Just to put some perspective to the scale of the IT convention here are some facts and figures
- 68 different countries are involved
- 4,157 different companies participated
So here is Freddy’s report:
The mother of all IT conventions“ is continually changing – just like the IT sector as a whole. After the last few years with a focus on business needs (B2B), in this year CeBIT 2010 in Hannover (Germany) reached out to the consumers again. Examples were the new exhibition and event hall “CeBIT Sounds”, impressive 3D-TV demonstrations and a gaming competition.
Business people however still use the biggest IT convention in Europe to gather insights on the latest trends in the industry: Here are my thoughts
- Cloud Computing is increasing popular which centers around “Software as a Service” such as Google Apps
- IT security also had many booths
- “Green IT” is a new topic that has gained a lot of momentum and describes business models that are optimized around both ecologically and economically aspects
- Open Source Software is becoming more and more important for the small and medium business sector, as could be clearly seen in the CeBIT exhibition halls.
This comes at no surprise, as Open Source systems prevent proprietary vendor lock-in and are generally free of licencing costs.
This is why the individual webdesigns of Infinity also take advantage of well-established Open Source Systems, both in the area of eCommerce (e.g. Virtuemart or Magento), as well as with Content Management Systems for websites (such as Joomla, TYPO3 or Wordpress).
For more impressions have a look at our pictures from CeBIT 2010 in the online gallery – or just call us for your individual trend report!
What do you think are the biggest trends in the online sphere right now? Our readers are looking forward to your ideas in the comments!
