17 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of November 9, 2008

November 16, 2008 by Lisa Damast
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Environment, Information Technology, Mergers and Acquisitions, VC

During the week of November 9, 2008, the Israel cleantech tour in the US began and CA announced its plans to buy Eurekify. On the funding side, Convergin secured $10 million from Pitango Venture Capital and Odysii introduced its marketing intelligence software to U.S. banks. Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, the former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Israel who is running in the upcoming elections in February, received attention from the New York Times for the intentional strong similarity of his website and strategy to that of the U.S. president-elect, Barack Obama. Of course the biggest news in Israel was that former hi-tech businessman, Nir Barkat was elected to be the next mayor of Jerusalem. For more on these stories and the rest of the 17 Israel-related technology headlines from the weeks of November 9, 2008, check the list below.

Cleantech and Environment

1. Israel clean tech tour begins Monday

2. Jordan, Israel work to overcome regional water drought

Investments, M&A and the Economy

3. CA to buy Eurekify

4. Crisis, what crisis?

5. Local hi-tech investment soars

6. Convergin Secures $10 Million Investment from Pitango Venture Capital for Growth-Stage Funding

Information Technology

7. Odysii Introduces Its Leading Marketing Intelligence Software to U.S. Banks

8. BOS Announces Launching PointAct — A Family of Microsoft SharePoint Software Based Applications for RFID Solutions

9. Tsarfin Computing Ltd. Announces Availability of NetInfo Verson 6.7

10. Indian MFI Cashpor Improves Financial Reach with ClassifEye

11. G.ho.st Twitters from Amazon Web Services

Miscellaneous

12. Move Over, Napa: Boutique Wines from Israel are Making a U.S. Debut

13. Xeround Named as Finalist in Stevie Awards for Women in Business

14. MobiMate and WorldMate Establish New Headquarters in Atlanta

15. Israeli Candidate Borrows a (Web) Page from Obama

16. Netanyahu: For sake of peace, Israel must aid Palestinian economy

17. Barkat promises to be mayor of all J’lem residents

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.

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