AMAÏS France

What AMAÏS France does

AMAÏS France is a privately held French IT services and solutions integrator founded in 2004 and headquartered in Osny (Cergy-Pontoise, Île-de-France). The company specializes in business continuity (PCA/PRA), high availability, data replication, and security/traceability for enterprises running IBM iSeries (AS400), Unix, and Windows environments, with a strong focus on the iSeries platform. Its portfolio bundles third-party specialized software (ARCAD Suite for application evolution and DevOps, Quick-EDD/HA, Quick-EDD/DR, Quick-EDD/DRm and Quick-EDD/Open for replication and high availability, QJRN/400 for data audit, Controler for iSeries access security, and AOS Tape/Scheduling Manager for automation) with IBM hardware reselling (System i, System p5, System x, System Storage, SAN/NAS) and complementary services.

The business model combines professional services (consulting, audits, training), software and hardware integration with one-time licensing, managed hosting/outsourcing delivered in partnership with IBM France, and IT financing brokerage through IBM Global Financing and LEASECOM. Go-to-market is primarily direct field sales to mid-to-large French enterprises, supplemented by industry events and partner-driven channels. Customers span banking (Crédit Agricole Leasing & Factoring, Crédit Municipal de Paris, VTB), insurance (GAN Assurances, Swiss Life), luxury (Boucheron), e-commerce (Fotovista, Telemarket), healthcare (DII), and IT services (Computacenter). The company is led by Eric Milton, Manager PRA/PCA Global Entreprise, and operates as a SARL with a registered capital of €10,000 and 1-10 employees.

Name

AMAÏS France

Legal name

AMAÏS France

Website

https://amais-france.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AMAÏS France is a small French IT integrator founded in 2004 that delivers IBM iSeries business continuity, data replication, security, and hosting solutions, alongside ARCAD and Quick-EDD software, to mid-to-large French enterprises in banking, insurance, luxury, and e-commerce.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Services and Business Continuity Solutions

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Wholesale-Computers & Peripheral Equipment & Software (5045)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAEAOAF

IT Asset Lifecycle Services (Procure-to-Retire)

Business & Public Services/IT & Digital Services (Managed Services, Systems Integration)/IT Asset Management & Software Licensing Services

SECONDARYBPAEAHAB

Data Engineering, Integration & ETL/ELT Services

Business & Public Services/IT & Digital Services (Managed Services, Systems Integration)/Data, Analytics & AI Services

SECONDARYHDAEACAA

Batch ETL/ELT Platforms

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Enterprise Platforms & Databases/Data Integration, ETL/ELT & Middleware

Keywords

• Business continuity services
• Disaster recovery consulting
• IT infrastructure integration
• Data replication software
• Server hardware resale

Headquarters

HQ city

Osny

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Consulting et Services Professionnels: Prestations de conseil en optimisation et évolution des systèmes d'information, audits, études PCA/PRA, mise en place de methodologies et processus qualité
2. Intégration et Déploiement de Solutions Logicielles et Matérielles: Installation, déploiement, optimisation et industrialisation de systèmes iSeries, Unix et Windows. Vente et intégration de solutions matérielles (serveurs IBM, stockage) et logicielles (ARCAD, Quick-EDD, AOS)
3. Hébergement et Externalisation: Services d'hébergement de serveurs de production, backup et test avec supervision. Externalisation partielle ou globale du système d'information
4. Financement de Solutions IT: Solutions de financement (location évolutive, crédit-bail) pour équipements informatiques via partenaires comme IBM Global Financing et LEASECOM

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AMAÏS France is a French IT services company that delivers business continuity, high availability, data replication, and application evolution solutions. The company integrates and resells IBM servers and storage, deploys partner software (ARCAD, Quick-EDD, CILASOFT, AOS), and provides consulting, hosting, and outsourced IT operations. Its primary customers are mid-market and enterprise clients in banking, insurance, luxury, and e-commerce who need PCA/PRA planning and regulatory compliance.

Product overview

AMAÏS France is an IT services and solutions company specializing in business continuity, system availability, and information system optimization for small to large enterprises. The product portfolio is organized around a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core software offerings span three main solution families: (1) Application Evolution — the ARCAD suite (ARCAD-Skipper Suite, ARCAD-Observer, ARCAD-Qualifier with ARCAD-Test Coverage Analyser, ARCAD-Extract, ARCAD-Verifier, and ARCAD-Open Repository as the shared kernel, plus ARCAD-Changer, ARCAD-Integrater, and ARCAD-Deliver modules) for configuration management, version control, application documentation, and test coverage; (2) High Availability & Replication — Quick-EDD/HA for iSeries HA, Quick-EDD/Open for heterogeneous SAN storage virtualization, Quick-EDD/DR for iSeries-to-iSeries replication, and Quick-EDD/DRm for heterogeneous database replication; and (3) Security & Traceability — QJRN/400 for data audit and traceability, Controler for iSeries access security, and ARCAD-Customer for help desk management. Supporting these are AOS Tape Manager (backup management) and AOS Scheduling Manager (job scheduling) for iSeries automation. The hardware portfolio includes IBM System i (iSeries), System p5 (UNIX), and System x (Windows/Intel) servers, alongside IBM System Storage solutions covering disk (DS3200/DS4800/DS8000), NAS (N3700/N7000), tape libraries (3580/TS3200/TS3500), and SAN switches (SAN16B-2/SAN32B-3/SAN256B). Services include PCA/PRA consulting, hosting/outsourcing, and IT audit, advice, and training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plan de Continuité d'Activité (PCA) & Plan de Reprise d'Activité (PRA) Business continuity and disaster recovery consulting services including critical activity audits, application criticality assessment, IT system inventory, recovery strategy definition, and implementation support through to acceptance testing.
• Hébergement & Externalisation Server hosting and IT outsourcing services covering backup server hosting, production server hosting, test server hosting with supervision, procedure documentation, and full IT outsourcing in partnership with IBM France.
• Audit, Conseil & Formation IT consulting services including information system optimization audits, PRA/PCA advisory, process analysis, automation strategy development, contract rationalization, and inter-company and intra-company training sessions.
• IBM System i (iSeries) Servers Integrated midrange and enterprise servers running i5/OS, Windows, Linux, and AIX on POWER5+ processors, offered in models ranging from 515 Express to 595 for small to large enterprises.
• IBM System p5 Servers UNIX and Linux servers based on IBM POWER5/POWER5+ processor technology, ranging from entry-level to 64-way enterprise configurations supporting AIX 5L and Linux environments.
• IBM System x Servers (Windows/Intel) Windows and Intel-based rack and tower servers ranging from entry-level to enterprise-class, plus BladeCenter S and H chassis and blade modules.
• IBM System Storage (Disque) Disk storage systems including DS3200, DS4800, and DS8000, supporting multiple RAID levels with capacities ranging from 3.6 TB to 320 TB.
• IBM System Storage NAS (N3700, N7000 Series) Network-attached storage systems with integrated file system, high availability clustering, and FC/SATA disk support, ranging from N3700 to N7000 Series.
• IBM System Storage Bandothèques (3580, TS3200, TS3500) Tape libraries and drives including IBM TotalStorage 3580 Express, TS3200 Express, and TS3500, supporting LTO Ultrium and IBM 3592 cartridge formats.
• IBM System Storage SAN Switches (SAN16B-2, SAN32B-3, SAN256B) Fibre Channel SAN switches and directors ranging from SAN16B-2 Express to SAN256B director, plus SAN140M enterprise director for enterprise storage networking.
• QJRN/400 - Audit et Traçabilité des données Data audit and traceability software that leverages OS/400 journaling to perform security audits, monitor off-hours activity, track changes to sensitive database fields, and generate real-time alerts via email or printed reports.
• Controler - Sécurisation des Accès iSeries iSeries access security software that monitors external access types (FTP, DDM, Client Access, Signon, Remote Command, TELNET, ODBC), protects IFS data, controls IFS data queues, and restricts sensitive OS/400 commands by profile.
• Quick-EDD/DR - Réplication de données iSeries iSeries-to-iSeries data replication solution providing real-time cross-site data replication via journaling, supporting bidirectional replication, intelligent data selection, and formatting for target systems.
• Quick-EDD/DRm - Réplication hétérogène Heterogeneous data replication module that distributes data beyond iSeries-AS/400 platforms to any database type (DB2, UDB, SQL Server, Oracle), maintaining full replication functionality in mixed environments.
• Quick-EDD/HA - Haute Disponibilité iSeries High availability solution for iSeries-AS/400 environments providing real-time database replication to a remote backup site via journaling, ensuring an identical copy is available at the moment of failure.
• Quick-EDD/Open - SAN hétérogène Centralized storage area network (SAN) controller for heterogeneous environments, enabling standard X86 servers to access centralized storage via Ethernet iSCSI and/or Fibre Channel, supporting virtual LUN creation, snapshots, and automatic failover high availability mirroring.
• ARCAD-Skipper Suite - Gestion des Configurations et Versions Configuration management and version control software suite for the iSeries platform, automating the software lifecycle, managing multi-machine distributions, and integrating standard software package modifications. Composed of ARCAD-Open Repository, ARCAD-Changer, ARCAD-Integrater, and ARCAD-Deliver modules.
• ARCAD-Observer - Documentation du Patrimoine Applicatif Application portfolio documentation tool that provides a graphical view of internal software architecture and generates technical documentation to enterprise standards, reducing application maintenance costs.
• ARCAD-Qualifier - Tests de Non Régression Test coverage measurement and automated test suite generation tool for iSeries, consisting of ARCAD-Test Coverage Analyser, ARCAD-Extract, and ARCAD-Verifier components to industrialize application testing.
• ARCAD-Customer - Support Clients (Help desk) Customer support and help desk solution with an intranet/internet architecture providing end-user traceability, knowledge base access, and real-time information flow, supporting compliance with ISO 9001, COBIT, CMM, and ITIL standards.
• AOS Tape Manager - Gestion des Sauvegardes Automated backup management solution for iSeries that manages daily, weekly, monthly, and annual backup operations in a database, tracks cartridge identification, retention dates, and offsite movements, and provides complete backup history reporting.
• AOS Scheduling Manager - Planificateur de Travaux Job scheduling and workload automation solution for distributed iSeries environments, managing job dependencies, multi-machine coordination, parameter passing between jobs, and complete audit logging of job execution and anomalies.

Quantifiable outcome

• Gains de productivité de 30 à 40% sur l'activité de maintenance applicative avec ARCAD-Skipper Suite
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IBM FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartenaire stratégique majeur pour les solutions Business Continuity and Resiliency Services. IBM Global Services et IBM Global Financing intégrés à l'offre. Co-organisation de conférences PRA/PCA et participation commune à des événements comme les Journées 01 Informatique.
• ARCAD SoftwarecoreTechnology or IntegrationPartenaire technologique pour les solutions de gestion des configurations (ARCAD-Skipper), documentation patrimoine applicatif (ARCAD-Observer), tests de non régression (ARCAD-Qualifier) et support clients (ARCAD-Customer).
• CILASOFTcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartenaire pour la solution QJRN/400 d'audit et traçabilité des données sur environnements iSeries/AS400. Solutions de sécurité des accès (Controler).
• TRADERScoreTechnology or IntegrationPartenaire pour les solutions Quick-EDD de réplication de données (Quick-EDD/DR, Quick-EDD/DRm) et haute disponibilité (Quick-EDD/HA, Quick-EDD/Open).
• Club de Continuité d'Activité (CCA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation ouverte aux entreprises concernées par la mise en place d'un PRA/PCA. Réunion de sociétés utilisatrices de tous secteurs (Assurance, Banque, Distribution, Industrie, Luxe). Eric Milton, Manager PRA/PCA Global Entreprise, participe activement.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Devoteam: France-headquartered IT services firm with infrastructure and cloud transformation practices overlapping AMAÏS' mid-to-large enterprise field-sales motion across regulated French verticals.
• Atos: European IT services incumbent with strong French public-sector and banking footprint, offering infrastructure services, BC/DR consulting, and managed hosting — directly overlapping with AMAÏS' target segments in France.
• Capgemini: Global IT services incumbent with established IBM i/Power and Application Management practices in France. Comparable as a competitor (and sometimes partner) for enterprise IT infrastructure, BC/DR, and managed services deals.
• Sopra Steria: French-headquartered IT services group serving Banking, Insurance, and Public Sector — overlapping segments with AMAÏS — with infrastructure modernization, DR, and managed services offerings.
• IBM Global Services (IBM France): AMAÏS' core strategic partner and the broad incumbent in IBM Business Continuity and Resiliency Services, with whom AMAÏS co-bids on enterprise continuity engagements across France. Overlaps on PCA/PRA, hosting, and infrastructure services at much larger scale.
• CGI Group: Global IT and BC/DR services provider with a sizable French operation, comparable for enterprise IT infrastructure, data replication, and continuity engagements in regulated verticals.

Emerging players

• ARCAD Software: Independent vendor of the ARCAD application-lifecycle suite (Skipper, Observer, Qualifier, Customer) that AMAÏS resells and integrates in France. Comparable as the underlying software supplier to AMAÏS' configuration management and test offerings for the iSeries ecosystem.
• TRADERS: French vendor of the Quick-EDD replication and high-availability product family that AMAÏS resells and integrates. Directly comparable as the upstream supplier of Quick-EDD/DR, /DRm, /HA, and /Open.
• SYAN Ltd: UK-based specialist in IBM iSeries (IBM i, AIX, Linux) security and event monitoring — partner of AMAÏS and a directly comparable boutique competitor targeting the same Power/i security and audit niche in Europe.
• CILASOFT: French vendor of QJRN/400 audit and traceability software and Controler access security for IBM iSeries — the exact products AMAÏS resells. Operates in the same niche for compliance and security on Power/i platforms.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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