The number of international guests which already constitutes a third of the visitors, has also increased considerably. Sales partners from China, the Middle East and Spain were represented at the abas trade fair stand. They were also able to aquire top quality leads and to approach real projects.

Peter Forscht, COO of ABAS Software AG: "We were thrilled by the number of international contacts. Our partners from the Middle East, Iran and China welcomed many qualified visitors from their countries. The abas Business Software is available in over 22 countries. In the meantime this has top priority for German medium-sized businesses. We were able to celebrate one of the largest contract conclusions in the history of abas on the trade fair. This new customer operates in 10 countries."

Hassan El-Banna, Marketing Manager of the Arabic sales partner BT Applied Technology was positively surprised by CeBIT: "CeBIT is a worldwide center for information technology. The number of international trade experts is higher than at any other event. We had excellent contacts from the Middle East. All visitors were positively surprised that we were able to greet them in their national language at the abas stand. This broke the ice quickly. We were able to initiate concrete projects."