We’re excited to welcome Omer Qureshi to Softline as our VP of Strategic Alliances. Omer will play a key role in maintaining and developing our relationships with key partners. His main focus will be on further developing and strengthening our partnership with Microsoft, as well as identifying opportunities to introduce Microsoft's cloud and cybersecurity solutions in regions where Softline is operating and growing.

LONDON, United Kingdom – October 13, 2021 - Microsoft has introduced ActivePlatform, a brokering portal for cloud service sales by Softline Group, to its AppSource Marketplace, raising the platform’s visibility and helping customers to compare its advantages with other solutions on the market.

21 September 2021, London: Softline, a leading global IT solutions and services provider with a focus on digital transformation, cloud and cybersecurity, expands its geographical position with its new acquisition stake in DigiTech, a Digital Transformation specialist, to establish a joint-venture which combines DigiTech's top-class licensing and cloud expertise with Softline's wider portfolio of solutions, services and vendors.

10 September, 2021, London/Moscow/Latvia: Softline, a leading global IT solutions and services provider with a focus on digital transformation, cloud and cybersecurity, acquires the licensing business of Squalio, an international data technology company, in the following countries: Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus and Estonia. Licensing business of Squalio represented 98% of its total revenue in 2020.

Softline, a leading global Information Technology solutions and services provider, is facilitating and expanding access to vital educational tools through involvement in a growing number of EduTech projects around the world.

The Softline team has helped the university reinvent their learning workflows with the Microsoft Teams collaboration platform while maintaining local infrastructure.

Softline announced it has earned the Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop advanced specialization, a validation of a partner’s deep knowledge, extensive experience and expertise in deploying, scaling and securing virtual desktop infrastructure on Azure.

Softline Digital specialists conducted classes at the Higher School of Economics (HSE) during the academic year. The Faculty of Economic Sciences added a Data Mining course to the Master's program "Statistical Modeling and Actuarial Calculations". During this course, the students learned state-of-the-art technologies, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computer vision. A small part of the course was devoted to computer vision, but learning projects were focused on this technology.

On August 2, sales of a new product from Microsoft - Windows 365 - officially started. This new product is already available for purchase through Softline!

A101 Group created virtual desktop infrastructure using VMware platform as a basis. It allows employees of the Group including ones who use specialized software to connect with company sources through any device. Approximately 43% of specialists already have their own virtual desktop: from designers to marketing personnel.