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: Tickets to Portability

Rebecca Ray, Managing Editor, LISA

As with every recent generation over the last few hundred years or so, ours has seen its share of technological change and advancement, along with the accompanying requirements to adapt or be left behind. [Read more…]

Focus on Standards: OAXAL: What Is It and Why Should I Care?

Andrzej Zydroń, CTO, XML-INTL Ltd. and Member, LISA OSCAR

As we watch the ever increasing adoption of XML in the publishing domain, it becomes more obvious that certain things were missing from the original, standard perspective. As proprietary solutions quickly appeared to plug the gaps, they came with the commensurate drawbacks: a lack of openness and a lack of transparency. Fortunately, proprietary solutions are no longer the only solution in the publishing domain. Open Standards are now being applied successfully to meet the challenges. [Read more…]

Focus on Industry Education: AdaQuest Launches A New Boot Camp for Localization/Internationalization

Hiram Machado, President, AdaQuest, Inc.

Hiram Machado, CEO of new LISA Member AdaQuest, Inc., was facing a serious problem – constantly increasing demand for project managers and engineers, but no reliable way to ensure that his company could meet it. He and his team took matters into their own hands and created a new boot camp to train Localization and Internationalization Engineers. The result? The first course will begin on October 4 this year. Machado explains in the following interview what prompted him to invest and where he and his team plan to go with the course. [Read more…]