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2021: Collaboration with Cambridge Mobile Telematics

April 20, 2021 IT- the company CROC"" Cambridge Mobile Telematics and (CMT), a world expert in the field of mobile telematics and, analysts announced the start of cooperation. Companies will offer Russian to insurers solutions based on mobile telematics from CMT, based on technological experience and knowledge of insurance market CROC experts. As TAdviser representatives of "CROC" clarified, previously CMT products were not officially presented in. Russia

The CMT solution is a technology platform that uses mobile phone sensors through the integration of a special module (SDK, software development kit) into the insurance company's mobile application. The solution is intended for analytics and assessment of driver behavior, which can help insurance companies resolve insurance events faster, reduce risk and improve customer experience, the company says.

"The partnership between CMT and CROC will allow Russian insurers to create competitive advantages through expanded opportunities for risk assessment, more accurate pricing, as well as improving the client path," commented Ben Bone, vice president of partner solutions at CMT.

At the same time, the solution helps reduce dangerous driving on the road: less distraction, including using the phone while driving, exceeding speed, braking sharply and speeding up. An analysis of the crashes by SMT shows that at least 19% of them were due to phone use at the wheel. At the same time, according to data based on billions of kilometers traveled by millions of CMT customers around the world, a third of drivers reduce phone use behind the wheel by 39% after 30 days of using the platform.

"Mobile telematics from CMT allows insurers to use information about driving customers for flexible and individual pricing in OSAGO insurance without installing any devices in the car - which became possible due to the liberalization of the OSAGO market. In addition, mobile telematics allows you to introduce preventive elements to reduce accidents in combination with proactive settlement of losses under Casco and OSAGO, "said Denis Gavrilov, director of business development with insurance companies of the IT company CROC. "At the same time, the attractive cost of mobile telematics makes its implementation expedient both in Casco and in OSAGO"

2020

Partnership with Cypher Learning

IT company "CROC" and the developer of training platforms Cypher Learning on July 27, 2020 announced the conclusion of a partnership agreement.

Cypher Learning develops training management platforms for organizations in more than a hundred countries around the world. As of July 2020, more than 20 thousand companies use the vendor's solutions.

Within the framework of the cooperation, CROC will focus on the implementation of training management systems for companies (Matrix LMS) and higher education institutions (Neo LMS).

The promotion of these products Cypher Learning will be engaged in CROC education solutions. This is the educational direction "CROC," which for more than ten years has been creating corporate training programs and courses in remote and full-time formats. As part of the organization of online training, the direction also creates ready-made content for distance learning systems for customer tasks, as well as courses in chat bots in the messenger.

Partnership with Zecurion

On June 23, 2020, it became known that Zecurion, a Russian developer of solutions for corporate security, signed a partnership agreement with the IT company CROC. This will allow CROC to expand its portfolio of import substitution solutions in the information security and insider management segment.

CROC will be able to carry out a full cycle of implementation of the Zecurion DLP system as part of information protection projects in the enterprise segment. The key areas of activity will be work with state corporations, retail and government bodies.

"The fight against insiders is one of the priorities for large and medium-sized businesses both in Russia and abroad. More than 30% of leaks around the world are due to unscrupulous employees. Thanks to his partnership with Zecurion, CROC is able to implement a DLP system with agent-level content analysis functions, unified end-to-end security policies for all modules, "said Svetlana Gorshkova, head of partner marketing at CROC IT company.

Partnership with Visiology

On March 11, 2020, the CROC IT company announced that it had entered into a partnership agreement with Visiology, the developer of the platform of the same name. This will allow CROC to expand its portfolio of import substitution solutions in the business analytics and corporate governance segment, and the vendor will be able to take part in large-scale and complex projects throughout Russia.

According to the agreements, CROC will be able to carry out a full cycle of implementation of the BI-platform Visiology. The main areas of application of the analytical platform are the collection, analysis and visualization of large amounts of corporate data. Fully domestic development allows you to participate in the import substitution program in this segment. The Visiology ecosystem includes a fully functional mobile application with Vitalk voice assistant, as well as its own DBMS - ViQube. The platform involves technologies of artificial intelligence, Big Data and predictive analytics, which increase the value of business processes of large and medium-sized companies.

Partnership with SimpleOne

IT company "CROC," entered into a partnership agreement with the Russian company SimpleOne. The agreements reached will allow CROC to implement for its customers a full cycle of work on the implementation of the SimpleOne enterprise platform, designed to automate and unify service business processes, the company said on January 31, 2020.

Such cooperation will not only allow Russian organizations to get modern, flexible tools for digital transformation, but will also contribute to the development and distribution of Russian ITSM and ESM systems.

2019

Croc and Primetals Technologies will jointly develop the IT solutions market for the digitalization of metallurgy enterprises

In November 2019, the IT company CROC and the international manufacturer of technological solutions for ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy Primetals Technologies signed an agreement on strategic cooperation. The companies plan to jointly develop solutions and specialized products for the digitalization of metallurgical enterprises. This is the first such collaboration. It will allow you to comprehensively and using industry expertise to respond to market challenges.

Opening an authorized Panasonic service center in CROC

Companies CROC"" and, Panasonic Russia a supplier of technologies and solutions for various industries of the Russian economy and businesses, signed an agreement on the creation of an authorized service center based on IT the company. This was reported on October 24, 2019 by the CROC company. Now all users of high-tech multimedia equipment Panasonic will receive prompt qualified support within the framework of warranty and post-warranty services.

The CROC service center operates in 24/7 mode. CROC engineers have extensive experience in the field of integration and maintenance of complex, multi-vendor solutions using professional digital displays, video walls, projectors, video surveillance cameras. Thanks to this, the Panasonic equipment diagnostics and repair service of any complexity will become available to customers of the IT company's service center.

Depending on the needs of customers, the assessment of the technical condition of critical equipment (for example, large-sized displays in the situation center), as well as its installation and dismantling can be done by CROC field engineers. It does not matter in which region the customer's business is located.

With the opening of the Panasonic service center, it will become much easier for our customers to carry out service work with equipment. CROC will become a single entry point for them with flexible service conditions - from consulting to final installation, - said Svetlana Vrublevskaya, Deputy Director of the Telecommunications Solutions Department of the CROC IT company.

Engineers of the CROC service center were trained at Panasonic. The quality of the equipment repair and diagnostics services provided by the IT company and the terms are commensurate with the level of technical support of the vendor. Maintenance of equipment takes place with clear compliance with the manufacturer's requirements.

Agreement with Meta System to jointly implement IoT solutions for motor vehicles

The IT company CROC and the provider of telematics solutions Meta System on March 26, 2019 announced the conclusion of an agreement on the joint implementation of solutions for vehicles based on IoT (Internet of Things). The product is a telematic device and software for collecting and processing information in real time. Read more here.

2017

The company "CROC" is one of the largest integrators of Russia, for many years interacts with dozens of partners and often opens the centers of their technologies.

Commvault Service Advantage Partner

Commvault on November 27, 2017 announced the assignment of the status of Service Advantage Partner to the Russian system integrator, CROC, in the direction of Implementation Foundations Specialization.

CROC is one of the key partners of Commvault in Russia, the integrator's specialists implemented 34 projects with the implementation of solutions from Commvault for customers from different industries. Croc introduces the entire Commvault product line for protection, archiving, data replication, cloud backup, and information retrieval.

CROC Partner Status provides access to additional tools, resources, and knowledge bases that help you work with Commvault products. The Service Advantage program also includes comprehensive training for integrator specialists.

Cooperation with Skolkovo Foundation IT cluster

On October 17, 2017, the Skolkovo Foundation and the CROC company signed a cooperation agreement with the aim of forming a joint technological expertise. Thanks to this partnership, Russian companies will be able to comprehensively solve the problems of digital transformation, having advanced technologies and integrating them into their IT infrastructure.

The agreement was signed by Boris Bobrovnikov, Director General of CROC, and Konstantin Parshin, Vice President, Executive Director of the Skolkovo Foundation Information Technology Cluster.

It is assumed that the capabilities of the Skolkovo ecosystem and the technological expertise of CROC will become a platform for business cooperation in all areas of business automation, including technologies in the field of artificial intelligence, HR Tech (HR process automation technologies), LegalTech (legal automation technologies) and augmented reality technologies. Joint efforts will be aimed at bringing innovative products to market and introducing them into commercial projects.

The joint activities of the partners will also focus on the development of industry platforms, within which both Skolkovo and CROC and companies interested in IT-Innovations will be able to find modern solutions to complex industry problems. In addition, within the framework of the agreement, the values ​ ​ of the international ecosystem will be formed, programs of joint events will be developed, regular information exchange will be organized.

Partnership with Versa Networks

In September 2017, CROC entered into a partnership with Versa Networks, the developer of SD-WAN, a software for intelligent traffic distribution in corporate data networks (KSPD). Now customers "CROC" are available to build modern software-defined networks that allow you to optimize leased communication channels and achieve savings of up to 40%. SD-WAN also provides comprehensive network security and transparency through centralized ICT infrastructure management. The SD-WAN solution can be implemented both at the customer and provided by Croc in the format of a managed service.

Partnership with Genesys

In May 2017, CROC entered into a partnership agreement with Genesys, one of the suppliers of solutions in the field of omnichannel work of contact centers. Genesys solutions enable CROC customers to effectively manage their customer experience based on a detailed analysis of customer activity. Instant diagnostics and communication are achieved through an omnichannel approach to service and a unified system for processing and storing customer data. The operator of the contact center online can trace the entire route of contact of subscribers - when, with whom, on what issues and through what channels (voice, e-mail, SMS, chat, social media, IVR) he interacted. For example, the agent promptly and personalized advises consumers by phone in response to left requests on the site or in the chat. The history of relationships also allows you to analyze the emotional loyalty of customers, correctly respond to complaints and claims, and carry out effective sales of additional services.

Support for The 1st Antarctic Biennale

In early 2017, CROC became the Bronze Partner of the first ever The 1st Antarctic Biennale. With the support of the company, about 100 artists, architects, researchers, philosophers, visionaries and business people from all over the world went on an expedition to the most environmentally protected continent. They will discuss the future of human civilization and ways to preserve the natural resources of the Earth.

Intel Technology-Based End-to-End Solutions Center

The world's first Center for Integrated Technology-Based Solutions Intel opened in early 2017 on the territory of the office. " CROC The peculiarity of the center lies in the breadth of the range of presented solutions implemented by the system integrator with the participation of more than 20 technological partners of "CROC." Unlike similar laboratories, ready-made solutions are presented here within the framework of concepts IoT (), internet of things ("") Smart City and Safe City other innovative areas.

The center is open to all corporate customers from different industries who are interested in getting acquainted and testing the technologies of the future with their own hands. The solutions presented for the demonstration at the center today can be conditionally divided into 4 main blocks: the organization of a modern office, intelligent urban systems, video analytics and health monitoring solutions.

"By the joint efforts of the teams of experts' CROC 'and Intel, more than 10 advanced solutions have been prepared for demonstration," said Igor Viktorovich Nikulin, Deputy General Director, Director of the Information Technology Department of CROC. "The unique format of the center is dynamic and provides for the constant replenishment of the list with new innovative solutions not only for Russia, but also for the whole world

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The center presents solutions that are applicable in a wide variety of areas. For example, office systems allow you to create multifunctional conference rooms for collaboration and wireless work. And if you need to create an effective corporate communication channel (for example, for geographically distributed offices), Digital Signage technology is used. It allows you to centrally online control the translation of multimedia content to LCD screens, projectors, video walls, etc., regardless of their number and location.

An important place in the range of innovative solutions of the center is occupied by intelligent urban systems. Their functionality allows centralized management of housing and communal services infrastructure, traffic, safety and security of strategic facilities.

According to company representatives, Wi-Fi and video analytics, as well as facial recognition capabilities, are of greater interest to heads of trading companies and secure enterprises, although such solutions are applicable in many other areas. They use the concepts of the Internet of Things and big data to collect, process and analyze huge amounts of data, which makes it possible to receive reporting information that is important for the development and protection of the business.

Solutions for monitoring health and tracking the emotional state occupy a separate niche among the solutions of the center. Terminals for rapid diagnostics allow you to detect signs of fatigue, stress and health disorders without the participation of a doctor and the collection of biomaterial, using only non-invasive analysis methods. Solutions are used in areas related to risk (security and collection services, high-rise workers, dangerous production), and in daily office activities.

In addition, the center also presents solutions for creating an IT infrastructure that simplify the management of virtual and cloud environments, platforms for ensuring the stable operation of analytical business systems, as well as disaster-resistant services for protecting corporate data from loss.

Partner Brain4Net

Thanks to the new partnership, CROC has increased the list of SDN&NFV manufacturers deployed in its own SDN laboratory. In it, system integrator customers can test design and deploy IT solutions for virtualizing network infrastructure. This approach allows telecom operators, corporate customers with a geographically distributed telecommunications infrastructure and cloud service providers to clearly see the advantages of domestic SDN&NFV technology even before its implementation.

Cisco Advanced Technology Partner Application Centric Infrastructure

CROC received Cisco Advanced Technology Partner status in the implementation of Application Centric Infrastructure network factories. The status extends CROC's ability to build virtualized ICT infrastructures based on customer data center Cisco.

A Cisco software-defined network segment has already been deployed in the CROC's own SDN laboratory, which is available to customers for testing. In particular, you can evaluate the operation of the Cisco APIC controller - the "brain" of the network and the key element of its virtualization. Thus, CROC customers have the opportunity to see the benefits of migrating to virtualized data center networks.

Avaya Diamond Partner

CROC has received the highest status of the Avaya Diamond Partner, the world's leading provider of technology solutions for building communication networks, IP telephony systems and contact centers. This status confirms the high level of qualification of the system integrator specialists. For CROC customers, this primarily means a 100% quality assurance of Avaya-based projects, including professional technical support.

In order to obtain Diamond Partner statusDiamond ^[1], CROC fulfilled a number of requirements of the Avaya partner program: it confirmed its financial reliability, and 12 CROC customers rated the level of projects implemented by the integrator in the direction of unified communications (UC), contact centers, video conferencing and data transmission with the highest scores. CROC specialists also confirmed certification statuses for all vendor product lines: Contact Centers, Data Transfer Networks, Solutions for Small/Medium Businesses, Unified Communications, Videoconferencing.

2016

Platinum partner Polycom

In 2016, CROC specialists implemented more than 50 complex projects to create and modernize VKS systems based on Polycom solutions. Modern VKS solutions were introduced in the Russian office of the world food manufacturer, in a large energy company, at a leading mining and metallurgical enterprise and many others. Among the recent major projects of the CROC in the direction of video conferencing was the creation of an audiovisual infrastructure of courts of general jurisdiction in Moscow.

Opening the SDN Solutions Lab

On December 15, 2016, the system integrator CROC announced the possibility of helping customers - to "pump" the ICT infrastructure using SPORT (Constellation of Software-Defined Solutions and Technologies).

To do this, "CROC" has expanded the competence center for virtualization technologies "SPORT." Now, in addition to the virtualization laboratories of the computing and software infrastructure, it also includes the SDN solutions laboratory (Software-Defined Networking).

Within the framework of the created telecom laboratory as part of SPORT, companies will have the opportunity to test and select the most effective IT solutions for virtualizing telecom infrastructure, with the help of CROC experts they will learn how to design and deploy. The transition to a virtual platform will reduce the cost of providing IT services to customer business units.

Compared to the classical architecture, the software-defined solution provides centralized control over the operation of the network infrastructure. A single SDN controller manages the network equipment, with all brains focusing on the same center. This approach will allow the customer to use cheaper equipment in network nodes, which ensures the customer's independence from the vendor and reduces the cost of technical support. In addition, companies will be able to quickly and flexibly manage the network due to the function of automating its settings.

CROC also uses SDN technologies in its cloud. A software-defined network helps users simplify the management of data transfer and security policies as part of their virtual infrastructure built around the CROC cloud platform.

The task of SPORT CROC and the laboratory created within it is to help customers develop a long-term scenario for the transition to virtualization of the entire ICT infrastructure. And you can start with the network. Andrey Frolov, Head of Data Networks at CROC

As part of the R&D work of the laboratory SDN of the SPORTS solutions center, software solutions Open vSwitch,, ONOS Open Daylight, OpenSwitch from, Linux Fundation as well as from, Nuage Networks , Nokia Cisco ACI OpenContrail from, from,,, Juniper,, NSX ,,, VMware Huawei Ciena, are investigated. Mellanox Cumulus Networks Extreme Networks Arista HPE Brocade Demo stands of private clouds based on have been created, within the framework of OpenStack which they are implemented SDN on the basis of Open vSwitch and Neutron. CROC specialists are also actively working with Russian developers of solutions. SDN

Partnership with New Cloud Technologies

In February 2016, CROC became an integrator-partner of MyOffice (New Cloud Technologies LLC), a developer of office products under the MyOffice brand.

2015

Partnership with CDC

In May 2015, CROC and the CDC group of companies, a Russian developer of mobile solutions for automating business processes of enterprises, entered into a partnership agreement. The partnership of companies is carried out in the field of development and implementation of corporate mobile applications based on the CDC Optimal technology platform with the provision of further technical support. CROC became one of the first CDC partners in this direction.

Partnership with Inspur

In March 2015, CROC entered into a partnership with Inspur Corporation, China's largest provider of computing equipment and cloud service provider. The cooperation will allow Inspur to strengthen its position in the Russian market, and CROC will expand its portfolio of products and services, gain experience in integrating new Chinese technologies into the Russian IT environment, the company said.

2014

The first cloud service provider Red Hat in Russia

In 2014, CROC became the first certified cloud service provider Red Hat in Russia.

Dell Technology Solutions Center

The first Dell Solution Center in Russia opened in May 2014 at CROC. It presents the latest systems that have not yet been widely used.

"The IT infrastructure of any organization is a complex set of hardware and software components. Their well-coordinated work is an important component of a successful business. But testing and pilot implementations take resources away from both the company and the integrator. Whether this will develop into a full-fledged project is anyone's guess. In the new Dell-based CROC Solutions Center, customers can learn the latest products, model infrastructure based on their own business tasks, and importantly, without unnecessary costs for deploying computing power, "said Alexander Khludenev, Deputy CEO of CROC for promising business areas

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Cloud technologies, remote and branch office solutions, virtual desktops, enterprise information protection, diagnostics and optimization of business applications, universal storage systems, data management - all these solutions presented in the Center are most relevant for modern companies.

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Solution Center has the latest Dell systems, such as the VRTX Mini Data Center. This is an option for small companies and branches with up to 200 people: a portable solution, placed in the office literally under the table, works from an outlet, silent, but at the same time with a huge internal capacity. And for large organizations, Active System is a complex consisting of servers, a storage system, network devices, as well as specialized software. The customer receives it already in its assembled form, customized for specific tasks, for example, workplace virtualization, access control or performance diagnostics, "says Natalia Sofronova, Director of the CROC Solutions Center based on Dell technologies

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Symantec Solutions Center

In April 2014, CROC announced the opening of a Symantec technology-based solutions center in Moscow. In it, visitors can try them for free on physical hardware and in a virtual environment and choose the best product mix for their company, as well as learn the specifics of integrating Symantec solutions with third-party systems.

In addition to testing solutions in this center, you can also simulate various situations that users face in practice. For example, based on Symantec technologies, the CROC Demo Center has scenarios such as migrating from one platform to another or restoring a backup data center after a simulated failure.

The demo platform provides Symantec solution blocks in four main areas: backup data archiving (products, Enterprise Vault+ Netbackup Appliance,), Backup Exec clusters and management (, storages Storage Foundation High Availability Storage Foundation for Oracle, Veritas Volume Replicator), (information security [[Symantec DLP_-_Data_Loss_Prevention|Data Loss Prevention]], Critical System Protector), as well as infrastructure management (Veritas Operations Manager, OpsCenter).

The "CROC" notes that the basic set of Symantec solutions available for testing in the demo center was formed based on the observed demand from customers. If you have it for other solutions of the company, the list of available products can be expanded over time.

The hardware platforms on which you can test the solutions, in turn, are represented by IBM, HP, Dell, Oracle and Symantec's own Netbackup Appliance, as well as EMC and Hitachi DSS .

Symantec notes that the possibility of creating such a center with CROC, which is a platinum partner of the company, has been discussed for a long time. The initiative to create it was shown by CROC itself. At the same time, investments in the solution center were joint. The company did not disclose their total volume.

Symantec Vice President for Emerging Markets Kevin Isaac told TAdviser that in total in Europe the company has about 12 such demo centers. The largest of them operates at the Symantec office in the UK. Most of the company's solution centers are based on local partner sites.

The creators of the demo center note that it has no analogues in Russia. According to Andrey Vyshlov, Symantec Regional Director for Russia, CIS and Israel, the uniqueness of this site lies primarily in the heterogeneity of the equipment on which solutions can be tested.

Open the EON Reality 3D Solution Center

In April 2014, CROC opened a center for 3D solutions that has no analogues in Russia. It can test modern audiovisual technologies: 3D projection on the screen, holographic projection on glass, virtual reality room, display with three-dimensional image without using special glasses and others. A total of 10 systems based on the equipment of the CROC partner - EON Reality were installed.

IBM breaks off relations with "Krok"

In February 2014, IBM de-authorized CROC, three sources in the IT market told CNews. CROC 's deputy general director Veronika Taraba confirmed that the company received a letter from IBM stating the suspension of cooperation. The integrator had the status of Platinum Business Partner (IBM Cloud Specialty as an Infrastructure Provider). She does not know about the reasons for this step on the part of the American vendor.

During the investigation of the case against Krok about duties, it turned out that Sberbank paid Krok for servers four times the selling price of IBM. According to the materials of the investigation cited by the Vedomosti newspaper, a batch of seven servers cost the bank $31.47 million against $7.7 million.

"We were surprised to learn about the inflated amounts that CROC received from Sberbank for these servers, and as a result, IBM terminated its relationship with the company," IBM representatives told Forbes. They refused to answer additional questions in both the Russian and American offices of the corporation.

According to Veronika Taraba, CROC lost the opportunity to purchase new equipment from IBM, but retained access to the spare parts warehouse. The Russian integrator has hundreds of heavy client servers and tens of thousands of x86 IBM systems under maintenance. The company will continue to support them, says a CROC spokeswoman.

In addition, the integrator, according to Taraba, retained the ability to buy licenses for IBM software and conduct training on its products.

The Russian representative office of IBM, in response to questions from CNews about the suspension of cooperation with the system integrator CROC, said that "in order to maintain the high standards of service provided to customers, IBM is constantly improving its business model and the conditions for relations with business partners."

The corporation stressed that "they strictly adhere to the principles of law-abiding and ethical behavior, both in compliance with laws and in relation to concluded contracts and processes."

"IBM complies with high standards both in relations with company employees and with business partners," the Russian office noted.

Sberbank, it seems, has no complaints about prices. CROC with IBM were not the only contenders for that contract. Proposals from HP and Sun Microsystems were also considered, experts were representatives of Gartner and "people with a name," says Victor Orlovsky, at that time senior vice president of Sberbank, who oversaw the data center construction project. "Envelopes at the competition were opened in the presence of vendor managers," Orlovsky recalls in an interview with Forbes.

The final price of the system integrator includes, in addition to the hardware itself, installation, configuration and advanced technical support. According to a Forbes source familiar with the terms of the contract, the Kroka contract with Sberbank provides, for example, for troubleshooting within two hours, while usually the four-hour interval is provided only for a reaction (up to a day for elimination). However, the top manager of one of the major system integrators notes that even with the installation of a superhead and unprecedented conditions for the service, the final price-to-selling ratio rarely exceeds 2.

The equipment supplied by Krok, however, often failed for the first six months - in the data center it went "right from the assembly line."

"The servers of the latest model are not bad in themselves. The problem was that the servers were "unrolled," no one knew how they would behave in a similar megaproject, "says the owner of a large IT company, a competitor to Kroka. - Equipment unverified in this way is not bought by any major bank in the world^[2]."

Orlovsky confirms that the equipment did not have time to test, since IBM did not have current projects of this level - tens of millions of transactions per day.

2013

Opening of the first Hitachi Data Systems Solution Center in Russia

On December 11, 2013, the first Russia Technology-Based Solutions Center (Hitachi Data Systems HDS) was opened in CROC. Its task is to demonstrate the latest competencies, test solutions related to data storage and processing.

At the Hitachi Solution Center, customers can learn about hardware components, including mid-range and high-end high-performance DSS, interfaces, software capabilities, and a variety of solutions, such as tiered storage, fault-tolerant and disaster-tolerant solutions, disk backup, virtualization, and more. CROC engineers will test the performance of solutions, check their compatibility with customer tasks.

"Our customers have the ability to model their IT infrastructure from the entire Hitachi Data Systems solution list with minimal time and resources. And the new cloud status of Unified Compute Elite Platform, which CROC received the first of the Russian HDS partners on the eve of the launch of the solution center, guarantees customer companies the successful implementation of projects of any complexity. Private cloud solutions based on Hitachi equipment will increase performance and reduce total cost of ownership by up to 30% compared to traditional systems, "says Andrey Tishchenko, Deputy Director of Computing Systems at CROC.

Opening of the first HP Solution Center in Russia

In September 2013, the Solution CROC Russia HP Center opened its first test platform for automation and security solutions for IT departments. Seven classes of vendor software products are installed in the demo center - the maximum possible number of systems offered by HP. Together, they help to increase the manageability of IT services, ensure their compliance with business objectives, assess the implementation of IT initiatives, optimize the storage of information, and protect it from the actions of cybercriminals.

2012: Partnership with EMC

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Based on EMC Avamar, the company offers cloud-based data storage and recovery services based on two proprietary data centers. For the first time in the Russian market, such services for corporate clients are provided from the cloud.

2011: Partnership with Amazon

On August 19, 2011, it became known that CROC became an Amazon service provider, joining the AWS Solution Providers program. This enables the company to create cloud projects distributed between the Russian "cloud" of CROC and the "cloud islands" of Amazon around the world. Russian customers of the company have the opportunity to ensure the disaster tolerance of their cloud infrastructure and create provider-independent cloud solutions.

"To

date, we see a serious practical interest in cloud computing, but many companies are hesitant to apply them due to fear of being dependent on the cloud provider. Therefore, by creating our own cloud platform, we have provided not only technical solutions similar to those used by the world's leading providers, but also the opportunity to provide, if necessary, territorial distribution of infrastructure, - said Ruslan Zadinov, Deputy General Director, Head of Data Centers at CROC.

Distributed cloud infrastructure improves disaster tolerance and optimizes provider costs through related management tools. Due to the lack of binding to a specific cloud provider, it is easy to migrate to the CROC cloud from Amazon and back in case of critical situations.

CROC helps move business applications of companies to cloud computing resources. To do this, applications are modified to take advantage of horizontal scalability, backup and security in the cloud, creating virtual backup data centers in geographically dispersed regions.

2010:18 new vendors

In 2010 CROC has 18 new vendors, including Netapp, HiTec, 1C, Zabbix, Zscaler, Verint Systems Inc. The positions of key partners are traditionally at the highest level. At the end of 2010, CROC - Platinum Business - IBM partner in Russia (awards: "The best partner in promoting IBM technical support services," "Outstanding success in promoting IBM System Storage," "IBM Software Sales Leader") (in January 2014 IBM will break off relations with CROC), the best partner of Cisco Systems Corporation for solutions for corporate customers in Russia and the CIS countries, as well as the Cisco 2010 Service Partner. Confirmed as an EMC Platinum Partner by Business Size, and the CROC EMC Solutions Center was recognized as the best in Central Europe for the second consecutive year . HP Gold Partner (awards: "For the largest HP Networking segment in the corporate segment," "For the promotion of HP BladeSystem solutions and software tools"), Microsoft Gold Partner in 6 nominations for the new program. Confirmed status of Platinum business partner of Oracle (11 specializations, the largest coverage in the market), Avaya, Polycom, Symantec.

2009: Opening the EMC Solutions Center

In 2009, CROC, together with EMC, opened the first EMC Velocity Signature Solution Center in Russia and the CIS.

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