Software & IT Consulting

Architecture reviews, stack decisions, and project rescue — for SMEs

Software & IT consulting for SMEs

Most SMEs don't need a chief architect on the payroll — they need someone with battle scars to look at their codebase, their roadmap, and their team for a few days and tell them straight what to keep, what to replace, and what to leave alone.

Vantino has been shipping software for more than 20 years. Our IT consultants advise SMEs and startups on the decisions that compound — architecture, stack choices, cloud strategy, security, and the build-vs-buy line — without selling you a 12-month engagement to figure it out.

Our clients use Software & IT consulting to:

  • review existing architecture and identify accumulated technical debt
  • decide build vs buy vs SaaS for the next big capability
  • pick a cloud strategy (AWS, GCP, Azure) and avoid lock-in where it matters
  • design DevOps and platform engineering practices that fit team size
  • modernise legacy systems incrementally, without a risky rewrite
  • assess security posture and compliance (Swiss DSG, GDPR, SOC 2 readiness)
  • rescue projects that are off-track — scope, team, technical
  • structure software teams: in-house vs outsourced vs dedicated
Vantino's team also advises on:
  • IT strategy — long-term technology roadmap aligned with business strategy.
  • Software project management — agile transition, sprint cadence, hiring senior engineers vs growing your own.
  • Process automation — internal tooling, workflow automation, LLM-assisted operations.
  • Security & compliance — Swiss DSG, GDPR, SOC 2 readiness, threat modelling.
  • AI integration into existing systems — where ML/LLM features genuinely move the needle vs where they add complexity for no return.

These come up most often as short engagements: a 1-2 day architecture review, a build-vs-buy decision memo, a security audit, or a project-rescue scoping. Contact us to discuss your situation.

We also build the systems we recommend — see our Web & Mobile Apps, RESTful APIs & Microservices, and DevOps pages.