Microsoft representatives: On the server market, growth will come from private companies

Small and medium-sized companies will this year be one of the leading client categories for servers and server operating systems, considering that at the moment no major computerisation project in the public sector is foreseeable, say representatives of Microsoft, the world’s biggest software company and of Maguay, a local company that produces servers and PCs, and provides IT services.

“In terms of market structure, we don’t expect there to be many big projects in calendar year 2011, so growth will continue to come from the SME sector. The public sector will probably fare similarly to last year. Depending on the economic progression and on where investments will be directed, it is possible for big projects to appear in the public sector, as well, but we don’t see them at present,” Gabriela Mladin, OEM Segment Director of Microsoft Romania, told ZF. She is responsible for the relationship with producers and resellers of computer systems (such as HP, Dell, IBM, Lenovo). In order to expand its sales of server operating systems, the local subsidiary of Microsoft will continue its commercial campaigns carried out together with server producers, allowing clients to acquire packages consisting of servers and operating systems at lower prices. Last year, local company Maguay sold 100 servers as part of such a campaign conducted together with Microsoft.