<PAGE>   1
     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 2000

                                                  Registration No. 333-_________
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                       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 DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN, AS AMENDED
                            (Full Title of the Plan)


                                WILLIAM C. STONE
          PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
                             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)
<PAGE>   2
                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                      Proposed        Proposed
          Title of                                     Maximum         Maximum             Amount of
         Securities                Amount             Offering        Aggregate           Registration
           to be              to be Registered          Price         Offering                 Fee
         Registered           ----------------        Per Share         Price             ------------
         ----------                                   ---------       ---------
<S>                           <C>                   <C>               <C>                 <C>
Common Stock, $.01 par            150,000            $4.64065(1)       $696,098(1)         $184
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 May 25, 2000 in accordance with Rules
         457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933.
<PAGE>   3
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 Director Stock Option
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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<PAGE>   5
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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<PAGE>   6
         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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<PAGE>   7
                  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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<PAGE>   8
                                   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 May 31, 2000.

                                            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, Anthony R. Guarascio 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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<PAGE>   9
         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.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
      Signature                                           Title                                  Date
      ---------                                           -----                                  ----

<S>                                             <C>                                      <C>
/s/ William C. Stone                            President, Chief Executive                 May 31, 2000
--------------------------------------          Officer and Chairman of the Board
William C. Stone                                (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Anthony R. Guarascio                        Senior Vice President, Chief               May 31, 2000
--------------------------------------          Financial Officer and Treasurer
Anthony R. Guarascio                            (Principal Financial and
                                                Accounting Officer)

/s/ David W. Clark, Jr.                         Director
--------------------------------------                                                     May 31, 2000
David W. Clark, Jr.

/s/ Joseph H. Fisher                            Director
--------------------------------------                                                     May 31, 2000
Joseph H. Fisher

/s/ Patrick J. McDonnell                        Director
--------------------------------------                                                     May 31, 2000
Patrick J. McDonnell

/s/ Stephen P. Reynolds                         Director
--------------------------------------                                                     May 31, 2000
Stephen P. Reynolds

                                                Director
--------------------------------------                                                     ______, 2000
Jonathan M. Schofield

/s/ William W. Wyman                            Director
--------------------------------------                                                     May 31, 2000
William W. Wyman
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>   10
                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 Exhibit
 Number                             Description
 ------                             -----------
<S>               <C>
    4             Specimen Certificate of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Registrant is incorporated herein by
                  reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-3094)

    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)
</TABLE>

                                      -10-
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1
     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 2000

                                                  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 DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN, AS AMENDED
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                WILLIAM C. STONE
          PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
                             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)
2
                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed        Proposed
          Title of                                     Maximum         Maximum             Amount of
         Securities                Amount             Offering        Aggregate           Registration
           to be              to be Registered          Price         Offering                 Fee
         Registered           ----------------        Per Share         Price             ------------
         ----------                                   ---------       ---------
Common Stock, $.01 par            150,000            $4.64065(1)       $696,098(1)         $184
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 May 25, 2000 in accordance with Rules
         457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933.
3
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 Director Stock Option
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.

                                      -3-
4
         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

                                      -4-
5
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 May 31, 2000.

                                            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, Anthony R. Guarascio 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 Executive                 May 31, 2000
--------------------------------------          Officer and Chairman of the Board
William C. Stone                                (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Anthony R. Guarascio                        Senior Vice President, Chief               May 31, 2000
--------------------------------------          Financial Officer and Treasurer
Anthony R. Guarascio                            (Principal Financial and
                                                Accounting Officer)

/s/ David W. Clark, Jr.                         Director
--------------------------------------                                                     May 31, 2000
David W. Clark, Jr.

/s/ Joseph H. Fisher                            Director
--------------------------------------                                                     May 31, 2000
Joseph H. Fisher

/s/ Patrick J. McDonnell                        Director
--------------------------------------                                                     May 31, 2000
Patrick J. McDonnell

/s/ Stephen P. Reynolds                         Director
--------------------------------------                                                     May 31, 2000
Stephen P. Reynolds

                                                Director
--------------------------------------                                                     ______, 2000
Jonathan M. Schofield

/s/ William W. Wyman                            Director
--------------------------------------                                                     May 31, 2000
William W. Wyman
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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
 Number                             Description
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4             Specimen Certificate of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Registrant is incorporated herein by
                  reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-3094)

    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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