World UX – Part One
The Why, What, and the How of World UX We have been talking about UX and specifically international UX for quite some time, this conversation is more critical today than … Continue readingWorld UX – Part One
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Digital First – Perspectives on a changing world
Digital Transformation Digital transformation is one of the localization industry’s most bandied about terms. It has never been more important for our customers to make this journey or at least … Continue readingDigital First – Perspectives on a changing world
Special Report
Irish Times special report in association with American Chamber of Commerce Ireland The Irish Times has published a special American Thanksgiving 2020 report, Vistatec Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer, Patrick … Continue readingSpecial Report
World UX Roundtable
Bringing Design, Content, and L10N Together Roundtable: November 18, 2020. Register today! Please join us for a special roundtable with: • Alberto Ferreira, Vodafone• Tarja Karjalainen, Oura• Pat Higgins, Verizon Connect• … Continue readingWorld UX Roundtable
Think Global Awards
The Think Global Awards are now open for entry! Please do not miss out on your chance to enter the awards. To submit your entry please visit: https://www.thinkglobalforum.org/think-global-awards The Awards are … Continue readingThink Global Awards
Vistatec Wins Marketing Department of the Year
Vistatec Wins Marketing Department of the Year at the International Business Awards DUBLIN – Vistatec is delighted to be the recipient of the Marketing Department of the Year award at … Continue readingVistatec Wins Marketing Department of the Year
Think Global Awards Launch
The Think Global Awards go live with new categories for the annual awards program now entering its fourth year. The awards are now open for entries and recognize the achievements … Continue readingThink Global Awards Launch
The Global Dimension of a Digital First Strategy
Social changes, a global pandemic, and financial shifts are converging. The results are both short and long-term transformations to the digital experience for global businesses. Successful businesses now understand that … Continue readingThe Global Dimension of a Digital First Strategy
New Awards Program Announcement
The Think Global Awards will be open for entry from September 1, 2020, celebrating the fourth year of the program. The awards will have 14 dedicated categories to enter and … Continue readingNew Awards Program Announcement
When Your Heart Says So…Just Go!
The Global Heart Hub is the first global non-profit organization established to provide a voice for those affected by cardiovascular disease. An alliance of heart patient organizations, aiming to create … Continue readingWhen Your Heart Says So…Just Go!
Where’s Phil? – IV
Episode 4: June 2020 Edition Social distancing measures along with the accompanying shift to remote working and socializing has ensured that the answer to the question, where has Phil been … Continue readingWhere’s Phil? – IV
Translating Without Source Text Webinar
A Hybrid Approach Between Localization and Copywriting Webinar: June 30, 2020. Register today! When great user experience is a goal, standard translation may fall short. Please join us for a conversation … Continue readingTranslating Without Source Text Webinar
Localization During Transition Webinar
Change and Opportunities Webinar: June 18, 2020. Register today! Join Pablo Vázquez, Tim Arata, and Melissa Biggs of Locale Solutions in conversation with Lara Daly and Suzanne Marie Frank of Vistatec. … Continue readingLocalization During Transition Webinar
Think Global Awards 2020 Winners Announcement
April 22, 2020 | Dublin, Ireland / Mountain View, California. We are delighted to announce the winners of the Think Global Awards, an initiative brought to you via the Think … Continue readingThink Global Awards 2020 Winners Announcement
Machine Translation in Life Sciences Localization
By Elizabeth Riley, Director of Solutions Architecture, Vistatec and Giulia Mattoni, MT Program Manager, Vistatec Quality Translations for International Growth The broad reach of modern technology has connected businesses well … Continue readingMachine Translation in Life Sciences Localization
Vistatec COVID-19 Update
Vistatec Update Notice Concerning the COVID-19 global pandemic, we would like to reassure and update you that we have been monitoring the developing situation very closely. On the recommendations … Continue readingVistatec COVID-19 Update
Vistatec Global Efforts COVID-19
March 6, 2020 | Dublin, Ireland Vistatec is committed to playing our part in the global efforts relating to coronavirus (COVID-19). We are continuing to take the necessary measures to … Continue readingVistatec Global Efforts COVID-19
Vistatec Celebrates International Women’s Day
Vistatec celebrates International Women’s Day 2020 An equal world is an enabled world. Can you think of ways that you can challenge gender stereotypes, bias, and inequality in your day-to-day … Continue readingVistatec Celebrates International Women’s Day
Where’s Phil? – III
Episode 3: Translating and the Computer Conference Vistatec Chief Technology Officer Phil Ritchie recently visited the 41st edition of the Translating and the Computer Conference. The event took place in … Continue readingWhere’s Phil? – III
Think Global Awards 2020 shortlist announced
The Awards program, now in its third year, is looking forward to the awards ceremonies taking place on April 22, 2020, where the final winners will be revealed. The importance … Continue readingThink Global Awards 2020 shortlist announced
Content Authoring Tools
This guest post was written by Elizabeth Riley, Director of Solutions Architecture at Vistatec and localization veteran, with a wide range of experience helping craft enterprise localization programs for global … Continue readingContent Authoring Tools
Mainstream Sustainability and Eco-Friendly Brands
People are increasingly aware of how many organizations across the world are focusing on this vitally important eco-friendly era. Many companies of all shapes and sizes are becoming more focused … Continue readingMainstream Sustainability and Eco-Friendly Brands
Think Global Forum live in The Netherlands
The Think Global Forum community expands to Amsterdam. The event will take place on January 22, 2020, at the design masterpiece the Andaz Hotel, located by the historical city canals. … Continue readingThink Global Forum live in The Netherlands
Where’s Phil? – II
Episode 2: TAUS Content Summit For this second episode of Where’s Phil?, Vistatec Chief Technology Officer Phil Ritchie takes us deep into a content discussion hosted by one of the world’s leading technology organizations, … Continue readingWhere’s Phil? – II
Globalized Content
Vistatec: engaging customers with a globalized content strategy This article was originally published by Enterprise Ireland. Global Content Solutions company Vistatec has been providing content services for organizations worldwide since 1997. Incorporated … Continue readingGlobalized Content
Vistatec announces ISO 18587:2017 Certification
Vistatec is pleased to announce that the company has received certification for ISO 18587:2017 in October 2019, which signifies a high standard in machine translation post-editing output. The new certification … Continue readingVistatec announces ISO 18587:2017 Certification
Vistatec appoints Director of Solutions Architecture
November 6, 2019 | Mountain View, California Translation and Localization expert Elizabeth Riley joins Vistatec Elizabeth Riley has held a variety of qualified positions in Sales and Production over the … Continue readingVistatec appoints Director of Solutions Architecture
Vistatec welcomes a new Director of Sales
November 5, 2019 | Dublin, Ireland Having started her localization career in the early 2000s, Teresa Lawless brings a wealth of commercial experience to the team, including Life Sciences, Software … Continue readingVistatec welcomes a new Director of Sales
Vistatec appoints new Global Solutions Executive
November 5, 2019 | Mountain View, California Industry experienced cross-cultural communications leader joins Vistatec as Global Solutions Executive. Chicago based global content solutions practitioner, Michael J Asquith joins Vistatec as … Continue readingVistatec appoints new Global Solutions Executive
Dominika D’Agostino joins the global team
November 5, 2019 | Mountain View, California With over 12 years of experience in localization, project management, and sales, Dominika D’Agostino brings a wealth of knowledge to Vistatec. Joining Vistatec … Continue readingDominika D’Agostino joins the global team
Vistatec exhibit at LocWorld41
October 31, 2019 | Mountain View, California Vistatec will be attending and exhibiting at LocWorld41, the world’s biggest Localization conference in San Jose, on November 6-8, 2019. This event will … Continue readingVistatec exhibit at LocWorld41
Where’s Phil?
Chief Technology Officer Phil Ritchie takes us to London for the XTM Live conference that he attended back in May 2019 for the first episode of this series of Where’s … Continue readingWhere’s Phil?
Think Global Awards
Think Global Awards Go Live September 26, 2019 | Dublin, Ireland The Think Global Awards go live with a new identity and additional categories for the annual awards program now entering … Continue readingThink Global Awards
Think Global Forum unveils a brand new identity
Think Global Forum unveils a brand new identity September 21, 2019 | Dublin, Ireland The Think Global Forum unveils a brand-new identity today, ahead of the launch of the Think … Continue readingThink Global Forum unveils a brand new identity
Think Global Awards Judging Panel Announced
September 16, 2019 | Dublin, Ireland The Think Global Awards are thrilled to announce a new panel of judges for the upcoming awards program, running for its third year. The … Continue readingThink Global Awards Judging Panel Announced
International Award
The Think Global Awards were named the winner of a Bronze Stevie® Award in the Corporate & Community – Community Engagement Event category in The 16th Annual International Business Awards®. … Continue readingInternational Award
Source Code
Source Code Vistatec Open Source Code for JLIFF Library Phil Ritchie, CTO, Vistatec Vistatec recently announced that it will release the source code for its JLIFF library as open source. JLIFF … Continue readingSource Code
Think Global Forum – European Launch
Think Global Forum – European Launch Simon Hodgkins, Editor in Chief VTQ, Founder Think Global Forum Following the successful development of the Think Global Forum in the United States, this fast … Continue readingThink Global Forum – European Launch
Deep Content
Deep Content ’Semantic Enrichment’ Phil Ritchie, CTO Vistatec Deep Content adds semantic depth to content. Deep Content uses technologies such as entity recognition and internet knowledge graph queries to automatically … Continue readingDeep Content
Open Source
Open Source ’Ocelot’ Phil Ritchie, CTO Vistatec Only a few short years ago the very first 400 lines of Ocelot source code were committed to GitHub. Ocelot was born out … Continue readingOpen Source
Go Global, Be Global
Go Global, Be Global Musings from LocWorld Portugal 2019 Aoife MurphyManaging Director Europe, Think Global ForumMajor Accounts Director, Vistatec It’s one thing to plan and execute your entry into a … Continue readingGo Global, Be Global
Fintech Innovation Showcase
Fintech Innovation Showcase Bronwyn Hogan, VTQ A recent Fintech Innovation Showcase gave many leading Danish organizations an opportunity to discuss the challenges and opportunities in the industry and to learn … Continue readingFintech Innovation Showcase
Meet the Globalization Team
Meet the Globalization Team Anna N Schlegel, Sr. Director, Globalization Programs and Information Strategy, NetApp NetApp has agreement on globalization priorities, investments, and processes to take the company globally. Yes, … Continue readingMeet the Globalization Team
Get Your S.H.I.P. Together
Get Your S.H.I.P. Together Interview with Dan Chappelle, President, The Wealthy Travel Agent Browyn Hogan, Creative Director, VTQ Agent? The mission of Chappelle Consulting International, doing business as “The Wealthy Travel Agent”, … Continue readingGet Your S.H.I.P. Together
The Language of Localization
The Language of Localization Interview with Kit Brown-Hoekstra, Owner and Principal, Comgenesis Simon Hodgkins, Editor in Chief, VTQ The book “The Language of Localization” is the 3rd book in the … Continue readingThe Language of Localization
Vistatec to Sponsor the Machine Translation Summit 2019
Vistatec has been announced as one of the main sponsors of the upcoming Machine Translation Summit, taking place from August 19 to 23, at the Helix Theatre, located on the … Continue readingVistatec to Sponsor the Machine Translation Summit 2019
Nicole Anderson
Nicole Anderson Fintech Industry Thought Leader Nicole Anderson is a serial CEO, a fintech entrepreneur and an advisor with a strong track record at board and general management level across international … Continue readingNicole Anderson
Sibylle Eibl
Sibylle Eibl Director, Global Solutions, Vistatec Sibylle Eibl brings a wealth of experience to the Vistatec team, and in her current role as Global Solutions Architect, Sibylle’s focus is on … Continue readingSibylle Eibl
The General Theory of the Translation Company
The General Theory of the Translation Company Interview with Renato Beninatto, CEO, Nimdzi Simon Hodgkins, Editor in Chief, VTQ Congratulations on your new book “The General Theory of the Translation Company”. … Continue readingThe General Theory of the Translation Company
Fintech A Global Change Agent
Fintech A Global Change Agent Nicole Anderson, Redsand Partners The international finance sector has undergone its biggest historical change during the last eight years, following the initial sea-change felt immediately after the … Continue readingFintech A Global Change Agent
Non-Obvious
Non-Obvious Interview with Rohit Bhargava, Author, “Non — Obvious” Ailbhe Naughton, VTQ “How To Predict Trends And Win The Future” This is the 2018 Edition on Non-Obvious. How did this series of … Continue readingNon-Obvious
Social Media Strategy for Event Marketing
Social Media Strategy for Event Marketing Beatrice Whelan, Global Content Manager, Sage Strategy is one of the most overused words in marketing. Saying you want to have 50,000 Facebook fans, … Continue readingSocial Media Strategy for Event Marketing
‘You Guys Here for the Web Summit?’
‘You Guys Here for the Web Summit?’ Bronwyn Hogan, Creative Director, VTQ As I awaited departure from Dublin airport for Lisbon on a dismal November morning, I noticed through eyes that … Continue reading‘You Guys Here for the Web Summit?’
Glocality – The Quality of being Glocal*
Glocality – The Quality of being Glocal* Global Brands Made Locally Relevant Unn Villius, Sibylle Eibl, Vistatec Global Marketing Global marketing needs to resonate with local audiences. Powerful messages in … Continue readingGlocality – The Quality of being Glocal*
Technology Landscape
Technology Landscape A Personal View of Sector Impacts Interview by Caragh O’Carroll, Fujitsu Sitting on my father’s knee, I didn’t think about the future. I was just entranced by the tiny … Continue readingTechnology Landscape
London
London Bronwyn Hogan, Creative Director, VTQ Following on from the recent launch of the European Think Global Forum, Bronwyn Hogan has been busy flying in and out of London. If … Continue readingLondon
Laser Photonic Displays
Laser Photonic Displays A Green Revolution in Display Technology Helping Children and Economies Paras Chheda, Gl-Ad Tech With the world moving towards more environmentally friendly technologies, an Indian Photonic scientist — Pankaj Gohil — has … Continue readingLaser Photonic Displays
Disruptive Marketing
Disruptive Marketing Interview with Geoffrey Colon, Author of Disruptive Marketing Simon Hodgkins, Editor in Chief, VTQ Tell us about Geoffrey Colon and what you do at Microsoft? I’ve been at … Continue readingDisruptive Marketing
Gender Equality in the Workplace
Gender Equality in the Workplace Thoughts from the Chief HR Officer at Vistatec Siobhán Gantly, Chief Human Resources Officer at Vistatec Tell us about the background of your career, and … Continue readingGender Equality in the Workplace
Until Next Time GALA Friends
Until Next Time GALA Friends May the Road Rise Up to Meet You María Jesús de Arriba Díaz As I commence my return journey home after 4 days at the … Continue readingUntil Next Time GALA Friends