Microsoft Partner
Florida Software Engineers, LLC is a Microsoft Partner
A 2007 IDC study documents that the IT industry—and, specifically, Microsoft ecosystem—play a key role in driving local economies in 82 countries around the world. This study showcases, by country, the economic impact of the partner ecosystem—including job creation and employment, taxes generated, and technological investments in the country.
Highlights
Jobs developing, distributing, installing, and servicing software account for approximately 50 percent of IT employment, globally.
During the next four years, spending on software is projected to create almost 4.5 million of the 7.1 million anticipated new IT-related jobs worldwide.
Forty-two percent of global IT employment in 2007 stems from the Microsoft ecosystem.
Projected Partner Impact
Partners—most of them operating in individual economies—will earn an estimated $7.79 for every revenue dollar Microsoft earns worldwide.
Of the 35 million people working for IT vendors or in IT departments of customer organizations, more than 40 percent work with Microsoft products or services, or with products and services that run on Microsoft platforms.
Through 2011, IT spending is projected to grow six percent annually—about twice the global (average) rate of GDP.
In 2007, the Microsoft ecosystem will generate more than US$420 billion in revenues. Total investment by that ecosystem for 2007 and 2008—most of which will be invested locally—will be nearly US $200 billion.