WizTom is awarded the OCTAS 2002 in the category French and Information Technologies

Montréal, June 17th, 2002

WizArt Canada is a proud winner of the OCTAS award in the French and IT category for its localization technology: WizTom. The mention was awarded to WizArt Canada during an official ceremony organized by the Québec's Computing Federation (FIQ).

The OCTAS Gala is a prestigious event that is held every year to honour companies that stand above all others in the information technology in Québec. This year, the FIQ (Québec's Computing Federation) received over 120 applications for its OCTAS 2002 Contest. Of these, 20 winners were awarded with an OCTAS for their great achievements and contribution to the expansion of the information technology industry.

As an OCTAS-winner in this category, WizArt Canada will be entitled as finalist for the prestigious pan Canadian contest, the Canadian Information Productivity Award - CIPA.

Recognized as an exceptional software solution for localizing any software or Web site into any language, WizTom reflects the excellence of WizArt's technologies and its leadership in innovative technological development.

FIQ: http://www.fiq.qc.ca/

OCTAS 2002: http://www.fiq.qc.ca/evenements/concours/intro/intro_octas.html

Canadian Information Productivity Award: http://www.cipa.com/

Established in 1997, WizArt Software specializes in localization solutions for companies that have important software translation needs or face technical challenges when trying to localize their applications or Web sites. The company's flagship product, WizTom, takes out the complexity of localization, thus saving time and money for IT departments and software publishers. Today, more than 120 companies in Europe, Asia and North America benefit from WizArt's technologies to cost-effectively and rapidly make single-language software ready for the world.