Last week I interviewed Mark Lancaster, CEO of SDL, and Joe Campbell, CEO of TRADOS (now on the board of SDL), about the merger and their visions for the SDL and the industry.

The good news is that the little semaphore man used by TRADOS will survive the merger. Although he has taken on [...]

On Wednesday, SDL shareholders approved the SDL acquisition of TRADOS. This makes SDL the hands-down leader of the globalization software market.

So let the games begin! The timing of this merger, as well as the Lionbridge/Bowne Global deal, is ideal. The globalization services/software industry is alive and kicking again and ready to move to [...]

With SDL buying TRADOS, the maker of the leading desktop translation memory (TM) tool, globalization tools competitor Idiom is betting that translation agencies will be reluctant to buy TM tools from SDL, since SDL also sells translation services.

Enter the Idiom WorldServer LSP Advantage Program.

Details are light on this announcement (where’s [...]

The rumors were true: Lionbridge announced that it is acquiring Bowne Global Solutions (BGS) “for at least $180 million (excluding cash received), in a combination of cash and common stock. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2005 and is expected to be accretive to Lionbridge earnings within the [...]