San Francisco, CA – July 29, 2010 – CTSpace Products VP Tim Fleet will deliver a presentation on the successful cases, potential uses, and discernable limitations of SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) or internet-hosted information management solutions in nuclear builds at the NIRMA 2010 Conference in Summerlin, Nevada. Mr. Fleet’s 3:45 p.m. August 16^th technical session titled, “Does the cloud have a role to play for information management in the nuclear new built era?” will note the drastic improvements SaaS has on inter-project communication, at the same time addressing compliance concerns and on-premise IM alternatives.

On the subject of SaaS information management solutions, Mr. Fleet recently stated, "In the last five years or so there has been strong growth in the utilization of SaaS tools for document collaboration and exchange with suppliers and partners. In some industries this is almost becoming the norm for projects involving upfront feasibility and design processes for complex capital assets. It makes it easy to bring together a bunch of companies and automate business processes that would once have been very paper-intensive."

Aware that the nuclear industry has unique regulatory and security requirements, however, he added that SaaS or the Cloud "has a role but it is more limited than in other industries due to the unique security requirements. The cloud will most likely not be used in Nuclear to store key design and operational documents related to the plant design but it may well modernize old document control processes related to document exchange with suppliers and vendors."

As one of few solutions vendors with interoperable SaaS and on-premise versions in the form of its flagship Fusion products line, CTSpace offers nuclear clients a secure and complete-lifecycle management solution—from design, through construction, and into operations and maintenance.

About NIRMA
The Nuclear Information and Records Management Association (NIRMA) is the nuclear industry‘s leader in information management. Since 1977 NIRMA has been uniquely qualified to provide guidance to commercial and Department of Energy (DOE) facilities in the areas of quality records programs, regulatory compliance activities, electronic records initiatives, document management technologies, and knowledge management issues. For more information and registration to the NIRMA 2010 Information Management Conference, please visit http://nirma.org

About Tim Fleet, Global Product Director, CTSpace
One of the founders of the company and a well known industry expert, Tim Fleet was originally based at the former Cimage Corporation HQ in the USA where he was instrumental in designing the initial Cimage products. Tim successfully architected the transition of the Cimage product to a highly competitive Document Management platform. In 2005, Cimage was acquired by the Group and Tim moved back to the US to grow the business and spearhead the design of a new software solution called Fusion for the Engineering market. Tim was able to double the size of the US business by transforming Fusion into one of a new breed of Vertical Enterprise Content applications and by building strong relationships with partners such as IBM.

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About CTSpace‘s Fusion solutions
CTSpace is unique in offering both online ‘software as a service’ (SaaS) solutions (FusionLive) and on premises enterprise solutions (FusionEnterprise).

FusionEnterprise® is a specialist Content Application for your Capital Projects and Operations that works hand-in-hand with your current ECM platform. It has been specifically designed to manage engineering documentation in the context of a construction project or operating plant or facility. It supplements an organization’s chosen ECM system (such as IBM FileNet®, EMC Documentum®, Microsoft SharePoint®, Oracle UCM®, or CTSpace’s Cimage®) with modules that optimize the business processes of an enterprise from top-to-bottom, from project management to workflow management. FusionEnterprise also provides a complete integration with CTSpace's dynamic Cloud-based Document Management & Project Collaboration solution FusionLive.

FusionLive® is a new Cloud-based Document Management & Project Collaboration solution, specifically designed for the construction and engineering industries. As a next-generation Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, FusionLive brings together advanced document management features from BuildOnline with the robust business processes of Citadon CW, while upgrading its user interface to the most state-of-the-art technology available today. It is hosted at several secure Data Centers around the world. It offers low cost of ownership and the system can be implemented within 24 hours. It takes literally minutes for any new organization to start collaborating on a project.

When integrated, CTSpace’s global solution provides a best practices environment that supports a project’s entire lifecycle: from design, through construction, and into operations and maintenance.

About CTSpace
CTSpace provides document control, cost management and business process automation solutions to companies with capital assets to design, engineer, construct and maintain in any location in the world. More than 145,000 professionals on 13,000 projects in 56 countries benefit through improved collaboration, enhanced ability to manage schedules and risks, and improved regulatory compliance. CTSpace is unique in offering both online ‘software as a service’ (SaaS) solutions and on premises enterprise solutions, the latter of which leverage an organization's existing investment in leading ECM platforms. CTSpace is part of the Group of companies. For more information, please visit www.sword-ctspace.com

About Group
Group (NYSE Euronext: FR0004180578 SWP) delivers high value business applications to the world’s largest companies globally. With operations in 37 countries, today employs around 1,700 people and generates more than $270m in consolidated revenue. An international leader in the delivery of Business Process Improvement solutions, Sword’s skills, infrastructure and experience help our customers across regulated industries optimize performance, increase efficiencies and maximize return on investment. With flexible delivery options, including On Demand and On Premises, combined with our extensive industry expertise, provides comprehensive support to customers across insurance & healthcare, energy, banking & finance, telecoms, utilities, engineering & construction and the public sector. For more information, please visit www.sword-group.com.

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