From the monthly archives: April 2011

How Sports Globalization Reflects the Internationalization Process

By On April 27, 2011

As for any global undertaking, there are huge questions when entering new markets. This is no different for a software company facing internationalization issues or a sports franchise pursuing a globally-recognizable brand.  I came across an abstract for a paper on the internationalization process of soccer team brands (run a search for “internationalization of football team brands” and it will be your first option) and realized that the same concerns that a team …

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The Circular Path of I18n, Localization, Testing and Internationalization

By On April 25, 2011

The internationalization process is often thought of as a one-time event that can be undertaken to be successful in a global market. This thought, however, is not the case. It’s true that i18n is a front-loaded process, but, as successful global vendors know, development is a cycle; everything needs to be revisited and refined to ensure new updates are indeed, internationalization ready. This presentation from last March’s Worldware conference goes over the internationalization process and …

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Case Study: Internationalizing & Localizing Cisco’s TelePresence

By On April 22, 2011

Designed to link together two rooms at any distance, Cisco’s TelePresence has been a valuable communication tool used to link companies across the world. The telecommunication system provides a high-definition video feed along with spacial audio to create a virtual conference room setting. Global in nature, Cisco’s TelePresence faced a number of internationalization and localization issues. Lingoport and localization experts Sajan stepped up to help Cisco face this challenge.

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Globalyzer 3.5 Release Webinar Recording

By On April 20, 2011

Lingoport recently released its latest version of Globalyzer: version 3.5.  Below is the webinar that was held to go over the new features of Globalyzer 3.5, designed to help companies reach new locales and keep software applications world-ready. With the latest release, the time and resources required for internationalization have been cut down significantly through a streamlined internationalization process with Globalyzer. Adam Asnes and Olivier Libouban of Lingoport provide an overview of how Globalyzer …

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Worldware: Software Static Analysis

By On April 19, 2011

This presentation from Adam Asnes and Olivier Libouban of Lingoport progresses from beginning an internationalization plan to actually implementing that effort. There’s a big difference in describing the process of externalizing Unicode strings and actually doing it through an executable plan. This four-part presentation will dive into using internationalization static analysis using Globalyzer while looking over the metrics for success in such a project.

Part 1: The business case for internationalization, character encoding, a Java …

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