In the first half of the fiscal year, net sales attributable to Hardware business decreased by 1% year on year to €711 million (previous year: €715 million). By contrast, net sales from Software/Services increased by 12% to €523 million (previous year: €468 million).

The share of net sales from Hardware declined to 58% of overall business (previous year: 60%). Correspondingly, the proportion of net sales from Software/Services rose to 42% (previous year: 40%).