FA opts for Sharepoint 2010 to improve communication

Football body wants to improve communication with teams

The FA’s new solution will help it communicate with English football teams

The Football Association (FA) has implemented a solution that will help it communicate better with English football clubs using Microsoft’s latest edition of its collaboration and content management platform SharePoint 2010.

The FA’s system was designed and implemented by consultancy and technology services firm Concentra, which has worked with the FA for four years and is a Microsoft SharePoint Gold Partner.

The FA wanted to improve efficiency and cut costs. It approached Concentra and asked the firm to provide support in selecting and using the latest edition of SharePoint.

“Concentra was crucial in identifying Microsoft SharePoint 2010 as the right solution for meeting the needs of the FA,” said Saty Gahir, enterprise content manager at the FA.

“The organisation worked closely with us to identify the value that it could deliver and, once the proof of concept was up and running, Concentra worked with our project team to help them fully get to grips with the solution,” he added.

Gahir claims that early indications from using SharePoint show that, for disciplinary cases, the FA estimates savings of up to 75 per cent in courier costs alone.

Goetz Boué, director at Concentra, added: “SharePoint 2010 builds on the benefits of the previous version and also adds a number of new features. We look forward to working closely with businesses in the future to help them realise its full potential and ultimately improve efficiency and cut costs.”