Its software is used, either directly through its own products or indirectly via code developed by Romanian programmers and integrated by other companies, by 500 million people in the world, up from 400 million in 2011.
“In Europe, Germany is the main focus on the corporate segment,” said Florin Talpes, Bitdefender founder and chief executive.
Bitdefender is owned by Romanian entrepreneurs Florin and Mariuca Talpes.
Bitdefender has about 600 employees, 80% of whom are working in Romania, in Bucharest, Iasi, Timisoara and Cluj (south, north-east, west and north-west of the country).
The international antivirus brands using Bitdefender technology include G Data (Germany), F-Secure (Finland), BullGuard (Denmark) and Qihoo 360 (leading security software vendor in China).
Bitdefender posted EUR32 million revenue in 2011, up 19% on 2010, according to the Finance Ministry website.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)