13 Israel-related headlines from the week of February 22, 2009
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Environment, IT management, Information Technology, Mergers and Acquisitions, Nano, SaaS, Uncategorized, VC, cloud computing, virtualization
The week of February 22, 2009, was a fairly quiet one for Israel’s technology and business sectors… but there was still plenty that happened. News about Microsoft’s interests in purchasing 3DV Systems, a motion-sensing company, continued, as did layoff announcements. Tufin Technologies announced the general availability of its SecureChange Workflow software and IT Structures, an on-demand virtual enterprise software evaluation service, demonstrated its technology during VMworld Europe last week. For these stories and more, check out the rest of this week’s 13 Israel-related headlines below.
Cleantech
1. DOE & Israel Update Energy Cooperation Agreement
2. Ancient Jordanian wells radioactive, study finds
Investments, Economy and M&A
3. Stormy day for high-tech as layoffs, pay cuts announced
4. Microsoft Set to Bring 3D Motion Control to Xbox & PC Games
5. Venture capital investments rise in China, India, and Israel
Information Technology
7. Tufin Technologies Announces General Availability of SecureChange(TM) Workflow
8. Red Hat Targets VMware, Microsoft With Virtualization Line (Qumranet)
9. IT Structures Emerges to Take Center Stage at VMworld Europe
Miscellaneous
10. Financial crisis gives universities a chance to reverse brain drain
11. The Mobile Industry Meets Hollywood
12. Israeli ‘Spiderman’ attacks commuters
13. Nanotech activity in Israel jumps 150%
14 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of November 2, 2008
The week of November 2, 2008 was filled with conferences and awards. Deloitte announced the 50 fastest-growing high-tech companies in Israel for the year 2008 with Runcom taking the top honor and last year’s top company, Voltiare coming in second place. On Monday, at the Globes and Ernst & Young Israel Journey ‘08, Amobee was named Globes “Start-up of the Year.” Companies in the Top 10 that have been covered in Israel Innovation 2.0 in the past include, Aternity, Inforgin and N-Trig. Also making headlines was SportVu, which provided the hologram technology that CNN used on Election Day in the United States and iSkoot, which raised $19 million. For the links to these stories and the rest of this week’s 14 Israel-related technology headlines, scroll down.
Cleantech
1. Electric cars of the future at the Web 2.0 Summit
Investments and the Economy
2. Downturn-Busting Venture Round For iSkoot: $19 Million
3. Pawlenty’s Israel trade trip takes shape
4. Central bank chief says Israeli economy resilient
5. Top 8 Creative Ideas For Startups To Triumph Over the Current Economic Downturn
Information Technology
6. Red Bend Software Earns MobileVillage’s Mobile Star Award
8. Tufin Technologies Moves Beyond Firewall Auditing to Support Cisco Routers and Switches
9. Aternity Named To Annual Top 10 List of Most Promising Startups
10. N-trig Offers Suite of Multi-Touch Solutions for Windows 7
Miscellaneous
11. XIV head Yanai named most influential figure in high tech
12. CNN’s ‘Hologram’ Shows How Far TV Has Come
14. ANALYSIS / Obama will star in Israel’s election campaigns
Caption: Panel discussion at the Ernst and Young and Globes Israel Journey ‘08, titled “Digital media – trends, developments and future outlook,” with moderator, Michael Eisenberg (far right). Panelists from right to left after Michael Eisenberg: Shmil Levy (Sequoia Capital), Tomer Ben-Kiki (Oberon Media), Guy Bauman (Pelephone Communication)Uri Shinar (aniBoom), Peter Hirshberg (Technorati).
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