Two Masthead Associations Combine Efforts For the Russian Software Development Market's Key Event
Apr 19, 2004
Moscow, Russia - April 16, 2004. The national Software Development Association of Russia (RUSSOFT) today joined with the Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA), the premier organization for the GILT (Globalization, Internationalization, Localization, and Translation) business community, to collaborate for the upcoming LISA Forum Russia.
RUSSOFT is taking part in the promoting and program building of the Forum "An Insider Look at Outsourcing! Connecting Worlds Through Offshore Business Models, which takes place in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, On June 9-12 co-locating with the Outsourcing & Software Summit 2004 - Russia's Largest Software Conference for International Development Clients.
"This collaborative event is an exciting opportunity for all companies using or researching offshore localization, internationalization and software development services," Nick Puntikov, the Chairman of the Board of RUSSOFT comments, "we think RUSSOFT's keen interest and mission extended both to the Russian and world-wide SD markets is to support actively such initiatives. LISA becomes our active and promising partner - our agreement opens the long-range outlook for this partnership." An estimated 400 clients, software internationalization service providers and language processing technology developers, and the leading market analysts in the outsourcing field, will network at the Russian White Nights capital to do business and exchange information within LISA Forum - ROSS joint program.
Alison Rowles, Managing Director of SMP Marketing Sarl, the marketing arm of LISA and it's members added, "This beneficial cooperation provides the means for LISA members and conference attendees to gain first hand knowledge about the state of the outsourcing opportunity in Russia as well as how it relates to the globalization, internationalization, localization and translation of software products on a worldwide basis. Bringing LISA and RUSSOFT together now will open the door for future exchanges and collaboration as outsourcing requirements and localization projects and technologies grow closer to meeting the needs of the world's expanding software and Internet markets.
The LISA Program for the Forum includes case studies, best practice and tutorial topics with invited speakers including: CSC, Jeeves.SE, Oracle, Siemens, Gartner Group, Intel, IBM/Tivoli Systems, IKEA, Logrus, GMAC rfc, RWS Group, STAR Spb, PROMT, Procter & Gamble, SDL International, Skrivanek Translation Services, Ycomm Europe NV, and ILS Language Solutions
LISA has prepared special pages for RUSSOFT members and their clients to register (www.lisa.org/events/2004russia/registration.html) and to exhibit (www.lisa.org/events/2004russia/ex_registration.html) - especially if they have products and services targeting the Enterprise Globalization market.
Two free tutorials for Localization Outsourcing and, Using XML in Software Localization are available on the first afternoon of the event before the official opening of the Forum for participants - another reason to join and arrive early!
About LISA Forum Russia
The 2004 event includes as follows, LISA Discussion, Case Study and Tutorial Topics
RUSSOFT is taking part in the promoting and program building of the Forum "An Insider Look at Outsourcing! Connecting Worlds Through Offshore Business Models, which takes place in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, On June 9-12 co-locating with the Outsourcing & Software Summit 2004 - Russia's Largest Software Conference for International Development Clients.
"This collaborative event is an exciting opportunity for all companies using or researching offshore localization, internationalization and software development services," Nick Puntikov, the Chairman of the Board of RUSSOFT comments, "we think RUSSOFT's keen interest and mission extended both to the Russian and world-wide SD markets is to support actively such initiatives. LISA becomes our active and promising partner - our agreement opens the long-range outlook for this partnership." An estimated 400 clients, software internationalization service providers and language processing technology developers, and the leading market analysts in the outsourcing field, will network at the Russian White Nights capital to do business and exchange information within LISA Forum - ROSS joint program.
Alison Rowles, Managing Director of SMP Marketing Sarl, the marketing arm of LISA and it's members added, "This beneficial cooperation provides the means for LISA members and conference attendees to gain first hand knowledge about the state of the outsourcing opportunity in Russia as well as how it relates to the globalization, internationalization, localization and translation of software products on a worldwide basis. Bringing LISA and RUSSOFT together now will open the door for future exchanges and collaboration as outsourcing requirements and localization projects and technologies grow closer to meeting the needs of the world's expanding software and Internet markets.
The LISA Program for the Forum includes case studies, best practice and tutorial topics with invited speakers including: CSC, Jeeves.SE, Oracle, Siemens, Gartner Group, Intel, IBM/Tivoli Systems, IKEA, Logrus, GMAC rfc, RWS Group, STAR Spb, PROMT, Procter & Gamble, SDL International, Skrivanek Translation Services, Ycomm Europe NV, and ILS Language Solutions
LISA has prepared special pages for RUSSOFT members and their clients to register (www.lisa.org/events/2004russia/registration.html) and to exhibit (www.lisa.org/events/2004russia/ex_registration.html) - especially if they have products and services targeting the Enterprise Globalization market.
Two free tutorials for Localization Outsourcing and, Using XML in Software Localization are available on the first afternoon of the event before the official opening of the Forum for participants - another reason to join and arrive early!
About LISA Forum Russia
The 2004 event includes as follows, LISA Discussion, Case Study and Tutorial Topics
- How To Manage Your Offshore Partner
- What Are The Best Tasks To Outsource, And Why
- How To Structure Outsourcing Relationships
- Managing Translation Workflow
- Evaluating Your Outsourcing Partners
- Managing Your Outsourcing Risk
- Investing In Networked Translation Technologies
- How To Measure Your ROI
- Industry Standards - XML & Localization
- Using XML To Create Multilingual Websites
- Integrating Open-Standards as an Outsourcing Strategy
- Managing Multilingual Content Globally
- Preparing Software for Translation
- Automating Localization Workflow
- Russia's GILT Outsourcing Skills
- Cross-Cultural, Language, and Technical Issues
- Internationalization & Localization Testing
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About LISA
Speaking on behalf of the industry, LISA presents a clear, consistent, unbiased view of the challenges associated with globalization, the standards that apply to the resolution of those challenges, and the worldwide resources available to focus on these issues.
Founded in 1990, LISA is the premier organization for the GILT (Globalization, Internationalization, Localization, and Translation) business community. Over 400 leading IT manufacturers and services providers, along with industry professionals representing corporations with an international business focus, have helped establish LISA's best practice guidelines and language-technology standards for enterprise globalization. It's the organization to join when you're serious about international business.
LISA serves as a nexus between the many organizations engaged in helping businesses to become global enterprises. This includes customers, governments, technical and industry-specific standards organizations, research and consulting firms, language technology developers and service providers.