IT infrastructure and licensing provider to enterprise and public sector
Softcat is a 1,000+ person IT services company selling hardware, software licenses, cloud, and managed services to large corporate and government buyers across UK, Ireland, US, and Asia-Pacific. The tech stack reflects both their reseller/distribution role (HPE, Cisco, Dell) and internal platform ambitions (Azure, Databricks, dbt, Power BI, Tableau, ServiceNow). Sales hiring (30 active roles) outpaces engineering (16), consistent with a quota-driven services business, while their project list—platform strategy, eBusiness portal, SuiteCloud tax implementation, AI integration—signals ongoing effort to build proprietary software and reduce pure commodity resale margins.
Softcat operates as a leading IT infrastructure reseller and managed-services provider, distributing hardware from HPE, Cisco, and Dell alongside software licensing and cloud services. The company serves corporate and public-sector clients from offices in the UK (Marlow HQ, plus London, Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow), Ireland (Dublin), US (Arlington), and Singapore. Core service lines span networking, security, business intelligence, collaboration, asset management, and professional services. Recent project investments in ServiceNow implementation, eBusiness portal development, and platform strategy indicate a shift toward higher-margin software and services offerings. The organization is expanding headcount across sales, finance, and engineering as it scales operational complexity.
Softcat's stack spans reseller distribution (HPE, Cisco, Dell hardware) and internal platforms: Azure, AWS, Google Cloud for infrastructure; Oracle NetSuite and Oracle HCM Cloud for ERP; dbt, Databricks, Delta Lake, Power BI, Tableau for analytics; ServiceNow for IT operations; GitLab for DevOps; and Java, Python, SQL for development.
Softcat is headquartered in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, UK. The company operates 11 offices globally: across the UK (London, Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, South Coast, Glasgow), Dublin, Singapore, and Arlington, USA.
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