The times when accountants used accounts, manually filled out order books, statements and checked reports are long gone. This happened in 1991, when the 1C developer company released the first version of the 1C Enterprise platform, showing that the same type of accounting operations can be entrusted to a “smart machine”, and more complex and less routine tasks can be left to a person.
First, let’s define what the “1C platform” is: it is a unified technological environment with the help of which developers create programs (application solutions). For a “non-IT specialist” there may be a simpler explanation: the 1C platform is like a programming language in which specialists write (create) various programs. Using the 1C 8 platform, you can develop a game, or, for example, 1C: Accounting.
So, almost 30 years ago, the first version of the platform released by the 1C company was released, and the first configuration based on it. It was an accounting program - 1C: Accounting (DOS version).
Having nothing like this before, organizations immediately appreciated the attractiveness and rationality of automated accounting, and the 1C software product quickly became the most popular solution in Russia. Over time, its popularity reached such a level that the program was used in most organizations in our country. The network of partners of the 1C company, specializing in the sale, implementation and maintenance of 1C Enterprise, has developed no less rapidly (the 1C network is still the largest in the world).
For a long time, the main area of application of the capabilities of the 1C Enterprise system was only accounting. But since the late 90s, the 1C company began to actively develop a line of programs for other areas of accounting, for example, trade, warehouse and production. Then such programs were released on the 1C Enterprise 7.5/7.7 platform, such as 1C: Trade and Warehouse, 1C: Salaries and Personnel, 1C: Production, Services, Accounting, 1C: Integrated Configuration.
But all these products, anyway, were intended only for accounting: they provided the ability to register transactions and build reporting, but opportunities for automated control 1C did not have any enterprises at that time.
Therefore, in 2003, 1C released a new, powerful version of its platform that meets all modern requirements - 1C Enterprise 8 (still in use today). In addition, the vendor changed the very concept of the 1C Enterprise program, shifting the emphasis from accounting towards business management capabilities, which allowed user companies to achieve not only optimization of routine operations and reduction of costs, but also to make objective management decisions, optimize business processes, increase competitiveness and efficiency.
Developed by 1C and a community of thousands of partners, the 1C Enterprise system today competes with Western solutions. Even foreign companies with representative offices in our country are increasingly doing rational choice in favor of working with the 1C program, because 1C is no longer inferior to Western products in terms of functionality, while the cost of 1C systems and the price of ownership are several times lower compared to Western analogues.
In fact, every month for many years, the 1C company, in interaction with its partners and in accordance with the world's leading management practices, develops the capabilities of the system and releases new versions of 1C Enterprise. Therefore, it is not surprising that in 95% of commercial and state companies In Russia, it is the 1C Enterprise system that is used.
Here are just some of the areas for automation of which there are specialized 1C Enterprise programs:
TOP 10 most popular (at the time of writing) 1C Enterprise programs:
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In addition to the fact that any enterprise for its tasks in the field of management and accounting will always find a proven and affordable solution 1C Enterprise - platform capabilities allow you to use the program not only within local network organization (in the office), but also in the cloud, via a web browser. Connect to the program at any time and from anywhere in the world - built-in 1C data security features will identify the user and provide access to the database, so no one except those authorized to work in the 1C database will be able to gain access.
One of the significant advantages of 1C is the ability to flexibly configure/adapt standard program capabilities to the features and specifics of any organization and its business processes. Several tens of thousands of qualified specialists have competencies in setting up and supporting 1C, so 1C users have virtually unlimited opportunities to develop their system.
All configurations of the 1C Enterprise program system have developed capabilities for data exchange and integration with any products (even if the latter are not based on 1C).
You don’t even have to buy 1C. Users can rent the 1C program for the entire period of operation. At the same time, working with 1C does not require your own system administrator and technical specialist, servers and other expensive and complex equipment: the 1C service partner will organize the placement of the 1C system on modern servers, will administer and be responsible for the stability and uninterrupted operation of its operation.
What is 1C? What is 1C Enterprise? In short...
Guided by the content of this article, answer the question “What is 1C?” you can do this: the 1C Enterprise system is a line of affordable, not inferior Western counterparts software products for management and accounting used in most organizations in Russia and the CIS. The capabilities of 1C allow you to customize the program to suit the characteristics of any organization, as well as use the system both on a local (office) network, and in the cloud, and through a web browser. 1C users are 95% Russian enterprises all areas of activity and scale. 1C is serviced by several thousand organizations in Russia and the CIS.
1C-Bitrix
"1C-Bitrix"- a joint venture created by 1C and company "Bitrix" for the development of the web direction, the development of new Internet solutions.The 1C-Bitrix company sells professional systems for managing web projects and corporate portals: “Bitrix24 in a box”, the Bitrix24 cloud service in the countries of the former USSR, as well as the development, promotion of these products and building a partner network for their distribution, implementation and support.
"1C-Bitrix" is a technology partner for, including more 13,000 companies, and provides an opportunity for design studios and independent developers to use the company's products to implement their solutions.
The development and technical support of products is carried out by the company "Bitrix", which specializes in the development of software products for managing web projects and multifunctional information systems for maintaining commercial activities on the Internet.
“The market for business solutions is rapidly expanding, and the demand for Internet solutions from businesses is growing. And the 1C company today is the flagship in the market of corporate solutions.
We are glad that Bitrix can complement the line of 1C solutions with a full range of capabilities for organizing and managing an Internet business.
The creation of the 1C-Bitrix joint venture is the right, logical step for organizing the development, support and distribution of new products and services.”
General Director, 1C-Bitrix, Sergey Ryzhikov
“The web development market is currently growing rapidly. The situation is partially reminiscent of what happened in the accounting systems market in the early 90s or in the adjacent market of integrated management automation several years ago. The demand for technologies and services for creating and managing websites is becoming massive, which makes effective creation and distribution of circulation platform solutions.
The Bitrix approach is to create a technological development environment and modifiable solutions based on it, which makes it possible for a large number of partners to organize effective business to create websites and reach a significant share of potential market clients. It fits well with the consistently built “1C” business model, based on a combination of an industrial approach to the development, distribution and maintenance of programs based on the energy, qualifications and interest of a mass partner network.
Previously, this model allowed us to achieve excellent results in such areas as 1C:Enterprise or 1C:Multimedia, and the 1C-Bitrix joint venture makes it possible to apply this approach to the Internet.”
Boris Nuraliev, director of the company"1C"
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The company "1C-Bitrix" is the winner of the "RUNET PRIZE 2008" in the category "Economics and Business". “In 2006, the Bitrix company received the Runet Prize in the Technology and Innovation category. This year’s “Runet Award” in the “Economy and Business” category is, first of all, the merit of our partners who create Internet projects and contribute to the development of their clients’ businesses. This is our goal – to provide a technological solution for the development of clients’ businesses and an effective cooperation scheme for our partners.” Sergey Ryzhikov, general manager"1C-Bitrix" |
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The Bitrix company is a laureate of the RUNET AWARD 2006 in the category "Technology and Innovation". RUNET PRIZE - a national award designed to promote the popularization of high technologies in Russia, recognizes the outstanding achievements of leading companies in the field information technology and electronic communications, government and public organizations, business structures, as well as individual figures who have made a significant contribution to the development of the Russian segment of the Internet. Founder of the RUNET PRIZE: Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications. www.premiaruneta.ru |
Often, cooperation with clients goes beyond the usual communication between the customer and the contractor and moves to the level of strategic partnership. When communicating with clients, 1C-Bitrix adheres to the principles of mutual respect and strives to achieve mutual understanding and trust.
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Company "Bitrix" founded in 1998 by a group of specialists from the department of Internet technologies and financial telecommunications of JSCB Investbank. Experience in developing banking applications, excellent knowledge financial technologies and document management systems allowed the company to achieve success in the field of creating software products for managing corporate web projects and e-commerce.
The company's team successfully combines the creative forces of professional analysts, programmers, artists, specialists in Internet security systems and databases.
Today the Bitrix company occupies a leading position in Russian market in the field of developing web project management systems. The experience of the company’s specialists in creating e-commerce systems has been embodied in special solutions for organizing online trading and partner platforms.
In 2001, Bitrix specialists designed and developed one of the most successful financial web projects on the Russian Internet - a program registration service and online software distributor Softkey.ru. The Softkey.ru project was developed to provide users with the opportunity to purchase and distribute programs. The project is actively developing, providing software authors with new technical opportunities to distribute their developments.
In 2007, a joint venture was created with the company 1C - "1C-Bitrix"- for the development of the web direction, the development of new Internet solutions.
When developing new technologies, special attention is paid to ensuring the profitability of Internet projects:
The Bitrix company conducts constant research activities in the field of development web analysis technologies. The unique statistical analysis technologies developed by the company allow us to segment the site’s audience, analyze the activity and attentiveness of visitors, and evaluate the cost effectiveness of online and offline advertising campaigns.
The technical capabilities of the company's software products for servicing affiliate networks make it possible to make the website an integral part of the sales system for geographically distributed dealer networks.
Bitrix products are an ideal solution for medium and small businesses, allowing you to create and operate modern high-tech Internet projects at minimal cost. The company's products are widely used by government and educational institutions, large enterprises and organizations.
Thanks to the use of Bitrix software products, for many companies an Internet project becomes an integral part of the corporate infrastructure, comparable to office applications.
Today maximum attention is paid to the development software product"1C-Bitrix: Site Management", which gained its popularity thanks to its comprehensive and effective solution tasks for managing modern web projects. Starting from version 6.0, the Bitrix: Site Management software product is distributed under a new brand – “1C-Bitrix: Site Management”.
Justification of costs and efforts, correspondence of costs to results, manufacturability, reliability, safety, the possibility of developing an Internet project with minimal financial and labor costs for maintenance - these are key points, which the company places its main emphasis on.
The concentrated efforts of an experienced development team allowed us to create a product with the following qualities:
Versions of the product for the Oracle database produced by Bitrix are intended for medium and large organizations for which the Internet project is an important part of their business and reputation.
Oracle versions of the product allow you to create and support Internet projects with a traffic of several million people, containing large volumes of varied information, with product catalogs containing hundreds of thousands of items. The company's clients can purchase popular editions of the product and, as the Internet project grows, decide to convert data and switch to the Oracle version.
The opportunity to grow clients' businesses through the development of Bitrix software products guarantees the preservation of investments both in software products and in company personnel and infrastructure.
Today the Bitrix company concentrates its efforts on three areas:
1. Development of the software product “1C-Bitrix: Site Management” to maintain a leading position in the market for content management systems and expansion for distribution of the product.
2. Conducting scientific research to develop new technologies and products to increase the efficiency and profitability of Internet projects.
3. Providing high-quality services in the field of design and programming of Internet systems related to databases.
The founder and permanent director of 1C is Boris Nuraliev.
As of June 2015, the 1C group includes more than 200 subsidiaries and joint ventures. The 1C franchisee network exceeds 6,700 companies. The group's joint ventures include:
Some 1C joint ventures
| № | Name | Area of activity |
| 1 | 1C-Rarus | Distribution/Subdistribution, major implementations, industry solutions |
| 2 | 1C:North-West | Business development and partner network in NW federal district |
| 3 | 1C:Multimedia Ekaterinburg | Regional distribution of games and programs for the home |
| 4 | 1C-Rating | Development and distribution of application solutions for Kazakhstan |
| 5 | 1C:Vietnam | Development and distribution of application solutions for Vietnam |
| 6 | 1C:Wireless | Development of programs for mobile phones |
| 7 | 1C-Bitrix | Typical website building system |
| 8 | 1C:UC3 | Training of specialists in 1C:Enterprise for partners |
| 9 | 1C-Softclub | Development, publication, localization and distribution of computer and video games |
| 10 | 1C-Praton, 1C: BukhService Stavropol | Providing professional accounting services under the brand "1C:BukhService" |
| 11 | 1CAir (1CiAir.ru) | Providing the 1C:Enterprise system for rent. |
| 12 | 1S-KPD | Implementation of electronic document management systems and corporate portals |
| 13 | 1C-Gandalf, 1C-Profile, 1C-LadoMir, 1C-Ural Center, Prime Region, 1C-Galex, 1C-Forus, 1C-Central Siberia, 1C-Youmans, 1C-Yakutsk, 1C-Far East | Regional distributors |
| 14 | Alager | Distribution of computer equipment |
Part of our business model is joint ventures, there are about 200 of them. In total, they generate more revenue than the central 1C company. Previously, we divided shares in legal entities 50/50, now we keep 51% for ourselves and 49% for our partner, which allows us to fully attribute to the group of companies the success of joint ventures during consolidation under IFRS. At the same time, it is important for us to maintain in entrepreneurs a sense of drive and a steering wheel in their hands - so that a person understands that this is his business and he is responsible. The role of the central “1C” in the joint venture is setting the overall strategy and the assistance that is necessary for the development of the joint business: money, advice, reputation, technology, space, contacts, access to the sales network.
On July 30, 2018, Russian developers of corporate information systems, the 1C company and the Galaktika corporation, announced the creation of a joint venture with equal shares of ownership. The main task of the created joint venture is to more effectively meet the needs of enterprises of the military-industrial complex, which consider it expedient to simultaneously use the 1C and Galaktika systems ().
On January 15, 2018, it became known about the sale of a 51 percent share of Smartway to 1C. The cost of the transaction is not disclosed, but an informed source of the Kommersant newspaper estimates it at 150 million rubles. Read more.
Boris Nuraliev also noted that “1C” has become fashionable.” In this he sees, among other things, the merit of import substitution. The director of 1C says that in this wave, large holdings now have people responsible for import substitution, to whom they need to report.
At the same time, Nuraliev points out, import substitution is not a key factor when choosing 1C solutions by customers in Russia: “in reality, no one will buy our systems just because they are domestic.”
From partners’ reports on almost 200 cases of choosing 1C ERP solutions instead of foreign ones in the period from 2015 to February 2017, it follows that in the first place are factors such as the cost of licenses, implementation and maintenance, functionality matching the price, the presence of a large the number of 1C specialists and partners, said Boris Nuraliev.
The general director of 1C told TAdviser that large customers do not occupy a very large share of the company’s total revenue, since there are still relatively few of them.
Nuraliev noted that 1C does not seek to move into the segment big business: the company aims to cover the entire spectrum of clients, including such small ones that it has not even worked with before. For the latter, in 2017, 1C released a special application “IP 6%” for filing tax reports, he said.
In May 2017, 1C announced the creation of a joint venture with Sergei Andreev, from 1999 to 2017. who worked as CEO of Abbyy. New company under the name 1C International began to develop and promote the 1C:Enterprise product group on foreign markets. Sergei Andreev became its leader. Read more.
On May 16, 2017, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, by his decree, put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) on sanctions against Russian companies and their subsidiaries in Ukraine. A total of 468 were on the sanctions list. legal entities, of which 81 are related to the IT sector. Among the companies that fell under sanctions were the Russian and Ukrainian legal entities “1C” and “1C Multimedia Ukraine”, as well as a number of their large distributors and representatives in Ukraine: “Eurosoftprom”, “Skyline Software”, “Sunline”, “1C” -Telur Module”, “Alfa-Com Soft”, “1C-Rarus Soft Ukraine”, “First Bit” “1C”. Read more.
In addition, Alexander Tkachuk stated that the FSB could receive data from Ukraine using the Stakhanovets employee monitoring program. Read more about this.
In 2016, the revenue of the 1C group of companies, according to TAdviser, amounted to 37.300 billion rubles, an increase of 3.6% compared to 2015. In the ranking at the end of 2016, the 1C group of companies took 7th place.
In 2016, the sales volume of the 1C group of companies with subsidiaries, joint ventures and retail businesses, with the elimination of intra-group turnover increased by 6%, said the founder and director of the company Boris Nuraliev at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in May 2017.
Sales of the key product “1C” in 2016 increased by 15.5%, Nuraliev said. At the same time, sales of licenses increased by 13%, and subscriptions and services - by 18%.
The director of the company also said that in 2016, sales of services and subscriptions for the first time in the history of 1C exceeded sales of 1C: Enterprise software licenses, although the advantage turned out to be insignificant. The bias towards services and the subscription model is also a global trend.
About 200 companies from 2015 to 2017 chose the 1C ERP solution instead of “heavy” Western systems of a similar class, and provided the data in 1C. The graph below shows that 1C:Enterprise is receiving more and more implementations in large organizations with a large number of jobs.
1C:Enterprise implementations by number of jobs by year
“Previously, we offered clients to automate their accounting, now we can automate their main activities (trade, production) and outsource fiscal accounting: accounting, taxes, salaries,” this is how Boris Nuraliev formulated a fundamentally new vector of movement for his company.
He recalled that 1C today is not only a leading developer, but also a recognized expert in the subject area of accounting, including having developed a standard for providing accounting services. For several years now, the company has been developing two such outsourcing projects: “1C: BukhService” (for small businesses) and “1C: Outsourcing”, while developing a new affiliate network based on a proven franchising model.
In 2016, among the leading suppliers of enterprise management information systems (ERP, etc.) on the Russian market, 1C ranks second with a share of 32.9%. Compared to 2015, it added 0.2%. The leader here is still SAP with a share of 49%. Microsoft has 8.8%, Oracle has 4%, and Galaktika has 2.2%. The remaining players account for 3.2%.
Shares of suppliers in the Russian ERP/ISMS market by sales volumes in US dollars in 2003-2016, %
Commenting in part on the modest increase in the 1C market share, despite the policy announced by the state towards import substitution, the head of 1C, Boris Nuraliev, emphasized that the study took into account money in Russian currency.
“We have ruble prices, and in order to even just maintain our share, we have to significantly increase sales in units,” he says.
In August 2016, 1C became part of the owners of the Quick Resto group of companies, purchasing a controlling stake. Details of the deal are in a separate article:
1C is developing and preparing for launch affiliate program for international partners working outside the CIS countries, the founder and director of 1C reported in mid-June 2013 Boris Nuraliev.
Within new program 1C is ready to provide them with development tools, technical support and encourage partners to create own products based on the 1C:Enterprise platform, as well as their promotion on international market, he added.
It is worth noting that 1C has been working in a number of non-CIS countries for several years. For example, since 2005, the company has had an official representative office in Germany, which, through partners, provides customers with services for the development of custom business applications based on 1C:Enterprise, licensing, installation and support of 1C products in Europe.
Other countries outside the CIS where the company has partners and representative offices are listed on the 1C website as Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Turkey and Vietnam. The 1C:Enterprise interface as of June 2013 is available in 14 languages, in addition to Russian. The latest languages added were Azerbaijani and Chinese.
However, 1C has not yet announced sales figures for its platform outside the CIS. Boris Nuraliev only notes that until now 1C has been working in non-CIS markets in a targeted manner: there has been no global expansion or large investments in this area yet.
“Two things led the 1C company to success in the territory of the former USSR: on the one hand, it is really good software, and on the other, we built a business approach that had not previously been used in Russia, due to a good understanding local market", says Boris Nuraliev.
The 1C strategy in Russia and the CIS countries is based on working through a partner network. As of June 2013, it has more than 6.5 thousand franchisees. However, the model that ensured 1C's success in these markets most likely will not work in the same way on the international market, 1C believes. The company is now thinking about various possible models of working with partners in non-CIS countries.
From the 3rd quarter of 2013, 1C plans to offer all partners of the 1C:Franchising network a transition to a legally significant electronic document management, said the founder and director of the company Boris Nuraliev. Relevant information letter, according to him, is in the process of preparation.
1C has been implementing such document flow, while still in test mode, since mid-2012, exchanging acts of service provision and invoices with franchisees and distributors. It is planned to extend it to the conclusion of contracts.
In October 2011, changes to Art. 54 of the Civil Code (“Commercial Concession”), regulating the application of franchising relations in Russia. In accordance with them, the franchisor has the opportunity to set a number of restrictions on partners: for example, to require from them a certain level of quality of goods and services associated with its brand and certification of employees.
After the change in the law, 1C began renegotiating contracts with franchisees: instead of information support contracts, in order to join the network, it became necessary to conclude a concession agreement.
The conclusion of agreements is carried out through the 1C CRM system: partners submit an application for new agreements through the web interface, after which it is reviewed and approved by the partner department. After this, a PDF file with an agreement is automatically generated and sent to the partner, which he signs, stamps and sends both copies to 1C for signature. According to 1C, since 2011, about 34 thousand contracts and additional contracts have been concluded in this way. agreements.
“According to our estimates, the growth in the number of new customers for this solution in 2012 was more than 50%. The next version of Microsoft Dynamics NAV, which we are working on localizing today, will be available in the traditional model (installation on our own infrastructure) and as a cloud service based on Windows Azure,” Microsoft told TAdviser.
In March 2012, it became known that 1C acquired 51% of Megaplan. The investor of the first round, the IQ ONE fund (the main beneficiary is Ulvi Kasimov), retained a blocking stake in Megaplan as a result of the transaction. The investment agency StartupIndex was involved in organizing and structuring the transaction.
The received investments will enhance development product line and expand marketing budget, the parties said in a statement.
The plans for 2012 include a 6-fold increase in Megaplan's revenue compared to 2011. The parties expect that strategic cooperation will allow for closer integration of Megaplan's products with accounting and management decisions"1C" and as a result offer partners and users new services and opportunities.
Alexander Volchek, CEO of Megaplan, says that concluding a deal with 1C gives the company unique opportunities for the development and promotion of products:
“We are witnessing a real revolution in the market for cloud services for small and medium-sized businesses. We expect that the investments received and reaching a new level of cooperation with 1C will allow us to implement our ambitious plans - to grow faster than this rapidly developing market.”
During 2011, Megaplan implemented a number of strategic initiatives: in addition to products for organizing collaboration and task management, a line of CRM solutions was launched, representative offices were opened in Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, and free products were announced for small companies.
Previously, 1C became a co-owner of another cloud service - MoySklad. 1C received funds for the acquisition of new assets through the sale of a stake to the investment fund Baring Vostok.
"The 1C:Enterprise 8.2 technology platform already implements functionality designed to use system solutions as cloud services provided via the Internet, including via the SaaS model. Taking this into account, we are exploring various options for improving our business model, in which is based on a wide partner network. The creation of a joint venture with the founders of the Lognex company will make it possible to use the experience of the successful SaaS project "MySklad" for further development both our technologies and solutions, and the business of our partners."
For comparison, a year earlier, 1C growth was 20%. 1C revenue includes sales volume of the entire group, taking into account the results of subsidiaries, joint ventures and retail ventures. Intragroup turnover is not included in the company's operating results.
Absolute values are not mentioned in 1C. According to CNews Analytics, in 2010 the company's revenue amounted to $608 million (RUB 18.4 billion). Accordingly, in 2011 the group expects to earn over $814 million.
The growth in sales of the 8th version of 1C: Enterprise in 2011, according to Boris Nuraliev, amounted to 74.5% in dollars (67.9% in rubles). Since version 7.7 products were removed from the price list back in July 2011 and the share of the eighth version reached 94%, we can say that this figure approximately reflects the dynamics of sales of enterprise management products as a whole.
1C is consistently improving its software to work under a rental scheme. According to Nuraliev, total revenue from sales of software as a service over the past months of 2011 reached 21.5 million rubles.
The 1C financial indicator names only one - the dynamics of changes in turnover, which in 2010 added 20%. In 2010, the total turnover of the 1C group amounted to $608 million, the RIA Novosti agency reported at the end of September with reference to the company’s materials (this assessment was confirmed to Vedomosti by a manager close to the participants in the transaction).
1C does not disclose total revenue data. According to CNews Analytics, in 2010 the holding's turnover amounted to 18.4 billion rubles, which is 15% more than a year earlier. In 2010, 1C for the first time entered the ranking of the largest software developers in Europe, prepared by PwC, and took 59th place in it with an indicator of 65 million euros.
Sales volume of 1C with subsidiaries, joint ventures and retail ventures, with elimination of intra-group turnover, US dollars *
* Oblique shading shows proportional extrapolation based on the results of the first 5 months of 2011
In 2010, sales of 1C:Enterprise licenses increased in dollar terms by 33% compared to 2009. At the beginning of 2011, growth accelerated, the first quarter became a record in terms of sales volume of 1C:Enterprise for all the years of operation of the 1C company, the growth compared to the same period in 2010 was 47%.
In the spring of 2008, the meeting of 1C shareholders decided that the company should follow the path of creating a diversified holding company that occupies a leading position in the software market in the CIS. The company agreed with the slogan “Get big - Or get niche - Or get out” (Get big - or become niche - or get out) and made a choice in favor of growth.
“The strategy for creating a large enterprise is a matter of ambition,” says the head of 1C, Boris Nuraliev. “We want to build a large, stable, efficient corporation that is competitive with other giants, including foreign ones.”
If previously “1C” preferred to solve all problems itself, today the basic principle of the company is formulated as “Rely on one’s own strengths and cooperation with leaders.” As a result, around a strong parent company, a group of joint companies is created that are strong and/or promising in their sectors of the software market. It is this model that 1C considers optimal at the current stage of consolidation of the IT market in Russia.
Many business areas that were previously part of the parent company 1C have been transferred to subsidiaries and joint ventures:
This led to a reduction in the parent company's revenue and the real state of affairs is now reflected by the aggregate indicators of the group of companies.
1C creates companies with varying degrees of participation, but the most effective has been the joint ownership model, where the company is managed by a co-owner rather than a hired manager. According to Boris Nuraliev, joint ventures are more profitable than branches and show more efficient business growth in general. That is why the company has recently been trying to transfer its subsidiaries into the joint structure. The cumulative growth in sales of subsidiaries and joint companies of the 1C holding in the first five months of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010 amounted to 27%.
The holding's subsidiaries and joint ventures are established with different ownership shares. Recently, a scheme has been more often used in which 1C controls 51%, and the partner controls 49%. In the first six months of 2011 alone, 7 new subsidiaries and joint ventures were established. The total number of joint ventures exceeds one hundred. These include companies in the Netherlands, Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Moldova, China, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, and Vietnam.
1C admits that the chosen model does not correspond to Western theory.
“Everything that we did best does not correspond to Western templates,” says Boris Nuraliev. - There is no such information technology franchising anywhere in the world. No major country has such a share of one accounting product. “Nowhere in the segment of integrated ERP systems is there an increase in the share of a local supplier due to a reduction in the share of international vendors.”
For rapid growth, it is planned to use the attraction of additional capital through the placement of shares on the stock exchange (10-20%). According to the company's representatives, an international audit is expected to be conducted at the end of 2011. To be admitted to an IPO, this procedure must be carried out for three years in a row, so the placement can take place no earlier than 2014. The disadvantages of publicity in a company include greater openness of business, less flexibility and more complex mechanisms for making business decisions, while the advantages include a clearer demonstration social responsibility company, as well as the opportunity to unite a team of employees and partners through their possible transition to the status of 1C shareholders. Now many would like to become co-owners of a company, but there is no mechanism acceptable to everyone yet.
With the approval of the management of the institute and the consent of Nuraliev, part of the activities began to be conducted on behalf of the 1C company established in 1991.
Initially, “1C” was the name of its own search program: no more than 1C (seconds) was required to obtain the required information. The choice of the company name turned out to be extremely successful - in any directory or exhibition catalogue, “1C” was always in first place. In addition, “s” is the only key on the keyboard whose spelling in Cyrillic and Latin is the same.
In 1991, a network of dealers was being created to sell "Lotus 1−2−3 version 2.2 Russian"
Since 1987, Boris Nuraliev worked at the design institute of the State Statistics Committee, where he held the position of head of the self-accounting department. Even then, Nuraliev, together with his team, created a system with queries in natural language, similar to modern search engines, as part of an order to create a database of statistical indicators of the national economy of the Soviet Union. Then two acquaintances of Nuraliev, Vadim Rappoport and Yuri Krichiver, developed a device called “electronic teletype”. Essentially, it was a means to connect an IBM-compatible computer to telegraph communication networks, which were in abundance in those years. Nuraliev himself wrote a program for the device. As a result, about 6 thousand of these devices were sold.
The next step towards creating the company was the signing by Nuraliev’s self-supporting department of a contract for the distribution of Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets. At first glance, this task seemed insurmountable: in 1990, the distribution kit of the program cost about $500 dollars, while the average salary in the country was about $12. However, enterprises had the means, as well as the need for modern accounting and analysis software, which at that time were spreadsheets. In addition, successful sales of the electronic teletype helped Nuraliev’s team develop a partner base. The self-accounting department became the most profitable in the institute. It was then that the 1C company appeared.
The following unified corporate operating principles have been adopted and are in effect at 1C:
1C supplies from its warehouse a wide range of programs for office and home, currently numbering more than 10,000 items. Among the 1C company's own developments, the most famous are the programs of the 1C:Enterprise system, as well as products for home computers and the educational sphere.
The 1C:Enterprise system is designed to automate management and accounting at enterprises various industries, types of activities and types of financing, and includes solutions for manufacturing enterprises ( comprehensive solution"1C:Manufacturing Enterprise Management 8"), trading enterprises, products for accounting (“1C: Accounting”), for accounting in budgetary organizations for payroll and personnel management, various industry and specialized solutions developed both by 1C itself and its partners.
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