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DITA Fest 2012 Registration Now Open to DITA, XML and Structured Content Professionals
Content and customer experience experts converge to discuss latest DITA trends and the future of intelligent product content
MAIDENHEAD, U.K., Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
WHAT: SDL (LSE: SDL), the leading provider of Global Information
Management solutions, announces the fifth annual DITA Fest
2012, which brings together the XML community for thought-
provoking discussions, presentations and demonstrations on
DITA - the XML content standard, product content and
customer experience.
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WHY: Companies are seeing the value of highly relevant, searchable
and personalized content across multiple channels as part of
providing the best customer experience. Structured content
technologies are allowing companies to transform product
content creation, delivery and management, and realize
enormous cost savings, efficiency gains and business
benefits. Adoption of DITA has increased dramatically in the
past several years, with global businesses achieving as much
as 30 to 50 percent savings in content production and
translation costs.
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WHO: Keynote speaker Jane McGonigal, PhD, renowned game designer
and best-selling author of Reality is Broken will bring
insight and perspective from her years of experience working
with games and virtual communities and how that translates
to the real world.Chris Shockowitz, Senior Manager,
Collaboration Solutions, Intel, will discuss Intel's content
management program strategy.Laura Bellamy, Information
Architect, VMware, will discuss next generation customer
engagement with product content.Andrew Thomas and Tom Smith
of SDL will provide a vision for the future of intelligent
product content.Exciting discussions led by DITA and content
management thought leaders from some of today's leading
companies including Autodesk, Brocade and OSIsoft.
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WHEN: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. PDT
Doors will open at 9:00 a.m.
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WHERE: Hotel Sofitel San Francisco Bay
223 Twin Dolphin Drive
Redwood City, CA 94065
This event is free of charge.
Register: http://www.sdl.com/ditafest2012
#DITAfest - Join the conversation
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About SDL
SDL enables global businesses to engage with their customers in the language, the media and at the moment they choose. We help businesses manage their brands, drive global revenues, accelerate speed to market and enrich their customers' experience. SDL's enterprise-ready innovative technology and service solutions span the entire customer journey and include social listening and marketing analytics, campaign management, language management and services, video and written content creation, web content management, dynamic technical documentation publication and eCommerce. SDL solutions drive global reach across multiple languages, cultures, channels and media. SDL has over 1,500 enterprise customers, 400 partners and a global infrastructure of 70 offices in 38 countries. For more information, visit http://www.sdl.com.
Contacts
GolinHarris for SDL (Americas) - Mary Placido
+1 415 318 4375
mplacido@golinharris.com
SDL Americas - Mary Galoski Parsons
+1 781 756 5454
mparsons@sdl.com
SDL Europe and Corporate Headquarters - Vicky Ryce
+44 (0)7792 662213
vryce@sdl.com
SOURCE SDL
SDL
Web Site: http://www.sdl.com
DITA Fest 2012 Registration Now Open to DITA, XML and Structured Content Professionals
Content and customer experience experts converge to discuss latest DITA trends and the future of intelligent product content
MAIDENHEAD, U.K., Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
WHAT: SDL (LSE: SDL), the leading provider of Global Information
Management solutions, announces the fifth annual DITA Fest
2012, which brings together the XML community for thought-
provoking discussions, presentations and demonstrations on
DITA - the XML content standard, product content and
customer experience.
---
WHY: Companies are seeing the value of highly relevant, searchable
and personalized content across multiple channels as part of
providing the best customer experience. Structured content
technologies are allowing companies to transform product
content creation, delivery and management, and realize
enormous cost savings, efficiency gains and business
benefits. Adoption of DITA has increased dramatically in the
past several years, with global businesses achieving as much
as 30 to 50 percent savings in content production and
translation costs.
----
WHO: Keynote speaker Jane McGonigal, PhD, renowned game designer
and best-selling author of Reality is Broken will bring
insight and perspective from her years of experience working
with games and virtual communities and how that translates
to the real world.Chris Shockowitz, Senior Manager,
Collaboration Solutions, Intel, will discuss Intel's content
management program strategy.Laura Bellamy, Information
Architect, VMware, will discuss next generation customer
engagement with product content.Andrew Thomas and Tom Smith
of SDL will provide a vision for the future of intelligent
product content.Exciting discussions led by DITA and content
management thought leaders from some of today's leading
companies including Autodesk, Brocade and OSIsoft.
----
WHEN: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. PDT
Doors will open at 9:00 a.m.
---
WHERE: Hotel Sofitel San Francisco Bay
223 Twin Dolphin Drive
Redwood City, CA 94065
This event is free of charge.
Register: http://www.sdl.com/ditafest2012
#DITAfest - Join the conversation
---
About SDL
SDL enables global businesses to engage with their customers in the language, the media and at the moment they choose. We help businesses manage their brands, drive global revenues, accelerate speed to market and enrich their customers' experience. SDL's enterprise-ready innovative technology and service solutions span the entire customer journey and include social listening and marketing analytics, campaign management, language management and services, video and written content creation, web content management, dynamic technical documentation publication and eCommerce. SDL solutions drive global reach across multiple languages, cultures, channels and media. SDL has over 1,500 enterprise customers, 400 partners and a global infrastructure of 70 offices in 38 countries. For more information, visit http://www.sdl.com.
Contacts
GolinHarris for SDL (Americas) - Mary Placido
+1 415 318 4375
mplacido@golinharris.com
SDL Americas - Mary Galoski Parsons
+1 781 756 5454
mparsons@sdl.com
SDL Europe and Corporate Headquarters - Vicky Ryce
+44 (0)7792 662213
vryce@sdl.com
SOURCE SDL
SDL
Web Site: http://www.sdl.com