Visitors | Exhibitors | Conference

EnterpriseIT2009 saw the participation of close to 37,400 trade attendees with 9,106 attendees who are of C-level / MD / President / Chairman / SVP & EVP / VP / Director level at the 4-day technology packed event on 16 – 19 June 2009. Visitors were treated to a range of new launches, including the latest mobile devices from industry’s market leaders and world’s first 100 per cent solar-powered GSM base station.

New this year was the iGov Global Exchange Exhibition, which was held concurrently with EnterpriseIT and proved to be a hit with the visitors. Exhibitors showcased success stories and e-Government solutions and applications, including those in R & D from governments and companies around the world.

The Opening Ceremony was graced by over 400 ministers, diplomats and VIP guests	Business buzzing at the exhibition hall
Exhibitors seizing business opportunities	Having hands-on with the latest technologies

Visitors
37,357 industry professionals, 48% from overseas were at EnterpriseIT2009 to check out the latest industry trends and catch the hottest technologies and ICT capabilities showcased by exhibiting companies. A total of 41 buyer group delegations from 10 countries came to source and network from the large selection of exhibitors.

Around 10% of the visitors came from the broadcasting industry, 2% from the entertainment & media related industry and 14 % were enterprises / corporate end users. The majority of the visitors, 74% were from ICT related companies. Below is the breakdown of the visitors who came from ICT related companies.

* Venture Capitalist / Research Companies / Outsourcing Companies

Some of the Key Visitors who visited the Event in 2009 include:

Enterprises / Corporate End Users

Arab Bank – Bank of Tokyo – Banyan Tree Hotel & Resort – Barclays – Botswana Government – Brunei Shell Petroleum – Changi Airport Authority – Citibank – Creative Technology - Daishinku Corp - Defence Science & Technology Agency – Dell - DHL - Dubai e Government – ESPN Star Sports – Ford Corporation – Foster Wheeler - Goldman Sachs – Hitachi Asia – IBM - Iskandar Regional Development Authority - JRW Utility – Malaysia Airlines - Mapletree Investments - Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore - Ministry of Communications; Brunei – Ministry of ICT; Thailand - Ogcio Hongkong Government - PT Coca Cola Distribution Indonesia - PTT Exploration & Production - Resort World Sentosa - Saudi Aramco Oil Company - Unilever Asia – UOB – UPS Singapore – Vivocity and many more!

What our visitors think of the event:

“…I am here to gather some information about the companies that are exhibiting, look at their products and review partnership opportunities to meet our clients’ needs.  I am sourcing for ICT infrastructure, software, video software, mobile and wireless technologies.  It is a great show!  There is a wide range of products here and I’ve made a lot of business leads.  I think this year’s show is better than last year’s.  More of the big players are here and the range of exhibitors is broader.  I’m looking at the new entrants and I find their products very interesting, as they’ve more edge and are more competitively priced.”
Karl Favila, Chief Channels Officer, Multi-fold Links, Philippines

“The show is very informative and the range of products is good.  We’re able to see different technologies from all over the world relevant to my work.  I am sourcing for communication technology for example, satellite communications, IT software and hardware.  We exchanged contacts with quite a number of companies and may contact them for future projects.”
Jacky Chai Wee Loon, IT Comms Specialist, Ministry of Defence, Singapore

“I came here to source for networking, enterprise and software applications.  Some of the newly launched products are very nice.  I had made some Indian and Malaysian contacts here.”
P.K. Rajan, Shandi Inoftech, Malaysia

Exhibitors
EnterpriseIT2009 had 1,298 exhibiting companies from 53 countries / regions, of which 79% were overseas. Spanning across 4 halls with 42,000 square metres of exhibition area, exhibiting companies and 24 group pavilions showcased their latest in ICT products and solutions, wowing trade visitors both internationally and locally.

Exhibitors came from:

Exhibitors’ quotes:

“We’re pleased with the overall attendance at CommunicAsia, as this has given us the potential to generate new business.  Existing customers also have a handle of our new products; and this is critical to keeping in touch and keeping top-of-mind recall with current customers – an important factor when they are looking to adopt new services.”
Fraser Taylor, Marketing Specialist, Eaton, USA

“CommunicAsia is an ideal platform for us to launch our products and establish a presence in Asia-pacific.  Being our first time exhibiting at the show, we’ve had a very good experience, and had the opportunity to meet visitors from the region.  We will be coming back to CommunicAsia next year.”
Ashwini Murkute, Country Sales Manager, FIMO India Mfg, Pvt. Ltd, India

“We consider CommunicAsia the anchor tradeshow for the Southeast Asia region.  As an exhibitor since 2004, we are very impressed with how CommunicAsia2009 has enhanced our monetising potential, despite the gloomy climate.” 
Julia Wu, Assistant Vice President, Rosenberger Asia Pacific, China

Conference
imbX Ministerial Forum on ICT
15 Heads of Delegation, including Singapore, attended the 5th imbX Ministerial Forum which carried the theme “ICT - Transforming Governments, Businesses & Societies”.

Countries which attended the Forum were:   Bahrain, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Oman, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore.  The European Commission and ITU were also represented.