SunGard Named "Software Provider of the Year" for the Third Consecutive Year by Private Equity News

LONDON, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SunGard has been named Software Provider of the Year by Private Equity News, for the third consecutive year, at its annual Awards for Excellence in Advisory Services. The award was won for SunGard's Investran, a private equity solution suite that supports the entire investment lifecycle, from fundraising to portfolio monitoring and reporting, by automating front-, middle- and back-office processes and providing a real-time, end-to-end solution for private equity and alternative investment firms.

The awards were created to recognize the successes of firms providing private equity advisory services. A panel of senior institutional investors, advisors, financiers and private equity practitioners voted for firms who achieved high standards of innovation and excellence in their field. SunGard's Investran was selected from a shortlist of five nominees in the Software Provider of the Year category.

Lauren Iaslovits, chief operating officer of SunGard's Investran business unit, said, "We are delighted to be named Software Provider of the Year for the third consecutive year.  This independent award acknowledges SunGard's continued commitment to develop a leading private equity solution for a global customer base of nearly 300 firms in 20 countries. Investran's fully integrated platform is designed for the unique needs of private equity and alternative investment firms and its flexibility is a testament to its ability to help customers meet the industry's changing needs."

About SunGard's Investran
SunGard's Investran is an integrated application suite that automates front-, middle- and back-office processes for private equity and alternative investment firms. Investran helps improve business efficiencies to facilitate collaboration, support deal flow and automate accounting. Firms rely on Investran's integrated capabilities to help meet their needs in the entire investment life-cycle, including relationship management, reporting, monitoring, accounting, fund raising and deal pipeline management. For more information, please visit www.sungard.com/investran/learnmore.

About SunGard
SunGard is one of the world's leading software and technology services companies. SunGard has more than 20,000 employees and serves over 25,000 customers in more than 70 countries. SunGard provides software and processing solutions for financial services, 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 of about $5 billion, SunGard is ranked 434 on the Fortune 500 and is the largest privately held business software and IT services company.

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For more information contact:
Adriana Senior
SunGard Financial Systems
Tel: +1 718 578 1130
Email: [email protected]

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