OREANDA-NEWS. October 14, 2009. According to Russia IT Services Competitive Analysis, CROC leads the Russian IT services market (6.3% share) and the key systems integration foundation market (16.9%).

"The contrast between the economy of 2008 and today’s marketplace is stark. There is no doubt that demand pattern changes have had a significant impact on our business. As a result, CROC is focusing on offering first-priority business and IT solutions which allow clients to preserve their competitiveness and provide maximum short-term returns on investment. In addition, we provide IT cost-optimization solutions which offer a competitive price/performance ratio. It should also be noted that CROC recently became an exclusive partner of 3Com Н3С and that we have developed relationships with vendors and partners in order to improve our leasing and financial offerings to our customers. In other words, we are doing everything we can in order to ensure that we maintain our leading position within the marketplace," said Boris Bobrovnikov, Director General, CROC.

CROC's total revenue grew 9.3% in 2008 to reach USD 744.33 million (excluding VAT); 47.7% of CROC's revenue was derived from the provision of IT services. CROC is the indisputable leader in the systems integration foundation market—in 2008 CROC generated USD 213.63 million in this foundation market, which is more than 60% of its total IT services revenue. Network consulting and integration was CROC's second-largest source of revenue in 2008, yielding USD 38.34 million. Hardware support and installation services came in third, yielding USD 28.40 million of CROC's revenue. The combined outsourcing segment yielded about 3% of CROC's services revenue. Other services offered by CROC include custom application development, software support, and installation.