round up Many firsts were achieved at the recent IT trade show, CeBIT Australia 2007, in Sydney.
How mobile phone condoms (pic) fit into business technology is beyond us but they sure turned many heads.
The event forced us to become broadcast journalists of sorts -- news reporters manning the mike to provide video updates due to severe restrictions on video content by CeBIT organiser Hannover Fairs.
While there were no limitations for shots on the show floor, keynote and panel sessions were a no go. To be fair, Hannover Fairs didn't bar us from shooting these sessions; the organisation merely wanted us to limit our videos to 60 seconds (maximum), embed a CeBIT Australia watermark in all our videos, and some other conditions only Hollywood agents and lawyers would be familiar with.
But thanks to the genius of our video editor Matthew Oxley, our journalists conducted a video wrap after each session they attended so readers could have an insight into the keynotes (apart from their written stories).
Below is a compilation of videos, images and stories by the ZDNet Australia team including Steven Deare, Luke Anderson, Munir Kotadia, Brian Haverty, Scott Mckenzie, Stephen Turner and Farha Raziuddin.
CeBIT Australia 2007 has ended on a high, with all exhibitors and visitors polled by ZDNet Australia saying they plan to return next year. Read the story » Watch the video »
National ICT Australia's Professor Gernot Heiser had some blunt words for the OpenOffice community -- the product isn't ready to compete with the big boys. Read the story »
The Dead on Demand Digital Shredder bags the inaugural ZDNet Australia Emerging Technology Innovation Award at CeBIT.
Read the story » Watch the video »
Baker says Firefox is about promoting an open Internet where no company or individual holds a monopoly on innovation. Choose from four videos. Read the story » Watch the video »
A selection of short video interviews with executives from Salesforce.com, Intranet Dashboard, McAfee and IBM, which were conducted at the CeBIT exhibition in Sydney last week. Watch the video »
Electronic government took centre stage with Ann Steward, chief information officer for the Australian government addressing a full house. Read the story » Watch the video »
The federal government has more work to do in ensuring the continuity of its e-government strategy, according to Ann Steward, Australian government CIO. Read the story »
Blogs could be the next frontier for governments to discuss plans and policies with citizens, according to Special Minister of State Gary Nairn. Read the story »
