• 44% of firms sell online, additional 36% will start it in some months.
• The development of information technology sector is the double of the whole economy in.
• From 1993 the high-tech industry created 1 Million new workplace.
• The income of software industry is larger then vehicle industry.

Future: the keyword is globalization.

• Every second there are 7 new internet users all over the world.
• The internet data traffic doubles every 100 days.
• 2001: e-commerce will be a 17 Billion US$ business.
• 2003: Europe - 50% of the population will be online.
• 2005: 1 Billion users.

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