Ricardo Lacerda and José Pedro Smart Mercier Marques joined forces in 2003 to create an independent company that came to be called “Vantis Tecnologias da Informação”.
Having chosen the legal regime of a limited company, with equal participation from each person, and there being no commercial or subsidiarity relationship with any other similar company, they soon elected Companhia IBM Portuguesa, S.A. as your target customer by agreeing to a partnership in the area of IBM PartnerWorld for Development of IBM Products.
In addition, they sought other strong partnerships with manufacturers of information technology solutions, of unquestionable interest in Total CPD Management.
Thus, Vantis begins its activities with the commercialization and development of IT solutions, both in terms of import and export, providing technical support and supporting their implementation and use. Likewise, the provision of technical support services for computer systems and their production is carried out, as well as the provision of methodological and IT consultancy services in the management, optimization and control of systems and also training in information technologies.
In 2017, the 50% shares belonging to founding partner José Pedro Smart Mercier Marques, both in Vantis Tecnologias de Informação, Lda., in Portugal, and in its counterparts, created in the meantime, in Brazil and Spain, were acquired by one of the company technicians, Marcos Nieto Vidal, an employee of Vantis since its inception.
From that date onwards, there was a restructuring of internal services, which covered the most diverse areas, from Financial Administrative, to Accounting, Legal, Infrastructure (upgrade of Communication Networks, Hardware, Software, Operating Systems, zSeries, iSeries , Unix/Linux and Windows), Human Resources, Customer Relationships to Partnership and Business Management.
As a consequence of this segmentation, an “Area of Excellence” is created for the development of software to run on the IBM z/OS Mainframe environment platform, with the purpose of offering the Customers’ environment better performance, a reduction in execution time of your applications, greater system availability, a significant increase in the application life cycle and a consequent reduction in operational consumption.
In 2021, an organizational restructuring of the company’s activity with its Customers was carried out.
Therefore, it was decided to segment the external areas of the business developed by Vantis with the aim of optimizing assets, material and human, available in each area, and these segments were autonomous by legally distinct entities.
Vantis Tecnologias de Informação Ltda. now focuses on the areas of IT service provision – in the areas of consultancy, resources and manpower – which was already being provided to its Clients.
Vantis II Software, Lda., created in the meantime, was assigned an entire infrastructure for the development of software supported by the IBM z/OS Mainframe platform.
This robust Infrastructure, with a communication network composed of a Site to Site VPN, compatible with most brands on the market, equipped with hardware, software and operating systems (zSeries, iSeries, Unix/Linux and Windows), with high levels of security , availability and redundancy, prepared to, on a Remote or Hybrid basis, develop software, provide services, develop projects (Turnkey) and provide tailored training actions.
The iSeries (AS/400) environment allows you to provide as Remote Backup with high replication availability and, in real time, application processes for disaster recovery, without additional costs in purchasing backup Hardware, Storage or DataCenter and without interruption of activities running on the IBM iSeries platform.
Recently, in 2023, an important milestone stands out – the partnership with Microsoft Corporation for the creation and development of software and consultancy on Clouds and Office projects, to run on the IBM z/OS Mainframe platform.
From all of the above, Vantis’ Mission is to continue being Software and service companies, always focused on Innovation and for many years to come.
It is about seeking and innovating, always with the highest quality, your offer, at competitive prices and, based on this commutativity – innovation, quality and price – consolidating value partnerships with your Customers, based on a solid and mutually advantageous relationship.
Ethics and trust in all contacts, seeking a solid relationship .
Ambição , proactive stance in the search for the best solutions and new partners.
Innovation , aware of the risks involved, to grow sustainably and be at the forefront of knowledge.
Employees , the human quality and the high technical qualification of the professionals who cooperate with us, allowed us to quickly become a reference.
Expansion in the global market with a focus on offering specialized consultancy.
Consolidation of the activity, always attentive to the evolution and needs of the market, positioning itself for the emerging challenges and opportunities.
Diversification of activities in the various areas related to Information and Communication Technologies.
