Tassos Bassoukos

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Infosystem 2006

I went to Infosystem 2006 on Thursday, and came out predictably disappointed. It was only a shadow of its former self, with several major Greek IT players absent, the expo itself taking up about half the floorspace of 2005.

Several people attribute this to the declining IT sector in Thessaloniki and Greece in general; some have pointed out that COMDEX DTE in Athens has siphoned off exhibitors; one or two have mentioned that even DTE is experiencing a modicum of trouble, hence the name change.

@ Monday, 02 October 2006, 16:12 in (Thessaloniki) - 2 comments

Using GWT modules in not-so-bright frameworks >> << New toy!

Comments
  1. Comment by ktolis on Tuesday, 03 October 2006, 15:08
    If the management of InfoSystem wanted to stay competitive it should at least try to lower the pricing of the floor rental. Coming from Athens to Thessaloniki itself (with equipment) is costly enough. On the other hand they didn't care on enforcing the exhibitors on staging live events or advertising the event at all. So why should anyone come?
  2. Comment by Tassos Bassoukos on Tuesday, 03 October 2006, 22:54
    My sources said that floorspace was about 75 euros for a ~16sq.m. stand, which is considered cheap by Helexpo standards.
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