Comment by detaro

I think Cebit in a way started as "being about everything IT", but back then that was fine, since the field was way smaller and everything overlapped more, and the sub-sections wouldn't sustain their own events. (It started as a side-event to Hannover Messe that at some point got large enough to stand on its own)

Now "everything IT" is way to broad, and the discovery aspect has moved online.