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 November 16, 2008
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Environment, Information Technology, Partnerships
Featured during the week of November 16, 2008 were news of Michigan’s governor signing a water technology partnership agreement with Israel and news that Israel’s current drought is the worst its been in over 100 years. Security firm, Finjan announced that it raised $22 million and AOMi partnered with Cordys. Contradicting stories on the state of the Israel’s hi-tech sector from the Jerusalem Post and BusinessWeek also made the headlines. For these stories and more check out the headlines below.
Cleantech and Environment
1. Israel Facing Worst Water Crisis in More Than 100 Years
2. Mich. governor signs water technologies agreement
3. A Better Place In The San Francisco Bay Area
Investments and deals
4. AOMi Partners with Cordys to Enhance SaaS Business Model
5. ColdSpark Integrates Commtouch Messaging Security Suite into Mail Platform for Large Enterprises
6. Security firm Finjan raises $22 million
8. Taboola Funded for Video Recommendation Engine
Information Technology
9. Voltaire Powers World’s Largest Windows Supercomputer
10. HP and N-trig Deliver Innovative Hands-On Computing
11. WorkLight Helps Retail Banks Gain Edge by Embracing Secure Web 2.0
Miscellaneous
12. MSN Israel reborn
13. Infima Tech Introduces JPACK Compression Solution
14. Hard Times Hit Israel’s Tech Sector
15. US to lower Israeli airport’s safety ranking
16. Despite the tough times, Israel’s high-tech sector thrives
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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