CSoft, SiSoft Group of Companies

CSoft Group of Companies provides consulting and implementation of complex solutions in the field of computer-aided design (CAD) systems, technological preparation of production (CCI), document management and geoinformation systems (GIS ). Most of the solutions are based on a combination of global and domestic developments in this area: CSoft Development, Oracle, CEA Technology, Canon, Contex, Oce and others.

Products and Services

CSoft provides consulting and implementation of complex solutions in the field of CAD, technological preparation of production (CCI), document management and geoinformation systems (GIS). Most of the solutions are based on a combination of world and domestic developments in this area: CSoft Development ( previously part of CSoft Group of Companies ), Oracle, CEA Technology, Canon, Contex, Oce, etc. Until April 2014, the company also delivered Autodesk software .

The services offered by CSoft include analysis of the existing technology of work performance, determination of the most effective software and hardware solutions, development of the concept of CAD development at the enterprise, supply, installation and configuration of components of the automated system, training of users, execution of pilot projects, implementation of automated systems "turnkey."

The company has dozens of complex projects, its own methods for examining organizations and introducing design and technological solutions, experience in creating standards in the field of CAD and document management, specialized solutions for narrow-profile customers.

Regional presence

As of February 2020, CSoft has 17 regional branches:, Volgograd, Voronezh Far East Vladivostok Khabarovsk (,),,,, Ivanovo Kazan Kuban Kaliningrad(),,,,,,, Krasnodar Moscow Nizhny Novgorod Novosibirsk Omsk North-West Samara(), (),, (); its St. Petersburg Turkmenistan Ashhabat own training Tyumen Ukraine center (Dnieper Moscow).

History

2022

TAdviser interview with engineering consulting director Boris Babushkin

Like the entire Russian economy, the IT industry is experiencing difficult times today. Boris Babushkin, Director of Engineering Consulting at SiSoft Group of Companies (CSoft), spoke about the problems, moods and prospects of this most important segment of the economy in October 2022 to TAdviser. Read more here.

Information Modeling Technology Development Agreement

On September 1, 2022, an agreement was signed on cooperation on the development of information modeling technologies between the private institution of Rosatom State Corporation OCCC, SiSoft Group JSC, SiSoftDevelopment JSC, SiSoft Development JSC and Nanosoft Development LLC.

The main area of ​ ​ interaction between the parties is joint participation in the development of the national system of standards "Unified Information Modeling System" (ESIM).

The purpose of the ESIM is to create a regulatory technical framework for documents to improve the efficiency of investment and construction activities and manage modeling facilities in Russia.

The development of national ESIM standards is carried out within the framework of the technical committee for standardization TK 505 "Information modeling." As of September 2022, 13 draft national ESIM standards are in the process of development. Basic standard GOST R "ESIM. The main provisions "passed the stage of public discussion and has the status of the final version, which is submitted for examination and approval by Rosstandart.

2017: Continuation of the program of subsidizing the purchase of engineering software

On October 9, 2017, CSoft (SiSoft JSC) announced the continuation of the program to subsidize the purchase of specialized engineering software. The program will run until November 30, 2017.

The federal budget subsidy program is designed to increase the availability of specialized software for small and medium-sized enterprises operating in the engineering and industrial design industry, significantly (up to 60%) reducing the cost of its purchase.

According to the general director of CSoft Ilya Lebedev, in 2016, more than 40 customers of the company who purchased software in the amount of 50 thousand to 10 million rubles used the subsidy, which indicates the demand for the program of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

In 2017, CSoft provides the opportunity to purchase software from manufacturers such as CSoft Development, Nanosoft, Siemens PLM Software, Graphisoft, and Pipeline R&P products at a discount of up to 60 %.

A complete list of development companies, information on the implementation of the program and its rules, as well as products are presented on the CSoft website (grant.csoft.ru).

2016

18 regional offices

As of October 201, CSoft has 18 regional branches:, Volgograd, Voronezh Far East Vladivostok Khabarovsk (,),,,, Ivanovo Kazan Kuban Kaliningrad(),,,,,,, Krasnodar Moscow Nizhny Novgorod Novosibirsk Omsk North-West Samara(), Turkmenistan St. Petersburg (),, (),; its Ashgabat own training Tyumen Ukraine center Dnipropetrovsk (Yaroslavl Moscow).

The Ministry of Industry and Trade approved SiSoft as the operator of the program for subsidizing the purchase of software for small and medium-sized businesses

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia published in the summer of 2016 a list of operators of the subsidy program, within the framework of which part of the costs of purchasing specialized engineering software is reimbursed from the federal budget to small and medium-sized enterprises. One of the operators of the program was the company "SeaSoft."

The government support program will increase the availability of specialized software for end users in the engineering and industrial design industry, and will allow small and medium-sized businesses to significantly (up to 60%) reduce the cost of purchasing such software.

Having considered 11 applications received, the commission, by its decision of August 12, 2016, identified seven selected operators - as last year, the SiSoft company was among them.

CJSC SiSoft is the operator for the following copyright holders: • CGTech, Ltd.

• IP Kategor K.A.
• CJSC "Consistent Softvea Distributor"
• CJSC SiSoft Development

• MECAS ESI s.r.o

• CJSC Nanosoft""
• NPF SCAD SOFT LLC
• Suzhou Moldex Analysis Software Co PTY LTD
• EUROSOFT LLC
• Kinteh Lab LLC
• Magma-Computer LLC
• NTP Pipeline LLC
• P2T Engineering LLC
• Ideal PLM SiIEs LLC
• LLC PSP Stroyexpertiza
• CJSC "Top Systems"
• Fidesys LLC
• SDI Solutions CJSC
• LLC "Quantorform"

2014: SeaSoft breaks partnership with Autodesk

On April 2, 2014, SeaSoft announced that it had unilaterally terminated its partnership with Autodesk. This happened after more than 10 years of cooperation, during which SiSoft, according to company representatives, annually received the highest marks from both the corporation itself and customers.

SiSoft was the only Russian partner of Autodesk to be awarded the highest platinum status. Its staff employs more than 50 specialists with expert knowledge on various solutions of this vendor.

Speaking about the reasons for the gap, SiSoft notes that the highest priority for their company is the interests of customers. At the same time, "the activities and requirements of the Moscow office of Autodesk in the implementation of our projects over the past two years have shown that their interests are incompatible with our principles of doing business," the company says.

"The professional level of the employees of the Moscow office of Autodesk, their understanding of the needs of customers and partners, the development of software (often without taking into account the interests of the Russian user), lobbying for purchases of heavier and more expensive software systems by methods that are more reminiscent of economic blackmail, prompted SiSoft to decide to terminate partnerships with Autodesk," says Executive and Commercial Director of SiSoft Andrei Seravkin.

Andrey Seravkin, Executive and Commercial Director of SeaSoft

In "SeaSoft" explained TAdviser that recently it has become more difficult to receive economic benefits from partnership with Autodesk: the corporation began to actively promote complex expensive solutions, and therefore increased the requirements for their share in partner sales to receive the latter motivational package. At the same time, such solutions often turn out to be unprofitable for the customers themselves, they add to SiSoft.

Andrei Seravkin cited TAdviser data that the share of Autodesk solutions in the total revenue of SiSoft was about 12%. Among other vendors with a fairly significant share in sales of SeaSoft, he named CSoft Development, whose solutions account for about 15% of the turnover, and Intergraph - about 5%.

After the discontinuation of Autodesk products, SiSoft plans to retain specialists in this area in the company, develop their skills and competencies, and continue to provide consulting and implementation services for Autodesk software at customer enterprises. It is also planned to offer the market new services related to Autodesk solutions.

For the first time, SiSoft believes that such a significant professional resource appears on the market, independent of the vendor's interests and capable of conducting independent audits, expertise of IT projects and customer needs. According to Andrei Seravkin, since his company no longer supplies Autodesk "boxed solutions," the degree of confidence in the results of SiSoft's work on the part of customers will only grow.

The Russian representative office of Autodesk, at the request of TAdviser, to comment on the termination of partnerships with SiSoft, said that since April 2014 their corporation has been transforming its partnership policy aimed at developing business in the region. This transformation involves increasing the requirements for resellers according to a number of criteria, the company says.