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                                                            Registration No.333-
                                                                        ________



                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D. C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8

                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                            SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
            (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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<S>                                                       <C>
            DELAWARE                                          06-1169696
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                             (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)                            Identification Number)

80 LAMBERTON ROAD, WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT                          06095
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                       (Zip Code)
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                1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN, AS AMENDED
                            (Full Title of the Plan)


                              STEPHEN V.R. WHITMAN
                  SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
                             SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                                80 LAMBERTON ROAD
                          WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT 06095
                   (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                 (860) 298-4500
        (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                    Proposed       Proposed
     Title of          Amount       Maximum        Maximum        Amount of
    Securities         to be        Offering      Aggregate     Registration
       to be         Registered      Price         Offering           Fee
    Registered                     Per Share        Price
    ----------       ----------    ---------      ----------    ------------
<S>                  <C>           <C>          <C>             <C>
Common Stock, $.01    200,000      $14.90 (1)   $2,980,000 (1)      $242
par value              shares
</TABLE>

(1)   Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, and
      based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the
      NASDAQ National Market on June 9, 2003 in accordance with Rules 457(c) and
      457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933.


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PART I.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

            The information required by Part I is included in documents sent or
given to participants in the Registrant's 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as
amended (the "Plan"), pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act").

PART II.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

      Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference

            The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting
requirements of Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files
reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"). The following documents, which are on file with
the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

            (1) The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section
      13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or the latest prospectus filed
      pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that contains audited
      financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which
      such statements have been filed.

            (2) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
      the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document
      referred to in (1) above.

            (3) The description of the common stock of the Registrant, $.01 par
      value per share (the "Common Stock"), contained in the Registration
      Statement on Form 8-A filed by the Registrant with the Commission on May
      3, 1996, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
      updating such description.

            All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
      Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the
      filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all shares of
      Common Stock offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all
      shares of Common Stock then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
      incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of
      the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
      incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
      deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
      Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
      subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
      by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement
      so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
      superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.


      Item 4.  Description of Securities

            Not applicable.


      Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

            The legality of the Common Stock being offered hereby will be passed
upon for the Registrant by Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, Massachusetts.


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      Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers

            Article EIGHTH of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation, as amended (the "Certificate of Incorporation"), provides that
no director of the Registrant shall be personally liable for any monetary
damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent
that the Delaware General Corporation Law prohibits the elimination of liability
of directors for breaches of fiduciary duty.

            Article NINTH of the Certificate of Incorporation provides that a
director or officer of the Registrant (a) shall be indemnified by the Registrant
against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any
litigation or other legal proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of
the Registrant) brought against him by virtue of his position as a director or
officer of the Registrant if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful and (b) shall be
indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys' fees)
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection
with any action by or in the right of the Registrant brought against him by
virtue of his position as a director or officer of the Registrant if he acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to,
the best interests of the Registrant, except that no indemnification shall be
made with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged
to be liable to the Registrant, unless the Court of Chancery of Delaware
determines that, despite such adjudication but in view of all of the
circumstances, he is entitled to indemnification of such expenses.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that a director or officer has been
successful, on the merits or otherwise, including, without limitation, the
dismissal of an action without prejudice, he is required to be indemnified by
the Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred in connection therewith. In the event the Registrant does
not assume the defense of an action in accordance with the Certificate of
Incorporation, expenses shall be advanced to a director or officer at his
request prior to the final disposition of the matter, provided that he
undertakes to repay the amount advanced if it is ultimately determined that he
is not entitled to indemnification for such expenses.

            Indemnification is required to be made unless the Registrant
determines that the applicable standard of conduct required for indemnification
has not been met and must be made if the director or officer was successful, on
the merits or otherwise, in defense of the matter. In the event of a
determination by the Registrant that the director or officer did not meet the
applicable standard of conduct required for indemnification, or if the
Registrant fails to make an indemnification payment within 60 days after such
payment is claimed by such person, such person is permitted to petition the
court to make an independent determination as to whether


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such person is entitled to indemnification. As a condition precedent to the
right of indemnification, the director or officer must give the Registrant
notice of the action for which indemnity is sought, and the Registrant has the
right to participate in such action or assume the defense thereof.

            Article NINTH of the Certificate of Incorporation further provides
that the indemnification provided therein is not exclusive, and provides that in
the event that the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended to expand the
indemnification permitted to directors or officers the Registrant must indemnify
those persons to the fullest extent permitted by such law as so amended.

            Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended,
provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the
fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted
in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action
or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
Section 145 further provides that a corporation similarly may indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is
or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or
suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in
or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court
in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that,
despite an adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the
case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

            The Registrant has directors and officers liability insurance for
the benefit of its directors and officers.


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      Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed

            Not applicable.


      Item 8.  Exhibits

            The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated
herein by reference.

      Item 9.  Undertakings

            1.    The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
            being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
            Statement:

                        (i)   To include any prospectus required by Section
            10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

                        (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
            arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or
            the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
            individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
            the information set forth in the Registration Statement.
            Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
            securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
            would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
            the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be
            reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
            pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
            and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum
            aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
            Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and

                        (iii) To include any material information with respect
            to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
            Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
            the Registration Statement;

                  provided, however, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply
            if the information required to be included in a post-effective
            amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
            with or furnished to the


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            Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
            Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
            Statement.

                  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
            the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
            deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities
            offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
            shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
            amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
            at the termination of the offering.

            2. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
            of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
            of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
            of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
            employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
            the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
            Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration
            Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
            offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
            initial bona fide offering thereof.

            3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
            Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
            controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
            provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
            the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public
            policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
            unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
            such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of
            expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
            person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
            suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
            controlling person in connection with the securities being
            registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
            counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
            to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
            indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
            Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
            such issue.


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                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Windsor, State of Connecticut on June 11, 2003.

                                    SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, INC.



                                    By:   /s/ William C. Stone
                                          --------------------------------------

                                          William C. Stone
                                          President, Chief Executive Officer and
                                          Chairman of the Board



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      We, the undersigned officers and directors of SS&C Technologies, Inc.,
hereby severally constitute William C. Stone, Patrick J. Pedonti, Stephen V.R.
Whitman and James R. Burke, and each of them singly, our true and lawful
attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and
in our names in the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said
Registration Statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and
behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable SS&C Technologies,
Inc. to comply with all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by said
attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and any and all
amendments thereto.


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      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

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      Signature                               Title                  Date
      ---------                               -----                  ----

<S>                                 <C>                          <C>
/s/ William C. Stone                President, Chief             June 6, 2003
------------------------------      Executive Officer and
William C. Stone                    Chairman of the Board
                                    (Principal Executive
                                    Officer)



/s/ Patrick J. Pedonti              Senior Vice President        June 6, 2003
------------------------------      and Chief Financial
Patrick J. Pedonti                  Officer (Principal
                                    Financial and
                                    Accounting Officer)



/s/ David W. Clark, Jr.             Director                     June 6, 2003
------------------------------
David W. Clark, Jr.


/s/ Joseph H. Fisher                Director                     June 6, 2003
------------------------------
Joseph H. Fisher


/s/ Albert L. Lord                  Director                     June 6, 2003
------------------------------
Albert L. Lord


/s/ Patrick J. McDonnell            Director                     June 6, 2003
------------------------------
Patrick J. McDonnell


/s/ Jonathan M. Schofield           Director                     June 6, 2003
------------------------------
Jonathan M. Schofield


/s/ James L. Sullivan               Director                     June 6, 2003
------------------------------
James L. Sullivan
</TABLE>


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


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<CAPTION>
 Exhibit
 Number                       Description
 ------                       -----------

<S>         <C>
    4.1     Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant,
            as amended, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
            the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
            period ended June 30, 1999 (File No. 000-28430)

    4.2     Second Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant is
            incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's
            Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
            September 30, 2000 (File No. 000-28430)

    5       Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP

   23.1     Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5)

   23.2     Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

   24       Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages of this
            Registration Statement)
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Registration No.333-
                                                                        ________

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D. C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8

                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                            SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
            (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
DELAWARE                                          06-1169696
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                             (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)                            Identification Number)

80 LAMBERTON ROAD, WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT                          06095
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                       (Zip Code)
1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN, AS AMENDED
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                              STEPHEN V.R. WHITMAN
                  SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
                             SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                                80 LAMBERTON ROAD
                          WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT 06095
                   (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                 (860) 298-4500
        (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed       Proposed
     Title of          Amount       Maximum        Maximum        Amount of
    Securities         to be        Offering      Aggregate     Registration
       to be         Registered      Price         Offering           Fee
    Registered                     Per Share        Price
    ----------       ----------    ---------      ----------    ------------
Common Stock, $.01    200,000      $14.90 (1)   $2,980,000 (1)      $242
par value              shares
(1)   Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, and
      based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the
      NASDAQ National Market on June 9, 2003 in accordance with Rules 457(c) and
      457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933.

                                      -2-
PART I.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

            The information required by Part I is included in documents sent or
given to participants in the Registrant's 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as
amended (the "Plan"), pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act").

PART II.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

      Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference

            The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting
requirements of Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files
reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"). The following documents, which are on file with
the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

            (1) The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section
      13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or the latest prospectus filed
      pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that contains audited
      financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which
      such statements have been filed.

            (2) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
      the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document
      referred to in (1) above.

            (3) The description of the common stock of the Registrant, $.01 par
      value per share (the "Common Stock"), contained in the Registration
      Statement on Form 8-A filed by the Registrant with the Commission on May
      3, 1996, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
      updating such description.

            All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
      Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the
      filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all shares of
      Common Stock offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all
      shares of Common Stock then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
      incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of
      the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
      incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
      deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
      Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
      subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
      by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement
      so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
      superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

      Item 4.  Description of Securities

            Not applicable.

      Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

            The legality of the Common Stock being offered hereby will be passed
upon for the Registrant by Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers

            Article EIGHTH of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation, as amended (the "Certificate of Incorporation"), provides that
no director of the Registrant shall be personally liable for any monetary
damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent
that the Delaware General Corporation Law prohibits the elimination of liability
of directors for breaches of fiduciary duty.

            Article NINTH of the Certificate of Incorporation provides that a
director or officer of the Registrant (a) shall be indemnified by the Registrant
against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any
litigation or other legal proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of
the Registrant) brought against him by virtue of his position as a director or
officer of the Registrant if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful and (b) shall be
indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys' fees)
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection
with any action by or in the right of the Registrant brought against him by
virtue of his position as a director or officer of the Registrant if he acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to,
the best interests of the Registrant, except that no indemnification shall be
made with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged
to be liable to the Registrant, unless the Court of Chancery of Delaware
determines that, despite such adjudication but in view of all of the
circumstances, he is entitled to indemnification of such expenses.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that a director or officer has been
successful, on the merits or otherwise, including, without limitation, the
dismissal of an action without prejudice, he is required to be indemnified by
the Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred in connection therewith. In the event the Registrant does
not assume the defense of an action in accordance with the Certificate of
Incorporation, expenses shall be advanced to a director or officer at his
request prior to the final disposition of the matter, provided that he
undertakes to repay the amount advanced if it is ultimately determined that he
is not entitled to indemnification for such expenses.

            Indemnification is required to be made unless the Registrant
determines that the applicable standard of conduct required for indemnification
has not been met and must be made if the director or officer was successful, on
the merits or otherwise, in defense of the matter. In the event of a
determination by the Registrant that the director or officer did not meet the
applicable standard of conduct required for indemnification, or if the
Registrant fails to make an indemnification payment within 60 days after such
payment is claimed by such person, such person is permitted to petition the
court to make an independent determination as to whether

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such person is entitled to indemnification. As a condition precedent to the
right of indemnification, the director or officer must give the Registrant
notice of the action for which indemnity is sought, and the Registrant has the
right to participate in such action or assume the defense thereof.

            Article NINTH of the Certificate of Incorporation further provides
that the indemnification provided therein is not exclusive, and provides that in
the event that the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended to expand the
indemnification permitted to directors or officers the Registrant must indemnify
those persons to the fullest extent permitted by such law as so amended.

            Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended,
provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the
fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted
in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action
or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
Section 145 further provides that a corporation similarly may indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is
or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or
suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in
or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court
in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that,
despite an adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the
case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

            The Registrant has directors and officers liability insurance for
the benefit of its directors and officers.

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Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed

            Not applicable.

      Item 8.  Exhibits

            The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated
herein by reference.

      Item 9.  Undertakings

            1.    The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
            being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
            Statement:

                        (i)   To include any prospectus required by Section
            10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

                        (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
            arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or
            the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
            individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
            the information set forth in the Registration Statement.
            Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
            securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
            would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
            the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be
            reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
            pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
            and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum
            aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
            Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and

                        (iii) To include any material information with respect
            to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
            Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
            the Registration Statement;

                  provided, however, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply
            if the information required to be included in a post-effective
            amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
            with or furnished to the

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Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
            Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
            Statement.

                  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
            the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
            deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities
            offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
            shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
            amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
            at the termination of the offering.

            2. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
            of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
            of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
            of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
            employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
            the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
            Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration
            Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
            offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
            initial bona fide offering thereof.

            3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
            Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
            controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
            provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
            the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public
            policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
            unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
            such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of
            expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
            person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
            suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
            controlling person in connection with the securities being
            registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
            counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
            to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
            indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
            Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
            such issue.

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SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Windsor, State of Connecticut on June 11, 2003.

                                    SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                                    By:   /s/ William C. Stone
                                          --------------------------------------

                                          William C. Stone
                                          President, Chief Executive Officer and
                                          Chairman of the Board

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      We, the undersigned officers and directors of SS&C Technologies, Inc.,
hereby severally constitute William C. Stone, Patrick J. Pedonti, Stephen V.R.
Whitman and James R. Burke, and each of them singly, our true and lawful
attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and
in our names in the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said
Registration Statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and
behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable SS&C Technologies,
Inc. to comply with all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by said
attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and any and all
amendments thereto.

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature                               Title                  Date
      ---------                               -----                  ----
/s/ William C. Stone                President, Chief             June 6, 2003
------------------------------      Executive Officer and
William C. Stone                    Chairman of the Board
                                    (Principal Executive
                                    Officer)

/s/ Patrick J. Pedonti              Senior Vice President        June 6, 2003
------------------------------      and Chief Financial
Patrick J. Pedonti                  Officer (Principal
                                    Financial and
                                    Accounting Officer)

/s/ David W. Clark, Jr.             Director                     June 6, 2003
------------------------------
David W. Clark, Jr.

/s/ Joseph H. Fisher                Director                     June 6, 2003
------------------------------
Joseph H. Fisher

/s/ Albert L. Lord                  Director                     June 6, 2003
------------------------------
Albert L. Lord

/s/ Patrick J. McDonnell            Director                     June 6, 2003
------------------------------
Patrick J. McDonnell

/s/ Jonathan M. Schofield           Director                     June 6, 2003
------------------------------
Jonathan M. Schofield

/s/ James L. Sullivan               Director                     June 6, 2003
------------------------------
James L. Sullivan
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
 Number                       Description
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4.1     Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant,
            as amended, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
            the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
            period ended June 30, 1999 (File No. 000-28430)

    4.2     Second Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant is
            incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's
            Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
            September 30, 2000 (File No. 000-28430)

    5       Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP

   23.1     Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5)

   23.2     Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

   24       Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages of this
            Registration Statement)
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