Guran, HP: After the 2009 panic, demand is slightly picking up on corporate segment

Companies' orders for IT equipment rose in 2010, after a 2009 characterised by panic, when technology investments almost froze, says, in an interview with ZF, Mihai Guran, a manager with the domestic subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard (HP) US company, the world's biggest IT company.
At HP, he runs a department of 20 people, directly coordinated by general manager Radu Enache, that manages sales of equipment and related services to business clients.
In the first quarter, sales of servers with Intel processors rose by 37.1%, while the advance reached 12.1% in the second quarter, Guran said, quoting a survey by IDC. HP led on the market in both quarters, with a market share of almost 40%, said Guran.
"Gradually, small and medium-sized enterprises have started regaining health and large companies have resumed technology purchases this year. There was a slight rebound on each segment and the market also expanded as there were projects generated by the public segment this year", Guran said.
"(...) There were significant increases, of above 10% on all the business segments of HP Romania. It was a better year, but we're not at the level of 2008," he added.