The history of Softline
since 1995
From early information systems in Ukraine
to international projects and Intecracy Group.
Anton Marrero
Founder of Softline and Intecracy Group
Anton Marrero trained as a systems engineer at Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and taught Artificial Intelligence there in 1991. Economic difficulties led him to leave teaching and move into business. In 1995, he and Alisher Ramazanov founded Softline in Kyiv. Yuriy Syvytsky joined them later.
The founders were KPI graduates and staff members who studied artificial intelligence at the Department of Automation of Energy Processes and Systems Design. This experience shaped the company’s approach: designing systems and models of how enterprises operate, as well as writing software.
The company’s journey
Softline’s first contract was an automated system for the Agricultural Commodities Exchange. The team worked in rooms behind its trading floor. Its second client was Khlib Ukrainy: in 1996, Softline built one of Ukraine’s first integrated information systems for the organisation. Work with Ukrposhta began in 1997.
In 1996, the company won its first major tender. In 1998, it developed the Megapolis business platform, followed the next year by information-system projects in the public sector.
Investment from the United States in 2000 supported growth. By 2007, the team numbered nearly 1,000 and had its own training centre. The crisis of 2008–2009 prompted a new way of working with U.S. and EU partners through Intecracy Group. After restructuring, Softline focused on large infrastructure projects.
1995–1999
Agricultural Commodities Exchange
Softline is founded. Its first contract is an automated system for the exchange
Khlib Ukrainy
One of Ukraine’s first integrated information systems
Ukrposhta
System design and enterprise modelling — the beginnings of IT consulting
Megapolis platform
Proprietary business platform for software development
2000–2007
International investment
Investment from a U.S. fund
In-house training centre
Team growth and professional development
Nearly 1,000 employees
Softline is among Ukraine’s largest IT companies at the time
U.S. and EU markets
Seeking international partners and delivering projects for global corporations
2008–2009
Intecracy Group
Working as a group of companies with partners from the U.S. and EU
A new operating model
Restructuring and a focus on large infrastructure projects
Ecotech joins the company
An R&D institute founded by specialists from the V. M. Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics
2010–2020
Larger international projects
Group companies work together on larger assignments in Europe and the U.S.
Technology partners
Intecracy Group companies’ partnerships with IBM, Microsoft, Cisco and other brands
Recovery of softline.ua
The domain was recovered in the second half of 2019
Recovery of the softline.ua domain
Ukraine’s Softline LLC has operated under this name since 1995. In 2002, a Russian company with a similar name registered the softline.ua domain for itself through cybersquatting.
We immediately began legal proceedings to recover the domain. The years spent defending our name became a separate chapter in the brand’s history. The proceedings lasted 17 years, but we won, while also displacing the Russian competitor from the Ukrainian market.
In the second half of 2019, joint work by legal and technical specialists enabled the Ukrainian company to recover softline.ua and operate fully under the Softline brand!
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