Enterprise Content Management White Paper for Housing Associations now Available From the Content Group

The Content Group Provides a Solution for Efficient Information Governance and In-House Document Management

GODALMING, England, September 30, 2010 - Enterprise Content Management (
www.thecontentgroup.co.uk/ecm_technologies.aspx) (ECM) specialist -
The Content Group www.thecontentgroup.co.uk - has released a White
Paper on the benefits of document management (
www.thecontentgroup.co.uk/ecm_technologies.aspx) and information
governance (www.thecontentgroup.co.uk/ecm_technologies.aspx) thorough
ECM strategies specifically for the Housing Association market. The White
Paper was produced after Gartner stated that by 2010, 80% of organisations
would be using Microsoft's SharePoint content management solution.

Most housing associations struggle to access requisite
information in a timely and efficient manner, with information typically
stored in various forms across multiple business applications and even
physical locations. Whilst some organisations operate capable business suites
that provide efficient information governance and integrated financial, HR,
payroll and housing management applications, most are still struggling to
connect the wealth of supporting information that traditionally lies outside
the housing association business suites (e.g. email, correspondence, paper
etc).

The White Paper from The Content Group discusses that by
utilising a document management solution internally, companies could achieve
a common, easy to use interface to all of the business information without
embarking upon expensive, customised integration. By converting paper-based
tasks into electronic format, organisations can be far more efficient, more
compliant and provide the management information required to measure and
improve performance.

John Chilton, Solutions Specialist at The Content Group,
comments, "The latest version of SharePoint from Microsoft provides a company
with a totally integrated business platform that includes portal, Intranet,
document management, information governance, workflow, legacy business
application integration, email integration, collaboration and business
performance reporting capabilities. With this depth of functionality, housing
associations can use SharePoint to manage all content not contained within
the existing business suite."

Chilton concludes, "Leveraging Microsoft SharePoint to create
an integrated infrastructure that maintains all content and correspondence
relating to each individual property and customer will enable housing
associations to reduce the burden associated with regulatory compliance,
improve customer service, enhance staff satisfaction and reduce the risk of
errors and litigation."

For more information or to download a copy of the Housing
Association White Paper on Enterprise Content Management, please visit The
Content Group website.

About The Content Group

The Content Group is a technology agnostic Enterprise Content
Management (ECM) consultancy and solutions provider whose proven ECM Expert
best practice methodology ensures successful ECM projects such as in document
management and information governance for their clients across the globe.

Recognised as a leading expert in the field, The Content Group
works with its clients in the education of ECM, development of ECM strategies
including document management and information governance, implementation of
ECM strategies and the design of ECM maturity blueprint's for ongoing
measurement of organisational ECM effectiveness.

Drawing on its best practice methodology, The Content Group is
leading the development of the first ever Publicly Available Specification
for ECM with BSI British Standards.

The expertise and best practice methodology of The Content
Group's ECM Expert ensures its clients receive unbiased advice combined with
"Best by Design" technology recommendations resulting in unparalleled ECM
project success.

The Content Groups works with clients from the SME and
Enterprise sector. This work covers new Enterprise Content Management
initiatives, including document management and also information governance,
and also existing ECM implementations where organisations are looking to
leverage the true value of their ECM investment.

    For further information, please contact:

    Will Gardiner
    Itpr
    Tel. +44(0)1932-578800

    Emily Thorpe
    The Content Group
    Tel. +44(0)1483-523890

For further information, please contact: Will Gardiner, Itpr, Tel. +44(0)1932-578800; Emily Thorpe, The Content Group, Tel. +44(0)1483-523890.