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SunGard Named a Finalist in Microsoft’s 2009 Worldwide Partner Conference Awards

July 29, 2009 — Wayne, PA

SunGard was selected as a 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards finalist in the Global ISV Industry Partner of the Year category.  The Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions over the past year.  

Don Wood, chief information officer of SunGard Financial Systems, said, “Many SunGard solutions leverage Microsoft technology to develop and extend functionality for financial institutions.  SunGard’s iWorks provides key solutions using Microsoft's Business Intelligence platform and Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 to help insurers make better business decisions, reduce costs and risk, and remain competitive.  SunGard’s Ambit corporate banking, risk and performance management solutions leverage Microsoft .NET technology to develop solutions that help our customers with greater efficiency, lower costs and optimized system performance. Recent performance testing, conducted in conjunction with Microsoft, has demonstrated Ambit’s impressive scalability in large grid computing environments to deliver intensive analyses of large financial balance sheets in a timely manner. In addition, SunGard’s Adaptiv risk management solutions use Microsoft .NET and SQL Server Analysis Services to provide the right combination of execution, speed and flexibility as well as meet specific customer requirements for navigating risk results.”

Awards were presented in a number of categories, with winners chosen from a pool of nearly 2,000 entrants worldwide.  The Global ISV Industry Partner of the Year award is given to a global ISV partner that has demonstrated application leadership in any of the following sectors: Public, Communications, Manufacturing and Resources, Financial Services, and Distribution and Services. The award acknowledges the partner that has demonstrated excellence in driving Microsoft-based solutions that solve new or existing business needs for the industry.  The award winner is recognized as the most valuable global ISV partner in developing and delivering Microsoft-based solutions to mutual customers in the industry.

“In the last year we have seen SunGard increasing their commitment to Microsoft technology to deliver innovative solutions to serve its clients,” said Susan Hauser, worldwide vice president of financial services at Microsoft. “SunGard’s enterprise risk management solutions leveraging Microsoft technology are addressing financial institutions’ requirements for greater operational performance and transparency.”

SunGard is a member of the Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN), led by Microsoft and SAP, that brings together banks, service providers, and software vendors to identify solutions to help accelerate the adoption of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) in the banking industry.

About SunGard
SunGard is one of the world’s leading software and IT services companies.  SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 70 countries, including the world’s 25 largest financial services companies.

SunGard provides software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector.   SunGard also provides disaster recovery services, managed IT services, information availability consulting services and business continuity management software.

With annual revenue exceeding $5 billion, SunGard is ranked 435 on the Fortune 500 and is the largest privately held business software and services company on the Forbes list of private businesses. Based on information compiled by Datamonitor*, SunGard is the third largest provider of business applications software after Oracle and SAP. Continuity, Insurance & Risk has recognized SunGard as service provider of the year an unprecedented six times.  For more information, please visit SunGard at www.sungard.com.

*January 2009 Technology Vendors Financial Database Tracker http://www.datamonitor.com

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