The 30th annual Information Technology (IT) Month opened yesterday at the World Trade Center in Taipei, with more than 2 million people expected to visit the trade show in the next few weeks, according to the Taipei Computer Association (TCA), which organized the event.
Vice President Vincent Siew (蕭萬長) and Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang (施顏祥) addressed the opening ceremony, during which they also handed out awards for outstanding performance in IT applications this year.
Siew said IT Month was Taiwan’s most prominent and important trade fair and paid tribute to the late presidential adviser and minister of economic affairs Lee Kuo-ting (李國鼎) for his remarkable and far-reaching vision, which led to rapid progress in Taiwan’s high-tech development.
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
IT Month runs through next Sunday in Taipei before moving to Taichung and then Kaohsiung.
TCA said several information and communications technology giants, including Acer Inc (宏碁), Asustek Computer Inc (華碩電腦), Chunghwa Telecom Co (中華電信), BenQ Corp (明基), Microsoft Corp, Hewlett-Packard Co, Sony Corp, Samsung Electronics Co and Lenovo Group Ltd (聯想) were eager to display their latest IT hardware and attract buyers for their products at the trade show.
Sales of IT products have been hit by the global financial crisis over the past year, but there are signs of recovery this year because of the launch of the Windows 7 operating system, touchpanel displays, 3D screens and netbooks — currently the hottest products on the market.
E-book readers, one of the most widely discussed products this year, will also be showcased by several companies, including Chunghwa Telecom, Fujitsu Ltd, Sony, BenQ and Aiptek International Inc (天瀚科技), TCA said.
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