2008 Press Releases
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As the leader in Global Information Management, SDL continues to set the pace and make headlines. Find out what people are saying about us, and the conferences and seminars at which we’ve been sharing our knowledge and expertise.
EMC selects SDL Translation Management System
Dates 30/06/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL plc, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, is pleased to announce that it has agreed a contract of material value (in excess of $1 million) with the EMC Corporation, the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, for the sale of SDL Translation Management System™ enterprise software licences, support and maintenance and associated professional services for use by EMC in the management of its corporate globalization activities.
RWS Group reinforces leadership position in patent translations by standardizing on SDL Technology
Dates 27/05/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, announced today that RWS Holdings plc, One of the largest publicly traded Language Service Providers (LSP) and Europe’s leading provider of patent and technical translations, has selected SDL TRADOS Server technology solutions to boost the efficiency and value of its services.
MAPI Institute Selects Global Information Management Solution from SDL
Dates 22/05/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, today announced that the MAPI Research Institute has selected an SDL Global Information Management solution to optimize their complex linguistic validation processes while maintaining the highest levels of quality and consistency which have led to MAPI’s reputation as a market leader.
Trisoft Expands Global Operations in North America
Dates 20/05/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
Trisoft, a leading provider of Component-based Content Management Solutions for technical documentation, today announced the rapid expansion of the Trisoft presence in the US, fueled by SDL’s recent investment and the new hire of Chip Gettinger as VP of XML Solutions. Founded in Belgium, with a large presence in Europe, Trisoft is experiencing growing demand for its software in North America and is stepping up its operations and hiring to meet demand.
SDL TRADOS Certification enters Academia
Dates 15/05/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, today announced the extensive adoption of its popular certification program by over 50 Academic Institutions worldwide. These world leading universities have included SDL TRADOS® Certification in their curriculum to build their students’ knowledge in the market leading Computer Aided Translation (CAT) tool and to help increase their marketability in the workplace, after graduation.
SDL Announces Availability of SDL Translation Management System SP1
Dates 06/05/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, today announced the availability of SDL Translation Management System™ Service Pack 1.
SDL is Selected by Renault to Manage their Localization Processes
Dates 26/03/2008 07:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, today announced that SDL technologies have been selected by Renault.
Enterprises Enhance Content Quality with SDL Global Authoring Management System 2008
Dates 18/03/2008 07:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, today announced the release of SDL Global Authoring Management System™, a global authoring system based on SDL AuthorAssistant™ and used by organizations such as Avaya, HP and Dell. The system helps companies to improve brand consistency, increase the efficiency of their global authoring process and reduce time-to-market for global content.
SDL confirms Global Information Management on the Rise
Dates 13/03/2008 07:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
Both Enterprise Products and SDL Trados® Technology business units of SDL reported significant growth for the year ending 31st December 2007, strengthened by quicker than expected adoption of SDL’s Global Information Management (GIM) solutions. This comes at a time when Forrester Research has released the findings of a study into the total economic impact and positive Return on Investment that corporations can realize by deploying GIM (more details of the independent research can be found at www.sdl.com/tei).
$4.7bn: cost of ‘missed opportunity’ due to poor localization by global business
Dates 06/03/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
Global businesses are losing market share worth as much as $1.6 billion per year, or $4.7 billion over three years, by failing to localize product information.
SDL Announces Massive Technology Adoption in German Markets
Dates 04/03/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
As Germany leads worldwide export markets for three years running, vast majority of German and Swiss-based corporate translation departments rely on SDL TRADOS technology for cost and efficiency savings
The “corks pop” for SDL Passolo
Dates 28/02/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, together with PASS Engineering are celebrating ten years of success for SDL Passolo ®, their award winning software localization tool. This occasion has given the management the opportunity to reflect on the journey so far, but also to promote new ideas and prepare for future opportunities.
Preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2007
Dates 26/02/2008 08:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL plc (“SDL” or “the Group”), a leader in the emerging market for Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, is pleased to announce its unaudited preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2007.
Acquisition of Idiom for $22m (£11m)
Dates 11/02/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
Maidenhead, UK – 11 February, 2008. SDL plc (“SDL”), a leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, announced today that it has acquired Idiom Technologies Inc (“Idiom”), one of the leading providers of “Software as a Service” translation management systems.
SDL plc - Trading Statement
Dates 14/01/2008 07:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL plc, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, today announced that revenues and profits for the year ended 31 December 2007 are expected to be ahead of analyst expectations. Revenue will be in the range of £116m to £117m (2006: £94.7m) compared with analyst consensus expectations of £114.7m. Profits before taxation and amortisation of intangible assets (“PBTA”) for the period are expected to be in the range of £16.5m to £17.0m (2006: £12.2m), compared with analyst consensus expectations of £16.1m.
SDL announces availability of SDL Passolo 2007
Dates 14/12/2007 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions and world’s largest provider of software localization tools, today announced the launch of SDL Passolo 2007, the latest version of the award-winning visual software localization tool.
European Institute of Romania Uses SDL to Manage Terminology
Dates 11/12/2007 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, announced today that the European Institute of Romania (EIR) relied on SDL to streamline the country’s accession to the European Union. Working to strict and unmovable deadlines, this public institution has used SDL technology to manage the terminology contained within the voluminous Acquis Communautaire, the extensive documentation which outlines the common rights and obligations which bind all the Member States within the EU. By standardizing EU legislative terminology in Romanian, the Translation Coordination Unit of the EIR was able to accelerate the completion of the Acquis, maximize the accuracy and consistency of target texts, and make a significant contribution of validated terms to the general public.
SDL launches SDL TRADOS Certification 2007
Dates 30/10/2007 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, announced today the launch of SDL TRADOS Certification 2007.
SDL opens new office in Brazil to drive South American business
Dates 16/10/2007 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, announced today that it has opened a new office in São Paulo, Brazil.
CNH North America expands deployment of SDL Global Information Management solution
Dates 16/10/2007 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, today announced that CNH (Case New Holland) North America has standardized on an SDL Global Information Management solution for the delivery of multilingual content.
Atlas Copco creates a showcase Global Web Content Management System with SDL
Dates 09/10/2007 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, today announced that Atlas Copco has adopted the SDL global web content management solution. The off-the-shelf integrated solution of the SDL Tridion® R5 web content management system and the SDL Translation Management System™ (SDL TMS™), allows global web content to be created and maintained in one seamless integrated platform.
Agfa HealthCare Reaches Market 60% Faster with SDL
Dates 18/09/2007 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, announced today that Agfa HealthCare has improved time-to-market by 60% with solutions from SDL. By implementing SDL MultiTerm ® to manage corporate terminology and SDL Passolo ™ for visual software localization, the leading global imaging and healthcare IT systems provider has also increased localized content quality from 75% to 95%.
Eastern Europe and China dominate 2007 translation trends
Dates 12/09/2007 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions today released the SDL 2007 World Language League Table – cataloguing the languages most commonly translated through its systems.
Corporations lack understanding of communication technologies to take them global
Dates 06/09/2007 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), UK
New research has highlighted that the growth of global businesses is hindered because decision makers have little knowledge of the core technology and budgets to help them communicate.
