CROC incorporated
CROC incorporated (Russian: КРОК инкорпорейтед) is a Russian systems integrator. CROC has been providing information and telecommunications infrastructure and integration solutions since 1992 and posted 2008 revenues of $860 million. CROC has a workforce comprising over 1,500 employees; IT professionals hold a combined total of over 2,800 certificates. Headquartered in Moscow, CROC provides services throughout Russia and has representatives in all major Russian regions .
CROC is a major Russian business partner of global IT leaders: 3Com, Avaya, Cisco Systems, Citrix, CommScope, Dell, EMC, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Nortel, Oracle Corporation, Polycom, Sun Microsystems, etc .
CROC uses best practices and innovative technologies in order to optimize and increase the cost-effectiveness of its own and its clients' IT infrastructures. During the current challenging economic climate, CROC has developed a comprehensive range of Business Efficiency Solutions in order to help businesses improve productivity, streamline business processes, reduce costs, support mergers and acquisitions and, most importantly, increase business competitiveness.
Services and Solutions
CROC is focused on providing comprehensive services and solutions for corporate businesses: from business intelligence systems to manufacturing automation systems, from high-performance computing and data networks to engineering infrastructures of large office buildings. CROC's experience with regard to the creation and support of ultra large-scale systems (such as an automated processing system for Russian Census (2002); GAS Vybori system for Elections in Russia; ) stretches over 15 years. CROC's services and solutions include:
- IT infrastructure design and implementation
- Data Centers
- Data Storage Systems
- Intelligent Buildings
- Call Centers, Contact Centers, and IP Telephony Solutions
- Integrated Data Communication Systems
- Video Conferencing
- Unified Communications
- Infrastructure Monitoring and Management Systems
- Software Development and Customization
- Information Security Solutions
- Infrastructure Software Solutions
- Integration Solutions
- Business Applications: Implementation and Integration
- Teamwork and Collaboration Solutions
- Support and IT Outsourcing Services
- Information Technology Consulting Services
Customers
Most of CROC's customers are large (including multinational) companies as well as government institutions. CROC is a regular solution provider for half of Russia's Top 500 businesses ,. CROC offers customized solutions for various industries, including: banking and finance, retail, construction and development, fuel and energy, public/government authorities, manufacturing, oil and gas, telecommunications, and transportation sectors. CROC's largest customers include:
* Banking and finance: Deutsche Bank, Raiffeisen Bank, Sberbank of Russia, Société Générale Group
- Fuel and energy: Federal Grid Company of the Unified Energy System (FGC UES), System Operator of Unified Energy System (SO UES)
- Oil and gas: TNK-BP, LUKOIL-Inform, Rosneft
- Automobile: BMW Russland Trading, Mercedes-Benz RUS, Volkswagen Group Rus
- Manufacturing: Alcoa, British American Tobacco Russia, GlaxoSmithKline Group, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft Foods, Procter & Gamble, Sanofi Aventis
- Retail: Auchan, Metro Group
- Telecom: MTS, VimpelCom, Tele2, Yandex
- Transportation and logistics: Transaero Airlines, DHL Express, Maersk
- Multiple Russian public authorities
Competence Center
CROC has operated its own Competence Center since 1993 to test hardware and software systems and help customers select solutions which best meet their needs. It was established jointly with HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle Corporation, Sun Microsystems, and EMC and comprises three research labs: information technology, computer systems and telecommunications. In 2009 CROC launched the first EMC Velocity2 Signature Solution Center in Russia and the CIS based on its Competence Center . CROC's EMC Velocity2 Signature Solution Center is designed for demonstration of consolidation, virtualization, backup, archiving, information recovery, and protection solutions.
Licenses and Certifications
CROC possesses government licenses required to perform full range of activities related to IT infrastructure design, implementation and support in Russia. CROC's Quality Management System has ISO 9001:2008 certificate from SGS. CROC’s Information Security Management and IT Service Management Systems are certified by the British Standards Institution and meet the requirements of ISO/IEC 27001:2005 and ISO/IEC 20000-1:2005 standards respectively .
External links
ru:КРОК инкорпорейтед