CeBIT 2013 Hannover Exhibition Grounds. Germany

A very productive & interesting few days were spent at Ce-bit for the company this March 6th - 9th, Hannover, Germany.

CeBIT is the world's largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions. It offers an international platform for comparing notes on current industry trends, networking, and product presentations.

Among this year's keynote themes were:
"Shareconomy".  A convincing case was made for sharing platforms  enabling staff to exchange information across department boundaries.
& "Big data technologies" which refers to a huge potential in manufacturing and social media data, which will make up a large portion of total data volumes in the future.

Elsewhere, excellent presentations from SAP in particular.  A long time spent in Security World (Hall 12), Webcity - Internet Solutions (Hall 6) & Business IT (Halls 2 - 6, 12) where large cloud & open source contingents discussed the latest innovations in these major technologies.