Advanced Computer Software
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | |
| Founded | 2008 Slough, Berkshire |
| Founders | |
| Headquarters | Slough, Berkshire , |
Area served | United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Singapore, India, Australia, Canada and United States |
Key people | Gordon Wilson (CEO) |
| Revenue | £204.5 million (2017) |
| Owner | Vista Equity Partners (since 2015) |
Number of employees | 2,000 (2019) |
| Website | oneadvanced |
Advanced (operating as Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd.) is a Private British company founded by Vin Murria in 2008 with its main headquarters based in Slough, Berkshire. It provides Information Technology services including hosting and cloud based solutions to the NHS and many other organisations. Through various acquisitions, in 2016 it became the third largest software provider in the UK market and then rebranded itself to simply, Advanced. It opened a new central headquarters in Birmingham in the prestigious Mailbox, employs over 2,000 people and has a customer base of more than 20,000 organisations.[1]
History
It was listed on the Alternative Investment Market in 2008 with a value of £32 million and was bought by Vista Equity Partners in 2014 for £725 million. Vin Murria founded the business and was the chief executive.[2] She was awarded an OBE for services to the UK digital economy and advancing women in the software sector in the 2018 New Year Honours.[3]
Acquisitions
Serco Learning
A £7.25m deal for Serco's education unit, Serco Learning was agreed in December 2012.
Computer Software Holdings
In March 2013, Advanced acquired Computer Software Holdings for £110m paid for partly by the recent share placing that helped raise £44m for ACS.[4]
Compass
In February 2014, it extended its reach in the education software market by spending £14.5m for Chester-based CRM specialist Compass Computer Consultants.[5]
ConsultCRM
In April 2014, it acquired ConsultCRM, a customer relationship management tool.[6]
Docman
In July 2018 it acquired Docman, the leading electronic document management and information sharing platform from PCTI Solutions.[7] Docman maintains one billion records and documents for more than 40,000,000 patients in the UK, including the whole of Scotland.[8] A problem with version 7 of the Docman platform in September 2018 meant letters received through NHSmail, automatically scanned to be added to patient records, were not uploaded. About 6,000 GP practices using the electronic document transfer function were affected.[9]
References
- ^ "Advanced Computer Software Group rebrands as Advanced, implements new marketing strategy". The Drum. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Advanced Computer Software agrees to £725m takeover by Vista". Telegraph. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Softcat director and TechUK president included on New Year Honours list". Channel web. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ [hhttps://www.computerweekly.com/microscope/news/2240179321/ACS-splashes-out-110m-for-Computer-Software-Holdings "ACS splashes out £110m for Computer Software Holdings"]. MicroScope. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ "ACS extends education reach with Compass acquisition". MicroScope. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ "ACS extends portfolio with ConsultCRM acquisition". MicroScope. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ "Advanced acquires Docman". Health Tech Newspaper. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "CLINICAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPER BOUGHT BY ADVANCED". Insider Media. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "GPs unable to fully access digital patient records after faulty update to IT platform". IT Pro. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.