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Vasont Systems announced the availability of its new integration between the Vasont(R) Content Management System (CMS) and Freeway(TM), the Web-based translation management platform from Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. This direct integration between the Vasont CMS and Freeway provides clients with a more efficient method of translating content and monitoring the status of translation projects. Using the Vasont Translation Package with the Freeway integration, clients can now initiate translation quotes or translation projects to Freeway directly from the Vasont interface.
NEAT Receipts, a Philadelphia-based company committed to developing user-friendly scanning solutions, has selected Symphony Services, the leader in global product engineering services, as its global product engineering partner. Symphony’s product engineering experience and strong test automation and quality assurance capabilities will help NEAT Receipts improve the productivity of its development process and speed the time-to-market of its products.
CAS has announced the launch of CAS Global Services. The new organization will bring together the company’s best practices, methodologies, and support resources. This will assist customers to speed implementation time and drive business results and enhance predictability throughout the entire project lifecycle. As far as the Globalization of CAS Support Services is concerned, CAS customers are leading global enterprises. So, CAS is expanding its product support capabilities to provide a consistent customer experience in all major theaters of operation.
Infor has announced the latest version of Infor PLM Runtime, a comprehensive Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution for the apparel and footwear manufacturing industries. With nearly 40 new features, the new version includes tools to help manufacturers enhance collaboration with suppliers and improve the efficiency and timeliness of new product development and introduction processes. Infor PLM Runtime enables apparel and footwear manufacturers around the globe to design, source and deliver innovative products. The new enhancements in Infor PLM Runtime enable manufacturers to effectively manage these globalization challenges and control the flow of product data across their organization, while improving communication with suppliers during the critical development phase.
A report written by Ludwig Siegele, a journalist with ‘The Economist,’ has referred to cloud computing as the ultimate type of globalization. Controlling the data is a tough task. Information can float quite freely. Every government wants to control the data of their citizens and companies. All of them have their own sets of data regulation. Wladawsky-Berger from IBM has said that the IT industry spent most of its first decades in developing the fundamental components of computing. Now that these have standardized, systems that will be larger and more diverse can emerge.
A development arm of Emory University is partnering with financial organizations to bring experts to Atlanta for a conference examining the pitfalls and opportunities presented by globalization. The presidential election process is putting a spotlight on the global economy, as candidates grapple on the impact of international trade on domestic workers and its role in jumpstarting the slow-growing U.S. economy. The forum will release a report next week on a new U.S. assistance program to help American workers displaced by the global economy adjust to their new situation.
On mlive.com, Emily Monacelli talks about comments made by Ed Barlow, a futurist and president of Creating the Future Inc., at Grand Valley State University’s Loosemore Auditorium. During his discussion of staying competitive in the wake of globalization, Barlow said that companies can throw out traditional business models — 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Instead, companies must participate in a “continuum of change” of eight areas to stay competitive, including being concerned for the environment, keeping up with science and technology and recognizing changing demographics. Barlow paints a bleak picture for those who are not ready to embrace technology and globalization and says that the ones who are ready face a challenge.
According to the recently released third annual RSM McGladrey Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution National Survey (MWD) conducted on 911 firms, companies reporting their business conditions as “thriving and growing” declined by nearly 10% in the past year. However, business remains good for more than a third of survey participants within the following industry segments: food and allied products, medical devices, industrial equipment, metal fabrication and electronics. While cost advantages of globalization are shrinking — respondents moving production or services offshore since 2007 have declined by 20% — opportunities to benefit from participating in the global economy remain underutilized.
Panther Express, a leading global provider of high-performance content delivery services, has announced that they have been selected as the content delivery network (CDN) for I4U News, one of the top online Tech and Gadget Lifestyle magazines in the US and UK. The I4U News site attracts an affluent audience of tech and gadget enthusiasts and consumers, and provides an in-depth coverage of the latest Hot Gadgets, Portable Devices, Mobile Phones, Home Entertainment, Notebook & PCs and Gaming.
Cisco Systems Inc.’s Chief Technology Officer Padmasree Warrior said that video is the single most important application on the network that would drive network growth rates. Warrior believes that with the world moving towards multi-polar economies, the technological innovation would now come both from emerging and developed markets. According to Warrior,