1C Company

1C Company
Type	Private company
Founded	1991
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Key people	Boris Nuraliev (Founder & CEO)
Products	ERP, Business software Computer software, Video games
Revenue	$650 million (2016)
Number of employees	2000+
Website	www.1c.ru

1C Company (Russian: Фирма "1С") is an independent Russian software developer and publisher. Its headquarters are in Moscow, Russia. In Russian and CIS market is leader in business software with a share of 33% and compete with worldwide leader Sap.^[2] With the creation of 1C International^[3] started to compete also in other markets worldwide including the United States, Europe, Middle East, and East Asia. It is also known outside Russia as a video game developer with a major presence in events like the KRI, and whose products were published for international platforms like the Xbox.^[4] In the internal Russian market, 1C is considered leader in business software form Small Medium Sizes Enterprises.^[4]

1C's comprehensive business software suite 1C:Предприятие (1C:Predpriyatiye, 1C:Enterprise^[5]) has held an overwhelming market share for over a decade. 1C is also a leader in localizing and publishing Russian-language versions of international software. For instance, more than half of popular Western video games are licensed and published by 1C. The company has over 2000 employees. At present 8000 dealers from 600 cities cooperate with 1C. About 7500 teams constitute the 1C:Franchising partner network,which is a main channel of value-adding for 1C products. Service-partners provide regular information and technological support for 1C software customers. The network of authorized training centers is also operating.^[6]

History[edit]

A 1C advertisement on an envelope

1C was founded in 1991^[1] by Boris Nuraliev in Moscow, Russia. The company goal was to provide a software solution to business owners giving them a system that required little or no accounting and development experience.

Both Akella's Sea Dog studio^[7] and 1C:Ino-Co (founded as Ino-Co) were acquired in 2007, and 1C Company began to take substantial steps aimed at expansion into the North American video gaming market with distribution deals with Atari,^[8] and an appearance at E3 2007.^[9]

In 2008 the company signed deals for exclusive rights to distribute PC and console games in Russia and CIS countries with titles by Electronic Arts^[10]^[11] and Gamecock Media Group,^[12] and began to offer games for online distribution.^[13]

Buka Entertainment was acquired by Russian developer and publisher 1C Company in 2008.^[14]

By 2009, 1C owned and operated 280 stores with another 4000 franchises based on the 1C license in 600 locations across the former Soviet bloc,^[4] and in February of the same year 1C merged with SoftClub (the largest Russian console game publisher and distributor).^[15]

By 2010, according to the company’s own assurances, 1C owned or owned shares in more than 300 IT companies in Russia, the CIS and abroad.

In May 2011, 1C became part of the owners of Lognex LLC (the creator of the Moysklad cloud trading automation service), buying out a share from the former co-owner, the investment fund Ambient Sound Investments.

In October 2011, 1C Company secured $200m from Baring Vostok Capital Fund^[16] and launched an international service for developers entitled 1C:Developer Network (1C:DN).^[17]

In 2012, 1C acquires 51% of the developer of cloud services for business management Megaplan and creates a joint venture with Agent Plus.

In August 2014, 1C is part of the owners of STK-Lab (the creator of the online document preparation service for business registration regberry.ru), later renamed to 1C-Start.

In December 2015, 1C became part of the owners of the UMI group of companies (the creator of the services and products of UMI.ru, UMI.ws, UMI.CMS, UMI.Cloud), buying a stake from the former co-owners, including from the venture fund Prostor Capital.

By 2015, according to the director of the company Boris Nuraliev, the number of subsidiaries and joint ventures of 1C is about 200 companies.

In 2018 conclude a cooperation agreement with Sberbank in integrating their corporate lending programmes and services, financing investment and export activity, as well as other banking operations and services.^[18]

In April 2016, 1C bought out 27.06% in the company Megaplan and brought the share in the company to 99%. In August of the same year, a controlling stake was acquired in the service automation restaurant business Quick Resto. In October, 1C announced the purchase of a controlling stake in the developer of a cloud CRM-system amoCRM.

Business software[edit]

1C:Enterprise is a market leader in Russia. "1C:Enterprise 8" technology consists of two parts: 1C:Enterprise platform and 1C Applied Solutions. 1C:Enterprise platform is proprietary and developed only by 1C Company.^[19] Current version 1C:Enterprise platform is 8.3^[20] Applied Solution includes Accounting, Contact Management, Inventory Management, Document Management, and others. Applied Solutions is developed by 1C Company and their partners, and is open for modification by any developer mostly, but authors of solution be able to close some modules. The software is used by tens of thousands of Russian corporations. 1C was one of the first Russian private companies to be awarded with the Russian Federation Government Award in Science in 2002 for development and implementation of 1C:Enterprise.^{[citation needed]}

The 1C:Enterprise platform allows for business oriented application development. The software allows work in thick, thin and web clients.^[21] It also supports creating mobile applications for Android and iOS in the same environment using the 1C programming language.^[22]

Some international configurations based on the 1C:Enterprise platform are available. Among them are 1C:Accounting Suite^[23] and 1C:Small Business.^[24]

Entertainment software[edit]

Primarily considered a sim and strategy specialist,^[25] 1C is perhaps the best known outside Russia for developing the famous IL-2 Sturmovik line of World War II combat flight simulators that includes IL-2 Sturmovik (2001), Forgotten Battles (2003), Pacific Fighters (2004), 1946 (2006), Birds of Prey (2009, for consoles), Cliffs of Dover (2011) and Battle of Stalingrad (2013).^[26] 1C has also developed Theatre of War, a World War II land-based game published in the West by Battlefront.com.^[27]

1C has a long history of in-house development, as well as funding independent developers. 1C works as a publisher and producer with over 30 independent development studios and has produced over 100 projects for PC and consoles including titles like Hard Truck 2, King of the Road, Rig'n'Roll, Space Rangers,^[28] Soldiers: Heroes of World War II, Faces of War, Men of War series,^[29] Perimeter, Fantasy Wars, Death to Spies, King's Bounty: The Legend and King's Bounty: Armored Princess.