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Welocalize Merges with
Connect
The
merger combines two vertically-focused localization organizations into a
single company with an innovative Professional Services delivery model. The
combined company will operate under the Welocalize name.
"Eugene
and I have spent the last 15 months analyzing the merits of this merger
from every angle," said E. Smith Yewell, Welocalize Chief Executive
Officer. "It is with great care and attention to our client’s and
employee’s needs that we have decided to merge."
"Both
companies are passionate about delivering high quality localization
services to our clients. We have built a combined company with amazing
potential, and we believe we offer something new and fresh with an
organization that is smart, innovative and bursting with ideas," said
Eugene McGinty, Connect Chief Executive Officer. "Given the alignment
of our visions, technologies, and overall strategies, the combination of
our two companies will be very beneficial to our customers worldwide."
The
combined companies will operate under the Welocalize name and brand with
corporate headquarters located in Frederick, MD. Operations will continue
in Connect’s facilities in Dublin,
Ireland. E.
Smith Yewell will continue to serve as President and CEO. Eugene McGinty
will continue to lead the office in Ireland as its Managing
Director.
JUST THE FACTS
Plans and key benefits of the Merger include:
- Stability: Existing Client Teams to Remain in Place
- Increased Scale: Over $20M in Combined Annual
Revenue enabling greater investment for innovation and support
- Increased Depth: Over 100 Dedicated Employees
Worldwide
- Global Reach: 5 Offices in 4 Countries (USA, Ireland,
Germany, Japan)
- Outstanding Service: A world-class service
organization benefiting from the best-practices and infrastructure
investments of both companies
- Unique Model: Vertically
Focused, Professional Services Delivery Model
Tech Tip
Why Does Testing Take So Long?
Clients often wonder why it takes so long to test
their products; why can't we quickly clear out bugs; why do we sometimes
have duplicates and why is status sometimes missed?
Well, please keep the following in mind. At a minimum every bug has 9 steps from
identification to final validation, and let’s assume that a decent percentage
has a couple of cycles. To put this into context with a sample
project:
Sample Project
Languages: 20
Test cases: 1700 test cases per locale/34,000
validated test cases for the project
Bugs Identified: 190 bugs per language/3800 total
bugs for all locales
Quality Metric: 1 bug per 9 test cases
Life of the bug:
In this project if you take the total number
bugs multiplied by the average touch points per bug, there were
roughly 34,000 touch points in the QA phase alone for this project.
Sometimes a little context helps us understand
what takes so long.....
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