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Techtium Ltd. helps keep laptops and cellphones charged on the road

techtium_logo.pngIsraeli company Techtium is one of 88 Israeli companies present at the Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona this week. The company will be showing off its on-the-road rechargeable battery solutions for laptops and cellphones.

According to Techtium’s website,

“Using its extensive expertise in both power IC development and
battery chemistries, Techtium has developed an innovative,
patent-protected technology that provides instant backupower anytime,
anywhere.”

BackuPower, its feature product,

“provides unusually simple and accessible solutions for instantly charging and significantly extending usage time of portable devices by using standard-sized AA or AAA batteries.”

IT professionals should consider Techtium’s BackuPower solutions for employees who rely on laptops and/or smart phones to get business done when traveling and can’t afford to lose battery power at a critical moment.

Company Facts

Founded in 1995.

Dan Waysman, Chairman.

Guy Weinstein, President and Founder.

Dror Manor, VP R&D.

Products: BackuPower.

Website: www.techtium.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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ClickTale Ltd. takes web analytics to the next level

clicktale_logo.pngLast week, 15 Israeli web companies had the opportunity to meet with investors and various executives in Silicon Valley, CA during the Israel Web Tour 2008. ClickTale Ltd., one of the selected 15, was chosen to participate for its innovative technology that allows Website owners and staff to record, watch and analyze user behavior on their sites as part of its hosted service.

According to ClickTale CEO, Tal Schwartz’s LinkedIn profile,

“ClickTale (www.clicktale.com) is a web analytics service that captures
and analyzes customer interactions inside web pages, revolutionizing
traditional web analytics that measure activity between pages.
ClickTale records and plays back customer’s every online interaction,
every mouse movement, click, scroll, keystroke, and window resize.
Subscribers to ClickTale have been able to increase revenues and
improve usability by minimizing abandonment of shopping carts,
maximizing completion of online forms, optimizing landing pages, and
running usability testing.”

ClickTale’s software can provide IT professionals with vital business intelligence to help meet the company’s bottom line. 

Company Facts

Founded in 2006.

Dr. Tal Schwartz, Co-Founder & CEO.

Arik Yavilevich, Co-Founder and CTO.

Website: www.clicktale.com

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Amdocs Ltd deploys Compact Convergence suite

amdocs_logo.pngGlobes is reporting that Israel-based Amdocs Ltd has deployed its Compact Convergence suite with Mobile Virtual Network Enabler, Effortel in Belgium. The news release announcing this states that the deployment is intended to “help one of the world’s largest retailers offer mobile phone service in Belgium.”

According to the Amdocs website, Amdocs is a

“leader in customer experience systems innovation, enabling
world-leading service providers to deliver an integrated, innovative
and intentional customer experience(TM) at every point of service.”

Its
solutions integrate software, service and expertise, making it easier
for customers to meet their goals. It is expected that Compact Convergence’s network-connected complete service platform will give Effortel,

“the operational flexibility and agility needed to efficiently and cost-effectively create, deliver and manage new value-added services.”

In general, the Compact Convergence suite can help mobile services expand into emerging markets in a manner that is cost-effective while meeting aggressive growth targets and launching services quickly. Cellcom Telecommunications also selected Amdocs Compact Convergence suite recently.

Company Facts

Founded in 1982.

Dov Baharav, President & CEO.


Bruce K. Anderson, Chairman

Eli Gelman,
EVP, COO.

Website:  www.amdocs.com

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Aerophone makes it possible for your next in-flight call to be from your mobile

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Whether through modular cell phones or making cellphone calls from 30,000 feet up in the air on a plane, Israeli companies sure are busy finding new and improved ways for people to connect with each other on the go. Aerophone Ltd, an Israeli company best known for making military communication products, announced today that it has developed a “communication system,
now ready for series production, with which mobile telephone calls can
be made from aircraft – independent of GSM/CDMA ground stations.”

Mobile phone calls in flight will cost about $1.60 a minute and will be payable to existing mobile carriers. While it isn’t clear why the company has shifted its primary focus from being a military communication product manufacturer to being an aviation communication provider, the company’s website emphasizes that its mission is

“to develop, manufacture, and market revolutionary, state of the
art aviation cellular network systems operating on the fleet of aircraft.”

The company’s aim is

“to establish, for the first time, full cellular communication
services (GSM and CDMA) in commercial airliners in the air.”

As this could come to replace the current in-flight telephone systems, IT professionals should become familiar with what Aerophone’s technology is and how it will impact co-workers making calls on business flights.

Company Facts:

Founded in mid- to late-1990s.

Henry Shabat, CEO and Founder.

Menachem Peery, President and CTO.

Website: www.aerophone.biz

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ClickSoftware Technology Ltd. wins contract for 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing

cs_logo.pngIsrael-based ClickSoftware Technology Ltd. recently won a contract to “optimize the scheduling
operations of several hundred technicians responsible for [IT] break/fix, installation and maintenance work” at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing using its ClickSchedule and
ClickAnalyze solutions.

According to the company’s website, ClickSoftware is a mobile workforce management and service optimization solutions provider whose solutions
 

“create business value for service operations through higher levels of productivity, customer satisfaction and cost effectiveness. From proactive customer demand forecasting and capacity planning to real-time decision-making, incorporating scheduling, mobility and location based services, ClickSoftware helps service organizations get the most out of their resources.”

IT professionals looking for real-time performance solutions should pay attention to how ClickSoftware’s products handle the pressures of the Olympics later this year. Few situations get more real-time and demanding than that.

Company Facts

Founded in 1997.

Moshe BenBassat, Chairman and CEO.

Hannan Carmeli, Chief Operating Officer.

Products: ClickSchedule, ClickAnalyze and ClickMobile.

Website: www.clicksoftware.com

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A Superbowl winner: Radvision Ltd.

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Globes has reported that American troops based in Fort Lewis,
Washington, were treated to the chance to
communicate with their favorite NFL players in high definition before Superbowl XLII last night thanks to IP and
cellular video networking solutions developer Radvision Ltd, and high
definition video communications developer LifeSize Communications Inc. 


According
to the Radvision website, the Israel-based company, is an
industry-leading “provider of products and technologies for unified
visual communications over IP and 3G networks.” Through its products,

“Radvision is driving the unified communications evolution by combining the power of video,
voice, data and wireless – in room videoconferencing systems, mobile video solutions and
highly scalable video-enabled desktop platforms for IP and emerging next-generation networks.”


Radvision
is mainly active in enterprise visual communications solutions,
Quad-Play software developer solutions and, mobility and service
provider video solutions. The exposure the company gained from its participation last night can help it expand its presence in these areas.


Company Facts
Founded in 1992. 

Baz Raviv, CEO.

Tsipi Kagan, CFO.

Products
include: SCOPIA 400/1000 Conferencing Platforms, SCOPIA 400/1000
Conferencing Solutions, SCOPIA 3G Video Gateway, Video Portal,
m-Learning.

Website: www.radvision.com

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B.O.S. Better On-Line Solutions Ltd.

boslogo.pngAccording to CNN Money, Israel-based Better On-Line Solutions (B.O.S.) has announced “the signing of a definitive agreement for the acquisition of assets of Dimex Systems Ltd.” B.O.S., an enterprise software and RFID solutions provider, will be acquiring Dimex’s business operation “in consideration for approximately NIS 17.6 million ($4.8 million),” among other parts of the company.

News of the acquisition first broke earlier this month. At the time, B.O.S. noted that the acquisition of Dimex – “a leading integrator of  AIDC (Automatic Identification and Data Collection) solutions based on RFID and Barcode technology” – would expand its own RFID expertise.

Aside from software and hardware RFID solutions, B.O.S.’s also specializes in enterprise software, including IBM System i Middleware, data and license management and mobile connectivity. The acquisition of Dimex was the second for B.O.S. in the past four months. In October 2007, it purchased Summit Radio Corp to enhance its international activities, particularly in the United States.  

Company facts:
Founded in 1990.

Shmuel Koren, President and CEO.

Edouard Cukierman, Chairman of BOS.

Website: www.boscorporate.com

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TechCrunch posts about Sprout. What about Wix?

wixlogo.pngMark Hendrickson of TechCrunch posted about the Flash WYSIWYG editor, Sprout yesterday and included invites to use the beta version to the first 200 readers who signed up through a link on TechCrunch. So far, the general sentiment among those who have tested it out is that it is, in fact, very easy to make Websites and widgets (mini web-programs/gadgets on sites that users can interact with, such as weather boxes) among other things.

While Sprout is getting a lot of attention, it is not a new idea and already faces some direct competition. A few months ago, TechCrunch along with several Israeli-technology focused blogs posted about the Israel-based Flash WYSIWYG Web-based editor, Wix. At the time, Wix was still in stealth mode and didn’t offer much information on its Website. If you go to the site now, however, most of its features are visible to viewers, and it is quite impressive. The site is still in beta, but anyone can sign up to receive more information and be invited in future beta invitation rounds.

Technology professionals should keep an eye on Sprout and Wix, as both sites can make creating and spreading widgets less time consuming and more cost-efficient. Adam Metz has posted a good overview of enterprise widgets and their benefits on his blog, MetzMash.

It should be interesting to see how these companies will do and how the enterprise industry will embrace and use their services.

Company Facts
Has been in beta since October 2007.

Giora Kaplan, Co-Founder.

Avishai Abrahami, Co-Founder.

Nadav Abrahami, Co-Founder.

Website: www.wix.com

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2Win-Solutions

Starting today, 77 new technologies will be launched this week at Demo ’08 in California. Surprisingly, only one Israeli company – 2Win-Solutions – will be present at the conference. It will be launching a Beta-version of its KonoLive.

2Win-Solutions, a division of WinSoft SA, is a company that IT professionals should pay close attention to as it integrates digital documents, online form processing and digital signature technology in

    “affordable software products and services that address the needs of businesses and their customers to
    process and deliver digital documents in a collaborative environment.”

According to a news release, its latest product, KonoLive is an instant collaboration software that integrates “People, Activities and Content through a new layer of everyday collaboration tools.” The software uses Adobe Air and has been hailed by Chris Shipley, executive producer of DEMO, as “a new baseline for practical knowledge sharing.”

Company Facts:

Founded in 2005.

Yossi Dan, co-founder & CEO.

Leverages Adobe Air.

Products: KonoLive, Page2Go, Sign2Go and MyNotes SDK.

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Fraud Sciences

News
Reuters and TechCrunch have both reported that eBay through PayPal has purchased the Israeli fraud solutions company, Fraud Sciences for $169 million. The acquisition has received mixed reactions in the blogosphere, with some questioning how smart it was for eBay to pay such an “inflated” price for the company, and others unsurprised as fraud has hurt the use of eBay by honest customers in foreign countries, and is a much needed improvement for the struggling company.

About
According to TechCrunch’s description, Fraud Sciences

    “offers automated anti-fraud systems including SpotLight VFX and SpotLight T2T, merchant
    solutions the provide transaction verification with fraud prevention.”

Israeli R&D companies database, Matimop.org.il, adds that the promise of the company’s science

    “is to emphatically prove a customer is who they represent themselves to be with minimal
     or zero verification friction. Thus, enabling “online merchants to accept more business from
    more markets and increase the lifetime value of customers.”

TechCrunch also details how the acquisition “will assist them [eBay] in significantly improving trust and safety across its sites in 2008,” by integrating Fraud Sciences’ “risk tools with PayPal’s fraud management system.” Additionally, the Fraud Science’s management team won’t have to worry about seeking new employment as they will join PayPal’s technology and fraud management teams.

Company Facts

Founded in 2001

Shvat Shaked and Saar Wilf, founders

Gadi Maier, CEO

Yossi Barak, COO

Website: www.fraudsciences.com

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