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Israel’s next Nokia or Google

Last night, at the Jerusalem Business Networking Forum (which I co-organize), I had the opportunity to hear Orna Berry — a Gemini Israel Funds Venture Partner and the Israel Venture Association (IVA) Chairperson — give an overview of the VC process and discuss what VCs can offer Israeli businesses.

During the Q&A session, I asked her if she agreed with her Gemini colleague, Daniel Cohen’s Op-Ed in VentureBeat last fall that explained why Israeli companies that have been founded in recent years don’t reach their full potential and beyond, and if she thought that despite the current climate, there are companies that can reach the Nokia-level.

Her response was that she did agree with Daniel Cohen, but she only gave examples of successful companies that were established before the creation of VC funds in Israel, such as Comverse and Amdocs. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to follow up with her about this after the meeting and so, I am still left wondering, do any Israeli companies founded in the past 10 years have the potential to grow into a Nokia or Google and, if so, which?

I have set up a poll below with four Israeli companies that I have covered in recent months that seem to be very promising. Which one, if any, do you think can make it?
 

Think a different Israeli company not in the poll is more promising. Share your opinion in the comments below.

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About the author: Lisa Damast is the Membership
Manager of ebizQ.net and currently resides in Israel. Any questions or
inquiries regarding this blog or ebizQ membership services can be
directed to her via email at ldamast (at) ebizq (dot) net. She can also be followed on Twitter, where she covers additional Israeli technology companies and Israel-related headlines and topics.

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XMPie unveils new products

xmpie_logo.pngAccording to a news release, XMPie, Inc., a dynamic publishing software provider, will unveil its new look and latest products at the On Demand Conference and Exposition in Boston, MA this week.

XMPie is a dynamic publishing software solutions provider of software that

enables enterprises and their marketing service providers to efficiently develop and execute highly customized, information driven, cross-media campaigns.

Participants in the On Demand conference can expect to see demos of the XMPie Marketplace, which provides “an online resource designed to support users in
the creation of personalized marketing materials,” and the latest version of the uProduce™
Marketing Console, “designed to enable users to offer tracking and
analysis of campaign results to their marketing customers in real-time.”

uProduce can be added to XMPie’s PersonalEffect™ — an all-in-one software suite for the enterprise “that unites customer databases and creative content right on the desktop for personalized one-to-one marketing.”

Marketing and IT professionals looking for CRM software that provides the resources for creating and managing personalized marketing campaigns from start-to-finish should add XMPie’s PersonalEffect to their list of possible solutions.

Company Facts

Software unit of Xerox Corporation since 2006.

Jacob Aizikowitz, President.

Reuven J. Sherwin, Co-founder and Vice President of R&D in Israel.

Products: uDirect, PersonalEffect, uStore.

Website: www.xmpie.com


About the author: Lisa Damast is the Membership
Manager of ebizQ.net and currently resides in Israel. Any questions or
inquiries regarding this blog or ebizQ membership services can be
directed to her via email at ldamast (at) ebizq (dot) net. She can also be followed on Twitter, where she covers additional Israeli technology companies and Israel-related headlines and topics.

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BeInSync selected for offering Utility and Security

beInSync_logo.pngBeInSync Ltd., a user-driven data management company based in Israel, has announced that it was “selected by the
editors of Webware, a CNET site, as a finalist in this year’s ‘Webware 100′ Awards
for Utility & Security.”

According to the BeInSync website, BeInSync Business (Professional) management software boosts the productivity of mobile workforce, small teams and telecommuters by deploying a,

reliable online backup, synchronization,
access and sharing services to 5-1,000 users within minutes and with
virtually no IT investment.

The software provides security through encryption and is “transferred directly between the different user computers.” It is easy to activate as it is wizard-based and “synchronization works automatically in the background and does not require any user intervention.”

IT professionals looking to cut spending costs and for freedom from relying on different applications to manage data collaboration can find an all-in-one solution in BeInSync Business. 

 
What is Webware?

Webware (www.webware.com) provides
the latest information on Web 2.0 sites, services, and applications. Its
timely and relevant blog entries about hundreds of web-based services,
such as wikis, blogs, and social networking sites, help users determine
the best products for them to use in their daily lives.

Voting on the Webware site is going on now.

Company Facts
Founded in 2002.

Motti Vaknin, CEO.

Sharon Carmel, Founder & Vice President of R&D.

Products: BeInSync Professional and Business Editions.

Website: www.beinsync.com.

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About the author: Lisa Damast is the Membership
Manager of ebizQ.net and currently resides in Israel. Any questions or
inquiries regarding this blog or ebizQ membership services can be
directed to her via email at ldamast (at) ebizq (dot) net. She can also be followed on Twitter, where she covers additional Israeli technology companies and Israel-related headlines and topics.

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VeNotion Technologies and Software AG sign agreement

VeNotion_logo.pngEarlier this week, Israel-based VeNotion Technologies, an innovative Business ServiceWare software solutions provider, and Software AG, a leading business infrastructure software company, announced the signing of a technology partnership agreement to integrate
Software AG’s SOA technology with
VeNotion’s automated SOA Business
ServiceWare.

According to the VeNotion website, ServiceWare,

consists of an automated business services and related IT
assets models, assuring software components and SOA services are
organized and managed by business context.

The company’s VeN4 ServiceWare™,

(patent pending) technology enables visibility, use and reuse of the
enterprise business logic and software assets within the SOA initiative.

Enterprise architects working with Software AG’s CentraSite Community Network can integrate VeNotion’s VeN4 ServiceWare™ into it to enable Business ServiceWare that organizes IT and SOA
services by business context.

Company Facts
Founded in 2006.

Avi Kochva, Co-Founder and CEO.

Ronen Yochpaz, Co-Founder and CTO.

Products: VeN4 ServiceWare™.

Website: www.venotion.com.

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About the author: Lisa Damast is the Membership
Manager of ebizQ.net and currently resides in Israel. Any questions or
inquiries regarding this blog or ebizQ membership services can be
directed to her via email at ldamast (at) ebizq (dot) net. She can also be followed on Twitter, where she covers additional Israeli technology companies and Israel-related headlines and topics.

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High demand for Mellanox Technologies’ virtualization solutions

mellanox_logo.pngMellanox Technologies Ltd., a semiconductor-based server and
storage interconnect solutions provider, announced yesterday that since the January release of its InfiniBand drivers for VMware ESX 3.5, it has received a sharp increase in demand and inquiries from “partners, and end-users from multiple
enterprise data center vertical markets”. The drivers are drawing interest primarily for their ability to consolidate I/O adapters and, as a result, minimize the set-up process in virtualized environments.

According to the news release, Mellanox’s consolidation claims have drawn “heavy interest from
Fortune 500 companies” interested in “the ability to immediately save I/O power (up
to 30%) and I/O cost (up to 50%).”

To back up claims about its drivers performance capabilities, Mellanox will be showcasing its InfiniBand drivers in action at VMworld Europe 2008 this week. VMworld Europe is led by VMware (Virtual Machine ware) and is a key conference for business and IT professionals on “virtual technology and business solutions.”

VMware’s website defines virtualization (also termed “cloud computing” by IBM and Google) as letting, 

one computer do the job of multiple
computers, by sharing the resources of a single computer across
multiple environments. Virtual servers and virtual desktops lets you
host multiple operating systems and multiple applications locally and
in remote locations, freeing you from physical and geographical
limitations. In addition to energy savings and lower capital expenses
due to more efficient use of your hardware resources, you get high
availability of resources, better desktop management, increased
security, and improved disaster recovery processes when you build a
virtual infrastructure.

Data center architects and IT managers in vertical sectors (such as banking, Web 2.0 and healthcare) who are trying to cut their data center costs and decrease risk through virtualization should look into how Mellanox’s InfiniBand drivers for VMware ESX 3.5 can help simplify the implementation process.

Company Facts

Founded in 1999 and based in Yokneam and Tel Aviv, Israel.

Eyal Waldman, Co-founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO.

Roni Ashuri, Co-founder and Vice President of Engineering.

Products: Silicon adapters, adapter cards, software and production development kits.

Website: www.mellanox.com.

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About the author: Lisa Damast is the Membership
Manager of ebizQ.net and currently resides in Israel. Any questions or
inquiries regarding this blog or ebizQ membership services can be
directed to her via email at ldamast (at) ebizq (dot) net. She can also be followed on Twitter, where she covers additional Israeli technology companies and Israel-related headlines and topics.

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N-trig raises funds to continue developing pen and touch technology

N-trig_logo1.pngIsraeli company, N-trig has successfully raised $28 million from venture capitalist firms, Canaan Partners and Evergreen
Venture Partners, among other investors, in its latest fund-raising round and will use part of it to further develop its advanced pen and touch technology.

N-trig is best known as the provider of DuoSense™
technology that “combines pen and zero-pressure touch for mobile computers
into a single device.” According to the N-trig website,

N-trig provides a
true hands-on computingTM experience, by enabling OEMs and ODMs to provide innovative
new technology for the next generation of mobility by making notebook
PCs more mobile, productive, user-friendly, natural, and intuitive to
use. DuoSense is easily integratable and supports any type of LCD,
giving OEMs and ODMs more flexibility.

N-trig’s DuoSense is also “enabling new market opportunities in gaming and
multimedia.”

N-trig is currently working very closely with computer and mobile manufacturers on developing new products that utilize DuoSense technology. IT professionals who make laptop purchase recommendations and decisions in their companies and have demands for such technology can consider Dell’s recently launched Latitude XT Tablet PC for now and keep an eye out for similar products with N-trig’s DuoSense technology in the future.

Company Facts

Founded in 1999.

Dr. Meir Morag, Founder and President.

Amihai Ben-David, CEO.

Products: Touch and Pen Digitizer.

Website: www.n-trig.com.

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About the author: Lisa Damast is the Membership
Manager of ebizQ.net and currently resides in Israel. Any questions or
inquiries regarding this blog or ebizQ membership services can be
directed to her via email at ldamast (at) ebizq (dot) net.

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PLYmedia gets reply

PLYmedia_logo.JPGIn the past few months, several start-ups focused on video overlay products and solutions have made headlines. One such company, the Israel-based PLYmedia, was one of 15 selected companies that participated in the Israel Web Tour 2008 in California earlier this month and was recently mentioned in a post on NewTeeVee as being one of Overlay.tv’s competitors.

However, whereas Overlay.tv targets consumers, PLYmedia is more oriented towards businesses. According to the PLYmedia website, PLYmedia,

“delivers web video publishers and broadcasters a range of
applications focused on a new movement towards personalized, enhanced
and interactive web video technology by bringing new context and
meaning to video.

Through the development and deployment of its interactive, multi-dimensional web video platform – PLYplatform™,
PLYmedia’s applications,

“transform standard web videos into interactive,
multi-dimensional and personalized user experiences.”

How does it benefit businesses? The website states that,

“by adding new
layers or “PLYs” of contextual content such as advertisements,
subtitles, pop-up bubbles and other layered content to existing web
videos, our platform and technology creates exciting new revenue
streams for content providers, increasing their ROI and their user base.” 

IT professionals searching for online media solutions that can increase their company’s ROI and user base should consider the benefits of PLYmedia. For any professionals, IT or not, who are still wondering what exactly a “PLY” is or who enjoy watching entertaining promo videos, below is a teaser that the company created about itself before the 2008 Israel Web Tour.

Company Facts

Founded in 2006.

Ben Enosh, CEO.

Yuval Klein, COO and President.

Products: subPLY, bubblePLY, adPLY,  infoPLY, PLYapps

Website: www.plymedia.com 

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ActionBase raises funds

actionBase_logo.png
Last week, Globes reported that Activity and Decision Management solution provider, ActionBase Corp. raised $1.7 million from venture capital firms Giza and Vertex as part of its $6.5 million third financing round.

According to the ActionBase website, ActionBase is an Enterprise Action Items Management Solution

“for
managing meeting minutes, decisions and action items. It is designed
to manage day-to-day action items and meeting minutes and fills the gap
between sophisticated project management tools and conventional
Microsoft Office applications.”

The solution

“provides an easy to use email based system
designed for tracking decision execution through its entire lifecycle –
including all the relevant documents, meetings, action items, decisions
and emails, thereby alleviating the problem of information overload.”

The management and tracking system process also minimizes the involvement with the IT department. ActionBase is currently being used by over 150 large enterprises in Israel and abroad, including Coca-Cola, Texas Instruments and Tnuva.

IT professionals looking for management software that goes with MicroSoft Office and has a proven track-record with major enterprises should consider using ActionBase’s solutions. It should also be interesting to see how ActionBase will innovate its products using its new funds.

Company Facts

Founded in 1999.

Based in Bnei-Brak, Israel.


Since 2004, ActionBase has been part of the AdvanTech Group.

Sam Somech, Chairman of the Board.

Eyal Maor, CEO.

Website: www.actionbase.com

About the author: Lisa Damast is the Membership
Manager of ebizQ.net and currently resides in Israel. Any questions or
inquiries regarding this blog or ebizQ membership services can be
directed to her via email at ldamast (at) ebizq (dot) net.

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Runcom Technologies contibutes to new VoIP phone

Runcom_logo.pngA news release on PRNewswire has announced that Runcom Technologies Ltd. has jointly developed a VoIP portable telephone with Japanese companies NetIndex Inc. and Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd. using the company’s WiMAX (IEEE802.16e) data communications module. The phone was first unveiled at the 2008 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week.

According to Runcom’s website, the Israel-based company is a WiMAX chipset manufacturer that

“develops superior technological standards and
products that target the emerging Beyond 3G market, enabling the
delivery of enhanced communications services to cellular phones and
other mobile devices.”

While the company has focused on the Digital Interactive TV and Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) markets in the past, its entrance into mobile Wireless MAN services will allow it to play a role in the cellular
market which is the

“fastest growing segment in the communications arena, with
over 400 million new phones being sold per annum.”

Additionally, as the demand for mobile devices that deliver voice, video and data continues to increase and the technology changes, products and solutions, such as Runcom’s OFDMA®  technology will “make the importance of Beyond 3G markets in the future more apparent.”

IT professionals should be on the lookout for more news on this and a possible partnership between NetIndex and Kaga Electronics to

“jointly develop a mobile broadband portable telephone for business enterprises, using next-generation communications technology.”

Company Facts

Founded in 1997.

Dr. Zion Hadad, CEO and Founder.

Dr. Doron Ezri, CTO.

Products: System-On-Chip (SOC) and Base Station System-On-Board (SOB)

Website: www.runcom.com.
 

About the author: Lisa Damast is the Membership
Manager of ebizQ.net and currently resides in Israel. Any questions or
inquiries regarding this blog or ebizQ membership services can be
directed to her via email at ldamast (at) ebizq (dot) net.

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Digital Fuel signs big contracts

digitalFuel_logo.pngGlobes is reporting that Digital Fuel Technologies, Inc., has signed contracts with IBM Corp., Unisys Corp., and Xansa plc and that the deals are expected to help the business services management (BSM) solutions provider consolidate its position in the IT outsourcing industry.

According to its website, Digital Fuel Technologies, Inc. is a

“provider of Service Catalog,
Service Level Management and Service Financial Management software solutions for
IT, Communications, HR, F&A in enterprises and commercial service providers.”

The website also explains that the company has developed ServiceFlow™, a

“comprehensive and intuitive end-to-end software suite for Business Service Mangement, to enable organizations to manage services from a business perspective.”

“Using ServiceFlow, Service Providers can benefit from a complete, rich
functional business application for managing business services
including service performance, finance and regulatory aspects, while
enjoying the widest range of supported platforms, scalability and
reliability all powered by a visual modeling environment ensuring the
lowest TCO.”

IT professionals looking for a software suite that offers main solutions for SLA Management, Service Operations Center and Service Financial Management, should consider Digital Fuel’s products.

Company Facts

Founded in 2000.

Yisrael Dancziger, President and CEO.

Anat Birnboim, VP of R&D.

Products: ServiceFlow.

Website: www.digitalfuel.com.

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