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Written by Nebojsa Todorovic
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Monday, 02 July 2007 |
From June 26th to 28th, in the prestigious "Le Meridien LAV" hotel in Split, Croatia, the DCC CE (Digital Consumer Channel CE) was held. The basic idea of this happening was placing vendors, distributers and resellers under the same roof, so as to connect them as much as possible.
The reason for this is that the Balkans region is experiencing a great market increase, which makes this sort of events very desirable and commendable. The organization was on a very high level, and the atmosphere was relaxed, thanks to the chosen location. However, the schedule was tight, and every useable moment was - used. The "lead-in" speeches were held by Dr. Rudolf Aunkofer, Mr. Ryan Mackey and Mr. Pascal Maillard.
The manufacturers had the chance to present their new products, and the meeting times were the key to arranging cooperation between companies. The way those meetings were held are proof of excellent organization. The meetings were held based on the "1-on-1" principle and the organizer made sure that everything went according to the timetable.
As far as sponsors are concerned, the "Platinum" sponsorship was courtesy of AMD and Microsoft, the "Gold" sponsorship was Samsung's, while the "Silver" sponsors were BenQ, Kingston, MIO and, locally very popular and present, MicroStar.
Alongside manufacturers who were sponsoring the event, others were present on the stands as well: Qimonda, AGEIA, RaptoX, PORT, Wacom, TakeMS, Pleomax, TX, PNY, Altec Lansing, Digitex and others. Visiting each stand, we had the chance to see a great number of new products and learn a lot of new information about these companies' future products and plans.
Among the more interesting (yet unofficial) information was that AGEIA PPUs will advance to a smaller manufacturing process and that the new line of products is going to be PCI-Express based. PORT expressed the wish to amass on the local IT market and presented a few of the new notebook gadgets. Test samples were promised to us, so you can expect a review of these soon.
All stands were choke-full, and TakeMS was definitely the most colorful. They also announced a number of new and innovative products. There was much, much more, but it would be impossible to remember and turn it all into text.
No wonder that local companies expressed their delight with the conference and left Split very satisfied. Even after all of this, the organizers found time to organize a fine evening party.
We are also very satisfied and the general impression the DCC left on us is great, especially due to meeting a lot of our colleagues for the first time, whom we send regards to this way.
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