Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer evening of March 3, launched the world's largest computer exhibition CeBIT, which officially opens March 4, AFP. Balmer called on exhibitors to devote special attention to climate change and to reduce energy consumption in the IT industry.
CeBIT 2008 declared as a "green" exhibition. A few months before the CeBIT became known that the major parties supported the initiative event Climate Savers Computing Intitiative (CSCI), the purpose of which is to reduce energy consumption by 2010, by 50 per cent. Participants in the initiative - Dell, Google, HP, Intel, Microsoft and Lenovo.
It is expected that IBM will present a computational model of the zero-point pollution, and the Deutsche Telekom booth will be fully ensured energy from renewable sources.
The exhibition CeBIT has been in existence since 1970. She was held in Hanover. In 2008, it will last from 4 to 9 March. About his participation in CeBIT 5500 companies said. It is expected that in the opening night March 3 will be attended kanler Germany Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso.
