A Leading Global IT Solution and Service Provider: Softline

“IT industry is rapidly changing, and I’m sure that the pace of innovation will be even faster in the future. To remain in IT in the next ten years it’s not enough to follow the market and technology trends, you have to become the trendsetter.”- Igor Borovikov

Softline is a leading global IT (Information Technology) solution and service provider focused on emerging markets such as Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Americas, South-East Asia, and India. Founded in 1993, by Igor Borovikov, the company is headquartered in Moscow as a supplier of scientific software. It offers private and public cloud solutions, integrated technology solutions, cybersecurity, software licensing, provisioning of hardware, and many other IT related services.

Deep dive into Softline

Softline has partnerships with more than 3,000 software and hardware manufacturers and has highest partner status with all our key partners which include Microsoft, Oracle, VMware, Adobe, HPE, IBM, EMC, Symantec, Dell, Citrix, Autodesk, Cisco Systems, Salesforce.com, Kaspersky Lab, Huawei amongst others.

Softline’s 2016 turnover exceeded $1 Billion US dollars with an average sales growth exceeding 27% in the last 10 years. Softline has offices in 30 countries and 80 cities worldwide. With more than 20 years of distinguished history it could rapidly grow, consolidate a unique knowledge base, technology expertise and a business model encompassing all emerging markets.

The company offers a diverse portfolio of cloud computing services such as IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, virtualization, collaboration, security, mobility through a choice of public cloud, private cloud and hybrid cloud based on our customer’s needs. It also offer perpetual and subscription licensing for a full range of software products, such as operating systems, virtualization, security, business productivity, creativity, education, CAD and others. Hardware solutions include storage, servers, networking and PCs. In addition, Softline provides services, such as IT asset management, implementation, consulting, IT outsourcing, technical support, managed services and training.

Softline serves over 60,000 Enterprise and SMB clients, both from private and public sectors. Over 1300 sales representatives, 600 engineers and technical specialists help its customers navigate through the ever-changing complex IT environment. It builds long-term relationships with its clients, partners and employees. Softline is always customer centric and provides brand independent solutions which best serve customer’s needs and provides a unique marketing and sales channel for its partners in all the markets where the company operates.  

Customers’ Testimonies Says It All!!

“The project has helped our IT staff to speed up the software installation and reinstallation processes. At the same time, we managed to gain complete control over the existing IT assets and the operating system deployment lifecycle. The guidelines provided by Softline specialists will help us perform these tasks in self-service mode, both remotely and from flash drives.”

- Adrian Catrillo, IT Department engineer, Coopealianza.

“We felt comfortable moving our messaging solution to the cloud with Office 365, as we knew that Microsoft and its strategic partner, Softline, could assure us of stable services with all the latest capabilities.”

- Alex Hsu, IT manager, Chinfon Cement Corporation

“We no longer receive complaints about spam or virus issues. App integration simplifies every day work and this allows each position to respond faster, which is of great importance in an industry such as healthcare, with patients requiring immediate answers. It is a stable platform and this guarantees operational continuity. We at the IT department have more time now and this means we can do our job in better conditions.”

- Diego Waksman, CIO, Hospital Alemán

Greet the Maestro

Igor Borovikov, Chairman of the Board of Directors: Under Igor’s leadership, Softline became a global IT company with branches in 30 countries. He’s business administration talent, vision and determination led the company from scientific software sales to implementation of comprehensive and innovative IT solutions. Today, thousands of clients entrust it responsible and important projects. Softline serves international corporations and ambitious startups, industry giants and small businesses, state organizations and private sector leaders. In 2010 and 2012, Igor Borovikov was the winner of the Top 25 Best Russian IT Business Leaders ranking. In 2013, he was included into the Top-100 Russian Internet Millionaires by the Secret Firmy magazine and became one of the Top-50 Russian IT Venture Investors. The next year EY named him the Entrepreneur of the Year in the field of IT services.

Igor graduated from the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics of Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1986. He continued his academic career with a postgraduate studies followed by a position in the Academy of Sciences from 1989 to 1992, where he earned his Ph.D. and publishing over 30 scientific papers. He pays a lot of attention to the rising generation of future IT professionals. Softline and its partners implement a number of educational programs to foster new talents and standardize the IT education system.

“Our services include public and private cloud solutions, end-to-end technology solutions licensing, hardware products and broad array of associated products.”