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Government of South Australia Selects SunGard Higher Education to Help Create New Digital Campus

July 15, 2009 — Malvern, PA

TAFE South Australia, the Australian state’s largest provider of vocational education training owned and funded by the Government of South Australia, has selected the Banner Unified Digital Campus (UDC) from SunGard Higher Education to meet the growing needs of its 80,000-strong constituency of learners, teachers, administrators, alumni, employers and other key stakeholders.

The Government of South Australia funded the project to replace its student administration system with a modern, integrated, fully functional online system. The project objective is part of an overall skills strategy for South Australia, to help ensure the State continues to meet the skills needs of industry into the future. SunGard Higher Education’s Banner UDC solution was selected to create and extend a digital campus that would help manage students across more than 50 TAFE South Australia campuses.

State Minister for Employment, Training and Further Education Hon. Michael O'Brien MP said, “The Government of South Australia is committed to investing in a modern and flexible administrative system which will help ensure TAFE South Australia continues to meet the skills needs of the future. This will help improve efficiency and achieve cost savings.”

By moving to the Banner Unified Digital Campus, TAFE South Australia will provide a personalized experience for students and single point of secure access. The Banner Unified Digital Campus will also help TAFE South Australia better manage service and course offerings and improve data accuracy. The system will also help streamline administration and consolidate state-wide data management and management reporting for audit, analysis and improved decision making.

“The Banner Unified Digital Campus system will help students and industry engage with TAFE South Australia teachers and administrators online or on-campus, thereby giving them more flexibility to manage their study, work and other time commitments,” said Andrew Templer, general manager, SunGard Higher Education, Asia Pacific. “Our service team will work closely with the TAFE South Australia team on best practices for a successful phased implementation that includes solutions for managing students, financial aid, alumni, and more.”

Mr. Templer also stated, “SunGard Higher Education is strongly positioned and has relevant local and international experience to help execute the business strategies required for this significant project. We are committed to helping TAFE South Australia achieve high levels of service and enhance its position as a global leader in education services.”

About TAFE South Australia
TAFE South Australia is the largest and only government owned and operated Vocational and Technical Training organisation in South Australia, with more than 50 campuses throughout the State. Some of which include: Regency International Centre, Adelaide City, Mount Gambier, Barossa Valley, Berri, Port Lincoln, Ceduna, Gawler, Tea Tree Gully, Noarlunga and Coober Pedy.

TAFE South Australia employs over 3,200 full time and 2,200 part time staff and delivers programs to more than 80,000 students each year. With an annual budget of more than $400 million, TAFE South Australia offers a range of comprehensive programs, from Certificate I level through to degree and diploma programs. For more information, visit www.tafe.sa.edu.au

About SunGard Higher Education
SunGard Higher Education provides software, systems integration, strategic consulting and technology management services to help colleges and universities build, unify and manage their digital campuses. Bringing together people, processes and technology, SunGard Higher Education assists 1,600 colleges, universities, campuses, foundations and state systems strengthen institutional performance through improved constituent services, increased accountability and better educational experiences. 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, 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 six times. For more information, please visit SunGard at www.sungard.com.

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