Microsoft China Software Sales Up 109% In 2010 Fiscal Year
Michel van der Bel, chief operating officer of Microsoft Greater China, has shown that the retail sales of company’s software increased by 109% year-on-year on the mainland in the 2010 financial year.
He revealed the statistics at Microsoft China’s recent cooperate partner meeting. At the same time, he promised that Microsoft will go on increase investments in the Chinese market and will invest about 142 million dollars in the Chinese software outsourcing market.
According to the report, the statistics show that Microsoft China’s hardware sales increased by 41% year-on-year in the 2010 financial year; its channels increased by 154%; its enterprise resource planning performance increased by 33%; and its solutions increased by 33%. Additionally, it got over 2,500 new channel partners during the 2010 financial year.
It is said that the delivery of Windows 7 is the main driver for the growth of Microsoft in the 2010 financial year. However, since the financial crisis, its sales were affected by clients’ reduction of investments in the information technology sector.