SDL International, one of the leading providers of globalization technology and services and ICL, the leading IT solutions company, today announced that the companies have signed a partnership agreement to resell SDL's multilingual content management system, SDLWebFlow.

 
Under the terms of the agreement, ICL will be able to offer SDL's system to consulting and IT services clients and covers ICL's EMEA operations. ICL will provide first-line support for the system. The agreement includes SDL and ICL carrying out joint promotion and marketing. ICL will also be using the software to support their own website with foreign language translations, as required.

ICL selected SDLWebFlow globalization management solutions because of SDL's ability to provide a complete solution to manage internationalized content and translation support services, as required by individual clients.

Commenting on the agreement, Gloria Evans, Business Manager for e-Knowledge at ICL said:

"We chose SDL International because it offered ICL the opportunity to deliver the complex, multilingual and multicultural systems required to support today's global organizations. Global organizations are increasingly looking for a single solution to their globalization needs in this area. This well-organized and committed partnership provides great benefit to our customers in terms of both the implementation process and access to technology."

Hedley Rees-Evans, Marketing Director Europe, SDL confirmed:

"To have such a prestigious partner as ICL working with us in this way highlights SDL's expertise in the globalization management market. We look forward to working with their global management consulting teams and building successful solutions for their clients."

SDLWebFlow reduces the cost of translation and time-to-market for the delivery of multilingual content, by employing specialist 'computer-aided translation' techniques, such as Translation Memory and Real-time Translation. The system detects changes in any original content, and manages the update process into the new languages automatically.

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About ICL

ICL is one of the leading IT solutions companies in Europe, Middle East and Africa, employing more than 19,200 people in 40 countries. It designs, builds and operates IT systems and services for customers in the financial services, telecoms, retail and government markets.

ICL helps its customers to transform their businesses and make them more efficient and productive, by providing the IT services needed today together with the end-to-end e-Business services to be successful in the new economy. These services include new media design, consultancy and systems integration through to managed infrastructure services that underpin the 'mission-critical' requirements of businesses.

For the year ended 31 March 2001, the company's turnover for continuing operations was £2,419 million. Headquartered in London, ICL is the European-centred IT services arm of the Fujitsu Group.

The Fujitsu Group is a £31 billion leader in Internet-based IT systems and services for the global marketplace.

ICL's Website:http://www.icl.com