IDC: Microsoft 'ecosystem' totals $425B in annual revenue

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According to IDC, the so-called Microsoft ecosystem, including about more than 640,000 hardware, software, services and distribution companies, employs 42% of all IT industry workers worldwide.

Those employees will pay a total of more than $500 billion in taxes this year, according to the study, which was released at a press conference in Budapest on Thursday -- the same day that Microsoft announced several rounds of planned investments in Hungary and Romania.

Moreover, Microsoft's partners will garner a total of about $425 billion in revenues this year, while investing $100 billion in local economies via spending on research, development, marketing, sales and support, said Framingham, Mass.-based IDC. The study also found that for every dollar Microsoft makes this year, its partners will earn a total of $7.79.

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