2008 Press Releases
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As the leader in Global Information Management, SDL continues to set the pace and make headlines. Find out what people are saying about us, and the conferences and seminars at which we’ve been sharing our knowledge and expertise.
Fair Isaac Corporation Selects SDL Global Information Management Software
Dates 19/08/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL plc, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, is pleased to announce that it has agreed a contract of material value (in excess of $750,000) with the Fair Isaac Corporation, the leading provider of analytics and decision management technology. The contract covers the sale of SDL Translation Management System™ and Trisoft Infoshare component based content management software licenses, support and maintenance and associated professional services for use by the Fair Isaac Corporation in the management of its corporate globalization activities.
Hewlett-Packard Selects SDL Global Information Management Solution
Dates 05/08/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL plc, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, today announced that it has entered into a multi-million dollar contract with HP for the licensing of its full suite of GIM software, including SDL Global Authoring Management System™, SDL MultiTerm®, SDL Translation Management System™, SDL Trados® and SDL Passolo™, plus support, maintenance and associated professional services.
Interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2008
Dates 04/08/2008 07:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL plc (“SDL” or “the Group”), a leader in the emerging market for Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, is pleased to announce its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2008.
SDL Passolo Announces Record First Half 2008 Sales - Thanks To Superior .NET And SDL Trados Support
Dates 28/07/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
Exit PASS Engineering – enter SDL Passolo: The Bonn based Passolo team is starting a new era in their company history with this new motto – and a new company structure. “SDL Passolo 2007 is our best-selling version ever. We are leveraging the technology and scale of the SDL Group to accelerate the growth of our product line-up,” remarks Claudia Fricke, the company’s Marketing Manager.
SDL plc - Trading Update
Dates 14/07/2008 07:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL plc, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, today announced that revenues and profits for the six months ended 30 June 2008 are expected to be significantly ahead of analyst expectations, which will have a positive impact on the expected result for the full year.
SDL Announces Launch of Worldwide Language Service Provider Partner Program
Dates 10/07/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, announced today the launch of a worldwide Language Service Provider (LSP) Partner Program. Modeled after the successful Idiom LSP Advantage Program, the SDL LSP Partner Program is designed to work closely with LSP Partners who leverage SDL GIM technology to increase the value they provide their customers seeking cost-effective delivery of timely, relevant global content into local markets.
RWS Group reinforces leadership position in patent translations by standardizing on SDL Technology
Dates 27/05/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, announced today that RWS Holdings plc, One of the largest publicly traded Language Service Providers (LSP) and Europe’s leading provider of patent and technical translations, has selected SDL TRADOS Server technology solutions to boost the efficiency and value of its services.
MAPI Institute Selects Global Information Management Solution from SDL
Dates 22/05/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, today announced that the MAPI Research Institute has selected an SDL Global Information Management solution to optimize their complex linguistic validation processes while maintaining the highest levels of quality and consistency which have led to MAPI’s reputation as a market leader.
Trisoft Expands Global Operations in North America
Dates 20/05/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
Trisoft, a leading provider of Component-based Content Management Solutions for technical documentation, today announced the rapid expansion of the Trisoft presence in the US, fueled by SDL’s recent investment and the new hire of Chip Gettinger as VP of XML Solutions. Founded in Belgium, with a large presence in Europe, Trisoft is experiencing growing demand for its software in North America and is stepping up its operations and hiring to meet demand.
SDL TRADOS Certification enters Academia
Dates 15/05/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, today announced the extensive adoption of its popular certification program by over 50 Academic Institutions worldwide. These world leading universities have included SDL TRADOS® Certification in their curriculum to build their students’ knowledge in the market leading Computer Aided Translation (CAT) tool and to help increase their marketability in the workplace, after graduation.
SDL Announces Availability of SDL Translation Management System SP1
Dates 06/05/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, today announced the availability of SDL Translation Management System™ Service Pack 1.
SDL is Selected by Renault to Manage their Localization Processes
Dates 26/03/2008 07:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, today announced that SDL technologies have been selected by Renault.
Enterprises Enhance Content Quality with SDL Global Authoring Management System 2008
Dates 18/03/2008 07:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, today announced the release of SDL Global Authoring Management System™, a global authoring system based on SDL AuthorAssistant™ and used by organizations such as Avaya, HP and Dell. The system helps companies to improve brand consistency, increase the efficiency of their global authoring process and reduce time-to-market for global content.
SDL confirms Global Information Management on the Rise
Dates 13/03/2008 07:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
Both Enterprise Products and SDL Trados® Technology business units of SDL reported significant growth for the year ending 31st December 2007, strengthened by quicker than expected adoption of SDL’s Global Information Management (GIM) solutions. This comes at a time when Forrester Research has released the findings of a study into the total economic impact and positive Return on Investment that corporations can realize by deploying GIM (more details of the independent research can be found at www.sdl.com/tei).
$4.7bn: cost of ‘missed opportunity’ due to poor localization by global business
Dates 06/03/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
Global businesses are losing market share worth as much as $1.6 billion per year, or $4.7 billion over three years, by failing to localize product information.
SDL Announces Massive Technology Adoption in German Markets
Dates 04/03/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
As Germany leads worldwide export markets for three years running, vast majority of German and Swiss-based corporate translation departments rely on SDL TRADOS technology for cost and efficiency savings
The “corks pop” for SDL Passolo
Dates 28/02/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, together with PASS Engineering are celebrating ten years of success for SDL Passolo ®, their award winning software localization tool. This occasion has given the management the opportunity to reflect on the journey so far, but also to promote new ideas and prepare for future opportunities.
Preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2007
Dates 26/02/2008 08:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL plc (“SDL” or “the Group”), a leader in the emerging market for Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, is pleased to announce its unaudited preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2007.
Acquisition of Idiom for $22m (£11m)
Dates 11/02/2008 09:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
Maidenhead, UK – 11 February, 2008. SDL plc (“SDL”), a leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, announced today that it has acquired Idiom Technologies Inc (“Idiom”), one of the leading providers of “Software as a Service” translation management systems.
SDL plc - Trading Statement
Dates 14/01/2008 07:00:00Location SDL Maidenhead - (Maidenhead), United Kingdom
SDL plc, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, today announced that revenues and profits for the year ended 31 December 2007 are expected to be ahead of analyst expectations. Revenue will be in the range of £116m to £117m (2006: £94.7m) compared with analyst consensus expectations of £114.7m. Profits before taxation and amortisation of intangible assets (“PBTA”) for the period are expected to be in the range of £16.5m to £17.0m (2006: £12.2m), compared with analyst consensus expectations of £16.1m.
