Google confirms further investments in Poland

"The center will be operational in May with its main task being supporting the advertising department in cooperation with advertisers, publishers and users," said Colm Long, sales and online operations director at Google. "Initially it will employ 50-100 people, in 2008 this will reach 200." Initially the center will handle the Polish and German markets, but more could be added in the future. The Wroclaw center will develop products prepared by the R&D center in Kraków. "This gives us enormous opportunities," said Long, adding that the choice of Poland was not made on the basis of grants, but on the supply of talented workers. "The company is adjusting its operational profile to fit people's skills. If we supply highly skilled IT specialists, Wroclaw-based center will have such profile. The race has just started," said Rafal Dutkiewicz, mayor of Wroclaw. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 7) M.M.