CALABASAS, California, January 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- SunGard's AvantGard Receivables Solution Given Highest Score in
Receivables & Collections Management Report

SunGard (http://www.sungard.com) today announced that PayStream Advisors,
a technology research and consulting firm, has ranked SunGard's AvantGard's
Receivables Solution as number one for vision and traction in its Receivables
and Collections Management 2.0 report. SunGard was the only vendor, out of
nine reviewed in the report, to be given an advanced score in all six
categories including credit facilitation, settlement, remittance processing,
collections, dispute management and reporting. SunGard's AvantGard solution
helps customers to improve liquidity management by delivering solutions for
operational control and visibility of treasury, receivables and payments
operations. (http://www.sungard.com/avantgard)

PayStream Advisors is a specialized consultancy that provides third party
research, technology vendor consultation and corporate consultation, covering
areas such as risk assessment, solutions options implementation preparation.

The report states that: "SunGard's AvantGard product offering is arguably
the most comprehensive of the RCM (Receivables and Collections Management)
vendors. Besides offering the most extensive process coverage, AvantGard is
very experienced in terms of data integration with a wide range of other
vendor's systems. Adding SunGard's expertise in enterprise data management
and security, no other best-of-breed RCM vendor can come close to providing
global organizations with the extensive resources AvantGard can bring to the
table."

The report also states that: "While its solutions remain the benchmark
against which all other collection and dispute management products are
measured, AvantGard has positioned itself in the vanguard for the delivery of
comprehensive financial supply chain management tools."

CJ Wimley, chief operating officer of SunGard's AvantGard Receivables
business, commented: "We are pleased to be recognized for our continued
contributions to financial supply chain management. Effective treatment of
trade receivables is a key link in the financial supply chain and helps
organizations to drive liquidity and mitigate risk. AvantGard helps
organizations to effectively manage trade receivables in order to improve
cash flow and reduce borrowing costs by providing automation, workflow and
collaboration across the Order-to-Cash cycle. Additionally, organizations
that consolidate data from disparate systems and platforms into the AvantGard
Receivables solution gain a single view of their cash -- helping them to
improve their cash forecasting and risk analysis."

About AvantGard

SunGard's AvantGard is a leading liquidity management solution for
corporations, financial institutions and the public sector. AvantGard
provides chief financial officers and treasurers with real-time visibility
into cash flows and increased operational controls around treasury,
receivables and payments management. The solution aggregates data for a
single view of cash, drives productivity through automation, and fosters
collaboration between trading partners. Visit www.sungard.com/avantgard.

About SunGard

With annual revenue exceeding US$4 billion, SunGard is a global leader in
software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education
and the public sector. SunGard also helps information-dependent enterprises
of all types to ensure the continuity of their business. SunGard serves more
than 25,000 customers in more than 50 countries, including the world's 50
largest financial services companies. Visit SunGard at www.sungard.com

Trademark Information: SunGard, the SunGard logo, and AvantGard 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.

For more information, contact: SunGard

    Lucia Cotis: Tel: +1-973-463-1500 x109 / Fax: +1-973-599-0902
    e-mail: lucia.cotis@sungard.com



Web site: http://www.sungard.com/avantgard