Russian companies are increasingly trying not to replace network equipment, but to bring it back to life. In 2025, the number of requests for corporate IT infrastructure maintenance increased by 120%, according to K2Tech. At the same time, the number of customers themselves increased by only 8% – meaning existing clients started breaking down and contacting them significantly more often.
Businesses are trying to get the most out of their equipment: new equipment is expensive, parallel imports are becoming more complicated, and the remaining Western systems are gradually reaching the end of their service life. Most often, power supplies, fans, and line cards fail.
The problem is that the infrastructure now resembles a patchwork quilt. Western solutions, Russian equipment, and Asian counterparts operate simultaneously in companies – all of this needs to be interconnected, maintained, and protected from failures.
Demand continued to grow in 2026. According to T1, in February, the number of requests increased by 19% compared to January, and in March – by another 10%. At the same time, there is still a shortage of engineers capable of maintaining complex systems with clouds, big data, and high security requirements.
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