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Wed May 27, 2009 10:06am EDT

SunGard Availability Services and Phoenix Health Systems Join Forces to
Deliver Complete Software Application and Infrastructure Management to
Community Hospitals

Partnership Helps Hospitals Increase Cost Effectiveness of Managing Data
Systems Delivery [While Providing Higher Levels of Patient Care]

WAYNE, Pa., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- SunGard Availability Services has partnered
with Phoenix Health Systems, a national provider of healthcare IT outsourcing,
consulting and revenue cycle management solutions, to help hospitals improve
information availability for electronic medical records (EMR) and other
technologies essential to quality of care.  Together, SunGard and Phoenix will
help community hospitals by developing and executing cost-effective business
continuity plans that address requirements to access critical data in the
event of an IT systems outage as well as providing industry leading staffing
and application support.

SunGard and Phoenix will offer a holistic approach to planning and recovery,
allowing IT and hospital operations to recover quickly and efficiently after a
systems outage.  As a SunGard certified healthcare reseller, Phoenix gains
access to a world-class infrastructure that provides customers with redundant,
secure and reliable managed IT services.  Leveraging a full range of managed
services solutions helps hospitals -- large and small -- achieve higher levels
of information availability for critical healthcare technologies, such as EMR
systems, at a cost-competitive price.

For nearly two decades, Phoenix has delivered value to healthcare
organizations through an integrated set of technology services and tools,
business process optimization techniques and a flexible approach to sourcing
partnerships.  SunGard will offer a portfolio of AdvancedRecovery(SM)
solutions, managed IT services, consulting services and business continuity
management software tailored to the unique needs of healthcare organizations. 
SunGard plans to launch these products in June 2009. 

"As the trusted advisor for information availability and business continuity
solutions, SunGard has demonstrated a deep understanding of the unique
challenges facing healthcare organizations today," said Darin LeGrange,
president and chief executive officer of Phoenix Health Systems. "We are
pleased to join SunGard in offering the hospital community a robust portfolio
of solutions that can be scaled to fit any budget, helping improve information
availability for critical data and systems." 

"Phoenix Health Systems' established reputation within the healthcare
community, along with its strong focus on customer service, complements
SunGard's portfolio of offerings for the healthcare industry," said Glenn
Boland, national vice president, healthcare, of SunGard Availability Services.
 "This partnership will help provide hospitals and health systems with a
single point of contact for holistic information availability solutions
designed to address the unique demands of the healthcare industry."

Visit SunGard Availability Services (Booth #810) at the International Medical
Users Software Exchange (MUSE) Conference on May 26 - 29 in Vancouver, B.C.

About Phoenix Health Systems
Phoenix is a national information technology and business process services
provider offering an integrated set of professional and technical services to
healthcare organizations. Through IT outsourcing, consulting and revenue cycle
management, Phoenix will help any healthcare organization achieve its
long-term objectives of administrative cost reduction, increased cash flow,
improved patient safety and regulatory compliance. For additional information,
please contact Christopher Madeira at (214) 261-0660, or visit
www.phoenixhealth.com.

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 four million square feet of datacenter and operations space, SunGard
assists IT organizations across virtually all industry and government sectors
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, including
the world's 25 largest financial services companies.

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 five times.  For more
information, please visit SunGard at www.sungard.com. 

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

Trademark Information: SunGard, the SunGard logo and AdvancedRecovery are
trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its
subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. All other trade names are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.


SOURCE  SunGard Availability Services

Valeria Maltoni, Director, Marketing Communications of SunGard Availability
Services, +1-484-582-2441, valeria.maltoni@sungard.com
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