Bowne Global Solutions Helps to Extend Novell's Global GroupWise 6 Reach With the Completion of Its 21-Language Starter Pack.Business Editors PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2002 Net Services Leader Enjoys Efficiencies from Ongoing Partnership with Software Localization Customizing software and documentation for a particular country. It includes the translation of menus and messages into the native spoken language as well as changes in the user interface to accommodate different alphabets and culture. See internationalization and l10n. Partner Bowne Global Solutions (BGS BGS British Geological Survey BGS Below Ground Surface (depth below the ground surface) BGS Bundesgrenzschutz (German: Federal Border Guard) BGS Bachelor of General Studies (degree) ), the globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation business process solutions division of Bowne & Co, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BNE BNE Biblioteca Nacional de España (National Library of Spain) BNE Board of Nurse Examiners BNE Buffalo Niagara Enterprise (economic development organization; New York) BNE Branch If Not Equal ), today announced it completed a major software localization project for Novell(R), Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : NOVL NOVL Novell, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), a leader in collaborative software This is a list of collaborative software (or list of groupware) applications. Wiki software is on a list of wiki software. Open source or free software The following are open source or free software applications. solutions. The project -- the zero-day, simultaneous release of GroupWise(R) 6 Starter Park 1 in 21 languages, including U.S. English -- required BGS to manage the simultaneous testing, engineering and localization of software in Asian as well as Eastern and Western European languages. The success of the project allows Novell to quickly and cost-effectively serve customers around the world while accelerating its time to profit. This project follows on from Bowne Global Solutions simultaneous delivery of GroupWise 6 in 14 languages in May 2001. GroupWise 6 Starter Pack A starter pack (or starter deck) is a sealed package of cards or figurines, designed to serve as the beginning of a collection, in collectible card games and collectible miniature wargames. Starter packs usually contain a fairly large number of items. 1 provides access to core GroupWise 6 functionality, a secure, dynamic collaboration solution that supports any communication over intranets, extranets and the Internet. By making the pack available in multiple languages, Novell hopes to empower businesses in various markets to attain greater efficiencies by using the cooperative and collaborative power of GroupWise 6. "The experience we have amassed in large global technology localizations made the scope of this project manageable, though it did tap in to numerous internal resources," said Carl Glaeser, Chief Executive Officer of Bowne Global Solutions. "The combination of diverse languages and aggressive time to market requirement was a challenge our team thrived on. BGS surmounted sur·mount tr.v. sur·mount·ed, sur·mount·ing, sur·mounts 1. To overcome (an obstacle, for example); conquer. 2. To ascend to the top of; climb. 3. a. To place something above; top. the challenge by leveraging our global resources, prior success with localizing GroupWise, and close relationships with the Novell localization team in International Product Development." "Novell offers an equal value proposition to our GroupWise customers, no matter where their locale. There can be no compromise on an international simultaneous shipment (programming) simultaneous shipment - (simship) The release of international, localised versions of software at the same time, or within a short period of time of the original release. of high quality product," said Fiona Agnew, Vendor Development Manager, Novell International Product Development. "Bowne Global Solutions global infrastructure and scalable production resources facilitated us in our timely delivery to the 21 language markets we serve." About Novell Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL), is the leading provider of Net services software that delivers services to secure and power all types of networks-the Internet, intranets, and extranets; wired to wireless; corporate and public-across leading operating systems. Novell's Net services software provides the foundation for one Net-a single global network that supports new applications and forms of business. Worldwide channel, consulting, education and technical support programs, along with strategic alliances, combine Novell(R) Net services software with third-party products and services to form complete Net solutions. For information on Novell's complete range of products and services, contact Novell's Customer Response Center at (888) 321-4CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Checking) An error checking technique used to ensure the accuracy of transmitting digital data. The transmitted messages are divided into predetermined lengths which, used as dividends, are divided by a fixed divisor. (4272), or visit Novell's Web site at http://www.novell.com. Press may access Novell announcements and company information on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com/pressroom. Novell, and GroupWise are registered trademarks, of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other marks indicated with an asterisk are the property of a third party. About Bowne Global Solutions Bowne Global Solutions (BGS) is the leading provider of comprehensive globalization/localization solutions. BGS enables its clients to grow global market share by marketing and distributing locally relevant, culturally connected products and services. BGS helps its customers realize time-to-market and customer service benefits through customized, integrated services including: globalization process consulting, terminology management, content authoring and multi-language translation, technical writing, technology localization and testing, as well as complete globalization process outsourcing. BGS provides globalization services to leaders in such industries as: software, telecommunications, automotive, aerospace, medical devices, utilities, and entertainment. BGS has its global headquarters in Parsippany, New Jersey. Bowne Global Solutions is a subsidiary of Bowne & Co., Inc. (NYSE:BNE), the world's largest financial printer and also a provider of outsourcing services, legal software and digital print-on-demand solutions. |
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