Availability of cost-effective operations software (let’s call it "ERP for translation service delivery") will narrow the gap between large and mid-tier vendors in automation and business process management.

Welocalize announced that it bought Chinese language service provider Transco, thereby doubling its size and opening up Asian operations.

Since we published our report on global content management technology in March, suppliers such as Stellent, Tridion, and XyEnterprise have been pumping up their international capabilities and focusing more on global opportunities. We consider some recent announcements that increase their competitiveness in international applications.

Some of the automatic out-of-office responses to our localization salary survey evoke these oft-seen bumper stickers. As the summer nears the end in the northern hemisphere, we share some data on vacation practices that we have gathered in our research.