12 Israel-related headlines from the week of January 11, 2008 (N-Trig Edition)
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Data Storage, Environment, Industry pulse, Information Technology, Internet Security, Mergers and Acquisitions, Uncategorized, data security
During the week of January 11, 2009, the war in Gaza escalated and news about Israeli tech companies continued. The biggest news of the week was that multi-touch technology company, N-Trig raised $24 million in its latest round of funding, the majority coming from Microsoft. Better Place announced its partnership to bring electric cars to Canada while Aladdin agreed to be acquired after months of talks with Vector Capital. Other information security companies, Trusteer and Commtouch also made headlines with important security threat findings. For links to these stories and more, check out the complete 12 Israel-related headlines from the week of January 11, 2009 below.
Cleantech
1. Better Place Partners with Ontario to Bring ‘Car 2.0’ Electric Car Infrastructure to Canada
2. Eilat to host major international energy conference
Investments and M&A
3. Information security provider Aladdin is to be acquired by Vector Capital for $160 million
4. Microsoft leads $24m round for touch screen co N-trig
Information Technology
5. Phishing attack uses pop-up message on bank sites
6. Shunra Software Joins Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partners Program
8. RiT Technologies launches Paladin environment and security management suite
N-Trig
10. N-trig Secures $24 Million of New Funding to Fuel Hands-on computing™ Growth in Global PC Market
11. Microsoft Betting Big on ‘Touch’
12. CyberLink and N-Trig Introduce Next-Generation Multi-Touch Enabled Applications at CES
15 Israel-related headlines from the week of January 4, 2008 (Gaza Operation Edition #2)
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Data Storage, Environment, Information Technology, Internet Security, Mergers and Acquisitions, Uncategorized, VC, Web2.0, cloud computing, data security
During the week of of January 4, 2008, aside from the escalation of Israel’s operation in Gaza and more attacks on Israeli websites, one of the biggest stories in the tech world was the launch of Israel-based Ctera’s new storage device. Another was that Israel issued its first solar licenses for solar power plants. Despite the poor economic and VC investment outlooks, at least three Israeli companies (including Ctera) announced they raised funds. There was also news of an imminent Aladdin sale that sent its stocks rocketing. For these stories and more, you can view this week’s 15 Israel-related headlines below.
Israel-Hamas Conflict (Technology side)
1. Israel-Gaza Conflict Spills Over Into Twitter
2. Hackers Take the Fight Over Gaza Online
3. Digital World: How to beat anti-Israel hackers at their own game
4. Spam poses as CNN story about Israel-Hamas conflict
Cleantech
5. Israel issues first solar licenses
6. Cleantech Investment Slowdown Predicted in 2009
Investments
8. TraderTools Raises $7.5 Million
Information Technology
9. Aladdin shares surge on report company sale is near
10. Start-up Ctera will offer cloud storage through carriers
11. Save Mart Supermarkets Deploys Integrated Retalix Supply Chain Software
12. Gigya: December 23rd Was Biggest Day For Our Widgets, Ever
Miscellaneous
13. Freeverse Announces Slot Car Racing Game for IPhone
14. Eyes in the sky
15. Fish memories underestimated
Top posts on Israel Innovation 2.0 from the past week
G.ho.st: A real model for coexistence
Why TechAviv and technology in general lacks women (Part 1)
16 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of November 30, 2008
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Environment, Information Technology, Telecomunications
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. Oree Raises $4M for Flexible LEDs
Investments and Economy
3. San Jose chipmaker gets $52M
4. Israel’s silicon valley seeks NIS 500 million state investment
5. US and Israel cooperate on new Beersheva tech park
6. The Tumult Reaches Israel’s Markets
Information Technology
7. Trusteer offers up malware search tool
8. Spartan Stores Deploys Retalix Dock Scheduling Solution
9. Organised e-crime demands pro-active defences
10. Commtouch in Top 50 Fastest Growing EMEA Technology Companies
Mobile
11. Mobile start-ups thrive in Israel
12. Facebook Messaging on Over One Billion Devices (Emoze)
Miscellaneous
13. Shalom, Christmas Shoppers: Israelis Sell Cosmetics, Toys at the Mall
14. Indo-Israeli trade ties the real target
15. Iran executes IT expert who spied for Israel
16. Don’t Want To Use Pre-Installed Microsoft Windows? Sue Dell
12 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of November 23, 2008
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Industry pulse, Information Technology, Web2.0
Most news from the week of November 23, 2008 was dwarfed by the terrorist attacks that took place in Mumbai, India. The Israel-related technology headlines that did make it through included skepticism for Shai Agassi’s electric car company, Better Place, Magic Software’s new platform application and Israel’s latest Web 2.0 entrant, wePapers.com. For these headlines and more, check out this week’s 12 below.
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.
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