18 Israel-related headlines from the week of January 18, 2009
Filed under: Advertising, Cleantech, Company Briefs, Data Storage, Environment, IT management, Industry pulse, Information Technology, SOA Governance, SaaS, Telecomunications, Uncategorized, VC, Web2.0, cloud computing
During the week of January 18, 2009, business was back to normal for better and for worse. Announcements were made that Israel is planning the largest desal plant and Varonis and SAManage received funding. On the other end, the Israel Venture Capital Research Center released VC funding numbers for the fourth quarter of 2008 that were expectedly very low and promising social search engine, Delver announced that unless it receives more funding or gets acquired in the next few weeks it will cease its operations. For these and the rest of the 18 Israel-related headlines from the week of January 18, check below.
Cleantech
1. Israel plans largest desal plant in $513M deal
Investments and Economy
3. Aviv VC raises half of what it hoped
4. EMC leads $15m round for Varonis
5. Global crisis hits local venture capital industry
6. Nokia, Intel Slump Torpedoes Israel Economy as Rockets Grounded
7. SAManage Secures Series A Funding from Xenia Venture Capital
Information Technology
8. BPM VIEWPOINT: The Opportunity in Unstructured Business Process Management (ActionBase)
9. Cordys Process Factorytrade; Wins Best Cloud Management Solution
11. ClickSoftware launches new system for customer interaction management
Telecom
13. Which companies will Nortel take down in its crash?
14. Skuku Embeds GIPS VoiceEngine
15. AudioCodes Announces Availability of VoIPerfect and High Definition VoIP on MIPS Technologies’ Cores
Miscellaneous
16. Michigan, Israeli companies share business growth ideas
17. Peres invites new envoys to join science and tech R&D council
18. Social Search Engine Delver On Death Watch
16 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of December 7, 2008
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Information Technology, Partnerships, Uncategorized, Web2.0
During the week of December 7, 2008 there was a lot of activity in the cleantech sector. Better Place made a few announcements, including its latest deal in Japan and the Technion-Israel Insitute of Technology in Haifa announced that engineers there invented a road surface that generates electricity as cars drive over it. In the IT sector, Actimize, a risk management software company and NICE Systems company, expanded its partnership with IBM and ActionBase, a provider of Human Process Management Solutions (HPMS), announced its partnership with BackFlip Software to provide instant connectivity to mobile customers. For these and the rest of this week’s 16 Israel-related headlines, check out the list below.
Cleantech
2. Nine clean technology predictions for 2009
Information Technology
4. Actimize Expands IBM Partnership; Embeds Technology to Fight Fraud and Financial Crime
6. N-trig to uses ARC IP in touch screen technologies
7. IBM Research and Samsung Electronics to Boost Automation in Consumer Electronics Industry
8. SaaS and CRM: 30 Percent Penetration by 2012
9. SpeedBit Announces the All New DAP 9
10. ActionBase Utilizes BackFlip Software for Instant Connectivity to Mobile Devices
Telecom
11. Micronet Awarded SIIRD Grant to Develop a New Hybrid Fix-Portable 7′ Color Mobile Data Terminal
12. Chat with your friends without Internet connection
Miscellaneous
13. Birthright guarantees funding through March
14. ‘Social’ life in Jerusalem
15. No Auto Crash for Israel’s Mobileye
16. Israel and Japan Partnering in $1.8 Million Research Programs
Bonus
This past week I came across an interview with the CEO of Check Point that Robert Scoble posted on his Fast Company channel back in May 2008. The interview, which was conducted by Scoble and other tech bloggers, covers what the information security software company does, how it started and why it’s needed, among other things.
ActionBase raises funds
Last week, Globes reported that Activity and Decision Management solution provider, ActionBase Corp. raised $1.7 million from venture capital firms Giza and Vertex as part of its $6.5 million third financing round.
According to the ActionBase website, ActionBase is an Enterprise Action Items Management Solution
“for
managing meeting minutes, decisions and action items. It is designed
to manage day-to-day action items and meeting minutes and fills the gap
between sophisticated project management tools and conventional
Microsoft Office applications.”
The solution
“provides an easy to use email based system
designed for tracking decision execution through its entire lifecycle -
including all the relevant documents, meetings, action items, decisions
and emails, thereby alleviating the problem of information overload.”
The management and tracking system process also minimizes the involvement with the IT department. ActionBase is currently being used by over 150 large enterprises in Israel and abroad, including Coca-Cola, Texas Instruments and Tnuva.
IT professionals looking for management software that goes with MicroSoft Office and has a proven track-record with major enterprises should consider using ActionBase’s solutions. It should also be interesting to see how ActionBase will innovate its products using its new funds.
Company Facts
Founded in 1999.
Based in Bnei-Brak, Israel.
Since 2004, ActionBase has been part of the AdvanTech Group.
Sam Somech, Chairman of the Board.
Eyal Maor, CEO.
Website: www.actionbase.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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