The largest choice of locations in the UK With more than 1.2 million sq ft of recovery space and over 13,000 end-user positions, SunGard has in excess of 20 Workplace and Technology Recovery locations, including four resilient data centres available. In addition to being the largest platform independent supplier in the UK, our vendor agnostic approach means you receive unbiased advice en route to developing the right solution for your organisation. SunGard’s infrastructure is ideal for public sector organisations, particularly for those central Government bodies that are geographically dispersed around the UK. The unique and award winning* SunGard National Network interconnects SunGard’s regional recovery facilities, and links them to SunGard’s flagship Information Availability data centres. This network infrastructure delivers a solution of unrivalled robustness and flexibility for public sector organisations.

1. Meeting financial
AVAILABILITY SERVICES and performance
challenges of
ShARED SERVICES Government
Extending the Shared The largest choice of locations
Services model to business in the UK
continuity and data centres: With more than 1.2 million sq ft of recovery
space and over 13,000 end-user positions,
The drive towards shared SunGard has in excess of 20 Workplace and
Technology Recovery locations, including four
services as a means to achieve resilient data centres available. In addition
savings within public sector to being the largest platform independent
organisations, at both central supplier in the UK, our vendor agnostic
approach means you receive unbiased advice
and local levels, has put a en route to developing the right solution for
great deal of pressure your organisation.
on public sector IT and SunGard’s infrastructure is ideal for public
procurement departments. sector organisations, particularly for
those central Government bodies that are
Combined with mounting emphasis upon geographically dispersed around the UK.
a more accountable and business focused The unique and award winning* SunGard
approach to business continuity (BC), this National Network interconnects SunGard’s
means that shared services initiatives are regional recovery facilities, and links them to
moving from sharing payroll and other SunGard’s flagship Information Availability
ERP applications into areas of Information data centres. This network infrastructure
Availability such as disaster recovery (DR) and delivers a solution of unrivalled robustness
data centre environments. and flexibility for public sector organisations.
Why should several compatible organisations
have the costs of running individual, often
under-used data centres, when they can
share resources using the capabilities of
SunGard Availability Services – the pioneer
and leading provider of Information
Availability and BC – which has over 20
locations available, spread across the UK?

2. ShARED SERVICES
Meeting financial and performance
challenges of Government
Information Availability solutions
SunGard’s Consulting – SunGard’s Flexibility – In addition to our broad
consultants work with our customers continuum of services and solutions,
to gain a thorough understanding of we also contract in a way that is ideally
requirements before recommending a suited to the public sector. Contracts
solution that best meets their needs. can start small and simple and then build
From business impact analysis and risk up. SunGard solutions are scaleable
assessment through to solutions to help and flexible, able to adapt and grow
you make sense of BS 25999 and how to in keeping with the changing needs of
implement it, SunGard can help any size our clients.
of organisation. Our consultants make
sense of wider Information Availability SunGard understands the shared
needs too, from recommending mirror services agenda
programmes that run continuously in the
background to hardened facilities and SunGard is ideally positioned to work with
redundant systems waiting in the wings public sector bodies looking to collaborate
for those times when disaster strikes. with one another in order to consolidate
their investment and share services.
BCM Software – We harnessed our The shared services model is not new to
experience and expertise to create SunGard who pioneered the concept in 1978:
award-winning** fully integrated BCM indeed, SunGard’s business is built upon
Software tools which offer BCM solutions such a concept.
for planning shared services and shared
infrastructure as part of an holistic BCM
The most capability, scale
approach. They encompass ongoing
and experience
impact analysis and continuity planning,
with recovery strategies to handle the No other service provider offers you more
most common disaster scenarios. shared services or can equal the experience
Crisis Centres – SunGard’s trailer-based of SunGard – and we have the track record
solutions provide alternative Workplace to back this up. We have more than 100,000
and Technology Recovery when tests under our belt and a 100% recovery
and where you need it, providing record on over 3,400 invocations, including
an ideal environment for mobile crisis Buncefield, arguably the largest peacetime
command centres. disaster in Europe. Northgate Information
Solutions was severely affected by this
Data Centres – SunGard has a number incident, but SunGard successfully recovered
of strategically sited data centres already their business, enabling them to service the
offering a range of solutions focused on several hundred client organisations who were
Information Availability – it is our core dependent upon them.
business and why we are the leading
* Business Continuity Awards’ Most Innovative Product
provider. SunGard can be trusted
Winner 2006.
to maintain with integrity any of our ** Business Continuity Awards’ Most Innovative Product:
clients’ requirements. highly Commended 2005; Winner 2004.
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