• Corporate Announcements

SunGard (http://www.sungard.com) today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Strohl Systems Group, Inc., a leading provider of business continuity planning software and services. Strohl Systems will become part of SunGard Availability Services, the pioneer and leading provider of information availability solutions. The transaction, the terms of which were not disclosed, is not expected to have a material impact on SunGard’s financial results.

SunGard (http://www.sungard.com) today announced that Eskom, South Africa’s primary electricity supplier, has chosen SunGard’s AvantGard solution for treasury management. Eskom will use AvantGard to help manage the front- to back-office operations of its treasury business for integrated cash, accounting and risk management. (http://www.sungard.com/avantgard)

SunGard, one of the world’s leading software and IT services companies, reported today that revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2008 was $1.30 billion, an increase of 17% compared to the same period in 2007. Organic revenue (revenue from businesses owned for at least one year, and excluding revenue from businesses sold in the previous twelve months) grew 13% compared to the same period in 2007, including an approximately 6% increase attributable to one of our broker/dealer businesses and a 1% impact of changes in currency exchange rates overall and in each of our affected segments.

SunGard Availability Services (http://www.availability.sungard.com), the pioneer and leading provider of information availability solutions, today announced a partnership with VMware, Inc. This strategic partnership will help organizations leverage VMware's proven virtualization platform with open access to SunGard's vast infrastructure, providing secondary data center facilities.

SunGard (http://www.sungard.com) announced that it is a founding member of the Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN). BIAN is a new association, formed by leading software and financial industry firms and banks, aimed at helping banks to move to a service oriented architecture (SOA) by openly sharing technical and domain expertise to apply SOA principles and methodologies. Creation of the network was announced today by SAP. (http://www.sap.com/about/press/press.epx?pressid=9405)

SunGard (http://www.sungard.com) today announced that London-based Liquid Capital Markets (http://www.liquidcapital-markets.com), a leading liquidity provider in a range of exchange traded equity and fixed income options, has implemented SunGard’s Kiodex Risk Workbench, a Web-based commodities risk management solution that integrates deal capture, valuation models, risk measurement, financial reporting and independent market data (www.sungard.com/kiodex). Liquid Capital uses Kiodex to help manage risk, enhance profitability and identify opportunities for its new commodities proprietary trading desk supporting crude oil, refined and natural gas products.

SunGard (http://www.sungard.com) today announced that Tesco, one of the world’s largest international retailers, has selected SunGard’s AvantGard to provide it with both a hosted treasury management solution and an integrated platform for SWIFTNet messaging and connectivity. AvantGard is a leading liquidity management solution for corporations, financial institutions and the public sector (www.sungard.com/avantgard).

SunGard (http://www.sungard.com) today announced that it will provide customers of its Brass U.S. equities trading platform (http://www.sungard.com/brass) with a new option – Knight Link – for seeking off-exchange liquidity. Knight Link is a new way to access Knight’s pool of liquidity, providing rapid order execution in more than 6,000 securities.

SunGard (http://www.sungard.com) today announced that ARCA SGR SpA (ARCA) (http://www.arcaonline.it) has implemented SunGard’s Asset Arena Trader Version 6.0 solution to help expand and further automate its trading operations. With total assets of € 24 billion, ARCA is one of Italy’s leading asset managers. SunGard’s Asset Arena Trader (http://www.sungard.com/assetarena) is a global electronic trading and order management solution for asset managers.

SunGard (http://www.sungard.com) today announced the launch of Ambit, a new brand and a new software strategy for its banking solutions for retail, commercial and private banks. SunGard’s Ambit brings together the technology of a range of SunGard solutions and the experience of a global team of industry experts that already serve more than 800 banks in 70 countries, including 41 of the world’s top 50 banks*. Ambit provides banking professionals with software solutions that support front-, middle- and back-office operations, as well as solutions for financial management, risk and compliance (http://www.sungard.com/ambit).

SunGard Public Sector (http://www.sungardps.com) today announced that its SunGard DS2000 Integrated Communications Control System (ICCS) has been recognised in the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise: Innovation 2008.

SunGard, a global leader in integrated software and processing solutions primarily for financial services and the pioneer and leading provider of information availability services, announced today that it will release first quarter financial results on Thursday, May 8, 2008.

SunGard (http://www.sungard.com) today announced that Inspectorate, one of the world’s leading inspections and testing organizations, has chosen SunGard’s AvantGard Receivables Management solution to help it automate and streamline processes, institute controls and gain greater visibility across the order-to-cash cycle. AvantGard Receivables offers credit and collections software that drives automation, workflow, and collaboration across the order-to-cash cycle, helping organizations gain visibility and control and improve liquidity management (http://www.sungard.com/AvantGard).

SunGard (http://www.sungard.com) today announced that LaCrosse Global Fund Services has implemented SunGard’s Front Arena cross-asset trading solution (http://www.sungard.com/frontarena) as part of its platform for pricing and analyzing structured financial instruments held by fund administration clients.

SunGard Availability Services today announced one of its leading experts on virtualization and information availability, Don Norbeck, will present at the Ziff Davis Enterprise Virtual Tradeshow on Managing Virtualization taking place online on April 3, 2008. Mr. Norbeck, director of product strategy for SunGard Availability Services, will participate in the live webcast “Hot Button Panel One: Planning a Virtualized Environment from the Ground Up,” from 1:00 – 1:45 p.m. EST on April 3, 2008. To register for this complimentary event, visit http://presentations.inxpo.com/Shows/ZiffDavisEnterprise/VTS/04-03-08/Website/RegistrationPage1.htm.