“The public sector accounts for around 25% of Microsoft’s Romanian business,” said Binkofski.
The world’s biggest software producer has 400 employees in Romania, and plans to recruit another 30 in the short run.
“It has been a difficult year, for business in general, as well as for Microsoft. The software industry fell by around 5%, and our revenue in the 2011 fiscal year is similar to that recorded in 2010,” Binkofski said.
“This is a very good performance, considering that many projects conducted in partnership with the state have been suspended and final consumer spending has gone down.”
The company has increased its focus on business clients over the last 12 months, which is in fact one of the growth areas for the company.
Microsoft launched products such as Office 2010 in Romanian, which boosted the product’s market share by 3% against the previous year, or Lync Server 2010, which saw a four-fold sales increase, and strengthened its position on segments such as customer relationship management (CRM), where sales went up more than 10%.
Microsoft Romania reported a turnover of EUR29.7 million in 2010, flat against 2009, and a profit of EUR1.9 million, down from EUR4.3 million a year before.