WONE IT

WONE IT is a full-cycle multi-vendor IT company created on the basis of the synergy of two market players: system integrator Awara IT (Avara Ai Ti Solutions LLC) and a leading provider of platforms, solutions and services SoftwareONE (SoftverUAN LLC). The company's mission is to guarantee the continuity of business processes and provide technological independence to customers in the face of constant global changes.

Offices

As of May 2023, the offices of WONE IT operate in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk and Samara.

Areas of activity

• 1. IT Consulting and Auditing
• 2. Information security
• 3. Implementation and Support ERP-Systems
• 4. Automation of business processes for Russian and foreign business in Russia
• 5. Electronic Document Automation and Budgeting Solutions
• 6. Software distribution
• 7. IT outsourcing

Major Specialization Industries

Wone IT's major specialty industries as of September 2022 are:

• 1. E-commerce
• 2. Finance
• 3. HoReCa.
• 4. Retail
• 5. Distribution
• 6. Production
• 7. Construction
• 8. Mining

Performance indicators

2022: Revenue reduction by 70.9% to RUR 2,902 million

At the end of 2022, the revenue of Wone IT (Van AiTI Solutions LLC) increased by 70.9% to 2,902 million rubles. In the ranking "TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia 2023," such an indicator allowed the company to take 134 lines (34 lines of the list of applicants for inclusion in the number of the largest IT companies in Russia).

History

2024: Ilya Karjakin's appointment as executive director

Ilya Karjakin, who previously served as director of technological innovation and product development, has been appointed executive director of WONE IT. Pavel Chuzhmarov, who headed the company since November 2022, was appointed Deputy General Director for Strategic Development. The company announced this on March 4, 2024. Read more here.

2023: Acquisition of 100% of Automotive Dealer Services Rus assets

Wone IT (Van AiTI Solutions LLC), a full-cycle multi-vendor IT service company, acquired 100% of the assets of Automotive Dealer Services Rus (ADS Rus LLC), a Russian supplier of IT solutions and services for the auto industry. TAdviser was informed about this by representatives of Wone IT on April 26, 2023. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Read more here.

2022

10th place in the ranking "The largest participants in the Russian unified communications market"

Wone IT ranked 10th in the TAdviser ranking, based on revenue from unified communications projects in Russia in 2022 and published in December 2023. Read more here.

Appointment of Pavel Chuzhmarov to the position of executive director

On November 10, 2022, Wone IT, a full-cycle multi-tender service IT company, announced the appointment of an Pavel Chuzhmarov executive director. More. here

Offices

As of September 2022, the offices of WONE IT operated in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Tyumen and Samara.

Association with Awara IT Russia under the Wone IT brand

Awara IT Russia and SoftwareONE Russia announced the creation of a joint multi-platform IT company of the full cycle. The newly formed Wone IT company will ensure uninterrupted operation of customers in the context of constant global changes and will offer comprehensive strategies for the formation of the IT landscape, which will help companies to work productively in the Russian market. This was announced on May 16, 2022 by representatives of SoftwareONE.

SoftwareONE AG has decided to leave the Russian market. The agreement on the transfer of Russian assets of SoftwareONE to the Awara IT group of companies was signed in early May 2022. The consolidated company Wone IT will combine expertise in the implementation, localization and support of complex business applications, which is possessed by Awara IT, as well as the experience and wide portfolio of SoftwareONE partner contracts with international and Russian vendors. It is assumed that Wone IT will become a next-generation technology partner for clients, offering a full range of services: consulting, selection of optimal vendors, implementation, integration and multi-level technical support.

As representatives of Awara IT Russia and SoftwareONE Russia specified to TAdviser, the owners of WONE IT are private investors, namely, the majority founders of Avara Ai Ti Solutions LLC. According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, as of May 2022, they were: Yuri Alekseevich Shumakov (with a share of 30%) and Alexander Vladimirovich Ermakov (56%). Their shares in the consolidated company Wone IT are 40% and 60%, respectively.

"Companies are striving to find a reliable IT partner who will offer up-to-date technological solutions and support in difficult situations," said Yuri Shumakov, CEO of Awara IT Russia. "Organizations need competent investments in IT infrastructure, strive to make the most of it in the short term, while leaving a groundwork for development. Seeing this demand in the market, we decided to consolidate companies in order to become such an IT partner for our customers. "

Awara IT and SoftwareONE link the long history of joint projects. Thanks to the merger of the Russian divisions of the two partners, a full-cycle multi-vendor IT company will be formed, which combines 17 years of experience in implementing business applications of any complexity and expertise in the field of IT consulting, covering the solutions of hundreds of IT vendors, including Microsoft, Yandex.Cloud, Kaspersky, etc.

The team of the combined company can implement digital transformation projects for small, medium and large customers from dozens of industries, has experience in automating business processes and conducting IT audits. Wone IT also provides the right level of customer support, advises customers on the optimal use of existing software and the purchase of new products.

According to the parties, the process of combining Awara IT Russia and SoftwareONE Russia will last for two months. Contracts with current customers will remain valid. All Russian customers will receive an official letter from the company within 14 days from the date of signing the deal agreement.

As of May 2022, WONE IT offices operated in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

2021

Revenue - 9,973 million rubles

At the end of 2021, the company's revenue amounted to 9,973 million rubles, which allowed it to take 59th place in the TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia 2022 (the revenue of SOFTVERUAN LLC from the financial statements for 2020-2021 is indicated. Excluding VAT). In May 2022, an agreement was signed on the transfer of Russian assets of SoftwareONE to the Awara IT group of companies .

Yulia Mayorova - the new CEO of SoftwareONE in Russia

On October 1, 2021, Yulia Mayorova was appointed CEO of SoftwareONE in Russia. In this position, she replaced Sergei Agaev, who will move to a new job as the head of one of the global business areas of SoftwareONE. Read more here.

SoftwareONE Russia (formerly Comparex, Comparex) is a software license provider.

2020: Revenue in Russia - 9,587 million rubles

At the end of 2020, SoftwareONE's revenue in Russia amounted to 9,587 million rubles.

2019

Owners of Avara Ai Ti Solutions LLC

The owners of Awara IT (Avara Ai Ti Solutions LLC) as of February 2019 were:

• Ermakov Alexander Vladimirovich - 45%
• Yuri Alekseevich Shumakov - 35%
• Hellevig Gert Robert - 20%

Joining Comparex to SoftwareONE and rebranding

SoftwareONE, an expert in software and cloud services management, announced that starting April 1, 2019, Comparex is joining the SoftwareONE Group and launching a rebranding process. The transition to the updated brand will affect more than 35 Comparex divisions, which will continue to operate in local markets under the SoftwareONE brand.

The rebranding is part of the ongoing integration process related to SoftwareONE's acquisition of Comparex on February 1, 2019. The combined company, called SoftwareONE, will continue to develop its expertise in managing software and cloud services, which is expected to enable it to support its customers on the path to digitally transforming their business.

In a challenging business environment, we aim to simplify the lives of our customers. Simplicity starts with the name, Dieter Schlosser "said Dieter Schlosser, CEO of SoftwareONE. - Representing all our divisions within a single group and under a common name, we will work in almost 90 countries, thereby emphasizing our truly global scale, while, as a provider of solutions and services, we offer local support: our employees are where it is most important - on the side of our customers.

As the company emphasized, all contracts and agreements with customers and partners remain unchanged.

2018

Association of "Avara Ai Ti Solutions" with Mindcore

In November, system integrators Awara IT and Mindcore announced the start of the merger process. From December 1, 2018, companies of the year will provide IT consulting services for Russian and foreign clients under a single brand - Awara IT.

TAdviser's questions about the structure and commercial side of the deal were not answered by Awara IT and Mindcore, noting that its legal aspects would be settled before the end of the year. By the same time, the position of Mindcore CEO Denis Ivanov in the combined structure should also be agreed.

In the Unified State Register of Legal Entities as of mid-November, the beginning of the merger has not yet been reflected. As before, at that time Denis Ivanov is listed as the founder of Mindcore.

At the time of the deal, Awara IT employs more than 60 specialists. Mindcore employs 15 people, mainly specialists in Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Denis Ivanov told TAdviser. According to the Kontur.Fokus database, the revenues of Avara Ai Ti Solutions LLC in 2017 amounted to 117.5 million rubles, Mindcore revenue - 19.5 million rubles.

By the time of the merger, Awara IT and Mindcore had been introducing Microsoft Dynamics in Russia and the CIS for more than 10 years and had repeatedly participated in joint projects. Among the largest clients of Mindcore are Yota Devices and Seven Refractories, Awara IT has Deloitte, construction concern SRV, etc.

Mindcore has long been our trusted partner and shared corporate values. We are confident that in modern conditions the partnership will become a more profitable path to success than competition, - said Alexander Ermakov, partner of Awara IT.

Together, the companies will offer customers services and finished products that support industry specifics and internal corporate customer requirements.

Awara IT told TAdviser that the combined company will continue to provide services for the implementation, localization and support of ERP systems (mainly Microsoft Dynamics), IT consulting, automation of IFRS reporting, and the provision of cloud services. The existing competencies of Awara IT will be supplemented by the expertise of colleagues from Mindcore.

The companies plan to expand their presence in the Russian and international markets, as well as strengthen the team with proven specialists to carry out large-scale projects.

Awara IT Offices and Business Lines

According to information as of November 2018, Awara IT offices (Avara Ai Ti Solutions LLC) worked in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Almaty, Helsinki, Riga, Barcelona and Berlin.

The main activities of the company:

• IT outsourcing;
• IT consulting and audit;
• Implementation and support ERP of systems Microsoft Dynamics 365:,,,. Microsoft Dynamics NAV Microsoft Dynamics AX Microsoft Dynamics СRM
• Automation of business processes for Russian and foreign businesses in Russia;
• Solutions for automation of electronic document flow and budgeting;
• Software distribution (Microsoft, 1C);
• Information security.

Comparex brand will leave the market after the sale of the company

The trademark of IT service provider Comparex, whose sale to Swiss consultancy SoftwareOne was announced earlier on October 9, 2018, will leave the market. This is reported by the CRN edition with reference to the top managers of SoftwareOne Zak Virdi and Neil Lomax. The publication was released on October 15.

Comparex is a strong brand, but in the future we must understand whether it can be launched in important areas relevant to certain markets, says Lomax. - We expect it to become part of the SoftwareOne family over time, but we need to take care of this planning to make sure that Comparex is right for our customers and technology partners.

According to Neil Lomax, the merger will significantly increase the headcount of SoftwareOne, which played a key role in this transaction.

Comparex sold to SoftwareOne consulting company]]

This business is based on people and competencies. Against the background of the rapid development of technologies, it is really difficult to attract good specialists to the organization. One of the advantages of this deal is that we will attract even more highly qualified personnel for both companies, "he said.

Zuk Virdi considers the purchase of Comparex important for SoftwareOne in terms of finding new business opportunities that are valuable to the clients of the Swiss consulting company.

As an example of such capabilities, he cited Comparex's advanced solutions for managing unified communications in the cloud and monitoring cloud services. SoftwareOne is confident that asset integration will allow the combined company to set and perform even larger tasks.

We work with different market segments... Both companies have a software-centric approach, and we see that the market is developing with more software-centric services and technical requirements. It opens us up to new giant markets that we may not have had access to before, "Zach Virdi said[1]

SoftwareONE bought Comparex

On October 9, 2018, the merger of SoftwareONE and Comparex was announced, which will create a combined company that will manage sales of software licenses worth 10 billion euros.

Under the terms of the agreement, SoftwareONE buys 100% of Comparex from IT company Raiffeisen Informatik, part of the Austrian banking group Raiffeisen. The financial component of the transaction was not disclosed, but it is known that KKR provided investment support to SoftwareONE.

Comparex CEO Thomas Reich and Sales Director Marc Betgem will be part of the management team at SoftwareONE. The combined company will have 5,500 employees working in 200 offices in 88 countries.

After closing the Comparex deal (scheduled for the first half of 2019; prior to receiving regulatory approval) SoftwareONE headquarters will remain in the Swiss city of Stans, and Comparex's head office in Leipzig will be used to support customers in EMEA and other regions.^[2]

According to Daniel von Stockar, Chairman of the Board of Directors of SoftwareONE, the company has long been looking for a suitable partner among software license providers and has now found it in Comparex.

Together, we will be guided by the core values ​ ​ of SoftwareONE as we continue to transform the industry, he said.

The acquisition of Comparex was part of SoftwareONE's long-term growth and workforce investment strategy, he said. Employees of the company remain the strongest and most priority asset, stressed Daniel von Shtarkar.

By combining the knowledge and talents of both companies, we will empower our customers around the world to remain more competitive in their industries through the cutting-edge global solutions and services we deliver, he added.

2016

Revenue growth in Russia by 46.5%

In 2016, COMPAREX's revenue in Russia amounted to 7.780 billion rubles, an increase of 46.5% compared to 2015. In the ranking " TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia" at the end of 2016, COMPAREX took 28th place.

Opening of a representative office in Kazan

In April 2016, the company opened a representative office Comparex in the Republic of Tatarstan. Regional customers can now receive pre-sales advice, purchase ON and Comparex services directly in. Kazan

author = Ilya Ostrovsky, Comparex Regional Development Director We try to be closer to our customers, strive to ensure the availability of software products, reduce delivery times, and increase the importance of information technologies in all areas of activity.

author = Sergey Gorshenin, Head of Comparex Representative Office in the Republic of Tatarstan A competent, comprehensive approach to license assurance and management can be our competitive advantage and help you achieve the objectives of implementing and providing professional advice on software products and licensing schemes. I am sure that the professionalism of employees and the reputation of the company will provide the new office with leadership in the IT market of Tatarstan.

2015: Acquisition of Amando Software

On October 20, 2015, it became known that Comparex acquired a 100% stake in Amando Software GmbH^[3]

With this association, COMPAREX intends to develop and improve its own license management product SAM2GO while at the same time significantly expanding the team of specialists and developers of these solutions.

Michael Drews, executive director of Amando Software, said: "In addition to joint developments in SAM technology, the creation of a new team of experts is an incredible achievement as part of the merger of COMPAREX and Amando. The knowledge and experience of the best specialists in the license management market will help provide first-class solutions to our customers. "

"Russian companies are already faced with the need to improve the efficiency of investments in the IT sector. We can say that the fastest way to achieve meaningful results in the area of ​ ​ cost savings is to manage software assets. This is evidenced by our successful SAM2GO projects in a number of large Russian customers, "said Sergey Agaev, General Director of COMPAREX Russia

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COMPAREX and Amando have a history of IT technology collaboration. It is assumed that Michael Drews will take a senior position at COMPAREX, where he will be responsible for the development of license management solutions.

2012: 1,700 employees in 28 locations across countries

As of December 2012, COMPAREX has the highest partner statuses from the world's leading manufacturers ON and computer equipment, among them:,, Microsoft,, VMware,, Citrix,, Oracle,, Adobe"" and Autodesk HP IBM Symantec many Kaspersky Lab others.

COMPAREX provides services in the following specializations of the Citrix product family: desktop virtualization (XenDesktop, XenApp), networking (Access Geteway, NetScaler) and cloud technologies (XenServer and Cloud Gateway).

COMPAREX has 28 branches worldwide (headquartered in Leipzig, Germany) with a total of 1,700 employees serving customers in more than 20 large, small and medium-sized businesses, as well as public administration enterprises, offering competitive prices and clearly observing delivery times.

Russia COMPAREX is represented by local offices in,, To Moscow,, St. Petersburg,, To Samara,, Nizhny Novgorod Rostov-on-Don Krasnodar Yekaterinburg Novosibirsk Krasnoyarsk,, and, Perm as well as Khabarovsk Vladivostok sales representatives serving customers in a number of large cities of the Russian Federation.

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