SWORD RELEASES CIMAGE FUSION 3.0
– THE BEST JUST GOT BETTER!

Release date 12th December 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SWORD Group, the international specialist IT Products and Services Provider and a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner, are delighted to announce the release of Cimage Fusion 3.0, a new and innovative web services framework built on the established and highly scalable Cimage Enterprise Content Management platform designed for regulated industries.

Cimage Fusion significantly reduces the cost and risk associated with managing technical content in heavily regulated industries.

Cimage Fusion 3.0 enables existing Cimage customers to greatly leverage their investment by quickly expanding into other business areas from HR to Accounts. These business areas are especially well served by proven Fusion 3.0 integrations with SAP, Microsoft Office, Outlook and SharePoint..

Fusion 3.0 leverages the latest Microsoft .NET web platform allowing remote users to securely access critical information on demand, from any location, without installing client software.

Fusion 3.0 architecture and performance has been greatly enhanced over previous versions, and has resulted in the most feature rich and powerful application set in the product history.

Whilst Cimage Fusion is known for being the leading industry application for managing complex, technically oriented content for engineering and capital projects, Fusion 3.0 has now cemented Cimage's position as a truly competitive world leading information management solution for both enterprises and for large engineering projects"

Karl Noakes, Director of Partner Development and Marketing at Microsoft UK said “As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, SWORD is among the elite of the Microsoft partner community. Our Gold partners are highly equipped to deliver business-driven technology solutions to their customers and are highly valued by Microsoft.”

For more details about Cimage Fusion or to enquire about channel partnerships, please click the Contact button:   .

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About Cimage

Cimage, a SWORD Group Company, dramatically reduces the cost and risk associated with managing technical information in a regulated environment.  Cimage solutions enable organisations to reduce costs, increase operational efficiency and productivity, ensure regulatory compliance and improve business performance and overall return on investment through better management of their information.

Cimage solutions are based upon the Cimage Fusion platform. Fusion combines Document Management, Content Management, Workflow, Collaboration, Knowledge Management and Records Management into a single integrated web framework. A comprehensive web services interface supports web-based integration with popular ECM platforms, web application servers and portal environments.

Fast business benefit, rapid user adoption, reduced training – all benefits that flow from this innovative approach.

Cimage has over 650 installations in over 30 countries and its customers include AMEC, BP Exploration, British Energy, Centrica, Marathon Oil and Talisman.

For more information about Cimage please click the Contact button:   .

For more information about the SWORD Group please visit www.sword-group.com.

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