• CeBIT is the world's largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions for home and work environments.
• CeBIT runs every year in Hannover, Germany from the 4th to the 9th of March 2008
• More than 495,000 visitors and 5,845 exhibitors from 77 countries attended the 6-day event

Hannover, March 9th, 2008: This year’s edition of CeBIT has succeeded across the board, drawing an enthusiastic response from visitors and exhibitors alike. The show offers an international platform for comparing notes on current industry trends, networking, and product presentations.

This year, CeBIT was divided into four key categories: business solutions, public sector solutions, home & mobile solutions and technology and infrastructure. The show set itself again as the not-to-be-missed event in IT technology, drawing people worldwide from the IT industry, wholesale/retail sector, skilled trades, banks, services sector, government agencies, science and all users passionate about technology.

Alibaba.com at the show
Alibaba.com attracted thousands of international visitors to their 24 square meter booth located at F78 in Hall 25, and showed them just how easily they could cover the world marketplace using the innovative B2B website’s powerful search engine.

The experienced Alibaba.com onsite team met with thousands of visitors at the show, educating them on how to search for pre-qualified suppliers and trade leads easily through Alibaba.com. Alibaba.com promotional items, branded bags and Gold suppliers’ brochures as well as CD-ROMs were also distributed to those who stopped by the booth.

Further information about the show can be found on the organizer website:
http://www.cebit.de