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Meta4 and Panda Security are the only two Spanish companies software development included in Truffle 100 Europe 2014 the prestigious global ranking of the 100 largest companies in Europe.

Header in their first positions by SAP , Dassault Systemes , Sage , Hexagon and Wincor Nixdorf, This report analyzes the leading European suppliers of software considering its billing, annual growth, reinvestment and human capital devoted to R + D .

Produced annually by IDC, Truffle Capital, BARC, CXP and ESSEC, the study highlights supremacy of Germany, France and the UK and the need to balance investments and profits.

Specifically, the investment engaged in R & D major European software companies amounted to 6,900 million euros in 2014. For its part, the sets profit was EUR 6,300 million , which places European software companies according to a statement issued by Meta4, “a high risk scenario that governments should circumvent increasing tax incentives for investment in R & D”.

Germany, UK and France are the three countries with more employees dedicated to R & D and software companies. Represent more than 73% of software revenue in the region . The country with more employees engaged in research and development is Germany 24,085 employees and 2.889 million euro investment . France , a country with incentives to invest in R & D, accumulates 11,409 employees and 1,088 million euros of investment in R & D, apart from adding the 12.8% of total software revenue in Europe and 20 companies dedicated to this purpose. UK is the third country in the ranking of investment in R & D with 859 million per year for R + D .

As Spain in Panda Security and Meta4 , add 298 employees dedicated to R & D and investment reaching 35 million euros . For its part, the billing Panda was just over EUR 135 million , while Meta4 got 54000000 euros in 2013.

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