It was a busy summer for software makers selling translation management systems (TMS). Amidst a steady rain of product updates, we hear some real thunder from crowd-in the-cloud offerings.

Where did 2008 go? For those of us in the United States, it was mainly a blur of the permanent campaign for President, with dozens of contenders methodically whittled down to just two candidates. The election took place against a backdrop of troubling economic news. In light of market conditions, we downsized our Crystal Ball [...]

In late summer 2008, we asked translation buyers for their views on technology independence among their software and language vendors (read about LSP views here). Over half the 30-plus respondents hailed from North America; 35 percent were from Europe; the balance were scattered across that amorphous continent known as “Rest of World.”