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{{Infobox company

| name = OneAdvanced Group Limited

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In August 2019, Vista sold a 50% stake to [[BC Partners]] for £2 billion including debt.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BC Partners buys 50% stake in Advanced from Vista Equity |url=https://www.ft.com/content/1c1855fc-bce5-11e9-b350-db00d509634e |access-date=2020-09-13 |website=www.ft.com}}</ref>

In 2023, the company undertook a strategy refresh, alongside changes to the executive management team, appointing Simon Walsh as Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Dews as Chief Financial Officer and Andrew Henderson as Chief Technology Officer. The aim of the strategy refresh was stated to prioritise resources into high growth market sectors and product categories.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=ASTON MIDCO LIMITED filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/FC037190/filing-history |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref> Part of this refresh, which cost £8.2m,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=ONEADVANCED GROUP LIMITED filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05965280/filing-history |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref>, included updating the operating name from "Advanced" to "OneAdvanced".

=== Health and Care Cyber Incident ===

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Perpetrators of the attack were able to extract information relating to 16 Staffplan and Caresys customers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-13 |title=Client data exfiltrated in Advanced NHS cyber attack |url=https://www.digitalhealth.net/2022/10/client-data-exfiltrated-advanced-nhs-cyber-attack/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=Digital Health |language=en-GB}}</ref> 82,946 people were affected by the breach which included phone numbers and medical records, as well as details of how to gain entry to the homes of 890 people who were receiving care at home. <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-07 |title=Provisional decision to impose £6m fine on software provider following 2022 ransomware attack that disrupted NHS and social care services |url=https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2024/08/provisional-decision-to-impose-6m-fine-on-software-provider-following-2022-ransomware-attack/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=ico.org.uk |language=en}}</ref>

The cyber attack including resulting remediation and outage credits cost the group £18.2 million in 2023<ref name=":0" /> and £9.4 million in 2024.<ref name=":2" />.

The [[Information Commissioner's Office]] announced in August 2024 a provisional decision to impose a fine of £6.09m on the company, following an initial finding that the provider failed to implement measures to protect the personal information.<ref name=":1" /> The ICO and AdvancedOneAdvanced agreed a voluntary settlement in March 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-27 |title=Software provider fined £3m following 2022 ransomware attack |url=https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2025/03/software-provider-fined-3m-following-2022-ransomware-attack/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=ico.org.uk |language=en}}</ref>. AdvancedOneAdvanced agreed to pay a final penalty of  £3,076,320 without appealing. The final investigation found that personal information belonging to 79,404 people was taken, including details of how to gain entry into the homes of 890 people who were receiving care at home.

=== Sale of application modernization business ===

In January 2024, [[IBM]] announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire application modernization capabilities from AdvancedOneAdvanced. This part of AdvancedOneAdvanced became part of the [[IBM Consulting]] division with service offerings aiming to complement the capabilities of [[IBM Watsonx]] Code Assistant for Z.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IBM to Acquire Application Modernization Capabilities from Advanced |url=https://newsroom.ibm.com/blog-IBM-to-Acquire-Application-Modernization-Capabilities-from-Advanced |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=IBM Newsroom |language=en-us}}</ref> AdvancedOneAdvanced had net proceeds of £112.7 million from the sale of the division.<ref name=":2" />

== Locations ==

AdvancedOneAdvanced's head office is located in [[Mailbox Birmingham|Mailbox]], Birmingham with other office locations in Newcastle, Ashford, Belfast, Dublin, York and Willerby.

The US head office is located in Atlanta, Georgia, while the Australian office is located in Melbourne. AdvancedOneAdvanced also have offices in India; specifically Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Baroda, where the primary development functions are located.

==Acquisitions==

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|February 2014

|£14.5m

|AdvancedOneAdvanced extended its reach in the education software market by purchasing Chester-based CRM specialist Compass Computer Consultants.<ref>{{cite news|date=3 February 2014|title=ACS extends education reach with Compass acquisition|publisher=MicroScope|url=https://www.computerweekly.com/microscope/news/2240213638/ACS-extends-education-reach-with-Compass-acquisition|access-date=25 May 2019}}</ref> Compass was later renamed "ProSuite".

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|ConsultCRM<ref>{{cite news|date=3 April 2014|title=ACS extends portfolio with ConsultCRM acquisition|publisher=MicroScope|url=https://www.computerweekly.com/microscope/news/2240217483/ACS-extends-portfolio-with-ConsultCRM-acquisition|access-date=25 May 2019}}</ref>

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|July 2018

|£90m

|AdvancedOneAdvanced acquired [[PCTI Solutions]].<ref>{{cite news|date=5 July 2018|title=Advanced acquires Docman|publisher=Health Tech Newspaper|url=http://www.thehtn.co.uk/2018/07/05/advanced-acquires-docman/|access-date=13 September 2018}}</ref> Their product, Docman, maintains one billion records and documents for more than 40,000,000 patients in the UK, including the whole of Scotland.<ref>{{cite news|date=3 July 2018|title=CLINICAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPER BOUGHT BY ADVANCED|publisher=Insider Media|url=https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/yorkshire/clinical-software-developer-bought-by-advanced|access-date=13 September 2018}}</ref> 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 [[General practice|GP practices]] using the electronic document transfer function were affected.<ref>{{cite news|date=12 September 2018|title=GPs unable to fully access digital patient records after faulty update to IT platform|publisher=IT Pro|url=http://www.itpro.co.uk/digitisation/31889/gps-unable-to-fully-access-digital-patient-records-after-faulty-update-to-it|access-date=13 September 2018}}</ref>

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==List of Software==

* OneAdvanced AI

* Advanced Time and Attendance (formerly Mitrefinch TMS/HR Manager)

* Achievement & Performance Analysis (also known as ProAchieve*)

*Advanced Pay (formerly Mitrefinch Flexipay)

* Assessment & Learning (also known as bksb*)

*Advanced Device & Access Manager (formerly MF Secure - successor to Mitrefinch Access Control)

* Care Business Management (also known as Care Cloud)

* Cloud School (formerly Progresso)

* Clinical Decision Support (also known as Odyssey*)

* Facility CMIS Administration

* Clinical Document Transfer (also known as Docman Connect*)

* Scheduler

* Clinical Patient Management (also known as Adastra*)

* Facility ePortal

* Curriculum Planning (also known as ProResource*)

* CMIS

* Dynamic Resource Scheduling (also known as DRS)

* CMIS Go

* Education CRM (also known as ProEngage*)

* FM Easy

* ePortfolio (also known as Smart Assessor*)

* OpenAccounts

* Advanced Financials (formerlyalso Cloudknown as Advanced Financials)

* Advanced HR (formerly Cloud HR)

* GP Document Workflow (also known as Docman GP*)

* OpenAccounts

* ILP & Markbook (also known as ProMonitor*)

* OpenPeople

* Learner Management System (also known as PICS*)

* OpenWMS

* Legal Forms (also known as Cloud Forms)

* Odyssey

* Meetings & Board Management (also known as Decision Time)

* Exchequer

* MIS (also known as ProSolution*)

* {{Proper name|eFinancials}}

* Online GP Consultation (also known as PATCHS*)

* {{Proper name|eBIS}}

* Partner for Windows (also known as Partner for Windows)

* ProPortal

* Payroll

* ProAchieve

* Performance & Talent (also known as Clear Review)

* ProMonitor

* Purchasing (also known as Marketplace)

* ProSolution

* Risk Management (also known as Decision Time)

* TALENT Ticketing Solutions

* Advanced Time and& Attendance (formerlyalso known as Mitrefinch TMS/HR(aka ManagerPMS))

* Integra

* Time Capture (also known as Carpe Diem)

* Business Cloud Essentials

* Virtual Smartcard (also known as Virtual Smartcard)

* Advanced Financials (formerly Cloud Financials)

* The National Will Register (formerly Certainty)

* Staffplan

* Practice and Case Management Software

* The National Will Register (formerly Certainty)

* Source to contract

* Caresys

* Carenotes

* Adastra

* Crosscare

* V1 Document Management

* Advanced Data Automation (formerly Cloud trade)

==References==