SoftServe is one of Bramble Hub’s newer partners, and describes itself as a “company of advisors, engineers and designers, solving business challenges with innovative technology solutions”. This is a modest understatement: SoftServe operates at the cutting edge of information technology.

““It’s an exciting place to be, in terms of the calibre of people I’m working with and the growth rate, which was over 40% last year!” ”

— Adam Heaton, Consulting Partner

SoftServe is also one of our larger partners, with 14,000 associates based out of operations that are scattered widely across north America and Europe, as well as South America, Dubai and Singapore. Adam Heaton, a Consulting Partner, who joined the company less than a year ago, estimates that about 400 associates are currently serving UK customers; although not all of these are UK-based.

Adam’s impressive CV spans organizations as diverse as Defra (the UK government Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs), HP, Cognizant, “a big energy company and a big tech company”, as well as running his own consultancy for three years. He is clear why he joined SoftServe: “It’s an exciting place to be, in terms of the calibre of people I’m working with and the growth rate, which was over 40% last year!”

SoftServe, Adam says, focuses primarily on cloud technologies, but also supports customers’ legacy systems and applications, and helps migrate those into the cloud. “For example, we’re working with a multi-national consumer goods company right now, on a strategy to migrate their datacentres into the public cloud. This isn’t a simple ‘lift-and-shift': we look at their applications and data, working with the business to decide the appropriate level of modernization and at what stage that should be delivered.”

Adam proudly points out the depth of skills that SoftServe possesses across the leading cloud platforms. “We have over 3,000 accredited cloud engineers and deep partnerships with the three main hyperscalers – Google cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft’s Azure, in addition to VMware and others.

And this highlights what makes SoftServe stand out from its competitors. “Perhaps, unusually for a consulting company we have real engineering depth – we invest heavily in current and emerging technologies, especially in areas that we believe will have a significant impact on our clients.” For example, we do research into the application of quantum computing and partner with local Universities to develop advanced degree programs. We’re also pushing the boundaries of machine learning and AI, recently winning Google’s global machine learning partner of the year”

SoftServe’s impressive UK customer base includes Dyson, Deliveroo, ITV, Curry’s and Anglo American, and the company has chosen to partner with Bramble Hub to approach the UK public sector; so watch this space for some exciting new joint project announcements in the coming months.