IDC opens Romanian office

Operating on the Romanian market in the last three years, the US IT&C analysis company International Data Corp (IDC) has started working towards the opening of a representative office in Romania. The office is due to become operational at the end of January. Rival Gartner in its turn announced it would open an office in Bucharest in the first half of this year, most likely after completing the Meta Group acquisition, in April. The IDC office will be run by Laurentiu Popescu, one of the analysts of the company that was appointed country manager of the American firm. The current team comprises four people yet it will expand in 2005. IDC believes this decision responds to the increasingly higher demand for consulting and market research for the IT&C business environment in Romania. The decision also comes after the almost double turnover in 2004 compared with 2003. ZF