Wednesday, August 4, 2004
CeBIT America 2005 Canceled
Posted by Janak Parekh in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 07:00 PM
"Although the Cebit America Web site continues to enthusiastically suggest that visitors "Save the date!" for the 2005 edition of the IT trade show next June in New York, organizers Monday announced that the event has been canceled. 'Though regrettable this is the correct business decision," Joachim Schafer, president of show organizer Hannover Fairs USA Inc. said in a statement. 'Cebit America is a terrific event but it has not generated enough revenue to justify a third year.'"
As our report on CeBIT showed, though, it wasn't a "terrific event". In fact, the 2004 event was downright bad. I wanted to see it succeed, but it looks like they never really got the ball rolling. So, both Comdex and CeBIT are canceled, and TechXNY seems to not have a PC Expo this year. So much for any technology convention in North America that's not CES or E3. :cry:
As our report on CeBIT showed, though, it wasn't a "terrific event". In fact, the 2004 event was downright bad. I wanted to see it succeed, but it looks like they never really got the ball rolling. So, both Comdex and CeBIT are canceled, and TechXNY seems to not have a PC Expo this year. So much for any technology convention in North America that's not CES or E3. :cry:
