CeBit 2008: CeBIT visitors connected with an average of 29 companies per capita.

CeBit 08: Visitor traffic at the stands was reported to have topped last year's figures for each exhibition segment. CeBIT 2008 was also highly successful in attracting new talent to the ICT industry, where there are currently over 43,000 unfilled vacancies in Germany alone. This year's CeBIT joined forces with the "IT Fitness" initiative to generate enthusiasm for IT careers among students and career novices.

The Women@CeBI campaign, coinciding with International Women's Day, brought a significant increase in the number of women interested in finding out about the latest technology and applications, with over 10,000 of them registering online for the special Saturday program. And, on Saturday, one out of every four visitors was female. 
CeBIT Global Conferences
A brand new feature at this year's event, the CeBIT Global Conferences, provided significantly greater coverage of ICT themes of relevance to the industry and its target clientele. CeBIT again provided a showcase for new trends and topics. With the success of CeBIT 2008, Deutsche Messe has triggered increased growth and dynamism in the international ICT industry. Renewed momentum for our Franco-German partnership
The French ICT industry was also happy with is year's CeBIT, speaking of "renewed momentum for our Franco-German partnership". The French companies at CeBIT identified many new growth areas, forging new leads from around the world. France's status as this year's Partner Country laid the foundations for even closer cooperation between companies in Germany and France in this key sector. The decision on CeBIT's partner country for 2009 has not yet been made.
Planet Reseller
The success of the "Planet Reseller" showcase impressively underscored CeBIT's leading role as a pan-European retail forum. Higher attendance by SMEs again demonstrated CeBIT's importance to small and medium-sized businesses looking for new technology to facilitate their growth.