1984 - Advent Computer Services Ltd. (Advent) was incorporated on the 22nd February, under the Companies Act, 1956 in Chennai and obtained Certificate of Commencement of Business on the 16th March, from Registrars of Companies, Tamil Nadu at Chennai. The Companies main object is to carry on the business of manufacturers and dealers in computers, computer hardware, computer software and computer systems both in India and abroad.

The Company was established as 100% EOU at Chennai, and promoted by Mr. Michael Arul an ex-IBM technocrat, Mrs. Jennifer Arul and their Associates. The Company was set up to primarily export business application software designed to run on IBM S/38 computer system that had been introduced in market at that time by IBM. One of the Advent's key objectives was to develop a World Class Software package for the Wholesale Distribution Industry for IBM S/38 users. 1988 - IBM introduced the IBM AS/400 Computer System which employs exactly the same architecture as the IBM S/38.

The Company successfully launched ADS 400 in South East Asia, a comprehensive distribution management system for the IBM/AS/400 is now poised to enter the largest and most lucrative market in the world for such application software packages viz. the United States of America. The company has also developed its own software packages to address the areas of retail and distribution businesses. These packages are of international quality and are likely to generate business in India as well as overseas. The Chennai-based Advent Computer Services Ltd has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with L & T Information Technology Ltd (LTITL) for managing the operations and product development. Advent has also entered into an agreement with CCG, an information technology firm marketing ADS 400.

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