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Wayne, Pa., October 26, 2009 – SunGard Availability Services today outlined the business, operational and workforce issues that need to be addressed in developing pandemic plans to improve preparedness for potential staff absenteeism.

A recent survey, commissioned by SunGard Availability Services and conducted by Harris Interactive, found that disaster recovery planning is a priority for many organizations. Eighty-six percent of IT executives said they have a disaster recovery plan in place at their organization. While the economy has impacted IT budgets overall, 43 percent of IT respondents indicated the economy has not impacted their disaster recovery investment (including planning) - with another 33 percent saying investment in disaster recovery has become more important.

Providing time-sensitive information from global trading markets to customers worldwide is central to Mergent’s business. Mergent needed a way to address both high availability and disaster recovery in a way that did not overtax their small IT team. Mergent turned to SunGard to deliver a strategic solution that lets the IT team focus on areas most important to the business while also being assured availability needs were addressed.

For additional information or media inquiries, please contact:

Valeria Maltoni
Director, Marketing Communications
SunGard Availability Services
866.667.8108
610.225.1132 (fax)
as.communications@sungard.com

Albie Jarvis
SVP
Porter Novelli
617.897.8200
albie.jarvis@porternovelli.com