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Idiom Hosts Partner Pavilion, Contributes To Two Panels At Gilbane San Francisco

Conference Panels Focusing on DITA and Global Enterprise Content Challenges Will Include
Representatives From AMD, Blast Radius, Idiom, UGS and VistaTEC

Waltham, Massachusetts, USA - April 19, 2006 - Idiom^® Technologies, Inc. (Idiom), the leading independent provider of scalable software solutions for accelerating and optimizing globalization initiatives, today announced details of its participation in the upcoming Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies San Francisco, scheduled for April 24-26, 2006 at the Palace Hotel. The Idiom Content Globalization Pavilion will feature WorldServer™ LSP Advantage Program members Localize Technologies, TOIN and VistaTEC. Idiom and several of its customers and partners will also contribute to two timely panels focused on practical applications of the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) and global enterprise content challenges.

Gilbane San Francisco conference panels, "Putting DITA to Work: A New Approach to Creating and Using Modular Content" and "Content Challenges in Global Enterprises" will focus on important business drivers for global enterprises seeking process, quality and time-to-market improvements for translating and localizing content. Attendees are invited to participate in the following discussions:

• "Putting DITA to Work: A New Approach to Creating and Using Modular Content," Wednesday, April 26 at 11:00 a.m.
  
  Moderated by Bill Trippe, senior editor, Gilbane Report, this panel will feature Yas Etessam, XML consultant, Blast Radius and Eric Silberstein, CTO and founder, Idiom. Attendees will learn how companies are beginning to reap the benefits of putting the DITA standard to work. Single-source publishing has matured as a method for producing complex documents in many formats. XML in particular has become the preferred format for single-sourcing, enabling companies to both repurpose their content into different formats and reuse content modules in different content types. XML-based DITA is showing early promise as a way to reduce costs, conversion and integration efforts within organizations that develop documentation for many kinds of products.
  


• "Content Challenges in Global Enterprises," Wednesday, April 26 at 2:00 p.m.
  
  Moderated by Mary Laplante, vice president, consulting services, Bluebill Advisors and senior editor, Gilbane Report, this panel will feature Shannan M. Kurz, international coordinator, global Internet marketing, AMD; Christian Redmann, director, localization, UGS; and Phil Ritchie, CTO, VistaTEC. In this case study-oriented session, attendees will learn how global enterprises are overcoming challenging content issues in order to drive successful international business. Companies that operate globally face a number of challenges when it comes to creating, managing and publishing product and technical content. It's most common to think of translation and localization requirements, but the scope of the challenges are larger than multilingual publishing. Issues include effectively managing geographically dispersed content creators, dealing with multiple authoring tools and content management systems, syndicating content through dealer and partner networks, and keeping the technology platforms, as well as content, in synch.
  

Idiom will be exhibiting at booth II within its Content Globalization Pavilion. For more information or to attend Gilbane San Francisco 2006, visit http://lighthouseseminars.com/gilbane_sf_06/sf_06.html.

About Idiom Technologies, Inc.
Idiom^® Technologies optimizes the globalization supply chain by aligning global enterprises, language service providers and translators. Award-winning WorldServer™ software solutions expand market reach and accelerate multilingual communication with a proven platform for automating translation and localization processes.

Idiom works with global organizations including Adobe, Autodesk, Continental Airlines, eBay and Travelocity to cost-effectively translate global websites and applications, streamline software localization and delivery, and speed time-to-market for international product documentation. Idiom also partners with consulting firms, systems integrators and technology vendors to help customers achieve high-quality results and maximize existing enterprise infrastructure.

Idiom is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, with offices throughout North America and in Europe. To learn more please visit http://www.idiominc.com or call +1 781-464-6000.

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