"You won't see lots of sexy things," said Steve Purdham, CEO of SurfControl Plc, a UK maker of software that filters out offensive material on the Internet. "It's about business -- about showing what works."
Ericsson spokeswoman Aase Lindskog said the company's stand will take up 1,000㎡ this year, down by a third from last year. CEO Kurt Hellstroem won't attend, after going to the 3GSM conference in Cannes last month instead.
Total exhibit space will shrink, organizers said.
Ben Wood, a senior analyst at Gartner Inc, said he'll stay away from Cebit this year, after attending every year since 1995. The crowds aren't worth the hassle anymore, especially as fewer CEOs of top companies are showing up, he said.
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