Globalization Insider

For over 15 years the Globalization Insider has provided news and discussion concerning the localization and globalization industries as well on important technologies, standards, business developments, and trends in international business. The Globalization Insider is provided as a service to LISA members and is also available by subscription to other interested parties. We welcome submissions on topics of interest and importance to the globalization community.

Recent Articles

Advice for Managers New To Global Content Management

Dr. Adriane Rinsche, Founder and Managing Director, LTC

Dr. Adriane Rinsche, Founder and Managing Director of LTC, is well-known for her contributions to the business management side of the language industry. In the interview below with Rebecca Ray, Managing Editor for the Localization Industry Standards Association, she provides her perspective on standards and shares advice for managers who are new to the global content management challenge and for those who are looking for answers in the post-Idiom world. [Read more…]

Open Standards: The GlobalSight Open Source Initiative – Get Involved!

Gary Prioste, VP of Technology Services, Welocalize

Ever since Welocalize announced its GlobalSight Open Source Initiative in July, the industry has been abuzz with what it may mean for customers, developers and service providers. For those of us involved in the creation, nurturing and implementation of language standards, it has been a very exciting development. In the following interview, Gary Prioste (VP of Technology Services for Welocalize) shares the latest on what’s happening in the run-up on what’s happening in the run-up to the release of the first version on January 5. [Read more…]

A Balancing Act

Simon Otter, Group Technology Manager, thebigword

Simon Otter (Group Technology Manager for thebigword) shares why his company is expanding its R&D and support for LanguageDirector, its SaaS solution for global content management, with Rebecca Ray (Managing Editor for the Localization Industry Standards Association). He also discusses how thebigword is implementing more language standards and how standards bodies can make it easier in the future for commercial developers to support open standards. [Read more…]