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Advanced 365 launches Application Portfolio Analysis solution

Application Portfolio Analysis enables organisations to reduce the complexity, cost and risk of application initiatives

Advanced 365 (Advanced), a leading business innovation solutions provider, today announces the launch of Application Portfolio Analysis (APA), an application portfolio analysis solution with integrated services.

APA enables organisations to reduce the complexity, cost and risk associated with application improvement initiatives and maximise the value of their existing legacy systems. The solution provides enhanced technical and contextual analysis to accurately determine how applications are being used to improve strategic decision making and investment prioritisation.

Many organisations including banks and financial services firms, retailers and government are grappling with outdated legacy systems which have been developed over several years by different programmers. The acceleration of disruptive technologies (cloud, mobile etc) have further added to the difficulty of maintaining an optimised portfolio.

Neil Cross, Managing Director of Advanced 365, comments, “The enterprise application portfolio is evolving faster than ever before and some organisations are in danger of being left behind. Without a clear understanding of the costs, risk and IT strategies available, it is impossible for them to plan with any confidence and determine where they are today and where they need to be in the future.”

As part of the APA solution offering, Advanced’s comprehensive PathFinder services provide customised modernisation, rationalisation and decommissioning strategies. This assists organisations to determine the current cost of ownership and operation of existing applications, their value to the business and whether they need to invest in new application portfolio analysis initiatives.

In addition, the solution is underpinned by a unique Application Understanding software tool that allows any developer to understand, maintain and enhance applications. Inherent relationships can be mapped, roadblocks can be identified, and suitable changes can be made. It provides a searchable database of information built from the language code and data structures of an organisation’s application portfolio.

Cross adds, “With over 30 years’ of experience, Advanced 365 has a proven track record of assisting organisations to increase IT agility and achieve a tangible return on investment. APA builds on this foundation by giving organisations even greater clarity to better manage their existing portfolio, confidently plan for the future and execute that plan as efficiently as possible.”

Advanced 365 is a HP Gold Preferred Partner and specialises in helping organisations to better understand, maintain and enhance existing applications, such as those on OpenVMS and ICL/Fujitsu VME platforms, to maximise business value.

Application Portfolio Analysis will be officially unveiled on Advanced 365’s stand (number 563) in the Solution Kiosk at HP Discover 2015 (ExCel, London, 1-3 December 2015). For further information call 020 7880 8888.

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About Advanced 365

Advanced 365 is a leading provider of IT managed services and business innovation solutions. Working with organisations within the private, public and charity sectors, Advanced 365 aligns technology to its clients’ business needs in order to improve their operational efficiencies, help control costs, enhance productivity and enable growth.

Core offerings include:

• Managed services focusing on the delivery of IT services including: outsourcing, cloud computing, application development and support, and unified communications.

• Business innovations to make legacy systems relevant to today’s business environment. Advanced 365 provides a CIO advisory service which supports the deployment of technologies including modernisation, legacy system migration, application development, applications support and data cleansing.

Advanced 365 is a Microsoft Gold Competency Partner and works closely with other industry leading vendors and developers including Red Hat, Gamma Telecom, IBM and Oracle.

Advanced 365 is a division of Advanced Computer Software Group Limited, a leading supplier of software and IT services to the health, care and business services sectors. In 2014, the Group won Tech Company of the Year in PwC’s UK Tech Awards. Advanced was also ranked in the Deloitte UK Fast 50, which recognises the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the UK and ranked in the top 300 technology companies in Deloitte’s EMEA rankings.

http://www.advancedcomputersoftware.com/365/

Press contact Ben Carey and Kathryn Howard, Advanced Computer Software Group pr@advancedcomputersoftware.com T: +44 (0)1625 856513

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