MICROSOFT OPENS REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN ARMENIA
Interfax, Russia
May 16 2006
YEREVAN. May 16 (Interfax) – Microsoft opened an official
representative office in Armenia on Tuesday.
The company decided to open a representative office in Yerevan since
Armenia has high engineering and scientific potential, Vahe Torosian,
Microsoft vice president for the Middle East, Europe and Africa,
said at a press conference.
“Intellectual potential is very high in the region in general,
but particularly in Armenia,” he said, noting that Microsoft has a
representative office in Baku, but is not planning to open an office
in Tbilisi.
Torosian said the IT sector in Armenia has good prospects for
development and Microsoft’s arrival on the market could contribute
to it.
Microsoft plans to finish developing an Armenian version of the
Windows program by the end of the year, he said. At present, 100
company specialists, including Armenian ones, are working on programs
for Microsoft Windows Vista/Windows XP/MS Office, he said. Localized
versions of these programs will be in demand in Armenia and this is
another step towards developing information technologies, he said.