Gitex, the Middle East's largest technology show, took off with a bang on October 19 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai and Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince, opened the Gitex 2008 exhibit on Sunday. The show is set to receive more than 130,000 visitors and host 3,300 companies from 83 countries over the next five days.His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai and Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (right), Dubai Crown Prince, at the Gitex show. A host of brands are featuring the latest developments at the expo.The annual business and consumer technology exhibition, now in its 28th year, is scheduled to be held from October 19 -23 and promises to be bigger than before. Gitex Technology Week consists of three major elements: Gitex Business Solutions, Gulfcomms and Consumer Electronics.His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai tours the show. Gitex is organised by the Dubai World Trade Centre.Gitex Shopper and Consumer Electronics Expo, the retail component of Gitex got off to a flying start on Saturday. Models show off some of the newest gadgets being launched at this year's expo as part of Gadget Glam 2008.Major international companies launching new products and making announcements at the exhibition include BlackBerry, Dell, du, etisalat, Google, HP and Microsoft. Oracle, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp, Sun MicroSystems and Symantec are also expected to make big announcements.Visitors take in the tech one day one of the exhibition. Gitex Business Solutions is a premier exhibition catering to government, enterprise and SMB solution providers.The Dubai Police booth at Gitex 2008. Gitex attracts experts from a wide variety of fields including medical technology.
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