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Computex Taipei 2007: "Annual Golden Week"
One of the top two high- profile IT expositions in the world, Computex Taipei 2007 was concluded with much fanfare. Organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and the Taipei Computer Association (TCA), the exposition started with the official address of the Deputy Chairman of TAITRA, Mr. Gary Tseng, who inaugurated the show. He said, “Many IT companies choose this trade show to display their latest technology and products and to better diversify business meetings this year, we have made some special arrangements, such as the Buyers’ Night Banquet, for local and overseas manufacturers and buyers to network.” 
 
Mr. Albert Chen, Managing Director of TCA, also expressed his high appreciation of this year’s Computex. “I believe that a common telecommunications term, 3G, applies to this year’s Computex Taipei. The three Gs are Good Products, Good Prices and a Good Platform. Computex Taipei brings together Taiwanese manufacturers that offer international buyers one-stop shopping at competitive prices with good partnership opportunities.” Taipei’s Deputy Mayor, Mr. Chung-Yih Lin, also mentioned the benefits that Computex brings to the nation. “Computex Taipei not only brings business opportunities to Taiwan, but also distinguished guests,” he noted. “Next year, the new convention site in the Nangang area is expected to give manufacturers more space to display their efforts.” 
 
 After these remarks, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), Mr. Fadah Hsieh, also announced the Taiwanese Government’s expectations from Taiwan’s IT industry. “Taiwan started its ICT business in the OEM format and is gradually transforming itself into an ODM (Original Design Manufacturing) specialist. Our next goal is to move upward to OBM (Own Brand Manufacturing),” he noted. “Building upon the advantages of Taiwan’s leading position in ICT industries, the government has reached out to support and emphasize design and application. With global competitiveness becoming more severe, the government should team up with the private sector to create synergy and make Taiwan a global ICT R&D hub.”  
 
Almost 1,333 representatives from various cross-sections of industries and media participated in the show. The four spacious Taipei World Trade Center halls housed nearly 2,926 booths and over 30,000 overseas buyers attended the show. The organizers expected a turnout of more than 130,000 IT professionals, along with 30,000 from overseas. Near about US$13 billion worth of business including sales and order placement was done.
 
Under one roof at Computex Taipei, one can have an opportunity of looking at products and designing capabilities of various vendors, including those of Flextronics, Foxcon, Acer, Asustek Computer, BenQ, VIA Technologies, Gigabyte Technology, MSI, CMC Magnetics, Ritek, Inventec, Genius, Apacer,Kingston, Kingmax, Adata, PQI, Plustek, Nanopoint and Tatung. And, the leading global heavyweights like Nvidia, ATI, Fujitsu, Intel, AMD, Microsoft, Toshiba, Infineon Technology, Pine Technology and TI also displayed their products. 
 
The first two days – 5th & 6th June – were reserved for the overseas buyers to interact with each other and the final day was opened to the public on payment of NTD200.
 
In order to save time, the show opened one day before as the opening ceremony had already taken place on the 4th evening and twenty-five Best Choice of Computex Taipei awards were given highlighting the glowing innovative achievements of the Taiwan IT manufacturers. These included ASUS for Lamborghini VX2, Acer for Aspire L320, VIA for C7-M ULV (Ultra-Low-Voltage) Processor, Microjet for 101 Inkjet Photo Printer and Print Head Cartridges, Genius for SlimStar 820 Solargizer, funGaia for Zodiac Series: Zubene, A-Data for Mini Cube - 1" USB Hard Disk, V-Gear for TalkCam Office, MSI for P35 Platinum Combo, Realtek for PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (RTL8111C-GR), Morenix for Industrial PoE (Power over Ethernet) Switch, Asus for WL-500W Super Speed N Multi-Functional Wireless Router, Eten for X800 – GPS Pocket PC Phone, Compro for VideoMate V600, FIC-GE2+, Leadtek for Quadro FX 5600, Gigabyte for GV-NX76T256HI-RH Graphics Accelerators, Flytech Technology for Panel PC System, Geosat for AVL (Automatic Vehicle Locator) LGG, Digiwalker for C720T, Aeon for 19" Expert Medical Imaging Access Terminal with 3-level security protection, ASUS for U1F, Ingrasys for NAStorage 8420R, Advantech for ARK-3381 the Universal Serial Embedded Box Computer, and Pro-O for Wireless Pan/Tilt IP Surveillance Camera. 
 
This event showcased all from the most famous makers to hundreds of start-ups across the USA, Japan and Europe. And, exhibitors from Korea, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Canada, Australia, Israel and the United Arab Emirates demonstrated a broader selection of products and concepts. 
 
To get an update on the ICT future, the participants had an opportunity to hear the leaders such as Mr. Stephen DiFranco, Corporate Vice-President of Sales & Marketing, AMD; Mr. Brian Towne, Senior Vice-President & General Manager, DTS; Mr. Ralp Kimming, CEO, ITM Technology AG; Mr. Karl May, Vice-President, Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH; and Ms. Rosemary Ho, Chairperson, Com2B Corp. & Board Director, Davicom Semiconductor. 
 
Besides, there were more than 40 seminars which were organized concurrently. VIP speakers, many of whom were CEOs, covered topics like digital innovations, Next Generation Networks (NGN), future outlook of the DRAM industry, development of the NAND flash market, integration and development of consumer electronics, and the business potential of IT industry at and after the Peking Olympics. 
 
For the convenience of buyers and visitors and in order to provide them the hospitality eye-catching, welcome banners were visible along the hallways of both terminals of Taoyuan International Airport, and a specially arranged Computex Taipei airport service desk was set up to assist buyers. In addition, a fleet of free Computex Taipei shuttle buses were deployed from the airport to major hotels. 
 
Even at the venue, there were hundreds of PCs to fulfil the registration process easily and quickly. Meanwhile, buyer lounges and business centres were ready to serve throughout each venue with such services as photocopiers, faxes, mobile phone re-chargers, and use of free Internet. 
 
Even the Press centre at the venue was well equipped with a sufficient number of PCs and laptops to cater to the visiting journalists and reporters.
 
What actually surprised me was the willingness and cooperation of the local government to make this happen swiftly. The Mayor of the city of Taipei had given all visiting professionals a free bus pass to visit Taipei city for one day and every day there were free bus service from major hotels to pick up and drop at the Computex Venue and vice versa. 
 
There was a very good contingent of Indian buyers visible at the Computex Taipei 2007, which included Mr. Sunil Narang of Elcom Trading, Mr. Ashok Taneja of Softech Computers,Mr. Sandeep Parasrampuria of The Best IT World, Mr. Rajiv Sood of Transtek Infoway, Mr. Narendra Dubey of Transtek Infoway, Messrs Alok Garodia & Hirdejit Singh Chahal of Jupiter International, Mr. Chiranjeev Singh of Transtek Pvt. Ltd., Mr. G. Hari Kumar of TVS Electronics, Mr. K. Venkata Subrakanian of Systems Aids, Messrs Amitanshu Satpathi & R. K. Srivastava of BPE, etc. Besides, various vendors’ Indian representatives including Mr. Ravians Kumar of Apsis Technologies, Mr. Sanjay Peer of VIA, Mr. Sandeep Ramani of KYE Systems (India) Corp. and Mr. Nitin Malhotra of Kingston Technolgy were also present at their respective stalls. It was surprising that even though it rained every day, the spirit of the visitors at Computex 2007 was not dampened. Some said it was the wettest IT event in the history of Computex Taipei. 
 
With 27 years of experience, Computex Taipei is already the first choice procurement platform for both foreign and local buyers. The Computex Taipei period in Taiwan is known as the “Annual Golden Week” for the domestic ICT industry. That is because the ICT industry, coupled with the electronics sector, comprises the chief part of the Taiwan economy and plays a vital role in global production. 

 

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