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WAYNE, Pa., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- SunGard Availability Services has been
ranked number 199 in the 2009 InformationWeek 500 list of organizations that
demonstrate the most innovative use of business technology. To make this list,
a company must demonstrate a pattern of technological, procedural and
organizational innovation.

"We are honored to be among the InformationWeek 500 because it signals
recognition of our strategic use of information technology to drive
operational efficiencies and support growth," said Don Hopkins, vice president
and CIO at SunGard Availability Services. "These achievements reflect
SunGard's expertise in helping organizations optimize IT operations and
achieve high levels of availability."

Among the enterprise IT initiatives taken by SunGard Availability Services
over the past year include a drive to innovate its systems environment to
support business growth. SunGard has been integrating customer data from
multiple parts of its organization to make timely business information more
readily available to executives -- helping them to respond to customer needs
with greater speed and flexibility.

Now in its 21st year, the InformationWeek 500 tracks the technology,
strategies, investments and administrative practices of the best-known
companies in the United States. The rankings of the top 500 companies and the
full InformationWeek 500 list were announced and made public September 14 at
the InformationWeek 500 Conference and Gala Awards.

About SunGard Availability Services
SunGard Availability Services provides disaster recovery services, managed IT
services, information availability consulting services and business continuity
management software to more than 10,000 customers in North America and Europe.
With five million square feet of datacenter and operations space, SunGard
assists IT organizations across virtually all industry and government sectors
to prepare for and recover from emergencies by helping them minimize their
computer downtime and optimize their uptime. Through direct sales and channel
partners, we help organizations ensure their people and customers have
uninterrupted access to the information systems they need in order to do
business. To learn more, visit www.availability.sungard.com or call
1-800-468-7483.

About SunGard
SunGard is one of the world's leading software and IT services companies.
SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 70 countries.

SunGard provides software and processing solutions for financial services,
higher 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 exceeding $5 billion, SunGard is ranked 435 on the Fortune
500 and is the largest privately held business software and services company
on the Forbes list of private businesses. Based on information compiled by
Datamonitor*, SunGard is the third largest provider of business applications
software after Oracle and SAP. Continuity, Insurance & Risk has recognized
SunGard as service provider of the year an unprecedented six times. For more
information, please visit SunGard at www.sungard.com.

*January 2009 Technology Vendors Financial Database Tracker
http://www.datamonitor.com

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