Advanced Computer Software

Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd. (operating as Advanced) is a British private company founded by Vin Murria in 2008 with its headquarters in Birmingham, West Midlands. It provides information technology services including hosting and cloud based systems to the 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.

History
Advanced 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. 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.

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.

In 2023, Advanced 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 is stated to prioritise resources into high growth market sectors and product categories.

Health and Care Cyber Incident
In August 2022, Advanced experienced a cybersecurity incident caused by LockBit 3.0 ransomware. Adastra, Caresys, Odyssey, Carenotes, Crosscare, Staffplan and eFinancials products were all affected, with varying downtime and recovery. Perpetrators of the attack were able to extract information relating to 16 Staffplan and Caresys customers.

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.

Locations
Advanced's head office is located in Mailbox, Birmingham with other office locations in Newcastle, Ashford, Dublin, York and Willerby. The US head office is located in Atlanta, Georgia. Advanced also have offices in Bangalore, Karnataka and Baroda, Gujarat, India which is where the primary development function is located.

List of Software

 * Advanced Time and Attendance (formerly Mitrefinch TMS/HR Manager)
 * Advanced Pay (formerly Mitrefinch Flexipay)
 * Advanced Device & Access Manager (formerly MF Secure - successor to Mitrefinch Access Control)
 * Cloud School (formerly Progresso)
 * Facility CMIS Administration
 * Scheduler
 * Facility ePortal
 * CMIS
 * CMIS Go
 * FM Easy
 * OpenAccounts
 * Advanced HR (formerly Cloud HR)
 * OpenPeople
 * OpenWMS
 * Odyssey
 * Exchequer
 * ProPortal
 * ProAchieve
 * ProMonitor
 * ProSolution
 * TALENT Ticketing Solutions
 * Integra
 * Business Cloud Essentials
 * Advanced Financials (formerly Cloud Financials)
 * Staffplan
 * Caresys
 * Carenotes
 * Adastra
 * Crosscare
 * V1 Document Management
 * Advanced Data Automation (formerly Cloud trade)
 * V1 Document Management
 * Advanced Data Automation (formerly Cloud trade)