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CeBIT 2011
CeBIT numbers energize ICT!
There were 339,000 visitors from 90 countries at this year's CeBIT. About 5,000 journalists reported on the world's biggest ICT event, where more than 6,000 innovations were presented. It was the meeting place for more than 500 CIOs from international corporations. They came with more than €50 billion of purchasing power. More than 4,200 participating companies were registered at CeBIT 2011. They came from more than 70 countries and occupied a surface area of 172,000 square meters. Additionally, two congress centers and three premium reception and meeting lounges were available to more than 100 international delegations from politics and business at the Hannover exhibition center. CeBIT hosted 1,800 high quality forums, presentations and discussion platforms.
On average the exhibition guests at one CeBIT consume:
90,000 sandwich rolls, 40,000 grilled sausages, 40,000 cutlets, 25,000 bockwursts, 20,000 soups, 12,000 pigs knuckles, 10,000 steaks, 10,000 pizzas and 10,000 hotdogs, 320,000 bottles and cans of soda, water and juice, 220,000 cups of coffee, 100,000 liters of beer and 14,000 glasses of wine
Communication technology at CeBIT
Exhibitors to the exhibition center could choose from 6,000 ISDN, 4,000 analog and 650 T-DSL and 1,000 additional connection points.
Record-setting CeBIT 2011: Seven million business contacts in 45 hours!
Four pillars carry the world's largest ICT event
Its innovative cloud computing focus topic and four-pillar structure made CeBIT 2011 a success beyond all expectations for the 4,200 companies that took part, and for Deutsche Messe.
Ernst Raue, Deutsche Messe Executive Board member responsible for CeBIT, expressed his satisfaction: "Many companies received significantly more leads than last year. CeBIT generated more than seven million business contacts in 45 hours. This makes CeBIT the most efficient marketing and contact platform and a benchmark for creating business contacts worldwide." The CeBIT concept with its four pillars – CeBIT pro, CeBIT gov, CeBIT life und CeBIT lab – was very well received by exhibitors and visitors. CeBIT figures highlight the success of the most important global ICT exhibition. Many companies, including Oracle, HP, Xerox, Canon, Epson and Siemens Enterprise Communications, celebrated a comeback in 2011 and discovered CeBIT's new strengths. This year Turkey was the Partner Country to benefit from the trade show.
Cloud computing hovers over every hall
The data cloud had a place in every exhibition hall for CeBIT pro, CeBIT gov, CeBIT life and CeBIT lab. Professional and private visitors gathered information throughout the five exhibition halls about the trend towards migrating data processing and software to the Internet.
Behind the scenes at CeBIT...
220,000 cups of coffee, 100,000 liters of beer and 65,000 sausages.
15,000 people were involved in setting up the world's largest ICT summit, every evening 500 security guards watched over the stands holding the latest international innovations. In the service facilities some 60,000 employees and assistants watched over the well-being of exhibitors and trade show guests. Three cleaning companies with 1,000 workers scrubbed the stands and halls. This year there were 41,000 riders each day on the urban trains between the City and the exhibition center.
Gastronomic needs were catered to by 46 catering companies. Counting the two congress and meeting areas they offered 15,000 place settings.
25 restaurants provided an additional 7,000 place settings, including the 38-meter high Cosmopolitan restaurant and the Münchner Halle with Bavarian atmosphere, food and music.
At the world's largest exhibition center, available year-round for all types of events, another 55 snack stands also serve the needs of trade show guests.
