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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-05-059647.txt : 20051123
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20051123180720
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-05-059647
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20051123
FILED AS OF DATE:		20051123
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20051123

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Milne Kevin
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001293224

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-28430
		FILM NUMBER:		051226132

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		860-298-4500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
		STREET 2:		80 LAMBERTON ROAD
		CITY:			WINDSOR
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06095

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SS&C TECHNOLOGIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001011661
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		IRS NUMBER:				061169696
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		80 LAMBERTON RD
		STREET 2:		.
		CITY:			WINDSOR
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06095
		BUSINESS PHONE:		860-298-4500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		80 LAMBERTON RD
		STREET 2:		.
		CITY:			WINDSOR
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06095
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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2005-11-23</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>SS&amp;C TECHNOLOGIES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SSNC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001293224</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Milne Kevin</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O SS&amp;C TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>80 LAMBERTON ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WINDSOR</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>06095</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Senior Vice President-Intl.</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>common stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2005-11-23</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>M</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>37500</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>20.37</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>option to buy</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>20.37</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2005-11-23</value>
            </transactionDate>
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            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>37500</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2005-06-07</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2014-06-07</value>
            </expirationDate>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">One fourth of the options--9375--became exercisable on June 7, 2005 and one thirty-sixth of the remaining options--781--became exercisable each month thereafter until November 23, 2005, when all of the unvested options became fully vested and exercisable immediately before the effective time of the merger of Sunshine Merger Corporation with and into the Issuer.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Stephen V. R. Whitman attorney in fact for Kevin Milne</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-11-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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