1C Company

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1C Company

Type	Close corporation
Founded	1991
Location	Moscow, Russia
Key people	Boris Nuraliev (President)
Industry	Computer software, Video games
Products	IL-2 Sturmovik Lock-On Blitzkrieg Silent storm Dungeon Cleaners
Website	http://www.1c.ru/ http://games.1c.ru http://int.games.1c.ru

1C Company (Russian: Фирма "1С" full: 1С - 1 Секунда(1 Second)) is one of the largest independent Russian software developers and publishers. Its headquarters are in Moscow, Russia. It is best known outside of the former Soviet Union as a video game developer; however, in the internal Russian market 1C is an obvious leader in business software as well. 1C's comprehensive business software suite 1C:Predpriyatiye (1C:Enterprise) has held an overwhelming market share for over a decade. 1C is also a leader in localizing and publishing Russian-language versions of international software. For instance, the vast majority of popular Western video games is licensed and published by 1C. The company has over 400 employees, 5,300 business partners, 3,300 authorized retailers, 1,200 training centers, 200 authorized certification locations and over 280 stores in 100 cities.

[edit] Business software

While virtually unknown in the West, 1C:Predpriyatiye (1C:Enterprise) is a market leader in Russia. The comprehensive suite, current version being 8.0.15, includes Accounting, Contact Management, Inventory Management, Document Management, Web Client, and more. The suite is used by tens of thousands of Russian corporations. 1C was one of the first Russian private companies to be awarded with the Russian Federation Government Award in Science in 2002 for development and implementation of 1C:Predpriyatiye.

1C also develops and distributes other popular applications from well-known Russian companies such as Kaspersky Lab, ABBYY, PromT and others.

[edit] Entertainment software

1C is best known outside of Russia perhaps for developing the famous IL-2 Sturmovik line of flight sims that includes Forgotten Battles and Pacific Fighters; 1C has a long history of in-house development, as well as funding independent developers. Other notable games funded and/or developed by 1C include Soldiers: Heroes of WWII and the upcoming sequel Faces of War, Vivisector, the Silent Storm series, the Pirates of the Caribbean video game, and more.