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SunGard Pentamation has been providing secure and reliable student information, special education and financial and human resource management software to K-12 education districts and schools for over 30 years. Hundreds of thousands of teachers, parents and administrators trust SunGard Pentamation’s products, services and people every single day.

“We pride ourselves on our commitment of ensuring our products are leading edge, that they work reliably, are backed by committed support and we equip our customers with sufficient training so they can get the most out of their investment in us.” Don Appleton, President, SunGard Pentamation

Learn more about how SunGard Pentamation customers have high impact in educating students. They are the ones that enjoy peace-of-mind that the student, special education and financial and human resources information they rely on is accurate and secure, but moreover provides them insights that allows them to be more effective and efficient as educators.

So, whether you are a long-standing SunGard Pentamation customer or a new prospective customer, we welcome you and hope you will learn more about how our customers are having high impact with our products and services.

SunGard Pentamation's Plus Series provides secure and reliable software solutions to K-12 school districts is designed to provide teachers, parents and administrators with relevant and potent information in order to have high impact in educating students or managing educational resources.

The Plus Series products are engineered to work today and for years to come:
• Based on leading yet reliable technologies
• Utilize a centralized, district-wide database
• Provide users with an extremely intuitive, easy-to-use interface
• Multiple access methods: Internet or private network
• Accessible via PC or Mac
• Developed by a innovative yet experienced development team
• Commitment of continual enhancements and upgrade

SunGard Pentamation was an initial participant in the Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF). The Plus Series products are consistently among the first in the industry to gain SIF compliance, helping school districts:
• Reduce data entry redundancy
• Eliminate software incompatibilities
• Access critical information in real-time
• Better analyze and report data
• Allow teachers to spend less time on paperwork
• Be safe and secure

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act has brought increased awareness and pressure to fully understand the forces that contribute to student achievement.

The Plus Series products can provide Superintendents and Administrators with the information and analysis capabilities to respond to No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Our comprehensive analysis and reporting capability enables them to measure status (including Adequate Yearly Progress - AYP), identify specific needs, develop strategies for improvement and measure progress towards goals.

At SunGard Pentamation, we are committed to ensure that all our products work reliably, are fully implemented, are backed by knowledgeable and available customer support and we equip our customers with sufficient training so they can get the maximum benefit out of their purchase of the Plus Series.

At SunGard Pentamation, we consider the implementation and support services we provide to be critical to the success of all the Plus Series software implementations. We take our responsibilities in this area very seriously and provide the following services:
• Implementation Services: Our experienced staff provides comprehensive implementation planning, data conversions, on-site training and consulting services.
• Systems Engineering: We can provide all hardware (configuration, procurement, installation), operating systems, database software, system training and technical support.
• Customer Support: After initial installation, you are only a phone call or a mouse click away from professional, skilled and courteous SunGard Pentamation support professionals.
• Application Hosting: As an alternative to installing the Plus Series software on your site, you can utilize our Application Hosting Provider (ASP) service. With the ASP service, you benefit from all the value of the Plus Series applications without the need to install and maintain hardware and software at your site.
• Disaster Recovery: Provides a safe and secure backup of your data nightly. In the event of an emergency, you will be able to run your Plus Series applications from our data center keeping your schools and school districts running.

Homepage: http://www.pentamation.com/k12/index.php

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