A new face for Comdex

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Sep 10, 20032 mins

Come fall in Las Vegas, Comdex will be a purely business-to-business show.

I just got off the phone with a representative from Comdex, and it was actually interesting. Apparently, the folks behind Comdex are honing the conference to make it more attractive — and more navigable — for prospective attendees and exhibitors.

Comdex is hoping to put on a new countenance this year and, in so doing, is shedding its consumer slant to wear a business-to-business face.

The move should come as no surprise, really, given how the confer-ence has struggled in the last few years.

The new Comdex will be divided into 7 enterprise units: Wireless and mobility, Web services, open source, Windows and .Net, On Demand Computing, security, and the digital enterprise. The last in that list is broad category that includes technologies such as business intelligence, storage management, outsourcing and IP telephony.

All that said, I still have to remain skeptical about just how much buzz this year’s Comdex will generate, particularly given the sour economy. But next week at PC Expo, errr, TechXNY, I’ll be speaking with the GM of Comdex, so if I learn anything else I’ll be back here to let you know.

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