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'''Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd.''' (operating as '''AdvancedOneAdvanced''') is a British private company founded by [[Vin Murria]] in 2008. withThe company has its headquarters in [[Birmingham]], West Midlands. Itand provides information technology services including hosting and cloud based systems to the [[National Health Service|NHS]] and many other organisations. Through various acquisitions, in 2016 it became the third largest software provider in the UK market while employing over 2,400 people with a customer base of more than 20,000 organisations. Later in the year it would go on to rebrand itself to "Advanced" while opening its central headquarters in [[Birmingham]]'s [[Mailbox Birmingham|Mailbox]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Advanced Computer Software Group rebrands as Advanced, implements new marketing strategy |url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/2016/04/12/advanced-computer-software-group-rebrands-advanced-implements-new-marketing-strategy |access-date=13 September 2018 |publisher=The Drum |date=12 April 2016}}</ref>
==History==
AdvancedThe company was founded by [[Vin Murria]] in 2008. Originally listed on the [[Alternative Investment Market]] in 2008 with a cash value of £3 million, it was bought by [[Vista Equity Partners]] in 2014 for £765 million. From the 18% stake Murria held in Advanced she took £140.2m from the sale making her one of the wealthiest women in the UK.<ref>{{cite news |last=Armstrong |first=Ashley |date=25 November 2014 |title=Advanced Computer Software agrees to £765m takeover by Vista |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |publisher= |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/privateequity/11253036/Advanced-Computer-Software-agrees-to-725m-takeover-by-Vista.html |access-date=13 September 2018}}</ref> Murria was awarded an [[OBE]] for services to the UK digital economy and advancing women in the software sector in the [[2018 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Softcat director and TechUK president included on New Year Honours list |url=https://www.channelweb.co.uk/crn-uk/news/3023633/murria-and-de-rojas-included-in-new-year-honours |access-date=13 September 2018 |publisher=Channel web |date=2 January 2018}}</ref>
At the time of sale, Vista brought in a new leadership team including Chief Executive Officer Gordon Wilson, and Chief Financial Officer Andrew Hicks.
In August 2019, Vista sold a 50% stake in Advanced 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, Advancedthe 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 iswas 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 included updating the operating name from "Advanced" to "OneAdvanced".
=== Health and Care Cyber Incident ===
In August 2022, Advancedthe company experienced a cybersecurity incident caused by [[LockBit|LockBit 3.0]] ransomware.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-08-05 |title=NHS 111 software outage confirmed as cyber-attack |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-62442127 |access-date=2023-11-13}}</ref> Adastra, Caresys, Odyssey, Carenotes, Crosscare, Staffplan and eFinancials products were all affected, with varying downtime and recovery. Perpetratorslasting offor theseveral attack were able to extract information relating to 16 Staffplan and Caresys customersmonths.<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>
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 with a further £2.7 million provisioned for additional expenditure in future years.<ref name=":0" />
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" />
=== '''Sale of application modernization business''' ===
In January 2024, [[IBM]] announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire application modernization capabilities from Advanced. The transaction was expected to close in the second quarter of 2024. The team are to join 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>
== Locations ==
Advanced'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. Advanced also have offices in BangaloreIndia; specifically Ahmedabad, KarnatakaBangalore and Baroda, Gujarat, India which is where the primary development functionfunctions isare located.
==Acquisitions==
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