NCPR National Centre for Support and Development

National Center for Support and Development LLC (NCPR LLC) specializes in the field of open and safe information technologies. The main activities of NCPR LLC are:

• delivery of commercial-oriented full-featured versions of open source software and technical support services, ensuring license cleanliness when documenting rights to use them;
• development, production and delivery of stacks of integrated software solutions based on open source software products, provision of their technical support services, including release of updates;
• development, production and delivery of software products of the family certified according to information security requirements, MSVSphera intended for processing confidential information and personal data, provision of services of appropriate support, including the release of certified updates and ensuring the possibility of their installation while maintaining the validity of the certificate of compliance with information security requirements.

NCPR operates in cooperation with its numerous partners: open source software developers, developers, manufacturers and suppliers of computer equipment, software and information protection tools, system integrators.

Among the clients of NCPR are state organizations, Russian representative offices of international corporations, large domestic companies, enterprises of medium and small businesses.

NCPR is a Russian company without foreign participation, which is the owner of licenses of the FSTEC of Russia and the FSB of Russia for the development and production of software information protection tools. NCPR is accredited under the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation as an organization operating in the field of information technology and is included in the corresponding list.

• licenses of FSTEC of Russia reg. No. 1678 dated 31.01.2017 for the development and production of means for protecting confidential information;
• licenses of the FSB of Russia reg. No. 12830 N dated 22.04.2013 for the development, production and distribution of information systems protected using encryption (cryptographic) means, as well as the performance of work and the provision of services in this area.

NCPR is a member of the Association of Computer and Information Technology Enterprises (APKIT), as well as one of the founders of the non-profit partnership for the promotion of free software development (RASPO).

NCPR LLC has a special structural unit - the Solomatin Bureau of World Practice Research on Open Information Technologies (Solomatin Bureau), whose tasks are: study, analysis and generalization of world experience and best practices in the application of open information technologies, interaction with foreign open source software developers in terms of adapting their software products to the Russian market, providing partners and clients with consulting support to maximize the impact of using open source software products in practical projects, development of proposals for import substitution of software in legacy and newly created information systems.

History

2024: Completion of NCIP integration into the Inferit ecosystem

Inferitis"" (GC) Softline July 31, 2024 announced the completion of the integration of the developer "" OS into MSVSphera its ecosystem. Vendor presented an updated development strategy. operating system

In 2021, NCPR entered the structure of the Softline group of companies. In May 2023, several product areas were merged under the Inferit brand, including the production of computer equipment, the development of operating systems and solutions for managing IT infrastructure. In June 2023, Inferit began the process of integrating the NCPR into its structure. The result of this process was the formation of a single team for the development of the MSVSFERA OS.

The decision to transfer the development of MSVSFERA OS under the control of Inferit was dictated by Softline's desire to provide the best conditions for product development. Being a Russian manufacturer of computer and server equipment, as well as infrastructure software, Inferit has all the necessary competencies and resources in order to bring the MSVSFERA operating system to a new level. Our experience in the development of both hardware and software solutions allows us to comprehensively approach the development of the OS, "said Murad Mirzoev, director of development at Inferit.

The Inferit OS team includes experienced developers and specialists with large-scale expertise in the creation of Linux distributions and experience in participating in domestic and world-class projects such as Alma Linux OS, CloudLinux OS, ASPLinux, RFRemix (Russian Fedora), Black Cat Linux and others.

2022: Completion of Softline integration

The provider of IT solutions and services Softline on April 18, 2022 announced the completion of the integration of the National Center for Development and Support (NCPR), which specializes in the field of open and secure information technologies.

NCPR software will be presented on the market under the Softline brand.

During the integration, the Softline software development team was created. It includes competence centers and solution implementation teams based on Softline divisions such as Develonica, Business Solutions Department, Services Development Department and technical support center.

The Develonica team, which as of April 2022 has a staff of more than 1,500 people and specializes in custom development, has included products among the priority areas of work. The Softline Services Development Department, in turn, has formed an engineering expertise to support implementation and migration projects.

Softline will also develop a partner ecosystem around the latest line of products. Various partner programs have been developed for this purpose. The company's technical support center has supplemented its expertise with other solutions and will provide support to customers and partners in Russia across all lines.

Softline Training Center has prepared offline and online Softline product training programs. All this will become part of a long-term development strategy for the software line, which includes a number of open source software products:

Expanding Softline's portfolio of solutions and services is part of our big 3D growth strategy. As part of the strategy, one of the objectives of Softline is to strengthen its position in the Russian market for product and custom development, and the integration of NCPR for the development of Softline software is one of the steps along this path. We see a great future in promoting our own developments on the Russian market, - said Oleg Tremzin, director of services at Softline.

Now that NPCR has joined the highly professional Softline team, our developments will receive great support and development. I am sure that by combining the products and resources of Softline developed by us, we will be able to bring the software to a different level in the Russian market, "said Roman Evdokimov, Deputy General Director of the NCPR.

2021: Acquisition by Softline

On November 3, 2021, it became known that Softline he paid $10 million for NCPR, a company specializing in secure software products with. In open source particular, NCPR has developed a family of products "," MSVSphera originally intended for the Armed Forces, and the company is also distributor corporate products. Alfresco

The transaction was carried out in April 2021. Softline, in total, will pay $10.2 million for a 99.9% share in the NCPR. Of this amount, $7.34 million are deferred payments, $2.86 million are contingent obligations tied to the achievement of the NCPR of certain indicators. In the 2021 fiscal year (which ended March 31, 2021), the NCPR turnover amounted to $4.3 million, gross profit - $3.6 million, EBITDA (profit before taxes, depreciation expenses and interest on loans) - $3.5 million.

NCPR specializes in the supply, development, technical support and licensing cleanliness of open source software (SPO), including products certified by the Federal Security Service (FSB ) and the Federal Technical and Export Control Service (FSTEC ). The clients of the company are, among other things, state organizations and industrial enterprises.

During the transaction with Softline, the cost of MSVSFER products was estimated at $4 million. MSVFER products originate from the Mobile System of the Armed Forces (MSVS), developed by the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Control Automation in the Non-Industrial Sphere named after V.V. Solomatin (VNIINS) by order of the Ministry of Defense. The base for MSVS and MSVSphera is the Red Hat Linux distribution.

According to to data bases Contour Focus"," before the transaction with Softline, the authorized capital of the NCPR was equally divided between VNIINS the Irish and Otkyta companies.

The source believes that Softline bought NCPR in order to obtain a database of software certificates necessary for deliveries to government agencies^[1].

2017

Partnership with STC IT ROSA

In October 2017, STC IT ROSA and the National Center for Support and Development entered into a partnership and cooperation agreement providing for the achievement of compatibility of released software products, including certified information security requirements, promotion and use of joint solutions in current and promising projects.

The NCPR product line includes client and server operating systems with integrated applications and a software content management platform, focused on the use of standard tasks of Russian government and commercial organizations, as well as import substitution of software in legacy and newly created information systems.

The product line of STC IT ROSA includes desktop, server operating systems with an original ergonomic interface and a full set of existing application systems. ON Also, the product line "STC IT ROSA" includes a platform that virtualizations allows you to deploy a virtual DPC enterprise level -. ROSA Virtualization The platform is presented in a secure (certificate of FSTEC compliance with 17 orders) and corporate execution. The STC IT ROSA development software is also designed to ensure security, information protection public and private organizations.

Cooperation with CryptoCom

Cryptocom and the National Center for Support and Development entered into a cooperation and joint activity agreement in June 2017, providing for the development of compatible software certified in accordance with information security requirements, the creation of integrated secure software solutions and their promotion on the Russian market. The cooperation agreement also provides for the study and analysis of modern trends and latest achievements in the field of information protection, the development of concepts and programs for creating promising protected domestic information technologies, as well as the implementation of a number of other works depending on the needs and needs of potential partners and customers.