SAN FRANCISCO, CA and CAMBRIDGE, MA – April 06, 2010 – H5, a leading provider of automated information retrieval products and services, and Linguistic Systems, Inc. (LSI), one of the nation’s largest providers of language translation services, today announced a strategic alliance to provide businesses with an integrated solution for foreign language data services in the context of litigation, compliance, and enterprise information governance.
According to federal statistics, due to the increase in global trade there will be at least a 26% increase in the translation industry by 2014. This joint solution addresses the growing need of businesses now, to effectively find relevant information and reduce costs of translating foreign language documents. The partnership combines LSI’s foreign language expertise with H5’s search and review expertise to provide clients with the most efficient and accurate system of identifying and retrieving electronic information regardless of the languages in the source materials. Through the alliance, organizations will be able to streamline the processing, review and analysis of large foreign language documents to significantly reduce costs while increasing accuracy.
“As we continue to expand our business, we’ve been encountering a greater number of global companies that have foreign language discovery needs,” said Steve Whitehurst, Executive Managing Director of H5. “By partnering with LSI, we are able to draw on its deep expertise and talent to meet increased client demand for foreign language translation services.”
"Due to the rapid pace of globalization and ever-growing volumes of electronic information, more and more corporations, law firms, and government agencies need a means to effectively search information in foreign languages, whether to conduct day-to-day business or to prepare for litigation,” said Martin Roberts, President of Linguistic Systems, Inc. "By teaming up with H5, we are now able to provide a unique discovery and information management solution to meet this need while saving time and reducing costs."
For more information, please contact Mark Ettinger at LSI at 1-877-654-5006, ext 444 or visit www.linguist.com or contact Michael Rubenstein at H5 at 415-625-6745 or visit www.h5.com.
About Linguistic Systems, Inc.
Linguistic Systems, Inc. (LSI) is one of the largest providers of language translation services in the United States. LSI's portfolio includes translation to/from 115 languages, software localization, DTP, audio-visual conversions, consecutive and simultaneous interpreting services, foreign brand name analysis, and machine translation with post-editing. Founded in 1967, LSI has a talent pool of more than 6,000 carefully screened translation and interpreting professionals tested for subject and translation/interpreting expertise. The company's clientele includes more than half of the Fortune 500 and most of the Fortune 100. Linguistic Systems, Inc. is an ISO 9001:2008 and EN 15038:2006 certified company and a founding member of the Translation TAUS Data Association. www.linguist.com
About H5
H5 is a global information retrieval company that provides a smarter way for corporations, law firms, and government agencies to meet their legal, compliance, and information management goals. Through its suite of products and services, consisting of H5 EDGE Information Governance Solutions and H5 On-Demand Litigation Solutions, H5 enables clients to better search, assess, and manage electronic information. Powered by its proprietary information retrieval technology, H5’s solutions are proven to reduce clients’ information management costs and minimize their risk more effectively than any other method. For more information, visit www.h5.com.
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Linguistic Systems, Inc.
Carrie Callahan
PAN Communications
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LSI@pancomm.com
H5
Sandra Song
(415) 625-6748
ssong@h5.com
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