SaaS and 10 Israel-related Headlines, Week of August 2, 2009
Filed under: Cleantech, Environment, Information Technology, SaaS, Uncategorized, VC, Web2.0
During the week of August 2, 2009, it was announced that Shari Arison’s group Shikun u’Binui Real Estate Ltd. will install solar energy panels on the roofs of its projects under construction. VC investment is at it’s lowest in a decade and Panaya is providing software service for automating on-premise SAP upgrade. For these stories and more, check out this week’s 10 headlines below.
Cleantech
1. Israel’s Clean Tech Industry: A Broad Brush Overview
2. Arison unit to install solar panels on new projects
3. eSolar Shows Off Its Solar Thermal Tower
Investment
4. MoneyTree: VC investment lowest in decade
5. WeFi’s Directory Nearly 30 Million WiFi Hotspots Strong, Raises More Funding
Information Technology
6. Researchers hijack computer software update process
7. Panaya’s SaaS Helps On-Premise SAP
8. Waze: social navigation app for your phone
Miscellaneous
9. Employees’ Faith in a Company Can Boost Productivity
Peer39 and 8 Israel-related headlines from the week of May 24, 2009
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Environment, Information Technology, Uncategorized, VC, Web2.0
During the week of May 24, 2009, investments picked up with Tigo Solar, GreenRoad and Peer39 all receiving funding in the eight digits. Aladdin Knowledge Systems, under new ownership, received a nomination for its innovative information security technology, while 3DV – recently purchased by Microsoft – isn’t the only Israeli motion sensor company the software giant is looking to for improvements to its gaming technology. For more on these stories and the rest of this week’s 8 Israel-related headlines from the week of May 24, 2009, check below.
Cleantech
1. Tigo Solar Energy Secures A $10 Million Investment
2. GreenRoad raises $15m from DAG Ventures and existing investors
Investments
3. Peer39 Raises $10.5 Million
Information Technology
4. Finalists Selected for 2009 CompTIA SoftwareCEO Software Innovation Awards (Aladdin Knowledge Systems)
5. More for less (SoftXpand)
6. New Email Technology Boosts US Businesses
Miscellaneous
7. Peeling back another layer of detail on Microsoft’s secret gesture-control system for games
13 Israel-related headlines from the week of February 15, 2009
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Environment, Information Technology, Israeli Websites, Telecomunications, VC, Web2.0
During the week of February 15, 2009, Greylock Israel was revealed to be the most active Israeli venture capital fund in 2008. The Internet was abuzz with both Hulu’s plan to discontinue distributing its content via Boxee and Microsoft’s intention to further its Xbox technology by buying 3DV, a motion and depth sensor company that has technology that can turn a 2D gaming experience into a more interactive 3D one without having to use a controller. In the cleantech sector, news broke that Arison Holdings Ltd. subsidiary Housing and Construction Holding Co. Ltd. plans to build the largest private solar thermal power plant in the Negev. For these stories and more, check below for the 13 Israel-related headlines from the week of February 15, 2009.
Cleantech
1. Lab-on-a-Chip the Latest Weapon Against Pollution
2. Arison plans private solar thermal power plant in Negev
Investments and M&A
3. 3DV buy could give Xbox a stronger punch
4. Greylock Israel the most active Israeli venture capital fund of 2008
Information Technology
5. LG Electronics Selects Intrinsyc to Provide Software for Navigation and Location-Based Services
6. NSC Announces Multimedia Search Server for Enterprise Applications
7. Mellanox Builds Bridges for Data Center Connectivity
Telecom/Mobile
8. iSkoot Kalaida(TM) Platform Brings New Capability to Consumer Handsets
9. WeFi Joins Forces With free-hotspot.com To Expand Global Wi-Fi Network
Miscellaneous
10. Inshore in Nazareth
11. Hulu Withdraws its Content from TV.com, Boxee
12. C-nario, TruMedia integrate audience measurement with digital signage software
13. Rapid Manufacturing Goes Hollywood
16 Israel-related headlines from the week of February 8, 2009
Filed under: Advertising, Cleantech, Company Briefs, Data Storage, IT management, Information Technology, Israeli Websites, Telecomunications, Uncategorized, VC, Web2.0, data security
Two big deals were announced during the week of February 8, 2009. Solar energy company BrightSource inked the largest solar energy deal ever that will help power Southern California, while Web 2.0 news and blog recommendation engine, Outbrain raised an impressive $12 million. Google Israel announced that it will be restructuring and Dell introduced the Latitude XT2 Multitouch Tablet, its latest laptop to use N-Trig’s multitouch technology. For these stories and more, check out this week’s 16 Israel-related headlines below.
Cleantech
1. BrightSource Inks 1.3GW SoCal Edison Deal
2. Lamar Testing Solar-Powered Digital Billboards
3. Crisis Bodes Well For Electric Cars
4. Israeli Solar Company AORA Raises $5 Million
Investments
5. Israel’s Pontis gets $19.65 mln in equity financing
6. Outbrain, the news story recommendation service, gets $12M
Information Technology
7. Dell Intros Latitude XT2 Multitouch Tablet
9. Startup Neocleus building bare-metal desktop hypervisor
10. Industry’s Only Clientless Endpoint Security Management Solution
11. Acronova’s Entry Level DVD-R Duplication System Now Shipped with TrusCont Copy Protection System
Telecom/Mobile
12. Modu unveil modular cellphone jackets, promise big MWC launch news
13. Apps the new battlefield for mobile industry (Nexperience)
14. Having Text? Cell Phone Users Are Cheating on Their Partners
Miscellaneous
15. How Social Media War Was Waged in Gaza-Israel Conflict
16. ‘Waltz with Bashir’ named WGA’s ‘best documentary’
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
15 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of October 26, 2008
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Environment, Industry pulse, Information Technology, VC
During the week of October 26, 2008, news continued out of Israel of the first lay-offs resulting from the turning economy. While companies such as AmDocs and Delver announced cut people, Check Point asserted that though its customers were being affected by the economy, the information security company wasn’t at the moment impacted enough by it to need to let go of any of its employees. The threat of Israel’s universities not opening this year was solved when Olmert ordered a NIS 515 million budget hike. Of course, this wasn’t the only news coming out of Israel this past week. For the full 15 Israel-related technology headlines, check below.
Cleantech
1. LucidLogix raises $18 million for parallel graphics processing technology
2. The Inaugural Israel Cleantech Tour to Arrive in California
3. Israeli cleantech start-ups head to the US to seek investment
4. Argonaut Increases Renewable Energy Interests with SolarReserve
Investments
5. Is The VC Vault Closing for Cleantech?
6. VC Drought? 70 Million Exceptions To The Rule
7. TC50 DemoPit Company Joongel Nets Investment for Stealth Product
8. $5.5 Million BlackBerry Fund Invests In Future Mobile Harvest
Information Technology
9. Will nanotechnology take over IT security?
12. Check Point Software CEO sees no layoffs
Miscellaneous
13. Digital billboards get a little creepier
14. Mich. may be hot spot for Israeli businesses
15. Higher education crisis ends as Olmert orders NIS 515 million budget hike
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.
16 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of October 19, 2008
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Environment, Information Technology, Internet Security, VC
During the week of October 19, 2008, startups in Israel and abroad continued to be warned to cut costs and be careful. Better Place (formerly known as Project Better Place) inked a deal with Australia and Israel’s Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was rumored to abandon her efforts to build a new coalition government that would lead to her become Israel’s next prime minister. For links to these stories in full and the rest of the 16 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of October 19, 2008, check below.
Cleantech
1. Better Place to charge up Australia
2. Sunday Solar to power Israeli kibbutzim
3. While we wait for plug-in hybrids, electric cars bridge the gap
4. Funding becoming harder to get for green startups
Economy
5. Harris: Start-ups adapting to lean times
6. Not a merry Christmas ahead
7. Venture Capital Financing Slows Amid Economic Downturn
Information Technology
8. Tufin Technologies Adds Support for Fortinet With Release of SecureTrack 4.4
9. Contrust cleans up the social media mess
10. XMPie Releases One-to-One Print Marketing Solution
11. GlobalLogic Enters Israeli Software Product Development Market With Acquisition of InterObject
12. Oracle’s new acquisition includes Israeli R&D center
Miscellaneous
13. Minnesota eyes Israel markets
14. Explaining Israel’s high-tech success: Another view
15. Israeli Party Leader to Move for Elections
16. “Within ten years, everything will be cellular”
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.
14 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of October 5, 2008
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Environment, Information Technology, data security
During the week of October 5, 2008, Israel’s cleantech industry continued to make progress and headlines. The biggest cleantech story being that the Cleantech Group has partnered with the California Israel Chamber of Commerce. In telecommunications, JaJah which hasn’t made any significant headlines in the past few months, “re-emerged,” while in Trusteer made another announcement that caught attention. Of course, there was plenty of IT and financial crisis-related headlines making this week’s 14 Israel-related technology headlines as well. For the full list, scroll below.
Cleantech
1. Cleantech Group Partners With California Israel Chamber of Commerce
2. An electrifying solution for wastewater treatment
Information Technology
3. Zoran’s IPS(TM) Interpreter for XPS Earns Logo Certifications From Microsoft
4. JAJAH Gives Voice to Global Innovators
5. CopperGate Communications Named Most Promising Start-up in Israel
6. Beijing Website Aims at High Performance w/ Crescendo
Information Security
7. IBI: SAP profit warning danger to Israeli firms
8. PineApp Ltd. Positioned in Niche Player Quadrant for E-Mail Security Boundaries Magic Quadrant
9. Trusteer Receives “Best of the Web” Award from Online Banking Report
Miscellaneous
10. Israel’s booming hi-tech industry
11. Mobileye Answers Call for U.S. Driver Safety Solutions
12. ‘Universities can’t open academic year’
13. How many Israelis will lose their jobs due to financial crisis?
14. The Five Plagues of Israel: 5 reasons for the exceptionally low Q2 results
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.
10 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of September 28, 2008
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Environment, Information Technology, VC, data security, security
Though there wasn’t a lot of technology news coming from Israel during the week of September 28, 2008, the cleantech industry received a significant amount of the coverage that it did receive. The big news in the industry was that the future of cleantech is still promising and that the climate does impact cleantech investment. Widget company, Gigya raised funds and much of SanDisk’s value has to do with MSystems, Ltd. For the full stories on these and more, check below for this week’s 10 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of September 28, 2008.
Cleantech
1. Clean technologies to create business opportunities, say panelists
2. Accelerated business response to climate change drives cleantech investment
3. Cleantech investment breaks all-time record
Investments
4. JVP Media V holds $100m first closing
5. Gigya Raises $11 Million Series C Round
Information Technology
6. Sandbox security versus the evil Web (Trusteer and Check Point)
7. New Chip Technology Is Crucial to SanDisk’s Value (MSystems, Ltd)
Miscellaneous
8. PicScout Continues to Guard Visual Content Copyright
9. Stellar Startups: The spirit of a startup
10. Israel’s population in New Year: 7.3 million, 76% Jewish
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.
16 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of September 21, 2008
Filed under: Business Intelligence, Cleantech, Company Briefs, Environment, Information Technology, Mergers and Acquisitions, VC
There may be trouble lurking around the corner for Israel’s economy given the current instability of the global economy, but it hasn’t entirely stopped investments being made in Israeli companies and probably won’t. During the week of September 21, 2008, there were announcements of funds being raised in several sectors of Israel’s hit-tech industry, with the most impressive one by far being the $63M in fourth round funding that business transaction software provider, OpTier raised. (Of course, as a fourth round, that indicates the company is fairly established so presumably much less a gamble than any seed and early stage startups.) Some other headlines from Israel include Kfar Saba became the first city in Israel to go green, Commtouch received an award for its messaging security technology and HP has chosen the Technion as a research partner. For more on these and the rest of the 16 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of September 21, 2008, check the list below.
Cleantech
1. Kfar Saba becomes first city to go green
2. 21Ventures and Quercus Trust award grant to support solar research at Weizmann Institute
Investments and M&A
3. InstallFree Secures $8.5 Million in VC Funding
4. Adap.tv Lands $13M in Venture Funding
5. Norwest Venture Partners sets it sights on Israel with new appointment
6. OpTier raises $63 million in funding
Information Technology
7. SiSense Launches Pricing and General Availability of Its Prism Business Intelligence Software
8. Jacada Announces General Availability of Jacada® WorkSpace 5.0
10. Point-of-Sale Advertising Goes High Tech
Miscellaneous
11. Local economy set to grow 4.5%
12. Israeli Internet Companies Seek Partners in Atlanta
13. How to Expand into the U.S. Market
14. Hi-tech salaries drop as inflation heats up
15. New Worlds: Technion chosen as HP research partner
16. Startup Helps Find What You Weren’t Looking for (SemantiNet)
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.
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