14 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of August 24, 2008
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Information Technology, Web2.0
Cleantech news from Israel is heating up as Israel’s first solar farm became functional and an Israel Corp investment of $10 million into solar power company HelioFocus was announced during the week of August 24, 2008. Software optimizer, Replay Solutions received an $11 million investment and Aternity Inc announced its strategic partnership with Ness Technologies. The clothing design process is about to get revolutionized with Optitex software that “replicates fabrics so realistically that clothing designers can see what fashions will look and act like on people before garments are made.” For these full stories and more, check below for the 14 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of August 24, 2008
Cleantech
Israel says hi to hybrids
Israel’s first solar power station up and running in Negev
Israel ‘on verge of becoming world leader in cleantech’
M&A and Investments
Israel Corp unit invests $10m in solar power co HelioFocus
Aladdin to Vector: Access Denied for $13 a Share
Information Technology
Japan’s Fuji Television Network Selects Imperva for Database Monitoring and J-SOX Compliance
WorkLight: Bringing Enterprise 2.0 to a Widget Near You
Breaking News: Aternity and Ness Technologies Form Strategic Partnership
adCore™ Announces Full Yahoo! Search API Implementation
Miscellaneous
Robo-skeleton lets paralysed walk
A Boom in Israel’s Exports to India
Eyes turn to dawn of ‘visual computing’
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.
*About the Weekly Headlines image: The Star of David in the image was found on Flickr and is used under the Creative Commons license. It was originally uploaded by Flickr member, zeevveez. The overall Weekly Headlines image was designed by Lisa Damast.
Breaking News: Aternity and Ness Technologies Form Strategic Partnership
Filed under: Breaking News, Information Technology, Partnerships, Performance Management
Israel Innovation 2.0 has received word that Aternity Inc. and Ness Technologies have formed a partnership in which Ness Technologies, a global provider of end-to-end IT services and
solutions, will sell, implement, train and support the Aternity Frontline Performance Intelligence (FPI) Platform in Israel.
In the news release announcing this, Shahar Efal, President of Ness Israel, explains,
“Enterprise-class organizations realize that they need to monitor and measure application performance, usage, and usability not just from the data center perspective, but from the end user perspective. Aternity delivers a unique and extremely effective approach with its Frontline Performance Intelligence platform which represents the next-generation of application performance management technology. We are committed to the successful deployment and implementation of Aternity as the ubiquitous platform for delivering end-to-end visibility into real end user experience for our clients.”
This news follows Aternity’s two-fold announcement back in June of its first set of packaged Frontline Performance Intelligence (FPI) solutions tailored for specific enterprise applications and the launch of its worldwide Partner Program.
In an Israel Innovation 2.0 interview with Aternity at the time, CEO Trevor Matz stated that
“Aternity’s platform uniquely monitors the end-user experience in real time by analyzing, aggregating and correlating desktop performance, application performance and user productivity to help determine and resolve in less time the root cause of any problems. Using the FPI Platform, companies can become proactive in capacity planning, application licensing optimization, and desktop virtualization and orchestration.”
While this partnership will allow Aternity to enter into a new market and help improve the performance of Israeli companies in the process, it can also give Ness – which is “facing intense competition form large players in the IT industry” – the edge it needs.
Related Entries
Aternity in the spotlight
Aternity continues to make the proactive enterprise a reality (Interview with Trevor Matz)
Aternity Headlines
Ness Technologies Headlines
About the author: Lisa Damast currently resides in Israel. Any questions or inquiries regarding this blog can be directed to her via email at lisa (at) israelinnovation20 (dot) com. She can also be followed on Twitter, where she covers additional Israeli technology companies and headlines among other topics.
19 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of August 17, 2008
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Information Technology, Internet Security, Telecomunications
Socio-Economic Cabinet Approves Proposal on Promoting Renewable Energy
Information Technology
IBM’s XIV storage lacks high-end features, analyst says
Microsoft: Virtualization Party Just Getting Started
Intel Looks to Power Devices Through Air
Shunra Software Joins HP Software Marketplace Referral Program
Information Security
New Version of GlobalView Mail Reputation Available
Online Encyclopedia Lists Internal Network Security Threats
Telecom/Mobile
Pinger Selects VoIP Co. Voxbone to Expand Mobile Voice Service
N-trig’s DuoSense(TM) Digitizer Embedded in Intel’s New UrbanMax Mobile Computer
Bebo Pioneer Jim Scheinman Joins MocoSpace Board of Directors
Dov Moran has high modu expectations
Israel telecoms sector revs grow 5.4 pct in 2007
Miscellaneous
Israel leads OECD in R&D
Eyeing global market, Technion makes its MBA English-only
Washington Watch: Israel brings home gold from China
U.S. entrepreneur makes aliyah seeking ‘next big invention’
Interview with VC power broker, Anat Segal
*About the Weekly Headlines image: The Star of David in the image was found on Flickr and is used under the Creative Commons license. It was originally uploaded by Flickr member, zeevveez. The overall Weekly Headlines image was designed by Lisa Damast.
West Coast Labs awards Aladdin eSafe Premium Checkmark Anti-Spam Certification
Recently, Aladdin Knowledge Systems,
an information security company specializing in authentication, software
DRM and content security, announced that West Coast Labs awarded the Aladdin eSafe with Checkmark Premium Level Anti-Spam Certification.
According to Aladdin’s website, Aladdin eSafe
protects against Web-based malware and zero-day threats through an in-line, wire-speed secure Web gateway featuring powerful anti-spyware, application level controls, and URL filtering. eSafe also controls spam and inspects SMTP and POP3 traffic though a proactive email security gateway.
West Coast Labs, an independent test facility for information security products and services, included in its report some of the highlights of the test including:
Virtual Appliance performed exceptionally well in all aspects of testing during the course of the anti-spam and URL filtering, and so the solution has been awarded the Premium Level Anti-Spam Certification. — Overall, the solution performed extremely well, achieving a 99 percent cumulative [spam] detection rate. — Thanks to the wide range of settings available, the administrator can fine-tune [eSafe] Virtual Appliance to a high degree.
Israel is a hotbed for innovative information security. Other Israeli security companies besides Aladdin include, Check Point, PineApp, Sentrigo and Commtouch, among many others.
Company Facts
Founded in 1985.
Headquarters in Petach Tikva, Israel.
Yanki Margalit, Co-Founder and CEO.
Dany Margalit, Co-Founder & Director.
Tsion Gonen, Vice President eSafe.
Products: HASP, eToken, eSafe.
Website: www.aladdin.com.
About the author: Lisa Damast currently resides in Israel. Any questions or inquiries regarding this blog can be directed to her via email at lisa (at) israelinnovation (dot) com. She can also be followed on Twitter, where she covers additional Israeli technology companies and headlines among other topics.
14 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of August 10, 2008
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Information Technology, Telecomunications, VC
During the week of August 10, 2008 investors and professionals from Massachusetts received attention for their interest in using their current relationships with Israeli technology companies to enter cleantech. Israeli air-conditioning company, Agam Energy Systems Ltd., announced plans to expand its operations to include developing fuel-efficience technology for car engines. Siano Mobile, a mobile TV chip maker raised $17.5 million and there was a call for more international conferences. VoIP companies, Spikko and Skuku, and several other companies also make up this week’s 14 Israel-related technology headlines. See the complete list below.
Cleantech
Mass. looks to strengthen clean-tech ties with Israel
Agam to develop fuel-efficient car engines
M&A and Investments
Mobile TV Chipmaker Siano Mobile Silicon Lands $17.5 Million
Hi-tech companies raise $291 million in second quarter
Information Technology
IBM’s XIV storage lacks high-end features, analyst says
Numonyx may close California Technology Center
Haier to recruit over 100 for Israeli development center
Mon: Aladdin leads technology sector to gains
Miscellaneous
Combined Technologies From Continental and Mobileye Support the New Speed Limit Information of the New BMW 7 Series
Wanted: More International Conferences in Israel
Tired Of Mobile Phone Bills: Check Out This Israeli Start-up
Skuku – where mobile phones meets VoIP
Bonus
Also during the week of August 10, 2008, Israel Innovation 2.0 was included in Jacob Share’s JobMob blog entry featuring a visual list of Digital Eve Israel members who blog. Digital Eve Israel is a listserv for hi-tech professionals in Israel and is widely considered to be the best resource for English speakers looking for work and advice in the field. JobMob is the top blog with advice on getting a job in Israel in any field.
Related Posts
Company in Focus: Walla Communications Ltd.
Blogging platforms, Israeli professionals and the lack of Israeli company blogs
Company in Focus: XIV
Rumors of IBM being in talks to purchase Diligent Technologies Corp.
*About the Weekly Headlines image: The Star of David in the image was found on Flickr and is used under the Creative Commons license. It was originally uploaded by Flickr member, zeevveez. The overall Weekly Headlines image was designed by Lisa Damast.
PineApp Mail-SeCure secures North Florida Women’s Care’s email communications
PineApp, an e-mail and content systems security provider, announced recently that
“North Florida Women’s Care (NFWC) has utilized PineApp’s Mail-SeCure perimeter security appliance to provide the organization with secure email while eliminating a massive amount of spam attacks.”
According to the PineApp website, Mail-SeCure is an
“advanced anti-spam and email security appliance that combats evolving email-based threats such as botnets, image and MP3-based spam and sophisticated virus attacks.”
Mail-Secure, which claims to block 98.5% of spam, also provides multi anti-virus engines with multi layered anti-spam protection.
Just how prevalent is the threat of spam to companies (of any size)? Here are some numbers about spam over the past few years:
In 2005, fewer than 5 out of 100 e-mails were image spam. (CSO Online)
In 2006, 40 percent of e-mails were image spam. (CSO Online)
In December 2007, over 80 percent of emails were unsolicited. (ciol.com)
In 2007, 84 percent of companies had been affected by malware introduced via email. (ciol.com)
If your current spam protection program isn’t doing enough to protect your company and you’re looking for other solutions, you should add PineApp to your list of companies with products to consider.
Company Facts
Founded in 2002.
Headquarters in Nesher, Israel.
Hezi Erez, CEO.
Gabriel M. Mizrahi, Co-Founder and CTO.
Products: Mail-SeCure, Surf-SeCure and Secure SoHo.
Website: www.pineapp.com.
About the author: Lisa Damast currently resides in Israel. Any questions or inquiries regarding this blog can be directed to her via email at lisa (at) israelinnovation20 (dot) com. She can also be followed on Twitter, where she covers additional Israeli technology companies and headlines among other topics.
17 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of August 3, 2008
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Information Technology, Internet Security, Telecomunications, VC
The week of August 3, 2008 was a good one for Israeli companies announcing funds raised. Israeli-Chinese social networking company, Koolanoo raised $25 million, and Confidela, software-as-a-service document security and control company that’s still in stealth mode raised $5 million in second-round funding. Water management companies, Tahal and Environmental Energy Resources Ltd. (EER) made headlines with their projects while VoIP company, JaJah made headlines with its new translation services. For Information Technology news and more, check below for the complete 17 Israeil-related technology headlines from the week of August 3, 2008.
Cleantech
Tahal obtains financing for €41m Ghana water project
UK to use Israeli waste-disposal technology
M&A and Investments
Koolanoo Group raises $25M
WAN optimization co Expand raises $10m
YouLicense.com Secures Funding From Ofer Media and Logia Group
Carl Zeiss SMT to Acquire Israeli Start-Up Pixer Technology
Telecommunications
Micronet to expand its presence in the North American Mobile Resource Management Market
Jacada Signs Material Contract with New Telecommunications Customer in North America
New Translation Services Come to MS Office and JaJah
Information Technology
Shunra Software Joins the VMware Technology Alliance Partner Program
Crescendo Scales to Meet Web Applications’ Need for Speed
Miscellaneous
Applied Materials Promotes Gilad Almogy to Senior Vice President
From Silicon Valley to Silicon Wadi
N-trig Announces Availability of Multi-touch Gestures Software Development Kit
16 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of July 27, 2008
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Data Storage, Environment, Information Technology, Telecomunications, Web2.0
The week of July 27, 2008, started off with an opinion piece by NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman about T. Boone Pickens and Shai Agassi leading the energy revolution. Meanwhile, rivals in Agassi’s former field, IBM and Microsoft are moving forward with integrating their recent Israeli acquisitions and Adobe is now seeking its own Israeli technology. Of course, politically, the big news was that Israeli PM, Ehud Olmert, will be resigning in September. How this will impact peace in the region and Israel’s economy, if at all, is yet to be seen. These weren’t the only big headlines from the past week though. The full 16 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of July 27, 2008 are right below.
Cleantech
Texas to Tel Aviv
Luz II parent in Phoenix solar talks
M&A and Investments
Chief Scientist budget not cut – but dry
Multimedia file storage startup raises cash
Information Technology
Penguins in Tel Aviv? It Must Be the Annual Open-Source Convention
Adobe seeks Israeli technology
Microsoft zooms into data quality
Telecommunications
iPoint in Sri Lankan Move
Cisco invests in Israeli multimedia WiFi startup
ClickSoftware Extends Major Contract for Mobile Workforce Management in Germany
Miscellaneous
My ads aren’t your ads
Website allows employee recommendations for pay
Olmert to Quit After Elections in September
MADE IN IBM LABS: IBM Research Develops Technology to Aid Human Memory
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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