The revenue of the company has gone up five-fold in the past decade, while the number of employees saw an over four-fold increase, according to the same source. The revenue of Oracle Romania had gone up 16% to RON532.2 million in the first half of last year.

The average number of employees continued to increase, this time by more than 500 to 4,142. Not all Oracle employees in Romania are involved in software development or in providing IT services.

The US giant has dedicated teams for a series of non-technical activities in Romania such as the financial, contract, partner relations, payroll and deal management and technical activities such as hardware and software support, customer relations, sales consultancy, consultancy for North American clients and software development.

The Oracle center in Romania is the biggest in Europe.

The net profit fell 4.1% to RON22.8 million in 2017. Total debt stood at RON129 million on December 31.

(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)