Yesterday I visited the CeBIT, the largest IT fair in Germany (and possibly in the world), with my colleague Martin from our German subsidiary.  Even though the CeBIT has decreased in importance over the recent years, it still boasts an impressive 26 exhibition halls, dedicated to the latest in information technologies.  Some individual booths are larger than many complete trade shows!

While at CeBIT we had several productive meetings with members of the German IT press (IT Mittelstand, Heise Open, TecChannel, Computerwoche…).  Even though the focus of these meetings varied depending on their readership interest, they all had one thing in common: they had heard a lot about Talend recently, and welcomed the opportunity to meet us and learn more.  This proves one thing, that Talend’s traction and visibility is growing in Germany, like in many other countries.  After all, Germany is one of the leading adopters of open source in Europe.

We also leveraged our visit there to meet with several new consulting and technology partners in Germany and elsewhere - stay tuned for upcoming announcements.

The only things that were not impressive yesterday were Hanover’s decrepit airport and Air France’s old regional jet…

Yves