Tweet Much attention in the news was paid to Israel’s operation in Gaza during the week of December 28, 2009, including to online technology related to it. Different Israeli government branches, from the IDF to Israeli Consulates in the U.S., began to leverage popular social media tools, such as blogs, YouTube and Twitter, to explain […]
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Tweet Lilach Weissman reported on Globes online yesterday that Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor director general Gabriel Maimon told the Knesset Economics Committee that 4,000 high-tech employees have lost their jobs since October, and that the number could reach 15,000 (out of a total of 70,000). A day earlier, Roi Carthy posted an entry on TechCrunch […]
Tweet Forget BRIC-countries. It’s the R.I.CH.I-countries. David Hill of eChannelline wrote today that EMC, an IT-supplier, recently announced that it established a Centers of Excellence program in four emerging markets, Russia, India, China and Israel. Under the program, EMC will invest locally in software development and manufacturing and gain access to the local talent pool […]
Tweet Actimize, a transactional risk management software company under NICE Systems, announced last week that it has embedded IBM’s InfoSphere Global Name Recognition (GNR) technology within the Actimize enterprise risk management platform “to enhance its analytical capabilities.” According to the announcement, GNR is an enterprise tool designed to help organizations understand, analyze and process multi-cultural […]
Tweet The week of November 30, 2008 showed that (some) companies are still being funded, information security is still important and why Israelis are good at sales. For these stories and more, check below for this week’s 16 Israel-related technology headlines. Cleantech 1. “Israel’s Cleantech Predicted to Reach Legendary Status” by Minnesota Environmental Expert 2. […]
Tweet **The following relates to the enterprise but is not directly related to technology companies or people in Israel.** Every so often I like to share my thoughts on Facebook’s future and where I think it is going in regards to the enterprise and in general. My biggest prediction in the past has been that […]
Tweet Featured during the week of November 16, 2008 were news of Michigan’s governor signing a water technology partnership agreement with Israel and news that Israel’s current drought is the worst its been in over 100 years. Security firm, Finjan announced that it raised $22 million and AOMi partnered with Cordys. Contradicting stories on the […]
Tweet Israeli data leakage protection company, Safend, has released a set of tips for how companies can keep their data safe during the Holiday season and long after. Tips include: Employ a Sound Auditing Process: Portable storage devices such as iPods, PDAs, smart phones and other mobile devices, have become pervasive in the workplace. Allowing […]
Tweet There may be trouble lurking around the corner for Israel’s economy given the current instability of the global economy, but it hasn’t entirely stopped investments being made in Israeli companies and probably won’t. During the week of September 21, 2008, there were announcements of funds being raised in several sectors of Israel’s hit-tech industry, […]
