofer with airSoumd technology, the T12 offers an instant, simple big screen sound upgrade with dock and remote control functions for your iPod.

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4th Annual European Brokers Meeting

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This time it will be Rome on Nov. 27-28th as the brokers/traders in IT come together in their only annual meeting in Europe. For €525 each person, any broker can join and can get Speed Dating, One on One meetings with other brokers. Fine occasion to socialize and build relationships. More than 250 registered already…

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Winners of Orbitsound T12s

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The Reseller Park of IFA, in cooperation with The Distribution Channel Ltd. who publish Consumer IT, drew two prize winners. Each will receive an Orbitsound T12. A powered stereo sound bar and subwoofer with omnidrectional airSound technology, the T12 offers a simple big screen sound upgrade with dock and remote control.

GO Reseller Park

GO Orbitsound T12

Gunmen Raid IFA Exhibitors

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Gunmen Raid IFA Exhibitors

Armed and dangerous (to exhibitors) gunmen raided IFA Berlin and took 170 televisions, 140 MP3 music players, 21 mobile phones and 57 DVD recorders.

Of course, these were just the German customs officials, the Zoll.

In their biggest operation ever (complete with a pin wall noting the status of their 69 court orders), German customs and Federal police truly surprised IFA exhibitors (who should have known better after CeBIT.)

Germany is known as an “easy” place to enact a court Continue reading...

CeBIT Hall 6 Goes to 'Internet & Mobile Solutions'

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CeBIT Hall 6 Goes to 'Internet & Mobile Solutions'

WW sales of mobile products will top a whopping 1.5 billion units in 2008. It’s all about mobile and mobile content now. To prove it, CeBIT announces a new exhibit category for 2009: Internet & Mobile Solutions.
         This Hall 6 category will be divided into three sections: Digital Media Solutions (the complete digital-content value chain), Web Based Solutions (special emphasis on online marketing and e-commerce), and Enterprise Mobility (applications Continue reading...

Life’s Not Easier at Computex

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Life’s Not Easier at Computex

Once upon a time Computex was a fun show, a smaller, tighter exhibition where you could meet with your OEM suppliers…
OK…it was never fun.

But it was indeed almost a relief after the stress of the mega-events of CeBIT, of Comdex. Europeans at Computex congregated in the Hyatt bar and you could almost be sure to catch up to whoever was in Taipei for the show. This made the Asian trip doubly worthwhile: you could see your Taiwan vendors and catch some of your European customers at the Continue reading...

Miss the CeBIT Gobal Conference? See the Video

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Once upon a time, CeBIT complained that conferences would “distract” from CeBIT. Now, in the last five years, CeBIT must be in its fourth reiteration of  a model for its “Global Conference.” Ah, still not right in our opinion.

It’s not very global and it’s oriented towards corporate users who get more at a Gartner conference.

We did find one that might be of interest our audience:

Executive Labs Information Technology (No. 1, March 4th)
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