The main headlines coming from Israel’s hi-tech scene during the week of June 15, 2008 were primarily related to water technology and future investments in Israel. It was announced that Los Angeles joined Israel on water research and Germany-based RWE made a bid for Israel’s Negev solar plant. The MSCI index announced that it will be upgrading Israel from an emerging market to a developed one, joining the ranks of the United States and the UK among others. While being considered “developed” sounds nice, Israel will now be vying against these more established economies for funds. Although this was covered extensively in the media around the world (and is covered in it’s own section on this list), there were plenty of other Israel technology-related headlines from the past week. Check out the full list of this week’s 21 Israel-related technology headlines below:
Cleantech
BP seeks more Israeli cleantech investment
Arison’s water venture gets name, launch date
Environmentalists unite against Red-Dead canal
Los Angeles and Israel to cooperate on water research
RWE reportedly makes bid for Negev
Investments (VC)
Neocleus Raises Over $11M in Series B Financing
Get with the consumer program, say Israeli VCs
Tax breaks urged for venture lending cos
Investments (Israeli Market)
A worrying look at the future of Israeli hi-tech
Markets slide on financial, oil fears
High-tech industry sees slowdown loom
Tel Aviv Bourse to Stay Independent, Forgo Alliances, CEO Says
Information Technology
Amdocs and IBM Introduce Unified Data Management Solution
Magic Software Nominated for SYS-CON’s “SOA World Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards”
Miscellaneous
Israeli telecom start-ups find success in Asian road show
TI in Israel says it “believes in fabs”
Partner launches video-on-demand service
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