Channel Expo 2008 (Part I)

The Channel Expo 2008. It's meant to be UK's largest channel event for showcasing the latest products, services and technologies, all under one roof. Distributors, resellers and retailers all come here to do business. This year's Channel Expo 2008 at Birmingham's NEC was a little bit better than last year's. The booths seem to be more evenly spaced out and most of them were occupied. There were more bars and meeting points available for clients and customers. In fact, we meet up with Coolermaster, Xen Micro, Tsunami, CoolercaseUK and Beast Computers for a quick chat about our future plans. 

NEC Hall 19 - That is where you will find the Channel Expo 2008	The entrance to the Channel Expo 2008
I found Quiet PC	Noctua was found at Quiet PC~s booth
Some Zalman products were also at Quiet PC~s booth	MSI shared a booth with Quiet PC
Gigabyte was also there	This robot attracted our attention - Shame it does do anything
A new company sell replacement batteries	Go green - laptop bag made from recycled plastic
A company which makes laptop bags using recycled plastic	Asus was also there too

We only covered a few of the manufacturers at the Expo, that's because there weren't many here. Most the booths were companies trying to sell their products and services to distributors, resellers and retailers. It's not like Cebit ot Computex ... so we weren't expecting much anyway. The Channel Expo in Birmingham NEC isn't really a major event to show case new products.

However, having said that ... it is a good chance to meet up with people, and to establish or strengthen exisiting relationships. It's an ideal place where people get to inter-network with manufacturers, distributors, resellers and retailers. It gives channel sales people the chance to meet up and talk about future plans. We managed to meet Supermicro, Zen Micro, Tsunami and  Zenete.