During the week of August 9, 2009, Crescendo Networks, which enhances the Web application delivery process, announced that it raised $5 million in funding and will move it’s headquarters to Menlo Park.  SiSense announced the release of PrismCubed, it’s new business intelligence product aimed at small businesses, and MyHeritage, the free family genealogy Website, released its latest version of Family Tree Builder. For more on these and the rest of this week’s 10 Israel-related headlines, check below.

Cleantech
1. Shai Agassi, Israel’s Homegrown Electric Car Pioneer: On the Road to Oil Independence

2. Tigo Energy finalist in two US gov’t tenders

Investment
3. Getting R&D together

4. Crescendo Networks raises $5M, moves HQ to Menlo Park

Information Technology
5. Who Needs Graphics? Create Charts in SQL

6. GamaSec Announced Zero Day Project To Fight Explosion in Web Attacks

7. SiSense Beefs Up SMB BI Tool

Miscellaneous
8. Globalization of Technology Ventures: Lessons from Israel

9. MyHeritage Releases New Version of Family Tree Builder

10. Israeli rocker Asaf Avidan signs on with Sony Columbia records