By Linda Chiem (June 5, 2015, 6:18 PM EDT) -- Private equity-backed software company SunGard, which set the stage Thursday for an up to $100 million initial public offering, has reportedly caught the eye of potential suitors such as SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc., Fidelity National Information Services Inc. and others that are interested in acquiring it, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. SunGard, which makes software for financial institutions, filed with regulators to go public as it looks to repay debt following what the company describes as a transformation of its business in 2011. The move comes nearly a decade after a group of private equity giants, including Bain Capital Partners, The Blackstone Group, Goldman Sachs & Co., Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Providence Equity Partners, Silver Lake and TPG teamed up to acquire SunGard for approximately $11 billion in what was one of the biggest deals of the buyout boom that preceded the financial crisis, the WSJ said....
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