MALVERN, Pa., March 8, 2010 — The University of South Carolina (USC) has selected SunGard Higher Education to provide a comprehensive suite of solutions and services to support a far-reaching transformation of business processes, information tools and digital resources for the 209-year old University.

USC will implement SunGard Higher Education’s Banner Unified Digital Campus (UDC) to help serve the constituent demands and information technology needs of 50,000 students, faculty and staff on all eight of its campuses which include the R-1 flagship campus in Columbia, as well as four- and two-year campuses located throughout the state.  The Banner UDC, supported by strategic implementation services from SunGard Higher Education, will support USC’s OneCarolina initiative, a transformation that will integrate new technology tools and digital resources throughout the University.

“During the next five years, USC will undergo more changes than it has in the past three decades,” emphasized Harris Pastides, president, University of South Carolina.  “The transformation resulting from our OneCarolina initiative will impact our physical campus, our technology infrastructure and service delivery.  The services and solutions provided by SunGard Higher Education will be essential to re-creating the very foundation of our business processes and business environment.  This dramatic overhaul will impact the smallest and largest aspects of the University, and it will help sharpen our competitive edge.”

The Banner UDC is an integrated suite of proven, scalable, enterprise-wide applications on a single database.  USC’s digital campus will also include SunGard’s Luminis Platform, a combination of portal features, enterprise applications and infrastructure; the Banner Document Management Suite for imaging and document management; and the Operational Data Store application, which will assist administrators in more effective reporting and making data-driven decisions.

“Over the next several years, USC will welcome hundreds of new faculty members, in addition to our ongoing influx of digital-native students,” said William Hogue, vice president for information technology and chief information officer at USC.  “These new constituents will expect instant mobile access to fast and ubiquitous communications networks; comprehensive storehouses of digital information; cutting-edge, computer-driven resources for instruction, scholarship and research; and contemporary IT business and administrative tools to help manage the USC enterprise differently.  OneCarolina promises to meet or exceed all of these expectations, and SunGard Higher Education has the higher education focus and experience, best practices, solutions and services to help support us in achieving our goals.”

“SunGard Higher Education is pleased and committed to supporting USC in its OneCarolina initiative,” said Bruce Bleiman, senior vice president, sales, SunGard Higher Education.  “Our singular focus on higher education and our extensive experience in successful large-scale implementations will help USC reach their goals.”

About The University of South Carolina

For two centuries, the University of South Carolina’s scholarship, research and outreach efforts have contributed to the greater good of society.  With 43,000 students on eight campuses and more than 350 degree programs – including law, engineering, public health and medicine – and 240,000 alumni, the University is improving the lives of individuals in South Carolina and around the world.  South Carolina has received the highest research designation awarded by the Carnegie Foundation, and the University’s undergraduate international business program is ranked best in the nation in U.S. News & World Report.

For more information on OneCarolina, visit www.sc.edu/OneCarolina.

About SunGard Higher Education

SunGard Higher Education serves colleges, universities and foundations in 40 countries worldwide.  Through its Open Digital Campus strategy, SunGard collaborates with the higher education community and provides software and services to help institutions find better ways to teach, learn, manage and connect.  To learn more, please visit www.sungardhe.com.

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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