Force Group of Companies

Aktivs

As of May 2015, FORS Group assets include:

• FORCE - Development Center
• FORCE Distribution
• FORCE - Training Center
• FORCE - Telecom
• FORS-Vyatka

Performance indicators

2020: Revenue growth by 23.5% to RUR 20,640 million

At the end of 2020, the revenue of Force Group of Companies amounted to 20,640 million rubles, an increase of 23.5% compared to 2019, which allowed it to take 27th place in the ranking of TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia 2021.

2018

At the end of 2018, the revenue of the Force Group of Companies reached 12.994 billion rubles, an increase of 1.5% compared to 2017. In the ranking "TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia" at the end of 2018, the FORS Group took 23rd place.

2017

In 2017, the revenue of FORS Group increased by 24.4% compared to 2016 and amounted to 12.798 billion rubles. In the ranking "TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia" at the end of 2017, the FORS Group took 20th place.

2016

In 2016, the revenue of FORS Group amounted to 10.289 billion rubles, an increase of 18.5% compared to 2015. In the ranking " TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia" at the end of 2016, the FORS Group took 21st place.

2012

According to the results of 2012, the revenue of the FORCE group of companies increased by almost 21%, amounting to 5,840,638 thousand rubles in absolute terms (including VAT). In 2011, it amounted to 4,842,652 thousand rubles.

IT services (integration, consulting, technical support) account for 39% of revenue and almost the same amount for software distribution (38%). The share of the traditional information system development direction for FORCE amounted to 17% of revenue, and the share of the new direction - hardware distribution - 6%.

In industry terms, a significant share of revenue falls on the oil and gas industry, the public sector, banks and telecommunications companies. Among the new and promising industry areas - automation of medical institutions and sports organizations.

History

2023: TAdviser interview with Technology Director Andrei Tambovsky

In January 2023, Andrei Tambovsky, director of technology at FORCE Group of Companies, spoke in an interview with TAdviser about how the company adapted after Oracle left. Read more here.

2020: Inclusion in TAdviser's "Largest IT Service Providers" rating

Force is included in the rating "Largest suppliers IT services Russia by revenue for 2020," prepared TAdviser in December 2021. More. here

2019: IDC Study: FORCE 1st for Software Support Services

On October 24, 2019, it became known that according to the results of a study of the Russian IT services market conducted by IDC the international consulting company Competitive Profiles and 2018 Analysis of Leading IT Services Players in Russia, FORS GROUP took 1st place in the Installation and Support segment and ON entered the TOP-10 of leading custom software developers (7th place).

IDC Competitive Profiles and 2018 Analysis of Leading IT Services Players in Russia is the second part of the annual study of the Russian IT services market produced by an international analytical company. The report presents the main indicators of the 100 leading IT service providers in Russia for 2018, including their revenue from the provision of services, market shares and position in 13 base markets by type of services. The report also contains profiles of ten leading companies in the Russian IT services market.

The FORCE Technical Support Center (CTC) has been on the market for more than 26 years, having accumulated vast experience, versatile expertise and an extensive customer base over the years. The set of offered services includes not only standard, but also advanced - FORCE-enhanced technical support, customizable individually depending on the specific needs of the customer. Such proactive maintenance of systems with increased requirements for criticality to failures and loss of information ensures the solution of all key tasks - from comprehensive examination of software and hardware systems to migration to another platform, migration to the cloud, increase database performance and expansion of application functionality. Having powerful resources, the CTP FORCE attracted the largest customers - MTS, SOGAZ, FTS of Russia, DIT of Moscow, TD Perekrestok, ATS, the government of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, the Tula region, etc.

Technology projects to support, optimize and develop the IT infrastructure of large retailers and telecom operators such as Utkonos, Magnit, Kh5, Lenta, Stoloto, Svyaztransneft, Tattelecom, Russian Telephone Company and a number of others occupy a significant place in the FORCE portfolio.

In total, more than 2,000 companies use the services of the CTP FORCE.

Among the new services is a set of information and consulting services for migration and further maintenance of software on the cloud platform. Support is provided in any mode - up to 24x7x365.

2018: TAdviser interview

In May 2018, Andrei Tambovsky, director of technologies at FORCE Group of Companies, and Yuri Zyatkov, executive director of FORCE - Development Center , spoke in an interview with TAdviser about the situation in the Russian market for cloud services and services provided by FORCE in this area.

See: Big Data: First Totals

2014

In May 2014, TAdviser was interviewed by Olga Gorchinskaya, head of BI & Big data at FORCE.

2013

In October 2013, TAdviser was interviewed by Olga Gorchinskaya, at that time - director of research projects "FORCE."

See: Olga Gorchinskaya: The trend of increasing hardware requirements is noticeable in the BI market

2010: Revenue growth by 20% to RUR 2.8 bn

At the end of 2010, the company's revenue increased by 20%, amounting to 2 818 467 185 rubles. (excluding VAT). Of these, IT services account for 53.8%, distribution - 46, 2%.

Key customers are public sector institutions, which account for over 60% of revenue, as well as telecommunications and banking companies, housing and communal services and the electric power industry. Some of the largest projects completed in recent years include:

• development of applied information systems for the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation;
• a number of integration projects within the framework of the city target program "Electronic Moscow" commissioned by the Moscow Department of Informatization ;
• project on integrated automation of the State Unitary Enterprise "Vodokanal of St. Petersburg" based on the Oracle e-Business Suite system;
• development and implementation of analytical systems based on Oracle Business Intelligence & DataWarehousing products in the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation.

In addition to those areas in which FORCE is traditionally strong - ON custom development, integration of information systems, business analytics, portal solutions and business modeling, the company is actively developing new areas for itself. This is the promotion of a powerful infrastructure solution for the rapid deployment of private and public clouds - a hardware and software complex. In the ExaStack Oracle Exadata Database Machine Studio demo center opened on the basis of FORCE, partners and customers can test their applications and choose the optimal machine configuration for themselves.

At this time, the FORCE considers it promising for itself to enter foreign markets, especially Central Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

2007

Opening the Oracle Technology Center

In 2007, the ISV Migration Center, Oracle's technology center for working with development companies, was opened on the basis of FORCE, and in 2008, the Oracle Partner Academy. 99% of the company's business is related to Oracle, but FORCE also develops its own software products. The FORCE has a certified Oracle First Line Technical Support Center, the services of which are used by 1,500 customers. An expanded package of services is especially in demand - "FORCE" support, which provides for proactive maintenance and maintenance of systems with increased requirements for criticality to failures and loss of information, when an individual set of services and regulations for their execution are formed for each customer.

Revenue growth by 67% to RUB 1.4 billion

The total revenue of the company in 2007 amounted to 1,438,078 thousand rubles, which is 67.4% more than in 2006 at 858,867 thousand rubles (according to CNews Analytics).

In 2007, a branch was opened in Baku

2005: Quality Management System Certification

In 2005, the quality management system was certified for compliance with ISO 9001:2000

1994: Establishment of a training centre

In 1994, the Training and Consulting Center was created, one of the first Russian centers to receive Oracle authorization. And when Oracle introduced Certified Advantage Partner status, FORCE entered the top ten of its holders.

The next milestone is the creation of a powerful partner network (350 companies in it for the summer of 2011), after Oracle gave the green light to attract partners in the late 90s.

1992: Creation of the VA Bank ABS on the Oracle platform

In 1992, the first automated banking system "VA Bank" was created on the Oracle platform. If before that the company made products for one customer, now it began to supply a replicable system, which it continued to develop for many years.

The next important stage of development of the company was a competition with LAN, another major Russian distributor Oracle. At the time, companies had different approaches to doing business. The FORCE approach was "sharpened" for services, and in LAN it is more focused on distribution. By the mid-90s, the company managed to overtake LAN in terms of revenue.

1991: Establishing a Company

The FORCE company was established on August 19, 1991 by employees of the All-Russian Research Institute of Systems Research of the Academy of Sciences. But the starting point of the birth of FORCE was 1983, when the future founders of the company, VNIISI employees made a fundamental choice in favor of relational databases and completed the project on the basis, DBMS Oracle thus being the pioneers of Oracle technologies in the Russian market.

The choice of Oracle technologies laid the vector for further development of the company, which for two decades remained true only to this technological line.