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The Vantage Group is a Boutique Advisory with
Global Experience in Business Modernisation,
Independent Cloud Strategies
and Asset Management
and with a Strong Focus on
Risk, Compliance and Cost Optimisation

  

   




   

   About the Vantage Group


The Vantage Group is an agile information technology business consultancy with a strong local presence in its target markets and many years of applicable senior consultancy and advisory experience. The group focuses around Business Modernisation through Digital Transformation, neutral and independent Cloud strategies; IT cost optimisation and related governance, and risk and compliance requirements and practices.

The Vantage Group can draw upon both a global network of skilled and experienced senior consultants with project experience in 30+ countries across the world (especially in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia as well as enjoying privileged relationships with large global IT vendors and service providers.

The Vantage Group is headquartered near Zurich, Switzerland with subsidiaries - named Vantage Services and Vantage Systems - to service the German/Austrian and the South African/SADC markets.



   
   

Our Service Portfolio


Our service portfolio covers the following main services areas:
  • Business Modernisation Advisory with Digital Transformation
  • Cloud Enablement and Adoption Business Advisory
  • IT (Cost-) Optimisation and License Compliance Advisory
  • Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Assessment Services
  • Programme and Project Management Services
   
   


Business Modernisation Advisory with Digital Transformation


Digital Transformation are processes to change and significantly improve how an organisation interacts with customers, suppliers and employees using existing and new technologies.

The business advisory services will be looking at how to help a business fast-track their modernisation and transformation that is required to succeed in the "New Normal" by taking advantage of the possibilities offered by Digital Transformation processes.

Ultimately this is about utilising relationships with clients, employees and partners/suppliers to create additional business while reducing operational cost. This can be achieved by enhancing interactions in order to create richer and more rewarding interactions that will result in successful and long-lasting relationships to the benefit of all parties involved.

Cloud Enablement and Adoption Business Advisory


The Cloud is currently THE hot topic in Information Technology and pretty much impossible to ignore. Given that it promises a wealth of benefits, the Vantage Group strongly believes that every organisation should have a clear Cloud strategy, based on hard, complete and unbiased evaluations and facts.

This strategy will look at all applications and systems to see if, how and under what conditions they could move to the Cloud – including all applicable legal requirements.

This will give clients a comprehensive, recommended all-round Cloud strategy, with a planning, implementation and review cycle plan. Included documentation will detail applications/systems actually recommended to move and which ones should remain on-premise and why. For systems moving it would clearly outline where they should move, how they would move - including any related service impact - and when they could move.

IT (Cost-) Optimisation and License Compliance Advisory


The Optimisation and Compliance Advisory services are aiming at two areas:

On one hand there is the Software & Cloud Services Lifecycle Management and Optimisation service that is based on the traditional IT- and Software Asset Management (SAM) services that are looking at optimising IT and especially software assets and ensuring software license compliance. This has been enhanced to include existing Cloud services into the cycle - both from an optimisation and a compliance perspective.

The service looks across both technologies - on-premise and the Cloud - and potential cost benefits by deploying one versus the other when trying to optimise or legalise existing systems and applications.

The other side of the service hooks back into the Digital Transformation side to use technology available in the market to significantly improve processes, by making them more efficient, flexible and agile and at the same time more cost efficient.

Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Assessment Services


In today’s tightly regulated business environments there are many governance and compliance topics to adhere to, with many of them touching the ever-expanding usage of information technology systems.

All systems/application and Cloud deployments resulting from Digital Transformation processes and projects will have to happen in accordance with - often quite strict - local data protection and prevention of loss of data laws.

The Vantage Group offers a number of GRC-related services to address these challenges:
  • An IT Security Assessment, looking at both networking and IT-system security and all related practices, deployments, operational directives, business processes and procedures
  • An IT Risk Assessment taking a broader view to also include operational, system design and environmental risk factors, all based on standardised catalogues and procedures to document any inherent risks within the ongoing IT operations and weighting them based on the importance of the individual components
  • Data Protection Law compliance across business processes, applications and all forms of IT deployments to adhere to various global, regional and local regulations


Programme and Project Management Services


All of the services and initiatives offered are being assisted with a full stack of Programme and Project Management services and related support.

These services are not only offered in relation to projects by the Vantage Group in the areas above, but can also be extended to any other already ongoing projects in the business and IT space, including project under distress.



   
   

Why work with the Vantage Group?

    



First of all, the Vantage Group is vendor independent. All entities have no product or subscription revenue commitment with any IT vendor or Cloud services provider, allowing consulting staff to offer neutral and agnostic services and advice to clients, based on best practices obtained over many years of real-life experience.
The Vantage Group minimises project risk by deploying senior, experienced resources with many years of multi-discipline experience. Principal and senior consultants at the Vantage Group have an average of 30+ respectively 20+ years of experience, while project managers come with a wealth of global delivery experience.

Equally, the Vantage Group has access to an extensive network of partners across Europe, the Middle East and Africa consisting of
  • Trusted industry consulting partners
  • Solution delivery partners with applicable business-, applications- and technical skills
  • Global technology vendor partners to assist with the technology and Cloud infrastructures used

Projects by the Vantage Group are driven by business needs and value to the client, not by technology, or by product- and Cloud-service providers. There is also no favouring of on-premise respectively Cloud deployments as recommendations will be based on what will offer most value and benefit to the client under his particular circumstances.
The Vantage Group will use proven methodologies and project approaches, adhering to global best practices to deliver rapid and tangible results.

As such the delivery teams will always:
  • Define business KPIs
  • Define resource requirements and budgets in a comprehensive project plan
  • Strictly work along the project plan(s) to lead clients through multi-phase transformation processes with each phase being short to result in quick returns
  • Use a collaborative approach with stakeholders and other role players and contributors
  • Ensure legal requirements and regulations are being met
  • Deliver on all commitments made - deliverables, time and budget


 


"Global Experience and Partners,
Local Presence and Knowledge"
 

  


   
   

Please Get In Touch With Us


You may contact us via email or via telephone and we will be excited to get in touch with you to discuss your needs. We look forward to hearing from you.
    
   


 

Switzerland

Vantage Services AG
       Austria / Germany

Vantage Services GmbH		       South Africa

Vantage Services (Pty) Ltd
 
+41 52 508 79 79   +43 512 38 40 40   +27 82 808 66 82
+41 52 508 79 78   +43 512 38 40 40-3    
Bahnhofstrasse 2
8240 Thayngen (SH)
Switzerland		   Sillgasse 12/IV
6020 Innsbruck
Austria		   Southdowns Ridge Office Park
Centurion
South Africa
info@vantage-services.com
www.vantage-services.com

   
         

   
   
      © Vantage Services AG, 2023
Privacy Policy

Data privacy declaration for the website www.vantage-services.com

1. General information on data privacy at www.vantage-services.com

The following statement informs you whether, to what extent and for what purpose personal data is processed when you visit our website.

The declaration applies exclusively to our website vantage-services.com. If we refer to other websites as part of this website, their operators are responsible for compliance with data protection when handling your personal data.

We take the protection of your personal data very seriously and treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.

a) Scope

This data protection information governs the use of your personal data on www.vantage-services.com.

b) Persons responsible for data protection, responsibilities and contact details

Christian Kroker

Address:

Bahnhofstrasse 2
8240 Thayngen
Switzerland
Telephone: +41 44 974 20 20
Fax: +41 44 974 20 21
Email: info@vantage-services.com

Those responsible process your personal data exclusively in compliance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU-GDPR) and the Swiss Data Protection Act (revDSG). Below you will find the details about the type, scope and purpose of data collection and data usage.

2. Collection, storage and deletion of personal data as well as the type and purpose of their use

a) Contract data processor

The website is maintained by Vantage Services AG. The technical and organisational security measures at the hosting provider Telematica Internet Service Provider GmbH, Münzgrabenstraße 84b/5, 8010 Graz, Austria were checked before deployment and are checked on a regular basis.

b) When visiting the website

Purpose and duration of data processing: When you access our website www.vantage-services.com, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to our website server.

All information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is recorded without your intervention and stored until it is automatically deleted:
  • IP address of the requesting computer
  • Date and time of access
  • Name and URL of the retrieved file
  • Website from which access is made (referrer URL)
  • browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your access provider
The data mentioned will be processed by us for the following purposes:
  • Ensuring a smooth connection to the website
  • Ensuring comfortable use of our website
  • Evaluation of system security and stability
  • Network security, IT security, access logging
  • Error detection and correction as well as
  • any further administrative purposes
The data will be deleted as soon as the purpose has been fulfilled; usually no later than fourteen days after they were collected.

Legal basis for data processing: The legal basis for data processing is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f GDPR. Our legitimate interest is based on the data collection purposes listed above.

Recipients/recipient categories: Your data will be passed on to service providers in the areas of data management and automated data processing.

3. Cookies

We use cookies on our site. These are small files that your browser creates automatically and that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. Cookies do not cause any damage to your device and do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware. The cookie stores information that is being collected in connection with the specific end device used. However, this does not mean that we gain direct knowledge of your identity.

The use of cookies serves, on the one hand, to enable the use of our Internet offering or to make it more pleasant for you. Necessary/essential cookies are required for the website to function technically and cannot be deactivated. Their use does not require approval.

In addition, to optimise user-friendliness, we may use temporary cookies that are stored on your device for a specific period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it will automatically be recognised that you have already been with us and what entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.

Any use of cookies that are not operationally necessary or not required to provide a service you have expressly requested, requires your consent.

The further processing of the data collected by cookies is necessary for the purposes mentioned to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f of the GDPR.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your device or that a message always appears before a new cookie is created. However, completely deactivating cookies may mean that you cannot use all of the functions of our website.

Cookies used on our website:

Keyword / Name of the cookies & period of validity / Provider / Integration via third parties / Purpose
  • Settings storage / Preferred language (1 year) = vs_cookie_lang = 1 year / vantage_services.com / Saves the settings made by the user on the page (preferred language).

4. Sharing of data

As far as the user of our website has provided personal data, we only use this to answer inquiries from the user to process contracts concluded with the website user and/or customers as well as for technical administration. We will only pass on or otherwise transmit personal data to third parties if this is necessary for the purpose of executing the contract or for billing purposes or if the user of the website and/or customer has previously agreed to this. The user of the website and/or customer has the right to revoke their consent at any time with immediate effect. The stored personal data will be deleted if the user of the website and/or customer revokes their consent to store the data, if it is no longer required to fulfill the purpose for which it was stored or if storing this data is unlawful for other reasons. Data for billing and accounting purposes will not be affected by a request for deletion. If a contractual relationship is to be established between you and us, it be developed or changed, we collect and use personal data from you to the extent this as necessary for these purposes. At the request of the responsible authorities, we may provide information about this data (inventory data) in individual cases to the extent as is necessary for the purposes of criminal prosecution, to avert danger, to fulfill the statutory tasks of the constitutional protection authorities or the military counterintelligence services or to enforce intellectual property rights.

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. We will only pass on your personal data to third parties if you have given your express consent to do so in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a of the GDPR; the transfer has been mandated in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter f of the GDPR in order to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data; in the event that there is a legal obligation for disclosure in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. c GDPR; as well as this is legally permissible and necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter b GDPR.

5. Rights of those affected

You have the right

  • to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Article 15 GDPR. In particular, you can obtain information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, deletion, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to complain, the origin of your data, if it was not collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if necessary, meaningful information about its details;
  • in accordance with Article 17 GDPR, to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is carried out to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defense of legal claims is necessary;
  • in accordance with Article 18 GDPR, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data if you dispute the accuracy of the data, the processing is unlawful but you refuse its deletion and we no longer need the data but you want to use it need to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Article 21 GDPR;
  • in accordance with Article 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request its transmission to another person responsible;
  • in accordance with Article 7 Paragraph 3 GDPR, you can revoke your consent to us at any time. This means that we are no longer allowed to continue data processing in the future to the extent that it was based on this consent

6. Right to object

If your personal data is based on your consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit a. GDPR is processed, consent can be revoked at any time. The revocation takes effect as soon as the declaration of revocation is received and does not affect processing that has already taken place on the basis of the consent given; The revocation does not affect other existing contractual relationships with those responsible.

If you would like to exercise your right of withdrawal, simply send an email to info@vantage-services.com

By changing the settings in your internet browser, you can delete cookies that have been set or deactivate or restrict the collection and processing of data in the future. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to fully use all functions of the website.

7. Data security

We use appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

8. Currentness and changes to this data protection declaration

This data protection declaration is valid as of September 2023. Due to the further development of our website and offers on it, due to changed legal or official requirements or due to changes to our internal processes, it may become necessary to change this data protection declaration.

You can access and print out the current data protection declaration at any time on the website at https://www.vantage-services.com/.

Legal Imprint

Legal Imprint

Information and disclosure in accordance with the Swiss Penal Code (StGB) Art. 322

Website operator: Vantage Services AG
Company registration number: CHE-116.115.419
Commercial registrar: Canton of Schaffhausen

Represented by the managing director: Christian Kroker

Address: Bahnhofstrasse 2, 8240 Thayngen, Switzerland

VAT identification number: CHE-116.115.419 VAT

Contact details:
Telephone: +41.52.508 79 79
Email: info@vantage-services.com
Fax: +41.52.508 79 78


Information and disclosure in accordance with §5 (1) ECG, § 25 MediaG, § 63 GewO and § 14 UGB

Website operator: Vantage Services GmbH
Company register number: FN 559749k
Company registraion court: Innsbruck Regional Court

Address: Silg. 12/IV, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

UID number: ATU77104009
Trade supervisory authority: Magistrate of the city of Innsbruck
Memberships: WKO, Tyrol Chamber of Commerce/Innsbruck City , specialist group for management consulting, accounting and information technology

Contact details:
Telephone: +43.512.384040
Email: info@vantage-services.com
Fax: +43.512.384040-3

Applicable legal regulation: www.ris.bka.gv.at
Job title: Services in automatic data processing and information technology


Information and disclosure as per Companies Act, 2008

Website operator: Vantage Services (Pty) Ltd
Registration number: 1990 / 004010 / 07
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission

Represented by the managing director: Johann Krynauw

Address: Southdowns Ridge Office Park, Centurion, South Africa

VAT Registration No: 4960102897

Contact details:
Telephone: +27 83 268 4440
Email: info@vantage-services.com



Copyright: The contents of this website are subject to various intellectual property rights (e.g. copyright), as far as this is legally possible. Any use/distribution of material provided that is prohibited by copyright requires the written consent of the website operator.

The copyrights of third parties have been acknowledged by the operator of this website with greatest care. Should you nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, we ask that you notify us accordingly. If we become aware of such legal violations, we will immediately remove the affected content.

Disclaimer: Despite careful review of the content, the website operator of this website assumes no liability for the content of external links. The operators are solely responsible for the content of the linked pages. Should you nevertheless become aware of outgoing links that refer to a website with illegal activity/information, we would ask you to inform us accordingly in order to remove them immediately in accordance with Section 17 Paragraph 2 ECG.