Advanced Named Top-Tier Software Vendor by APPS RUN THE WORLD in the APPS and CLOUD TOP 500 Market Report

Advanced Strengths, Domain Expertise, and Key Differentiators

Advanced is a provider of sector-specific SaaS software solutions, with its headquarters located in Birmingham, UK. Guided by a steadfast mission, Advanced is committed to empowering the world of work by delivering software solutions that streamline operations for their clientele, enabling them to dedicate their efforts towards achieving success and fostering growth for their customers and employees.

Advanced Recent Developments

Advanced launched Cloud HR Software, a people management tool that will increase productivity in the HR department as well as empower employees to manage their own HR requests and activity with self-service processes and chatbots for enquiries. The new tool addresses a changing workforce which now includes Generation Z – digital natives who expect innovative technology to be pushed to them.

Advanced unveiled its new Cloud-based platform – MyWorkplace – a unified Cloud ecosystem designed to help customers accelerate their digital transformation plans. It is a significant step forward towards delivering interoperability between systems, including an open API platform for partners, and enhanced user experience benefits such as single sign-on.

Advanced Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Activities

In June 2022, Advanced completed the acquisition of Pellcomp [Trinity Software], a provider of a Case Management System and Learning Management System utilized by 500 training and employability providers across the UK. Pellcomp’s PICS platform offers comprehensive support for various processes including onboarding, employer engagement, administration, delivery, and management of ESFA-funded and commercially delivered learning programs. Additionally, it facilitates case management for Department of Work and Pensions employability contracts.

In October 2021, Calculus portfolio company, CloudTrade, has been acquired by Advanced, a provider of business software, delivering a four-times return to Calculus investors in just over three years. The CloudTrade platform, which automatically processes and interprets electronic documents, is primarily used to automate invoice handling for large companies, which saves time, improves accuracy and reduces cost.

In May 2021, bksb has been acquired by Advanced, the software that covers everything from enrolment to classroom monitoring and learner analysis. By joining forces with Advanced, we can accelerate our investment and growth whilst broadening the solutions we can offer to you, helping you to innovate and achieve your goals.Advanced has also recently acquired Smart Apprentices, the next generation in ePortfolio and end point assessment technologies. The merger of bksb, Smart Apprentices and Pro Suite will harness the power of a wide range of learning provider software. Three class-leading solutions from Advanced will offer greater integration, leading insights and eventually a seamless learner experience

Advanced Customers in ARTW Customer Database

Leveraging a rigorous data-centric research methodology, APPS RUN THE WORLD asks the simple question: Who’s buying Advanced applications and why? And we provide the answers – supported by decades of research – to our clients around the world. Our Customer database has over 100 data fields that detail company usage of Advanced and other enterprise apps by function, customer size, industry, location, implementation status, partner involvement, Line of Business Key Stakeholders and IT decision makers contact details. List of Verified Advanced People Management, Advanced Financials, Advanced Document Processing, Advanced Governance and Risk Management customers.

Advanced Key Enterprise and Cloud Applications

Advanced People Management, Advanced Financials, Advanced Document Processing, Advanced Governance and Risk Management

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List of Verified Advanced Customers

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Advanced boasts a diverse clientele of over 22,000 global organizations, including esteemed entities such as the NHS, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Café Nero, Harvey Nichols, Irwin Mitchell, Manchester University, SpaceNK, London City Airport, Virgin Money, and numerous others.

Advanced Market Opportunities, M&A and Geo Expansions

BC Partners has acquired a 50% stake in Advanced from Vista Equity Partners. This strategic transaction sees Vista Equity Partners divesting its stake to BC Partners, which intends to drive the growth of Advanced, headquartered in Slough, by expanding its customer base and strategically acquiring smaller competitors. This acquisition aligns with a broader trend of heightened interest among buyout funds in software companies, exemplified by recent transactions such as KKR's acquisition of Exact Software and the sale of Iris Software Group by HG.

Advanced Risks and Challenges

The difficult task of integrating its acquired assets will probably consume a lot of energy for Advanced, but the self-proclaimed consolidator has not shown any sign of backing down from its hyper-growth strategy. Advanced has been taken private by Vista Equity Partners could give it some room to better integrate assets from multiple acquisitions while formulating a more coherent Cloud strategy.

Advanced Ecosystem, Partners, Resellers and SI

Advanced Computer Software maintains a global presence with offices situated across various regions worldwide, predominantly in the UK, India, the US, Australia, and Ireland.

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Research Methodology

Data used in research reports are derived from publicly available documents, continuous surveys of applications vendors, customers, resellers, Independent Software Vendors, systems integrators and other verifiable sources.

Vendor shares and market forecast results are based on a combination of existing databases as well as demand side and supply side research conducted throughout the year with validation from vendors, customers, channel partners and documentations such as earnings releases and 10Q and 10K filings, vertical industry studies, regional and country-level statistics from public and private institutions(i.e. colleges, universities, government agencies and trade associations).

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