Microsoft: Software drives Europe's IT economy
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Leaving no doubt of Microsoft 's determination to win the markets and minds of European governments, the company unveiled results of a survey Tuesday claiming that software is the main driver of IT job creation and revenue in the region. According to a Microsoft-sponsored study conducted by researcher IDC, the software business accounts for roughly half of all IT-related jobs in the 19 countries within EMEA surveyed, and generates half of IT tax revenue. The survey results were released at the opening of the company's Capital Executive Partner summit in Lisbon, and were aimed at underscoring the economic impact that the software industry has in Europe at a time when Microsoft is currently waging an appeal against the European Commission's landmark anticompetition ruling against it.