Romanian IT clusters will reunite in November in Brasov

“Five weeks ago, we organized in Cluj the first meeting of IT clusters in Romania. The participants were clusters from Cluj, Iasi, Timisoara, Brasov, and yes, you heard it right, Miercurea-Ciuc. The next meeting will take place at the start of November in Brasov and will focus on IT human resources,” said Alexandru Tulai (in picture), president of the Cluj IT Cluster, during the Business Review event Foreign Investors Summit.

Tulai also said Cluj no longer manages to produce enough professionals to cover the needs of the city as far as the IT industry is concerned. ”As a result, poaching of employees among various companies is becoming more widespread,” he said.

The annual costs with the labor force go up by 7-10 percent on average, he also said.

According to data from the National Institute of Statistics, sent to Business Review by the Romanian Ministry for Information Society, in August 2014 the gross average salary in the industry was RON 5,155 and the net average salary was RON 3,953.

At the moment, Cluj is the best represented national center when it comes to the export of IT services.

Tulai also emphasized the importance of focusing on developing intellectual property, instead of outsourcing. ”The conventional outsourcing cycle lasts for 8 years and we have already had two such cycles,” he explained.