WAN-Ifra’s World Publishing Expo (IfraExpo) is only one of three digital business events at Frankfurt Messe at the end of this month.

The other shows are Voice + IP and Powering the Cloud, and visitors have free access to the other two, thanks to an agreement between organizers. 

Voice + IP (October 30-31) is aimed at hands-on users and focusses on business communication, particularly for SMEs and large companies. Forum speakers include managers from Alcatel-Lucent, Eckes-Granini, the Radeberger Group, Microsoft, Avaya, Siemens Enterprise Communications, Cisco and Heraeus. The conference programme is at http://voiceip.messefrankfurt.com

Parallel to this, three conferences – SNW Europe, Datacenter Technologies and Virtualisation World – will be held on Ocober 30-31 October in the Congress Center under the heading ‘Powering the Cloud’. Organised by Angel Business Communications with the assistance of the Storage Networking Industry Association, SNIA Europe, this includes more than 130 sessions with presentations by industry experts, contributions relating to practical usage, product demonstrations and information on trends and developments.

In a series of mini-tracks lasting half a day each, analysts and independent industry observers will discuss the critical challenges that influence today’s IT strategies and requirements. The conferences are geared towards end users, specialist retailers, consulting firms and distributors specialising in IT.

Independent association SNIA Europe works to promote data and network standardisation, addressing such topics as cloud storage, data management, converged networks and long-term archiving during the Frankfurt-based event. Details can be found online at http://poweringthecloud.com.