Buyout of SunGard

In the “Something that I normally wouldn't bother writing about but some of my readers might find intersting department” I'd just like to report that:

SunGard Data Systems Inc. announced today that it is in discussions with a consortium of seven private investment companies seeking to purchase the financial services disaster recovery service provider for more than $10.5 billion.

From http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/recovery/story/0,10801,100550,00.html

60% of Sungard's revenue comes from “its software and processing business”. Hmmmm….

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