Want to become filthy rich? Learn more about IT!

You’re probably all wondering why we’re writing this blog… Well, initially we wanted to learn more about social websites, because we’re trying to come up with a brilliant million-dollar idea for an internet start-up. Then I suddenly bumped into a very interesting article in the Belgian newspaper De Standaard.

Apparently a study by the market research firm IDC pointed out that Belgian companies and consumers spend about €9 billions on IT (Information Technology), i.e. on computer hardware, software and on corresponding services. These are some of the other mind-blowing facts the article mentions:

- The Belgian government collects €11 billions of tax revenues on IT in 2009.

- 14,000 to 16,000 new jobs are expected in the IT-sector.

- The biggest part of the IT-pie stems from software.

We are definitely going to keep this in mind in our search for an ingenious website!

Source: De Standaard

Liesbeth Derycke