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: Advanced Computer Software Group secures 17m 10-year contractOct 31, 2011 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Advanced Computer Software Group, a leading provider of software and IT services to the UK health, care and business sectors, has signed a 10-year, 17m agreement with the Northern Ireland Department of Health, Social Care and Public Safety to supply a province-wide finance, procurement and logistics solution. The solution is part of the Business Services Transformation Programme aimed at saving Health and Social Care (HSC) in Northern Ireland in excess of 8m per annum over the 10 year contract. The contract will enable the HSC to streamline processes and reduce administration and purchasing costs. Vin Murria, Chief Executive of Advanced, commented: This key contract win is a clear demonstration of our Group-wide capabilities to provide a range of interlocking services and products to enable our customers to materially improve their operational efficiencies and reduce costs. Notes to editor About Advanced Computer Software www.advancedcomputersoftware.com Advanced Computer Software Group is a leading provider of patient management software solutions for the healthcare sector and back office solutions for businesses and organisations in both the public and private sectors. Originally established to consolidate the fragmented primary care software market, the Group now comprises three divisions addressing the needs of both public and private sector organisations. The Health & Care division sells a range of products to the NHS and private sector including patient workflow management and case management for social care providers, mobile applications for care in the community and rostering applications for social care settings. The Business Solutions division provides accounting, payroll, HR, business intelligence, document management and collaborative solutions to local authorities, healthcare organisations and companies across the private sector. Underpinning these divisions, the Groups 365 Managed Services division supports the Groups software portfolo in addition to providing managed services to a wide range of customers. By means of this common technology platform the Group is able to offer solutions in a variety of ways to best suit customers business needs including the provision of hosted Cloud-based solutions, such as Software as a Service (SaaS), which can be delivered as a fully managed service with software hosted either in the Groups data centre or at customers own premises. Contacts: Dean Dickinson, Managing Director, Advanced Business Solutions (Public Sector & Enterprise) [email protected] 07770 570621 Liz Ebbrell and Angela Mycock, Advanced Computer Software Group [email protected] +44(0)1625 856505 or 07887 415 232 Angela Mycock Senior PR Officer Advanced Computer Software Group plc T: +44(0)1625 856514 M: 07887 415 232 [email protected] www.advancedcomputersoftware.com Advanced Computer Software Group plc comprises three divisions: - Advanced Health & Care - Advanced Business Solutions - Advanced 365 (Managed Services) ((M2 Communications disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to [email protected]. |