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

Autor: Adrian Seceleanu

11.10.2010, 00:01 8

Companies' orders for IT equipment rose in 2010, after a 2009characterised by panic, when technology investments almost froze,says, in an interview with ZF, Mihai Guran, a manager with thedomestic subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard (HP) US company, the world'sbiggest IT company.
At HP, he runs a department of 20 people, directly coordinated bygeneral manager Radu Enache, that manages sales of equipment andrelated services to business clients.
In the first quarter, sales of servers with Intel processors roseby 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 bothquarters, with a market share of almost 40%, said Guran.
"Gradually, small and medium-sized enterprises have startedregaining health and large companies have resumed technologypurchases this year. There was a slight rebound on each segment andthe market also expanded as there were projects generated by thepublic segment this year", Guran said.
"(...) There were significant increases, of above 10% on all thebusiness segments of HP Romania. It was a better year, but we'renot at the level of 2008," he added.

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