What’s Ailing Lionbridge?
After missing its Q1 revenues estimate, Lionbridge is taking a hit in the stock market, down about 10% over the past two weeks. And here’s why, according to an AP …
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The Book is Flat: A Review of “The World is Flat”
Perhaps I expected too much. I loved The Lexus and the Olive Tree, and when I heard the title of Tom Friedman’s new book back in the fall, I got …
Why Upgrade TRADOS? It’s All About Compatibility
TRADOS is promoting version 7 of its translator desktop software, and it looks like the key improvement in this edition is full XML support, including the hot new DITA standard. …
SDL Acquires Arabic Language Services Firm
Apparently needing to boost its Arabic-language localization capabilities, SDL acquired Dubai-based Lingua Franca. Here’s the press release. Arabic is one of the more expensive languages to support — and it …
Idiom Gets Another Boost of VC Cash
I spent some time with the folks at Idiom earlier this week and they are looking bullish on the future of their company in particular and the globalization industry in …
Breaking News: Transware Acquires GlobalSight
In yet another sign that language services vendors believe software is key to their future growth, Transware has acquired GMS vendor GlobalSight. Tom Kelly, the newly appointed CEO of the …
Vendor PR Blitz: SDL, Sony, TRADOS
The PR engines at globalization vendors SDL and TRADOS are busy churning out releases lately. Two of them are worth noting: SDL claims its first “switcher” As I mentioned previously, …
SDL Asks Companies to “Switch”
In a page borrowed from Apple’s playbook, globalization services/software vendor SDL is asking prospects to switch over to SDLX. What is SDLX? It’s a computer-aided translation (CAT) software tool used …
Getting to Know Global IA
I’m at the IA Summit in Montreal and have been pleased to find that IA (information architecture) professionals are tackling the challenges of content globalization in a big way. And …
SDL Reports Robust Software Sales
SDL announced last week that sales of its translation memory (TM) software were up 85% with more than “10,000 new product units across all markets.” I’m still trying to get …
TRADOS Seeks Strength In Numbers
TRADOS has announced a Globalization Partner Program in an effort to bring “together leading globalization software and services companies to remove complex, persistent barriers that prevent enterprises from effectively reaching …
Lionbridge on Hiring Spree
Globalization services vendor Lionbridge is on a hiring spree. It posted more than 20 job positions in December, gearing up for a big 2005.
SDL Wins Microsoft
Globalization services and software vendor SDL announced today that it won a 3-year language services contract from Microsoft. Although Microsoft outsources work to nearly every major localization firm, this is …
Bowne Global Solutions and Salesforce.com
Bowne Global Solutions, one of the “big 3” in the content globalization industry, uses Salesforce.com to manage its global sales team. I have found over the past two years that …
Lionbridge Nabs SDL Sales Exec
Globalization services vendor Lionbridge just recruited sales exec Kathleen Bostick from archrival SDL. This is a blow to SDL’s North American sales efforts and a big win for Lionbridge. Kathleen …