The history of the development of "1C: Enterprise"
The 1C company was founded in 1991. Its founder and permanent leader is Boris Georgievich Nuraliev.
Nuraliev graduated from the Moscow State University economics of statistics and informatics in 1980. While still a student, he worked in the scientific laboratory of the university in the field of "Automated Control Systems". After graduating from the university with honors, he continued to work in it as an engineer. His responsibilities included designing databases for Soviet industry. Boris Georgievich also organized practical courses on the basics of database design.
In 1987, he got a job as a researcher at a design institute, and after some time he took the position of head of the self-supporting department.
In 1990, this self-supporting department signed a contract to distribute the "Lotus 1-2-3" spreadsheet package.
The 1C company was founded in 1991. "1C" was created to develop a package of electronic exchange trading, but after that it was used to sell the Russified version 2.2 of the Lotus 1-2-3 program. Although according to pricing policy only large enterprises could afford this package, the 1C company created a network of dealers, through which products such as 1C: Accounting are still distributed.
Figure 1 - The main stages in the development of economic programs 1C
The first own product - a prototype of the program "1C: Accounting" - was prepared by 1992. Its presentation was made at the Comtek exhibition in 1992, where the differences between the "tables" implemented by the "Lotus 1-2-3" complex and its own product "1C" were demonstrated. The history of the creation of the software product "1C: Accounting" is more mysterious than the creation of the company itself. The official developer of the source code is Sergey Nuraliev, brother of the head of the 1C company, who worked part-time in the department accounting company and for his own needs he developed a convenient application for himself - a prototype of today's product "1C: Accounting". The software even in the original edition it turned out to be very successful - on diskettes, the first releases of "1C: Accounting" were sold in more than three hundred copies.
In 1994, Boris Georgievich Nuraliev took a close look at the distribution of products in the regions of the Russian Federation through franchising programs. This allowed the company's dealer network to grow at a lower cost than competitors.
In 1996, the 1C: Enterprise package was released, which has a huge history. The first versions were released under DOS and early operating systems, and only from 7.0 were they finalized for operating system Windows 95 and up. In 1999, a rather high-profile release of "1C: Enterprise 7.7" was released, which, for the end user, served as an almost free replacement for the "1C: Enterprise 7.0" and "1C: Enterprise 7.5" packages.
On July 31, 2003, a new software product "1C: Enterprise 8.0. Trade Management" went on sale. It became the first software product of the new generation of the 1C: Enterprise software system based on the updated technological platform 1C: Enterprise 8.0.
When developing a new platform, many years of experience in using "1C: Enterprise 7" were analyzed, and the wishes of program users were taken into account. The new platform "1C: Enterprise" takes into account modern requirements for the accounting system: an increase in the scale of solutions, an increase in the range of applied tasks that arise when creating accounting solutions, new technological capabilities. "1C: Enterprise 8" is still focused on the creation and support of mass solutions, the flexibility of development and the efficiency of supporting the developed solutions. Platform version 8, like platform 7, is not a ready-made solution for automating applied tasks, it is intended for developing accounting solutions. The flexibility of the platform allows you to use "1C: Enterprise 8" in a wide variety of areas:
a) automation of production and trade activities;
b) financial organizations;
c) activities in the service sector;
d) support operational management enterprise;
e) organizational and economic activities;
f) accounting automation;
g) reporting to state regulatory authorities;
h) solving planning problems;
i) budgeting and financial analysis;
j) payroll and personnel management.
The key direction in the development of the software system is the development of a new generation of management and accounting solutions on the technological platform "1C: Enterprise 8" and the implementation of powerful functionality in them designed to organize management modern enterprise. In recent years, the company has been actively developing, it has practically no competitors in the "accounting" market. All universities are trying to teach work in the software products "1C: Accounting", "1C: Enterprise", as in schools they teach the basics of MS Windows. Therefore, the company "1C" is rightfully considered a domestic Microsoft. Firm "1C" provides the consumer with a wide range of standard solutions that are universal for automating a wide range of specific accounting tasks. The main standard solutions include:
- "1C: Accounting 8";
- "1C: Taxpayer 8";
- "1C: Salary and Personnel Management";
- "1C: Management of a manufacturing enterprise";
- "1C: Consolidation 8";
- "1C: Trade Management";
- "1c accounting budget institution 8";
- "1C: Accounts department of an autonomous institution 8";
- "1C: Payment documents 8";
- "1C: Retail 8";
- "1C: Archive 8";
- "1C: Management small firm 8";
- "1C: Salary and personnel of an autonomous institution 8".
Both the 1C: Enterprise 8 platform and standard solutions based on it are constantly being improved.
In 1975 he entered the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics (MGUESI), in his second year he began working in the specialty "Automated Control Systems" in the research laboratory at the institute.
In 1980, Boris graduated from the institute and stayed to work at the university as an engineer, where he created computer-aided database design systems for domestic factories and conducted a workshop on the course "Fundamentals of Database Design". In 1987, he moved to NIPIstatinform of the USSR State Statistics Committee as a senior researcher and gradually rose to the head of the self-supporting department. There he created an "electronic teletype", allowing you to connect personal computers instead of networked electromechanical boxes, and then began to trade them.
One day, returning from Yakutia, Boris saw that another Yakut state company placed an order for a teletype. But he didn't want to go back. Then Nuraliev offered a local engineer to do the work for half the cost of the program. The engineer readily agreed. The entrepreneur realized that people willingly agree to work on such conditions, and that this should be used. At the end of the year, specialists in electronic teletypes were already around Soviet Union and sold more than 6 thousand boxes with the program.
In 1991, Nuraliev founded the 1C company. A year later, the first accounting program "1C: Accounting" appeared, which was originally an auxiliary software for working with accounting. "1C: Accounting" was written by Boris's brother Sergey Nuraliev. He worked in the company as an accountant, and he was tired of paperwork. Seeing the program, Boris wanted to distribute it.
Boris Nuraliev at SPIEF 2017. Source: tadviser.ru
In 1994, the 1C company developed the 1C: Enterprise program. To date, this product is the company's best-selling product. In the same year, remembering the success with the distribution of teletype programs, Nuraliev began to develop franchising. Now the entrepreneur believes that this was one of his best business decisions.
In addition to 1C: Enterprise, the company has developed the 1C: Tutor, 1C: School series, the 1C: Bitrix web project management system, as well as the Prince and Il-2 Sturmovik computer games. In addition to software development, the company organizes the marketing of foreign and domestic programs for the mass market.
Boris Nuraliev and Sergey Belousov are the founders of Acronis. Source: crn.ru
Nuraliev also invests in the educational direction. The company has created a network of partner training centers. According to Nuraliyev, they teach 75,000 adults in these centers, and now they are actively undertaking to involve children in programming as well.
Quotes:
Ideas are nothing, execution is everything. In Russia, ideas are always abundant. I myself have a list of 1.6 thousand ideas. Chose an idea - and peck. The key is relentless perseverance. Feeling is also important. Feel the idea: it will pass - it will not pass, what needs to be corrected?
No matter how valuable and talented a person is, if he is a bastard in his soul, it is better not to have anything to do with him. When I assembled my very first team - it was still at the design institute of the USSR State Statistics Committee - I took only acquaintances and those whom they recommended. Those who could solve the necessary tasks, whom I trusted and with whom it was comfortable to interact.
Information technology is an industry where you can't just sit down and wait it out. In IT, everything changes very quickly, and you need to quickly push everything. At the same time, it is important to maintain the stability and image of a stable company.
materialsQuality is a complex category. Here is a copywriter, he was ordered a text - he writes, he cares about quality. And there is a writer, for example, JK Rowling, who wrote about Harry Potter - the whole world reads. Was she thinking about "quality" when she wrote? She created, realized her talent. The development of circulation software, which is used by millions, is a very creative process, rather a matter of life than a question of price / quality.
Brief information about the company "1C"
Firm "1C" specializes in the distribution, support and development of computer programs and databases for business and home use. Founded in 1991, 1C is a purely Russian company with over 200 employees, relying solely on its own professional success. According to numerous surveys, 1C ranks first in the software sector of the Russian computer industry and is distinguished by a record return on one employee. The company's average monthly turnover exceeds $2 million, of which more than half is from the sale of 1C products. The number of registered users of 1C products exceeds 200,000. The permanent director and business ideologist of the company is Boris Nuraliev.
Firm "1C" supplies from its warehouse a full range of mass orientation programs for office and home, currently numbering more than 1500 items. Of the own developments of 1C, the most famous are 1C: Accounting, the best-selling software product in the CIS, as well as 1C: Trade and Warehouse, 1C: Salary and Personnel, 1C: Taxpayer, 1C: Electronic mail", "1C:Money", a series of training programs "1C:Tutor", the game "Prince. Legends of the Forest Country", publishing projects 1C:Geymos "Brothers Pilots" (2 editions), "Truckers", "Allods" and " Allods 2", "Cursed Lands", "Corsairs", a series of localizations of popular Western game products, fairy tales, collections of games and others.
In distributing programs of other vendors, 1C acts as an official distributor of Microsoft, Novell, Symantec, IBM-Lotus and other foreign companies. "1C" is the most serious distributor of products of Russian software companies: ProMT, ABBYY, INEC, Kaspersky Lab and more than 50 other domestic companies. 1C maintains the largest domestic home software warehouse in Russia, being the largest distributor of such suppliers as Buka, Nikita, Russobit-M and others.
Network of partners of the company "1C"
Firm "1C" works with users through the most extensive partner network in the computer market of the CIS. 1C has a powerful franchise network. Franchisees are 1C partner firms. They are engaged in the sale and implementation of 1C products. There are about 1600 such firms. The 1C company itself employs 200 people. The company's turnover is 1-2 million dollars per month. In 1998, the company's turnover amounted to 17 million dollars. If we consider the 1C partner network as a single company, then it turns out that this is a mega-firm with a turnover of over 200 million dollars a year, a staff of over 30 thousand people, represented in more than 400 cities of Russia and the CIS!
More than 2,300 regular partners in 430 cities of Russia, the CIS countries and the Baltics are dealers of 1C. 1C: Franchising is a network of more than 1,600 enterprises certified by 1C for the provision of comprehensive services for the automation of accounting and office work based on 1C software products. Authorized training centers firms "1C" (more than 700) conduct training by specialists certified by the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation on the basis of standard models supplied by "1C" training courses. Authorized CAs within new program 1C:Professional certifies 1C:Accounting users for official confirmation highly qualified, experience and skills in working with the most common accounting program in Russia and the CIS. 1C service partners provide regular information technology support for 1C:Enterprise programs at users' workplaces. Distributors in the regions allow software dealers not to waste time and money on delivering programs from Moscow, but to devote themselves entirely to their main business - full-fledged end-user service. And finally, 1C: Multimedia - Association of stores working in the field retail sales programs for home computers, numbering more than 190 outlets in 70 cities of the former USSR.
History of 1C
The founders and owners of 1C are two brothers Boris and Sergey Nuraliyev. Boris used to work in the system of the Central Statistical Bureau of the USSR. In the mid-1980s, he headed a department that developed a program that made it possible to extract information from the huge databases of the CSO using queries in some pseudo-natural language. The system was created and then adapted for personal computers. Moreover, it was guaranteed that the system gives an answer to the question asked in no more than one second, which is why it was called "1C", or rather "1C system information service". This program was in demand by more than a hundred enterprises to build telecommunications commercial networks. Later, the company was also named after the system.
Here came a decisive moment in the history of the company from the point of view of Boris Nuraliev. Studying the literature about the structure of the software business in the West, he decides to invest the money he earns in the distribution of ready-made programs, and for this purpose he decides to create an extensive distribution network. Initially (since February 1991), the company began to sell foreign software product "Lotus 1-2" in Russia -3", super popular at that time in the West and little known in Russia. "Lotus 1-2-3" is a spreadsheet that competes with the more common Microsoft Excel.
Then, after analyzing what customers use Lotus for, Boris Nuraliev makes the second strategic decision - to develop an accounting program and launch it into the distribution network (for sale). On the market accounting programs by that time there were already "Sail", "Infin", "Infoaccountant", "Turboaccountant", "Finance without problems" and others. However, the manufacturers of these programs did not have such a powerful sales network, like 1C, and this gave the latter a chance.
The accounting program was developed by Boris Nuraliev's brother Sergey Nuraliev. It was the DOS version. It was weaker than many other competing programs, but it had one decisive advantage, which decided the outcome of the dispute in its favor: it had a built-in macro programming language that allows you to add a lot, to reprogram. The program could be adapted to the specific conditions of a given enterprise, and marketers (distributors) could act not only as sellers, but also as implementers, receiving additional money. The program gave work to many unemployed programmers.
In 1997, Nuraliev decided to cover not only accounting, but also other areas of the enterprise, which was implemented in the 1C: Enterprise product. A universal tool for automating various tasks was created. The 1C:Enterprise 7.0 system was built on a completely new ideology, maintaining continuity with 1C:Accounting 6.0. It was from version 7.0 that 1C embarked on the path of an object-oriented system, which greatly simplified the life of programmers. There are versions 1C:Enterprise 7.5 and 1C:Enterprise 7.7. A universal tool environment for developing accounting applications was created. This decision brought 1C to absolute leadership in the field of domestic products for automating the work of small and medium-sized businesses.
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PS. And I heard somewhere that 1C started with the development of a convenient boo. calculator. No (IMG.
Boris Nuraliev: biography
The creator of the 1C company was born on July 18, 1958 in the capital of Russia - Moscow. While studying at the institute, Boris Nuraliev began to study in the research laboratory at the university. At the age of 22, he graduated with honors from the Moscow Institute of Economics and Statistics, where he remained to work by distribution. After completing his postgraduate studies, Nuraliev received the title of candidate economic sciences and became a specialist in computer-aided design of systems for machine processing of economic information.
At first, Nuraliev served as an engineer at MESI, after which he became. After 7 years, he worked at the design institute NIPIstatinform of the USSR State Statistics Committee, where at first he was a senior researcher, rose to the head of the sector, after which he became the head of the department. A little later, he held the position of chief engineer. In 1990, due to the emergence conflict situation the department headed by Boris Georgievich stopped receiving state orders. After that, his employees began to write programs for the electronic teletype. The resulting work was somewhat reminiscent of a chat, but the connection was carried out using a telephone line.
Boris Nuraliev is a Tatar by nationality. He is married and has three children.
Memories from the creator's childhood
When Boris Georgievich Nuraliev was a small child, his father showed him the impressive M-20 computer. The capabilities of this device were rather modest by modern standards, but the huge size struck the child’s imagination, leaving a bright indelible impression that determined the fate and main thing in the life of Boris Georgievich.
The computing machine, according to Nuraliev's memoirs, occupied an entire floor. Light bulbs were burning everywhere, and specialists in white coats approached the massive control panel with a serious look. The future founder of the company seemed to have spied a picture from a future life, deciding for himself that working with such a huge and complex technique is a true vocation!
Accounting program "1C"
Employees of the department, headed by Boris, signed an agreement on the distribution of the well-known Lotus 1-2-3 program at that time, which resembles the current Excel. A year later, with the aim of reselling Western computer programs, the 1C company was created and officially established. In 1992, the first program for accountants "1C" was published, which was written by Boris's brother, Sergey. After 2 years, the company began developing a franchise program and the 1C: Enterprise system.
When the 1C company was just beginning its formation on the market, the methods and projects of the founder's work caused general bewilderment among the business communities of that time. The partners did not understand the purpose of creating a dealer network and why share it with partners, if you can take almost everything for yourself. But Nuraliev, using the experience of foreign IT companies, in spite of everything, was the first in Russia to be able to build a business of his own line of consulting on the model of the West.
While the 1C company was beginning to develop, its creator made a discovery, which was that the boxes with his software product needed to be replaced. Prior to that, they were in black and white, and it was difficult to notice them in a store window. The talented and enterprising Nuraliev changed the color of the packaging to yellow-red, which ensured a huge increase in sales. Software after the changes, 300 copies began to diverge every month, which was an excellent indicator for a start-up company.
Leadership principles
In the management of 1C, Nuraliev tries to adhere to the following principles of work:
- strictly focus on meeting the needs of the mass consumer;
- always work profitably;
- listen to someone else's experience, but rely on your own strength;
- think with your own head;
- work perfectly, produce and sell a quality software product many times better than competing organizations;
- be a reliable, responsible and profitable partner. Be honest with partners, end users, colleagues and employees.
According to the statistics of numerous surveys, 1C is in first place in the software sector of the CIS computer industry, and also occupies a leading position among the programs sold. The firm is an official distributor for 70 foreign and domestic software manufacturers.
It is thanks to the activities of Boris Nuraliev that modern accountants do not remember how to count in a column. Through the implementation of the 1C program, namely the ability to use the 1C: Bitrix function.
The activities of Nuraliyev's company do not end with the development of programs for reputable institutions. Employees led by the director also take care of the diversity of the country's gaming market. Thus, the following developments have become successful: the IL-2 Sturmovik simulator, role-playing game"Prince", as well as "Orders of the dungeons".
Achievements of the founder of the company
Nuraliev Boris Georgievich "1C" created and became the permanent head of the company. On the this moment there are no people who are not familiar with the brand. For the simple reason that knowledge of this program is necessary for almost every person working in the field of sales.
In 1999, Boris Georgievich Nuraliev was honored with gratitude by the President of Russia - Boris Yeltsin - for his invaluable contribution to the implementation of the government program regarding the reform of accounting and financial reporting.
In 2002 received the Government Prize Russian Federation in science and technology.
Boris Georgievich Nuraliev has been ranked among the most authoritative personalities in the computer business of the Russian Federation more than once. No one doubts that a talented leader who heads the 1C company will be able to teach a lot and demonstrate more than one software product that will become in demand outside the mighty power.
The development of 1C Enterprise is an amazing process lasting about 15 years. During this time, the 1C platform has undergone several global rebirths and many changes. I propose today in the publication to consider the process of evolution of the 1C Enterprise platform from its inception to the present.
The emergence of 1C Enterprise on the market
1C Enterprise begins its history in 1991, when 1C began releasing its first versions of accounting configurations. These were DOS versions of programs that allowed you to create accounting entries when entering documents and allowed to work in multi-user mode. The program was noticed, began to be used, and this gave rise to the development of the 1C platform in the future.
The first sales of 1C Enterprise configurations for the Windows system began in 1995, when users switched from Windows 3.X to Windows 95. This was the 1C Accounting 6.0 configuration, which could make accounting entries when posting documents and had an improved graphical interface. At that time, it was a revolutionary tool that gained popularity among accountants and became very famous in the economic software market.
Development of 1C Enterprise - release of the 1C Enterprise 7.7 platform
The next stage in the development of the 1C platform is the release of the 1C Enterprise 7.7 platform in 1999. Prior to this, intermediate versions were released, but this version of the platform is the final implementation of the intended functionality. If before this, 1C configurations were created exclusively for accounting, then with this version of the platform, the functionality of the released 1C configurations has expanded. New configurations have appeared that are focused on other areas of application, such as "1C Trade and Warehouse" for accounting for warehouse activities, "1C Salary and Human Resources Management" for calculating wages, "1C Production accounting services" for accounting automation manufacturing enterprises and etc.
As for the technical equipment of the platform, the programming language has been significantly changed, improved functionality has been added and optimization has been made. system requirements to work with the program.
1C Enterprise data objects appeared in the platform, using which it became possible to develop accounting systems. 1C data objects - became the basis of the 1C platform, which distinguished it from other programming languages. In the process of platform evolution, the number of data objects and their functionality expanded with the release of each new version of 1C Enterprise.
The proposed configurations have become popular with both small organizations and large enterprises. But since the released configurations of 1C Enterprise 7.7 could not take into account all the nuances of the work of enterprises, for many companies there was a need to refine them for their business processes. This provoked a massive need for 1C programmers who could implement the functionality necessary for the operation of the enterprise in the proposed basic 1C configurations.
To meet these needs, 1C began to create a regional network of franchisees, in which specialists were recruited who wanted to master programming in the 1C environment, study the functionality of typical 1C configurations for further refinement of 1C configurations to meet the needs of customers. The profession of a 1C Enterprise programmer has become one of the most sought after in the labor market and, accordingly, one of the very well paid. This trend continues to the present.
Issue 1C Enterprise 8.0 in development 1C Enterprise
The development of 1s enterprise continued in 2002, in which it was released a new version platforms 1C Enterprise 8.0. In this version, the interface has become even more friendly, not inferior to other Windows office applications. Functionally, new configuration objects were added, programming language functions were changed, and the query language was expanded. One of the advanced changes was the appearance of a reporting mechanism. It became possible to generate 1C reports from the data compiled by the request, and not only by programming tools. This improved the overall visualization of 1C reports and their functionality - in reports based on SKD, easily created transcripts, grouping, selection, formatting mechanisms appeared.
In versions 1C Enterprise 8, the licensing system has become more flexible. 1C Enterprise 7.7 security keys had a physical medium and were divided into single-user and multi-user, while an unlimited number of users could work in multi-user versions. Server keys also gave access to an unlimited number of users to server databases. The restrictions were of a technical nature related to the capacity of the equipment where the 1C bases were installed. In versions 1C Enterprise 8.0, this concept has changed - 1C keys have become individual for a specific number of users. In addition, 1C licenses began to be offered in two forms - in the form of a flash drive (hardware licenses) and in the form of pin codes (software licenses). You can read more about the licensing system in the article.
Further development of 1C Enterprise 8.x
In 2006, version 1C Enterprise 8.1 was released, which was an improved version of its predecessor.
In 2009, a new platform 1C Enterprise 8.2 was released, which implemented a new evolutionary functionality - there was a division into client and server procedures. If earlier all 1C procedures were server-based and were performed by the resources of the systems on which they were installed, then in this version it became possible to determine where to perform procedures and functions - on the server or on the client. This made it possible to offload low-power user computers by performing heavy operations on the server and transfer the result of the execution to client computers for visualization.
The division of procedures and functions into client and server ones made it possible to implement the work of 1C Enterprise via the Internet. To do this, you need to publish the 1C database on a web server and give access through a web browser or through a platform on a 1C thin client.
At the same time, the 1C configuration interface has become much more pleasant, many user functions for working with list forms and 1C object forms have expanded, user interface settings have appeared, changes have been made in better side presentation of menus and reporting output forms.
Release 1C Enterprise 8.3 in the development of 1C Enterprise
In 2012, a trial version of 1C Enterprise 8.3 was released, in which the development of 1C Enterprise continued. Integration with various Web-technologies has become the main direction of expanding the functionality of the platform. The platform has the ability to develop mobile applications, mechanisms for working with http have expanded, new mechanisms for integrating with web and applications have appeared. Also, it became possible to fully work with Linux systems. These technologies continue to evolve to this day.
Another significant difference of the released platform was the creation of a modern data presentation mode "Taxi". When this mode is activated, the program control functions are organized into subsystems, making the visualization of the application more pleasant and logical. This technology of arrangement of functional blocks is used to this day.
Development of 1C Enterprise today
To date, the development of 1s enterprise has not been completed. More recently, the company announced the release of 1C Enterprise 8.4. The main direction of the platform development is the optimization of the work of highly loaded 1C configurations and the development of Web technologies.
I forgot to mention another interesting development - 1C: Enterprise Development Tools, the purpose of which is to abandon the 1C platform. Surprised? This development began as soon as it became possible to publish the 1C database on a web server. It is a set of scripts for working with 1C Enterprise data through a browser without using the 1C platform. That's it promising direction development of the 1C system with a very distant aim ...
Summarizing what has been said, I make an unequivocal conclusion that today the 1C Enterprise platform has the full range of functions necessary for the operation of a modern application:
- supports client-server architecture;
- has the ability to integrate with other applications and websites according to all currently known standards;
- remote work with databases via the Internet;
- it is possible to write mobile applications;
- full work on Windows and Linux systems.
And this is just a superficial assessment. If you dig deep, then there are many other diamonds of the 1C platform, making it competitive both on Russian market as well as abroad.
Development of 1C Enterprise - platform evolution