Press Releases
SAP Certifies SunGard Availability Services Hosting Services; SunGard Now an SAP Hosting Partner in the U.S.Wayne, Pa., June 29, 2009 — SunGard Availability Services has been certified by SAP AG to provide hosting services for SAP applications and is now an SAP hosting partner in the U.S. The certification was awarded following an assessment of SunGard’s infrastructure, procedures and technical staff by SAP. As an SAP hosting partner and an SAP-certified provider of hosting services, SunGard’s services are in line with SAP’s requirements for quality, availability and security. Survey Says Virtualization Can Play Major Role in Disaster Recovery – But Not Provide Complete SolutionWayne, Pa., June 25, 2009 — A large majority of information technology (IT) executives say virtualization technologies can play a major role in a disaster recovery plan – but these technologies are not a complete solution, according to the results of the State of Disaster Recovery survey conducted by Harris Interactive®. While many IT decision-makers say they have deployed virtualization, survey data show most had not yet utilized the technology in a disaster recovery situation. Five Steps to Improving Business Continuity from SunGard Availability ServicesWayne, Pa., June 22, 2009 — According to the Disaster Recovery Institute International, June 21 to 27 marks the 2009 Business Continuity Awareness Week in North America. SunGard Availability Services urges companies to take this opportunity to introduce and strengthen the concepts of business continuity planning within their organization. SunGard Secure2Disk Provides Online Backup and Recovery Services to Help Improve Operational AvailabilityWayne, Pa., June 3, 2009 — Protecting business information from routine incidents, such as hardware and power outages, viruses, accidental deletions and application failures, as well as ensuring that information is available despite natural disasters is a continuous challenge for IT organizations. Secure2Disk from SunGard Availability Services delivers a new disk-based, online backup and recovery solution for organizations looking to improve the reliability of both operational backup and off-site recovery of their IT systems. HarrisData Turns to SunGard Availability Services Managed Hosting to Deliver Enterprise Applications to CustomersWayne, Pa., May 18, 2009 — Enterprise software developer, HarrisData, has selected SunGard Availability Services to provide a fully managed hosting solution to operate enterprise software applications for HarrisData customers. SunGard AdvancedHosting will help HarrisData customers run their RTI-Software solutions, including CustomerFirst®, SalesFirst® and WebFirst®, in a highly available, redundant environment with reduced demands on their own IT resources. Pandemic Action Plan Update From Sungard Availability ServicesWayne, Pa., May 1, 2009 — All SunGard Availability Services locations worldwide are operating normally and have entered a “heightened awareness” phase as part of the company’s Pandemic Action Plan in response to the World Health Organization (WHO) Stage 5 announcements concerning the H1N1 flu (swine flu). SunGard Availability Services Announces Recovery Services Promotional Campaign at Scottsdale FacilityWayne, Pa., April 27, 2009 — SunGard Availability Services has expanded its Scottsdale, Ariz. facility, providing customers with enhanced recovery services and managed IT services to help ensure their business systems and people are always connected. Increasing SunGard’s presence in the West, this expansion reinforces the company’s commitment to staying ahead of the availability needs of its customers in today’s always-on business environment. New Planning Software from SunGard Availability Services Addresses Business Continuity Requirements of HospitalsWayne, Pa., April 3, 2009 — In today’s fast-paced healthcare environment, real-time access to medical information and treatment protocols is required to deliver the highest quality of care. LDRPS (Living Disaster Recovery Planning System) for Hospitals, new software from SunGard Availability Services, provides comprehensive business continuity management designed to address the healthcare industry’s unique, 24/7 demands for information availability. SunGard Availability Services Partners with Orchestrate Healthcare to Improve Availability of Electronic Medical RecordsWayne, Pa., and Greenwood Village, Colo., April 3, 2009 — SunGard Availability Services has formed a partnership with Orchestrate Healthcare, a leading provider in healthcare technical consulting services, to help healthcare organizations improve information availability for electronic medical records (EMR). Together, SunGard Availability Services and Orchestrate Healthcare will help hospitals develop and execute cost-effective business continuity plans that address the requirement to access EMR data in the event of an IT systems outage to safeguard quality of care. |
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“With the kind of information a healthcare enterprise depends on, we’ve learned that if there’s a disaster, you’d better be able to get to your data and you’d better be able to recover - quickly.”
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-- Andy Crowder CIO, Florida Hospital
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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 |
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