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Brazilian Institution Selects SunGard Higher Education to Help Improve Management Processes

September 3, 2009 — Malvern, PA

Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (former IBMEC São Paulo), one of the most recognized MBA universities in Brazil, chose SunGard Higher Education’s Banner Unified Digital Campus (UDC) solution from SunGard Higher Education to help promote easy access to information and overall management processes across the institution.

Christian Menescal, shared services director for Insper São Paulo, said, “We chose SunGard Higher Education due to its successful track record, proven expertise and worldwide reputation.” Menescal continued, “SunGard Higher Education is a strategic partner for us. The company has a portfolio that includes services and solutions that meet the specific needs of business schools, including learning, constituent relationships, general management as well as IT management.”

With operations in Brazil, SunGard Higher Education provides local customers with sales, consulting and helpdesk services, in Portuguese, with a team of professionals that have direct experience working with universities and colleges. These are key factors that drove Insper’s decision to choose the Banner UDC. Insper has a unique profile and is constantly attentive to management and technology innovations. The support of the Banner UDC solution will help Insper focus on its core activities, such as strategic planning and knowledge empowerment.

“SunGard Higher Education understands the higher education sector, knows our environment, and anticipates our needs. In other words, they speak our language,” added Mr. Menescal. According to Swinda Salazar Piquemal, general manager of SunGard Higher Education in Brazil, Insper is a business school that follows international standards to manage its operation. “It is very rewarding to welcome Insper as a customer committed to delivering high-quality services with accurate and timely information to its community. We look forward to helping Insper reach its goals,” said Ms. Salazar.

About Insper
Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa, formerly IBMEC São Paulo, is a non-profit educational institution that is committed to being a reference center for learning and research in business and economics. For more information, please visit the Web site: www.insper.com.br

About SunGard Higher Education
SunGard Higher Education provides software and support, systems implementation and 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 higher education organizations around the world, including colleges, universities, campuses, foundations, state systems, central and district offices to 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.

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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