Editing SIMO TCI (section)

== History ==
It was conceived as a trade fair devoted to [[office furniture]] and its first edition was held in 1961. In 1962 the [[IBM 1401]] and [[Groupe Bull|Bull]] Gamma 60 where showcased,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.computerworld.es/archive/el-simo-como-protagonista|title=El SIMO como protagonista|date=23 January 2004|website=ComputerWorld|language=es|access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref> and as electronic, computer and telecommunications equipment were being introduced, the trade fair was gradually turned into a computer expo, to the extent that it would end up moving office furniture to a separate fair.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.muycomputerpro.com/2013/10/18/historia-simo|title=Historia del SIMO|last=Asián|first=Arantxa|date=18 October 2013|website=MuyComputerPRO|language=es|access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref> Since 1969, there was more space devoted to computers that to office furniture,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sánchez del Río |first1=Carlos |title=Ciencia y Tecnología (España Siglo XXI) |date=2009 |isbn=9788497428521}}</ref> but until the late 1980s there was some exhibition space devoted to office furniture.

In its most successful years from late 1990s to early 2000s, it was considered the second largest computer fair in Europe after [[CeBIT]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/tecnologia/redes/abci-simo-convierte-segunda-feria-tecnologica-europa-200111110300-59641_noticia.html|title=SIMO se convierte en la segunda feria tecnológica de Europa|date=11 November 2001|website=abc|language=es|access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref> as more than 900 exhibitors were present, distributed in 65,000 m<sup>2</sup> taking up eight IFEMA pavilions, and reaching up 300,000 visitors.<ref>{{Cite news|last=AGENCIAS|url=https://elpais.com/tecnologia/2002/11/05/actualidad/1036488478_850215.html|title=El SIMO TCI 2002 abre sus puertas con más de 800 expositores|date=5 November 2002|work=El País|access-date=15 February 2020|language=es|issn=1134-6582}}</ref>

In the late 2000s the number of exhibitors started to decline. This led to the cancellation of the 2008 edition. In 2009 was resumed as ''SIMO Network'', devoted exclusively to business-oriented computing and IT professionals,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.computing.es/mundo-digital/opinion/1034249046601/simo-network-encuentra-sitio.1.html|title=Simo Network encuentra su sitio|date=4 October 2010|website=Computing|language=es|access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref> but this approach wasn't successful and the last SIMO TCI took place in 2013.

Taking advantage of the name, ''SIMO Educación'' (SIMO Education) was started in 2014 by IFEMA, devoted only to [[Educational technology|educational technologies]] and a much smaller scope (taking up only one pavilion and reaching up about 10,000 visitors).