19th Jun 2007 12:00
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM)solutions, today announced the acquisition of PASS Engineering, thedevelopers of the highly acclaimed visual software localization toolPASSOLO(R). £ Introducing products to global markets is one of the keychallenges being faced by organizations. This acquisition furtherenables global businesses to reduce the time, effort and cost ofcreating multilingual content for the global markets. £ The SDL acquisition of PASSOLO will further strengthen thecompany's leadership position in Global Information Management byadding a world class visual localization tool to the existing SDLsolutions portfolio. By leveraging existing translation memories andcorporate terminology, SDL PASSOLO will drive significant improvementsin efficiencies and consistency into software, online help and userdocumentation localization processes. PASSOLO is the industry leaderin support for localization of Microsoft(R) .NET applications, whichis increasingly becoming the worldwide de-facto web softwaredevelopment platform, used by many companies to deliver customerfacing web-based applications. £ "Localization of software has its own unique challenges," saysKeith Mills, president of SDL Technology. "By integrating PASSOLO intothe SDL TMS(TM) and the SDL Trados(R) desktop solutions, our customerswill improve their localization efficiency by leveraging translationmemory, terminology management and software and documentation visualediting. Many of our customers have had difficulty with softwarelocalization in the past and have had to buy different tools and run adual stream documentation and software localization process.Corporations will now have one system which shares and leveragessoftware and documentation content. Additionally, Language ServiceProviders (LSPs) will now benefit from being able to accept virtuallyany client project, ensuring high-quality and consistency ofdeliverables." £ "We are delighted with today's announcement," says Florian Sachse,founder and co-managing director of PASS Engineering. "The combinationof PASSOLO visual software localization and SDL technology will offercompanies a unique capability that enables greater efficiencies insoftware and documentation localization, and allow customers to driveterminology consistency across the translation supply chain. We cannow add the software component to the recently-launched SDLtranslation package system, which exchanges content throughout thetranslation supply chain; software localization is the final piece inthis jigsaw." £ About SDL £ SDL (London Stock Exchange: 'SDL') is the leader in GlobalInformation Management (GIM) solutions that empower organizations toaccelerate the delivery of high-quality multilingual content to globalmarkets. Its enterprise software and services integrate with existingbusiness systems to manage global information from authoring topublication and throughout the distributed localization supply chain. £ Global industry leaders rely on SDL to provide enterprise softwareor hosted services for their GIM processes, including Audi, Bayer,Best Western, Bosch, Canon, Deutsche Bank, Kodak, Microsoft, MorganStanley, Reuters and SAP. SDL has implemented more than 400 enterpriseGIM solutions, has deployed over 140,000 software licenses across theGIM ecosystem and provides access to on-demand translation portals for10 million customers per month. Over 1,000 service professionalsdeliver consulting, implementation and language services through itsglobal infrastructure of more than 50 offices in 30 countries. Formore information, visit www.sdl.com. £ All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. £ For more information on SDL, please contact: \* TNicola BogleSDLTel: +44 (0)1628 417225Email: [email protected] Dan Gaffney at LEWISTel: +617 226 8840Email: [email protected]\* T £ About PASS Engineering £ The company with headquarters in Bonn, Germany, was founded in1990 by Achim Herrmann and Florian Sachse. Initially PASS Engineeringdeveloped software solutions for medical systems; since the customersin this sector operate on a global scale, procedures were developed toenable professional software localization: PASSOLO was born. Thenewest version, PASSOLO 6.0, was released in May 2006 and was votedthe most popular software localization tool in an international onlinesurvey. £ PASSOLO can process a wide range of software file formats,including executable program files as well as resource files and XML.And since PASSOLO does not impact the program source code,localization can begin during the programming process. Thanks to theintegrated translation memory technology, PASSOLO can make use ofprevious translations even if they were created using other softwareproducts. PASSOLO is compatible with all available Microsoft .NETdevelopment frameworks and is multi-user capable. £ For further information please visit www.passolo.com £ For more information on PASS Engineering, please contact: £ PASS Engineering GmbH, £ Remigiusstr. 1, £ 53111 Bonn £ Germany £ phone: +49 228 697242, £ fax: +49 228 697104, £ Email: [email protected] Copyright Business Wire 2007Related Shares:
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