Software Internationalization and Localization
How to break through borders
The United States is responsible for the production of over three quarters of the software used around the world, but there are solid development centers in countries such as Ireland, Israel, Philippines and, of course, India, while the remaining emerging countries of the BRIC (Brazil, Russia and China) promise to also become future powerhouses. Moreover, the Internet allows consumers and vendors to connect as if geographical borders did not exist. For software vendors, particularly the ones in the realm of enterprise software and similar complex transactional products, that means that globalization will just continue to expand. Regardless of direction, globalization has made internationalization of products and processes a medium and long-term requirement for most growing software organizations.
