18th Nov 2005 07:01
SDL PLC18 November 2005 SDL Launches New Technology Partner Program to Enhance GIM Ecosystem Accelerates delivery of new global information management (GIM) solutions Maidenhead, UK, November 18, 2005 - SDL International, a leader in the emergingmarket for global information (GIM) solutions, today introduced the SDL PartnerProgram for technology partners. This new initiative is designed to acceleratethe delivery of innovative GIM solutions that remove the barriers faced byorganizations that operate in international markets. "Companies today are looking to unify, centralize and standardize their globalinformation processes," said Karl Kadie, Alliances Marketing Director at SDLInternational. "They need to deliver timely solutions to customers worldwide,while maintaining high levels of quality and promoting their brandsinternationally. The SDL Partner Program unites the industry's leadingtechnology companies to provide a common GIM platform for accelerating thecreation and delivery of high-quality global content." Partner Ecosystem The SDL Partner Program establishes an ecosystem for global informationmanagement (GIM). Technology partners offer content-related technology that canbe incorporated into GIM solutions, ranging from authoring to content managementto localization to publishing - spanning the entire information lifecycle. With more than one hundred thousand licenses and over one hundred enterprisecustomers, SDL has the most widely-adopted open platform for GIM, and is in aunique position to build and support this partner community. The SDL PartnerProgram proactively assists partners to effectively deliver GIM solutions byproviding marketing and sales support, technical materials and SDKs, and accessto SDL software and technology. Endorsement for the SDL Partner Program Today the program encompasses a growing list of technology vendors, including: EMC Documentum Interwoven Blast Radius Trisoft Tridion Astoria Software Day XyEnterprise Alchemy Pass Engineering "Bringing together SDL's global information management solutions withInterwoven's web content management solutions provides significant, new value tothe enterprise," said Steve Pattison, VP, Alliances and Business Development atInterwoven, Inc. "Our joint solutions enable large organizations to move awayfrom slow, sequential, local launches towards the simultaneous delivery ofcontent into their top global markets." "XyEnterprise selected SDL as our translation management partner because oftheir leadership position in global information management," said Kevin Duffy,President of XyEnterprise. "SDL's Translation Management System, coupled withXyEnterprise's Content@ Translation Solution, is an ideal fit - a best-of-breedsolution - for global organizations with a need for localized content." "With our XMetaL authoring solution, the partnership between Blast Radius andSDL is instrumental to the convergence of authoring and global informationmanagement solutions," said Bruce Sharpe, Vice President, Products Division,Blast Radius. "The goal is to leverage XML formats and standards to bring moreglobalization functionality to the individual author." "Revenue growth for global companies depends on accelerated time to worldwidemarkets, synchronized product releases, and consistent branding," said MaryLaplante, Senior Editor of The Gilbane Report. "At the same time, companies areseeking operational efficiencies as they try to do more with less. Solutionsemerging from the SDL Partner Program address both revenue and operationalobjectives. They are integrated and have a larger footprint over end-to-endglobalization processes. And because of the strong presence that SDL has inglobal information management, the company is attracting market-leading partnersto its program." Global Information Management (GIM) Through integrated GIM technologies and services, companies can manage globalcontent more effectively across the entire content lifecycle, spanningauthoring, content management, translation and publishing. Implementing GIMenables a business to achieve faster time to market; open new revenue sources;ensure its brand is communicated with relevance and consistency; improve thequality of customer deliverables; reduce content volumes; and improve theefficiency of global business processes. With over 90% of content in globalbusinesses needing to be communicated in multiple languages, Global InformationManagement is an essential business strategy for increasing global profits. Formore information, visit www.sdl.com/GIM. About SDL International SDL International (London Stock Exchange: 'SDL') is a leader in the emergingmarket for global information management (GIM) solutions that empowerorganizations to improve the quality and accelerate the delivery of multilingualcontent to global markets. Its enterprise software and services integrate withexisting business systems to manage global information from authoring topublication and throughout the distributed localization supply chain. Global industry leaders such as Audi, Bayer, Best Western, Bosch, Canon,Deutsche Bank, Kodak, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Reuters and SAP rely on SDL toprovide enterprise software or full outsourcing for their GIM processes. SDL hasimplemented more than 100 enterprise GIM solutions, has over 100,000 softwarelicenses deployed across the GIM ecosystem and its global servicesinfrastructure spans more than 50 offices in 30 countries. For more information,visit www.sdl.com. 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