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

Editorial: To Dot or Not to Dot

Rebecca Ray, Managing Editor, LISA

For the approximately 100 million Turkish speakers in the world today, their “ı without a dot” is a letter in its own right – and a very common one at that – with all the privileges and responsibilities that this entails. [Read more…]

The Post-Idiom World: High-Tech Companies Sound Off

Rebecca Ray, Managing Editor, LISA

One of the highlights of the “Cisco Day” (held during the recent LISA Forum USA at the end of June) was the panel organized by Richard Faubert (Cisco Program Manager and Head of the North America Idiom WorldServer Users Group). I had the honor of moderating the panel, which focused on the current state and future of Translation Management Systems in today’s post-Idiom world. Panelists included Adobe, AOL, AppleCare, Cisco, eBay, HP, NetApp, PayPal, Sun Microsystems and Common Sense Advisory. [Read more…]

• LISA Interviews: Target India: Finetuning the Chinese Global Delivery Model

David Chen, COO
Dr. Junbo Liu, Executive Vice President
VanceInfo Technologies

China is in a race with India to dominate the offshore software development sector. As a result, China’s globalization industry, which is considered a component of this sector, is changing just as fast as the sector itself. [Read more…]