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Webinar Attendees Learn Best Methods to Quickly Meet Multilingual Documentation Needs

SAN MATEO, Calif. and WALTHAM, Mass. - October 3, 2007 - Large-scale manufacturers manage facilities in many different countries that produce products for a global customer base, prompting the need for documentation in many different languages. Those manufacturers who can produce this documentation more quickly and at a lower cost have distinct advantages over the competition.

Chip Gettinger, vice president, services and support for Astoria Software, and Bill Rabkin, globalization evangelist for Idiom Technologies, will co-host a Webinar with content management industry expert, Frank Miller, who is a senior consultant with Comtech Services, Inc., and a customer spokesperson from a leading global engineering and manufacturing corporation that has experienced outstanding benefits from an integrated, state-of-the-art content management and globalization management solution. Panelists will discuss how Forbes Global 2000 manufacturers can produce multilingual product documentation that meets customer demands for simplified information via Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions.

The Webinar, titled "Globalization Meets Content Management: A Best-of-Breed SaaS Approach," will be held on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. Eastern Time (11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time). To register for the event, please visit http://www.bulldogsolutions.net/ASTSW/AST10102007/frmRegistration.aspx?bdls=12043.

During the Webinar, attendees will learn:

• Ways to build fast documentation solutions
• Methods to produce globalized documentation solutions
• Tactics for simplified, straight-forward customer communications
• Ways to leverage content management systems to improve a company's bottom line

Host Biographies:

Chip Gettinger has more than 20 years experience working with content management, authoring and publishing tools. He works closely with industry organizations, partners and customers leading the adoption of the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA), an open source XML-based architecture used for dynamic production and publication of technical documentation. Gettinger is also a member of the international consortium Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS).

Frank Miller is a senior consultant with Comtech Services, Inc. He has more than 10 years experience in publishing and currently manages and implements enterprise content management solutions. He also instructs Comtech's series of DITA workshops.

Bill Rabkin is a senior globalization evangelist with Idiom Technologies, Inc. He promotes the widespread use of XML and DITA-based publishing solutions to technical documentation organizations throughout the world. He is an author and frequent speaker at industry conferences.

A Manufacturing Customer will provide insight from the perspective of a professional with more than 35 years in the marketing and communications field.

Related Links

Webinar Registration: "Globalization Meets Content Management: A Best-of-Breed SaaS Approach"
http://www.bulldogsolutions.net/ASTSW/AST10102007/frmRegistration.aspx?bdls=12043

Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA)
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=dita

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS)
http://www.oasis-open.org/home/index.php

Idiom Technologies
www.idiominc.com

Comtech
http://www.comtech-serv.com/aboutcomtech.shtml

About Idiom Technologies, Inc.
Idiom® Technologies is the leading independent supplier of SaaS and on-premise software solutions that enable our customers and partners to accelerate the translation and localization process so content rapidly reaches markets worldwide. Unlike other companies serving this market, Idiom offers freedom of choice by embracing relevant industry standards, supporting popular content lifecycle solutions and partnering with the industry's leading language service providers.

As a result, WorldServer™ GMS solutions are fast becoming an industry standard, allowing customers to expand their international market reach while reducing costs and improving quality. WorldServer is used every day by organizations possessing many of the most recognizable global brands to more efficiently create and manage multilingual websites (e.g., AOL, eBay and Continental), localize software applications (e.g., Adobe, Beckman Coulter and Motorola) and streamline translation and localization of corporate and product documentation (e.g., Autodesk, Cisco and Business Objects).

Idiom is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, with offices throughout North America and in Europe. WorldServer solutions are also available through the company's Global Partner Network™. For more information, please visit www.idiominc.com.

About Astoria Software Astoria Software drives efficiencies in dynamic product documentation with on-demand delivery of structured content management. GE Healthcare, Texas Instruments, and other Forbes Global 2000 manufacturers rely on Astoria to meet rigorous market demands - increasing product volumes, accelerating time-to-market, and concurrent global customization. Astoria On-Demand reduces documentation costs up to 90% and compresses product launch cycles from months to weeks. Astoria Software is based in San Mateo, California. For more information, visit www.astoriasoftware.com.

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Elena Annuzzi
TECHMarket Communications
650-704-8664
Elena@TECHMarket.com

Susan Willson
Greenough Communications
617-275-6529
Swillson@greenoughcom.com