Global by Design

As early as 2000, people like me have been saying that it would be just a matter of time before corporations added a Chief Globalization Officer to their ranks. It was an easy prediction to make, but the timing was the big question mark.
That time appears to be now.
Late last year, Cisco appointed Wim Elfink [...]

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According to Silicon India Google CE Eric Schmidt says India will become the world’s biggest Internet market in 5 to 10 years. Says the article, “Schmidt’s other futurist view is that Hindi, not Hispanic, could become one of the world’s three Internet languages, in conjunction with English and Chinese.”
Given that Hindi was represented on just [...]

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Adwords is Google’s revenue engine. Advertisers pay to be included on Google’s search engine results page as well as on targeted Web sites that host Google ads, ranging from personal blogs to local and topical news sites. When the user clicks on the Google ad, the advertiser pays. And when that ad is hosted on [...]

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While Amazon has done little on the Web globalization front over the past year, Borders has been slowly but steadily expanding its retail presence outside the US. it currently has 54 locations in the UK, Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Singapore. It also has three stores in Puerto Rico.
On Friday, Borders announced a deal that [...]

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According to this article Chief Operating Officer Satish Maripuri says Lionbridge will triple its India workforce over the next few years.
Lionbridge had its Q3 earnings call this morning…
With one month of the BGS acquisition under its belt, Rory Cowan says so there have been only “pleasant surprises” about the acquisition. He said that had [...]

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Emerging markets are driving the Web globalization revolution.
Investment bankers use an acronym that is going to have a major impact on the future of the globalization industry: BRIC.
BRIC stands for Brazil, Russia, India, and China, the four countries that pose the greatest opportunities for long-term growth among emerging markets. Of course, the key words [...]

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