"In establishing a branch office in Bucharest, we have responded to growing demand from customers for cross-border agreements and IT services, particularly within the area of banking, insurance and manufacturing," said Dr. Knut Löschke, CEO of PC-WARE AG.

Owing to its recent acquisition of Czech-based Digitrade, PC-WARE has already been able to establish a vital bridgehead for further expansion into the north-east of Europe. The Group's subsidiary in Austria, Datacontact, will direct marketing efforts in the south-eastern region of the European continent. The company considers geographical proximity to customers and the establishment of recognised PC-WARE Group quality standards in the Eastern European regions to be major competitive advantages.

"Thanks to our specialist expertise and superior quality standards, we can provide international customers with high-class services right on their doorstep. It goes without saying that we are also committed to attracting new customers and serving them well into the future. We shall also benefit from our close rapport with major software and hardware manufacturers, with whom initial projects are already being implemented," commented Marcus Dekan, the manager responsible for business development in South-East Europe.

Alongside the extension of its service portfolio in Europe's core markets, PC-WARE's strategic goal is to drive growth in other regions. "We have established initial structures in Eastern Europe and Asia, providing us with a base from which to monitor local market progression and position ourselves rapidly in response to customer demand. With extensive cash to draw on, we have sufficient room to manoeuvre when it comes to seizing additional growth opportunities. Within this context, our plan is to gain forward momentum through the carefully planned establishment of small structures rather than large-scale acquisitions," said Dr. Tillmann Blaschke, CFO of PC-WARE AG.

For further information, please contact:

Kathrin Sieber
Internals and External Communications
+49 (0) 341 2568-171
public.relations@pc-ware.de

Marcus Dekan
General Manager Romania
+43 1 81156-300
marcus.dekan@pc-ware.at

PC-WARE AG
PC-WARE Information Technologies AG is one of the leading manufacturer independent IT enterprises in Europe, offering a comprehensive service portfolio which covers licensing of standardised software, software management, system support, proprietary software solutions and complete systemhouse services, in addition to financial services provided via its own subsidiaries.

PC-WARE has emerged as the outright market leader in Europe in its core business of software licensing and licence management; as a systems house, the company is ranked third in Germany. Employing over 1,000 people, the company has subsidiaries in 15 European countries (D, GB, F, I, BE-NE-LUX, A, CZ, CH, DK, FIN, S, N and ROM) as well as in South Africa and the USA, and serves a customer base of more than 75,000 corporate clients.

PC-WARE was granted European Large Account Reseller (LAR) status for the whole of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA region) by Microsoft, one of the company’s key business associates.

Together with co-operation partners PC-WARE is currently targeting markets in North America and South America, Asia, Australia and Eastern Europe as well as serving global key accounts.

PC-WARE works in close cooperation with a number of global players within the IT industry, including Microsoft, Citrix, Adobe, Novell, Symantec, McAfee, Veritas, Computer Associates, Oracle, Attachmate, Autodesk, Fujitsu-Siemens, IBM/Lotus, and Hewlett Packard.

The company has been operating profitably since its inception in 1990. Activities within the area of software reselling commenced in 1993. In 1998, the GmbH (limited liability company) became an AG (stock corporation). PC-WARE AG has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 5 May 2000 and joined the Prime Standard in 2003 (WKN: 691 090, ISIN DE0006910904, Reuters Symbol “PC-WARE”)