Disruptor: In the past week SolarEdge has announced partnerships to distribute its technology across Australia and Europe and has been named a Red Herring 100 Winner.

Known for its high costs and lagging efficiency, the solar energy field has been one to watch for many but one to take advantage of for very few. New innovations and incentives in the field however, reported on CNET, offer promise for many solar companies looking to establish themselves. One company that seems to have had little difficulty establishing itself is SolarEdge, a solar power harvesting solution provider based in Israel.

Considered a major disruptor in the field, SolarEdge has been in the news over the past few months regarding everything from partnerships with companies such as Flextronics to products. Yesterday the company announced that it has partnered with Solco to help distribute and install its technology more widely in Australia.

According to Solco CEO Mark Norman,

“Our partnership reflects the intensive quest by both companies to create highly efficient and cost-effective PV systems. The combination of SolarEdge technology and Solco’s technical expertise will significantly enhance the energy output of solar power systems installed in Australia.”

In addition to partnering with Solco, SolarEdge has also partnered with Gadot Solar Solutions to distribute and install SolarEdge technology across Europe.

The distribution deal with Gadot will focus on SolarEdge’s PowerBoxes, which optimizes current solar panel systems and monitors their energy. The PowerBoxes can enable the production of up to 25% more energy and significantly reduce costs.

In March Fast Company listed SolarEdge as one of the world’s 10 Most Innovative Companies in Energy for 2010 and last week SolarEdge was among eight Israeli companies named Red Herring 100 winners. The Red Herring criteria included financial performance, technology innovation and execution of strategy. The company has raised over $57 million in funding, including from GE, and has annual solar sales of about $200 million.

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Last week Imperva, an application data security provider, announced that it was selected by Japan’s Fuji Television Network to monitor its databases monitoring and help it comply with Japan’s Financial Instruments and Exchange Law – the Japanese version of the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act. Imperva’s SecureSphere(R) Database Monitoring Gateways (DMG) software will be implemented.

According to the news release,

SecureSphere enables Fuji TV to meet internal governance and database security requirements with zero impact on performance… [by providing] an automated reporting system that simplifies and reduces the cost of documenting and demonstrating J-SOX compliance.

It goes on to mention that Fuji TV selected SecureSphere for its ability to:

(1) Impose zero impact on the existing production environment
(2) Support transaction intensive networks and applications without affecting performance
(3) Provide comprehensive database auditing and security capabilities

Back in July, the Domain Name and Web Hosting service GoDaddy.com also announced that it initiated Imperva’s SecureSphere Web Application Firewall (WAF) for SOX compliance purposes and to insure that the company’s Quick Shopping Cart application continues to enable businesses to quickly and easily create and manage ecommerce sites in a secure manner.

In 2007, Imperva was named to Red Herring’s Top 100. Here’s a link to a 2007 Red Herring video interview with Imperva’s Co-Founder and CEO, Shlomo Kramer.

IT professionals should consider Imperva’s SecureSphere product line for robust and scalable security solutions.

Company Facts
Founded in 2002.

Headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Shlomo Kramer, Co-Founder and CEO. Also co-founded Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. in 1993.

Amichai Shulman, Co-Founder and CTO.

Products: Web Application Firewall, Database Monitoring Gateways, Database Security Gateway and more.

Website: www.imperva.com.

About the author: Lisa Damast currently resides in Israel. Any questions or inquiries regarding this blog can be directed to her via email at lisa (at) israelinnovation20 (dot) com. She can also be followed on Twitter, where she covers additional Israeli technology companies and headlines among other topics.