FMS SOLUTIONS SELECTS SECURE2DISK ONLINE BACKUP AND RECOVERY SERVICES FROM SUNGARD AVAILABILITY SERVICES

FMS, Inc. Selects SunGard's New Online Backup System to Help Improve Both Operational Availability and Offsite Recovery
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Baltimore, MD., July 27, 2009 - FMS Solutions Inc., (www.FMSSolutions.com) an accounting and consulting service provider to independent retail grocers, has selected SunGard Availability Services' Secure2Disk solution to provide online backup and recovery services to help protect and recover data more quickly in the event of a disaster, test or systems outage. By working with SunGard, FMS, Inc. will improve the operational reliability and security of the financial management information it extends to a national customer base of more than 1,800 retailers.

FMS, Inc. is deploying SunGard's Secure2Disk solution to support critical business applications including accounting, payroll, reporting tools and email. SunGard will also provide recovery services for FMS- IBM iSeries and Intel servers, which will allow information to be restored to a SunGard recovery environment should an outage occur. Secure2Disk eliminates the lead times associated with tape-based backup, enabling periodic testing and recovery to be completed within hours instead of days.

'With a client base spanning from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, nationwide access to our information and IT systems in the event of a large scale disaster is critical to our continued business success,' said Tim Laycock, vice president of IT at FMS, Inc. 'By leveraging SunGard's Secure2Disk solution, we will be able to recover data more effectively and efficiently, while keeping our customers' vital information highly available and secure.'

SunGard's Secure2Disk solution helps organizations upgrade their tape-based backup systems for their servers, virtual machines, databases, e-mail applications and storage devices with an online service that provides multiple generations of their backed-up information on an onsite SunGard appliance. The SunGard appliance can be used to help ensure operational resilience and as an online and off-site vault to protect vital information.

'At FMS, our primary goal is to provide our clients with superior service at all times,' said Robert Graybill, President, FMS, Inc. 'We rely on SunGard's state-of-the-art solutions to help keep clients protected and connected to their own customers, even in the face of a disaster or other unplanned outage.'

About FMS, Inc: Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, FMS, Inc. (www.FMSSolutions.com) provides approximately 1,800 independent retail grocer and independent supermarket operations with financial, accounting and consulting services such as industry benchmarking, best practices and mission-critical decision support throughout the United States and in the Caribbean.

About SunGard: SunGard (www.SunGard.com) 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.

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