Exhibition Endorsements

“We’ve done the last ten events and without doubt, we’ll be doing the next ten. CeBIT is an essential part of our marketing platform, the quality of business people keeps getting better”.

Matt Bullock, CEO and Managing Director, eWAY

“For us CeBIT is a welcome opportunity to say ‘hello’ to many of our customers in person – catching up with people is a great part of this event”.

Paul Budde, Budde.com.au

“We’ve had some very high-end corporations and government people visit us at CeBIT as well as lots of medium and small business (representatives). The thing that has pleasantly surprised us is the quality of the other stands. The whole grade of the event has been raised, together with setting a really interesting and professional experience with the visitors”.

Paul Rushton, Senior Marketing Manager, Medium Business, Dell Australia

“The ACS feels very privileged to have participated at CeBIT since its inception in 2002. Over the past decade, CeBIT has developed as the business event in Australia and helped promote ICT for and in Australia. Through CeBIT, our brand awareness continues to improve and we have valued opportunities to meet with ICT practitioners face to face. We’ve also found CeBIT organiser a pleasant to work with. In 2006, we proposed an idea of establishing a Skills Alley pavilion to promote the importance of skills in ICT and the concept was professionally implemented. We wish to be at CeBIT in next ten years!”

Simon Kwan, GM, Corporate Affairs and Policy, Australian Computer Society

“We certainly see CeBIT as one of our largest marketing opportunities each year. The investment that we make has always been returned to us. This platform is the best opportunity we have to connect directly with businesses to hear first hand their needs and requirements”.

Wayne Frankham, Senior Account Manager, Pronto Software

“CeBIT Australia provides an excellent canvas to showcase our complete range of data centre infrastructure and security solutions alongside leading edge ICT innovators. By securing a high standard of exhibitors with latest technology on show, CeBIT attracts a wealth of decision makers from prominent companies Australia wide. I am delighted with the extent of promising contacts made, recognition for product excellence, visits from VIP delegates and the publicity this affords.”

Peter Mellino, Managing Director, Rittal and Phoenix Contact – Australia and New Zealand

“CeBIT Sydney is our major engagement with the wider ICT Industry. For CSIRO’s ICT Centre, it provides a fabulous environment to showcase what we are doing, to gain direct feedback from industry and public, and to build the relationships we need to bring our offerings to the market.”

Dr Ian Oppermann, Director, CSIRO ICT Centre

“DB Schenker’s participation in the event was certainly a success. We were able to promote our name and generated some good interest amongst visitors and exhibitors. With our current drive in future technologies within the transport and logistics sectors, CeBIT certainly gave us an excellent platform to not only showcase our expertise yet also build new collaborations with key forces in the ICT arena.”

Ron Koehler, Chief Executive Officer AU/NZ, Corporate Office Sydney, Schenker Australia Pty Ltd

“The types of people coming through are well educated on technology and know what they want”.

Brett Gross, Regional Manager ANZ, Motion Computing

“We’ve been coming here for 10 years now. We find CeBIT a really interesting way to meet new companies who are doing different and exciting things. It’s a good way of putting your finger on the pulse and seeing what’s happening in ICT development in Australia and also from around the world”.

Richard Morris, British Consul-General and Director-General, UK Trade & Investment

“CeBIT’s been great! There are many companies here. You really get the feeling that it’s exciting and that it’s a melting pot of culture.”

Paul Bromelow, UK Trade & Investment

“CeBIT opened doors that we’d normally have to bash down. It’s given us access to a myriad of opportunities, in equity raising, partnerships and direct sales that we’d normally work at for months if not years.”

Jeremy Bogan, Founder and MD, vtalk.com

“CeBIT has given us great exposure, with lots of direct leads and new partnering opportunities, including a number of international opportunities. We’ve also been able to engage with a number of other exhibitors, including CSIRO and NICTA, and we’ve had some great press exposure, which is really important for a regional company like Blink Mobile. If 1/2 the opportunities we’ve identified come through, we’ll be adding 4 new jobs in the next 6 months.”

Darren Besgrove, Director, Blink Mobile

“Our involvement in CeBIT has been a huge benefit, in terms of the large number of leads for prospective partners, channels and customers. Most of the people we talked to we wouldn’t normally able to get an appointment. These opportunities are amazing. It’s also been a huge benefit in refining our marketing message, to help us to better articulate our the benefits of our product. Over the last 3 days of constant exposure we’ve done more to refine our message than we’ve done since we started.”

Jason Harris, Director, Selera

“CeBIT has been brilliant for partnering opportunities, not just with visitors to our stand, but also the opportunity to partner with other stand holders. The show has really opened doors to partnering opportunities that would otherwise have to start with a cold call. We’re able to engage quickly, and straight away they see the potential. I’m really looking forward to pursuing these opportunities after CeBIT.”

Deb Noller, CEO, Switch

“This is a great opportunity for us, we have received many valuable leads from call centre system vendors, that would normally be difficult for us to access with our small size and limited resources. Without the support of the ATS and NSW Govt we would not be able to attend events like CeBIT. Marketing support allowed us to present ourselves professionally, despite our size. The information session was also particularly important in informing us of what to expect at a trade show like CeBIT.”

Dr Bo Yin, CTO, Braingauge

“In the past we have attended CeBIT as an exhibition visitor and were not sure what to expect being on the other side of the fence. However, CeBIT 2011 was everything we could have wanted it to be. The organisational staff were helpful, the technology excellent and the visitors to the show a good representation of everyone we needed to reach. We will be back in 2012, knowing we will reap the benefits.”

Hamish Anderson, Director, EnBox Anti-Spam