Press Releases
Recovery Testing: A Required Step in Disaster PreparednessWayne, Pa., September 28, 2009 — Organizations need to know their recovery plans will work before a disaster strikes. By testing, they can identify plan strengths and weaknesses – and develop a roadmap for making any needed changes to improve disaster preparedness. Five Key Considerations in Disaster Recovery Planning From SunGard Availability ServicesWayne, Pa., September 21, 2009 — Business and technology environments are more complex than ever and the reliance on information technology is firmly entrenched in the success factors of most organizations. Being prepared to respond to situations – both planned and unexpected – that threaten to disrupt essential business systems and processes, is a major corporate concern. Cyber Security Exercises Provide Preparedness in Addressing Information Security ThreatsWayne, Pa., September 8, 2009 — Cyber security attacks against public and private information technology and networks are escalating in occurrence and complexity. Nameless, faceless cyber terrorists can strike from anywhere in the world without warning. Those intent on causing harm never cease in developing new ways to attack information systems, driving a constant need to improve skills, policies and tools dedicated to cyber security. SunGard Availability Services’ Responsible Computing Project Powers Worldwide Volunteer ResearchWayne, Pa., August 31, 2009 — Demonstrating an aggressive commitment to sustainability and green technology practices, SunGard Availability Services has created the Responsible Computing Project, a project designed to harness the spare processing capabilities of idle SunGard workstations held in reserve for disaster recovery and utilize them for scientific and humanitarian research projects. Tips for Improving Information AvailabilityWayne, Pa., July 13, 2009 — CIOs and corporate IT departments face daily pressures to improve system and data availability while also balancing costs and risks for the IT infrastructure that runs critical business processes. These demands are pushing companies to be better prepared for IT disruptions and deliver more agile, effective responses to those disruptions. Reclaim Valuable Storage Capacity with SunGard Availability Services’ Storage Optimization ServiceWayne, Pa., July 7, 2009 — In today’s business environment, organizations face two competing data storage challenges. Tightening budgets are forcing many companies to scale back IT spending, but at the same time, data growth continues to increase exponentially increasing pressure to invest in more storage capacity. According to Forrester Research, storage represents at least 11 percent or more of IT hardware budgets*. These growing storage needs are largely due to transactional systems, data warehouses and rapidly growing e-mail traffic. SunGard Availability Services Outlines the Top Five Steps for Recovery PlanningWayne, Pa., July 6, 2009—Key business drivers for IT —24/7 service delivery, globalization and managing increasing operational risk—are expanding the scope of business continuity. These different drivers are expanding the types of scenarios an organization should plan for while simultaneously shortening the average downtime that an organization can withstand. In addition, businesses continue to remain vulnerable to threats ranging from natural disasters to security breaches that can impact normal business operations. 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. New SunGard Availability Services Program Designed to Accelerate Business Partner GrowthWayne, Pa., March 24, 2009—SunGard Availability Services has unveiled a Business Partner Program designed to help companies generate new revenue sources by offering customers comprehensive availability solutions. Business Partners can expand beyond traditional hardware and software offerings by adding SunGard services to existing portfolios to create an information availability solution practice for their customers. SunGard Availability Services Conference Provides Best Practices Insights and Tutorials to Software CustomersWayne, Pa., March 9, 2009—In a continuing effort to provide educational opportunities to business continuity professionals, the 2009 SunGard Availability Services Software International User Group Conference features sessions on building plans, incident management and cyber security. The conference, organized by SunGard Availability Services, will be held in San Diego, Calif. on April 5 – 8, 2009 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego. SunGard Availability Services Announced Regional AdvancedHosting Promotional CampaignWayne, Pa., March 9, 2009—SunGard Availability Services today announced a promotional campaign for its AdvancedHosting SM enterprise managed services and colocation solutions. This offer is available at SunGard’s managed services facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Toronto and the New York Metro Area, helping customers – ranging from small businesses to enterprise companies – maintain high levels of availability at a cost-competitive price. This offer is for a limited time only and ends on June 30, 2009. Jive Software Selects SunGard Availability Services To Provide Managed Hosting ServicesWayne, Pa., & Portland, Ore., March 2, 2009 — Jive Software, a social business software leader, has selected SunGard Availability Services’ AdvancedHostingSM managed IT services to support its enterprise software suite. Jive selected SunGard because of its operational excellence in meeting service level agreements and its IT infrastructure that delivers scalability and reliability to accommodate Jive’s fast-growth operations. SunGard Availability Services Announces New Managed Services Facility in PhiladelphiaWayne, Pa., February 18, 2009—SunGard Availability Services has opened a third data center in Philadelphia that will provide its customers with IT infrastructure and managed services to help ensure their business systems are always up and running. SunGard has invested $25 million in the new 120,000 square foot facility in Philadelphia which will help customers avoid capital and operating costs associated with building and operating their own data centers. SunGard Availability Services Completes Enhancements To Workforce Continuity ServicesWayne, Pa., January 29, 2009 — SunGard Availability Services has completed the deployment of new desktop technology throughout each of its North American workforce continuity services centers. The deployment, completed in late 2008, reinforces SunGard’s commitment to staying ahead of the performance and computing needs of its customers in today’s business environment. |
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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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