V. GROMEN SAYS "MICROSOFT" CONTINUES TO REMAIN A FIRM, FINANCIALLY STABLE AND RELIABLE PARTNER FOR MANY

ARMENPRESS
Feb 4, 2009

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 4, ARMENPRESS: Like any company of the world
"Microsoft" will try to overcome the world economic crisis. Director of
the Central and Eastern Europe region of the company on technological
issues Wilfrid Gromer told today journalists that because of the
world economic crisis the company may dismiss 5,000 workers during
the upcoming three years.

For the first time in its history "Microsoft" expects low
results. According to him, today many organizations have become rather
watchful in the respect of expenditures and the intended investments
in the software can be postponed.

V. Gromen noted that the software may support the companies to increase
their productivity as well as to make savings. For example "Microsoft"
has communication means and using these means many organizations make
savings. Nevertheless according to V. Gromen the organization continues
to remain firm, financially stable and reliable partner for many.

The director of the "Microsoft" Armenian office Grigor Barseghian,
functioning in a number of countries of the world the company could
not remain off the impact of the global crisis.

"In different countries the crisis affected differently and on
different levels. In this respect there is a reverse process in
Armenia: this year new workers have been employed", – he noted.