RWS Group, LLC and SoftWorks Development & Consulting announced formation of a strategic alliance to provide globalization services. Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will offer clients complete integration of services for introduction of their software worldwide. The companies also plan to engage in joint sales and marketing activities to promote multilingual software solutions. RWS Group brings translation tools and rigorous methodology to the alliance. Development of new language technologies, such as JCAT, provides clients with JAVA and XML-based, Unicode compliant translation tools. www.translate.com