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SunGard Public Sector Announces New Enterprise-Wide Product Suites for Local Government at 20th Annual Users’ Group
June 9, 2008 — Orlando, FL
SunGard Public Sector (http://www.sungardps.com) kicked off its annual international users’ group meeting with the news that it will be developing a new suite of ERP, community services, and public safety and justice products. In addition, SunGard announced that it will develop a consolidated national citizen services ePortal solution in conjunction with IBM®. Attracting more than 1,000 attendees, the SunGard Public Sector International Users’ Group is a premier annual event for users of SunGard Public Sector software, providing training and information sessions, as well as previews of upcoming products.
“I am pleased to be able to make these announcements as we celebrate twenty years of one of the most active user-led organizations in the public sector space,” said Tom Huber, president, SunGard Public Sector Inc. “We are bringing together the best elements of our current solutions, along with new components that use the latest technologies and innovations. We will continue to develop and support our current product lines even as we introduce these dynamic new solutions to our customers.”
The new solutions will leverage SunGard Public Sector’s more than twenty-five years of experience developing leading ERP, community services and public safety and justice software for local government. The new Microsoft®.NET solutions will be built on a service-oriented architecture (SOA), a framework for designing software applications that emphasizes shared processes and flexibility to allow faster response to changing customer needs. SOA allows for interoperability and integration, not only with existing SunGard Public Sector products, but also with customers’ in-house or third party systems. Additionally, the new solutions provide a role-based user interface designed to support the needs of specific mobile and office-based staff within each department.
The national citizen services ePortal will be designed to consolidate online government information and payment services into a single site and to operate across SunGard Public Sector’s customer jurisdictions through a series of interlinked local portals. IBM’s Websphere Portal Express 6.1 will provide the framework for the Java-based ePortal solution. This IBM portal is designed to securely combine information from both the enterprise and the Web.
SunGard Public Sector’s new financial, human resources, community development and computer-aided dispatch (CAD) for public safety suites are targeted for a 2009 release, as is the national ePortal.
About IBM
For more information about IBM Portals, visit www.ibm.com/lotus/SOA.
About SunGard Public Sector
SunGard Public Sector serves a wide range of customers—city and county governments; public safety, justice, and security agencies; school districts; not-for-profit organizations; and state and central governments. SunGard Public Sector products include public administration, public safety and justice, and K-12 education software applications, as well as performance management and managed services. These solutions impact more than 100 million citizens in North America and 50 million citizens in the UK. Visit SunGard Public Sector at www.sungardps.com.
About SunGard
With annual revenue of $5 billion, SunGard is a global leader in software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also helps information-dependent enterprises of all types to ensure the continuity of their business. SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 50 countries, including the world’s 50 largest financial services companies. Visit SunGard at www.sungard.com.
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