Storage and 9 Israel-related Headlines, Week of January 3, 2010
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Data Storage, Environment, Information Technology, Internet Security, Mergers and Acquisitions, Uncategorized, VC
During the week of January 3, 2010, Dot Hill bought storage company Cloverleaf for $12.5 million. China’s Sanhua invested in Israeli solar firm, HelioFocus and new vulnerabilities were discovered in Twitter and Google Calendar. For these stories and more, check below for this week’s 9 Israel-related headlines.
Cleantech
1. Are Energy Advances in Israel in Parallel With Those Abroad?
2. China’s Sanhua invests in Israeli solar firm
Investments
3. Dot Hill confirms storage virtualization acquisition
4. Clean tech gets big piece of venture-capital funding
Information Technology
5. 3D sensor co PrimeSense attracts Vegas attention
6. Vulnerabilities Discovered In Twitter, Google Calendar
Miscellaneous
7. Researcher: Computers in schools do not improve students’ results
8. One third of high-tech incubator companies succeeded
9. Animating the Na’vi with an Israeli swagger
IBM and 11 Israel-related Headlines, Week of September 6, 2009
Filed under: Advertising, Cleantech, Company Briefs, Environment, Uncategorized, cloud computing, data security, virtualization
During the week of September 6, 2009, IQWind was named a top 100 cleantech company and Tufin Technologies, among other security companies, found that phishing scams are increasing again with the end of summer. IBM Israel played a major role in developing SAPIR, a video and photo search technology that the company claims is better than the methods used by Google and Yahoo. For more on these stories and the rest of this week’s 11 technology headlines, see below.
Cleantech
1. Bechtel to Build Solar Plant in California
2. Israel-based SolarEdge looking for PV system partners in Taiwan
3. IQwind Ltd. Named a Global Cleantech 100Clean Technology Company
Information Technology
4. IBM, European Researchers Develop Multimedia Search Tool
5. As summer ends, phishing season is on the horizon
6. Behavioral Targeting Cozies Up To Video Ads
7. Xeround pushes database virtualisation as integration tool
8. Visual WebGui: Reaching for the top cloud
Miscellaneous
9. Did Israel’s Mossad snatch a Russian arms shipment to Iran?
11. Diagnosing lung cancer through a simple exhale
Crescendo Networks raises $5 million
Last week Crescendo Networks announced that it raised $5 million in funding. The company, which provides software that enhances the Web application delivery process, will use the money to “further fuel sales expansion” and to move its corporate headquarters to Menlo Park in California, though engineering and some operations will remain in Tel Aviv.
Since 2002, when the company was founded, it has raised $45 million and attracted customers ranging from Forbes.com to Aeropostale to Fujitsu. As more business processes become based online and virtualization, SaaS and cloud computing matures, Crscendo Networks’s line of AppBeat products will continue to offer any size business with the necessary solutions to accelerate application delivery, cut data center costs and boost capacity for business growth.
As Peter van Oppen of Trilogy Equity Partners, one of the investors in the round, stated,
“As the IT world experiences a paradigm shift in the way applications are delivered, data centers are incorporating cloud computing, SaaS and virtualization as part of modern web application infrastructures. We believe Crescendo Networks’ application delivery solutions are perfectly poised to capitalize on these expanding market opportunities.”
Crescendo’s products include, AppBeat DC, AppBeat SC and Maestro Platform.
Toyota and 12 Israel-related Headlines, Week of June 28, 2009
Filed under: Cleantech, Environment, IT management, Uncategorized, VC, cloud computing, security, virtualization
During the week of June 28, 2009, news surfaced that Toyota is mulling investing in Israeli hi-tech companies that can help make its cars cleaner, while it seems that clean technology investments are increasing again. Indicating that virtualization is still a hot investment, Neebula, which develops management tools for virtual computer environments and was founded earlier this year, raised $5 million. In security, Israeli researchers have created a deep zoom application for videos making idenitifcation in them easier. For these stories and more, see this week’s 12 Israel-related headlines below.
Cleantech
1. Toyota considering Israeli high-tech investments
2. No More Crying Over Spilt Milk With AfiMilk
3. Israeli researchers desalinating sewage for agricultural use
Investment
4. Clean Technology Investment Rebounds
5. Why Israeli Stocks and Currency Should Outperform Now
Information Technology
6. Israeli Experts Create Deep Zoom Tool for Videos
7. Touch in Windows 7: Just for show?
8. Cyber-security looms large for ATC
9. Virtualization co Neebula raises $5 million
Miscellaneous
10. Young Jewish leaders gather for global summit
11. Netanya aims to be Middle East’s Ibiza
12. LIFE in Israel in 1948 – Part 1
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.
Desktop Virtualization Company InstallFree is Golden at VMWorld 2008
Filed under: Data Storage, Information Technology, Performance Management, Software, VC, security, virtualization
If you were at VMWorld 2008, the industry’s largest virtualization conference, last week and are wondering what presence Israeli companies had at it, you need look no farther than the winner of “The Desktop Virtualization Best of VMWorld 2008 Award,” InstallFree.
InstallFree, a provider of Dynamic Desktop Computing,
“enables organizations to centrally deploy and manage software applications to end-users in a stateless, flexible and cost-efficient manner across a variety of usage scenarios.”
InstallFree Bridge, the product that won, allows the lock down of a corporate PC without diminishing the end users’ experience. InstallFree Bridge end-users can access their desktop applications virtually from any computer anywhere and have local application processing and offline availability, all while still under the IT department’s control.
According to the website, additional InstallFree benefits include: single package for all platforms, separately package desktop elements, click and deploy, simplify application lifecycle tasks, business continuity on-click and foster end-user mobility.
Here is a demo video of InstallFree that Virtual Strategy Magazine posted on YouTube.
Company Facts
Founded in 2006.
R&D in Raanana, Israel.
Yori Gabay, Co-Founder and CEO.
Netzer Shlomai, Co-Founder and CTO.
Products: InstallFree MiniBridge, InstallFree Bridge and InstallFree Desktop.
Website: www.installfree.com
21 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of July 6, 2008
Filed under: Cleantech, Environment, Industry pulse, Information Technology, Web2.0
During the week of July 6, 2008, news broke that Ness Technologies plans on selling its Israeli unit to SAP and there was a rumor that Google plans on buying VoIP service, Jajah. Virtualization companies Xeround and Ceedo were active, while in cleantech, environmentalists claimed that solar panel pricing is wrong. While these are some of the stories that stood out, they weren’t the only ones. Check below for the full list of the 21 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of July 6, 2008.
Cleantech
Environmentalists: Solar panel pricing wrong
Israel helps China with wave power
For most Israeli contractors, green isn’t an issue
Funding rises for clean-tech start-ups
Deals and Partnerships
Jacada Signs Material Contract with Nationwide Insurance
InstallFree signs SaaS OEM agreement with Click Manageware
Ness Technologies set to sell Israeli unit to SAP
Information Technology
Mellanox
InfiniBand Adapters Provide Leading Storage Connectivity to Galactic
Computing’s Line of VSTOR Storage Systems and Gateways
Virtualization is “Xeround” The Corner With An Extra $16 Million
VMware sets up new R&D centre in Israel
Microsoft Going After MSN Israel Ltd.
MSN Israel employees had little warning of Microsoft moves
Miscellaneous
Israel’s global firms employ 63,000 overseas
Walla, ICQ launch new communications program
Digital photo co PhotoFree raises NIS 2.84m
Oil hits record ($145.98) above $147 on Nigeria unrest, Israel / Iran tension
Sightix Offers B2B Social Networking Search Solution [Israel Media Tour]
Meet BreadCrumbz, An Israeli Finalist of The Adroid Developer Challenge
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.
Aternity continues to make the proactive enterprise a reality (Interview with Trevor Matz)
Filed under: Information Technology, Performance Management, Software
Earlier today Aternity Inc., announced its first set of packaged Frontline Performance Intelligence (FPI)
solutions tailored for specific enterprise applications and the launch of its worldwide Partner Program. Last week, I had the opportunity to interview Aternity CEO, Trevor Matz, by phone to discuss the two-fold announcement a little more in depth. The following is the interview.
LD: Can you give a brief background of the company?
TM: Aternity is an end user experience management solutions provider based in the U.S. with an R&D center in Israel. Our Frontline Performance Intelligence Platform is transforming the typical reactive enterprise into one that is proactive. The platform uniquely monitors the end-user experience in real time by analyzing, aggregating and correlating desktop performance, application performance and user productivity to help determine and resolve in less time the root cause of any problems. Using the FPI Platform, companies can become proactive in capacity planning, application licensing optimization, and desktop virtualization and orchestration.
What is the new Partner Program?
The Partner Program addresses two problems through two types of partners. The first type, application partners, are companies that make and sell their own applications who can integrate Aternity’s FPI Platform into their products to increase end user productivity. The ROI from such integration is usually 4 times the cost of loss in the first year. The second type is consulting partners, such as IBM, EDS and boutique System Integrators. They will be certified to make sure that they know the methodology and technology of our product. Both types of partners will be able to bring this to a broader market.
What are some of the features and benefits included in the packaged Frontline Performance Intelligence (FPI)
solutions?
FPI packaged solutions will be offered around leading enterprise applications, such as SAP, Siebel and Microsoft Office/Exchange. It can build support in the field and through our past work, it has a library of packaged solutions for specific applications. These are directed in rapid time to benefit more rapid ROI.
Is there anything else being offered with the first set of packaged FPI solutions?
We are also offering a unique twist connected to this and our Partner Program. Any organization can suggest that we build a mission critical application for its product. If the organization qualifies, we will then work with it to build the application based on its products for free in 2-3 days on site.
Which markets are most of your customers in?
Our customers are primarily in the healthcare and financial markets. After that there is a split between the high-tech and manufacturing markets, but our customer base isn’t really limited by industry as our products solve the same set of problems that everyone has – lack of visibility and understanding.
What gives Aternity its edge over its competition?
Our integrated analytics correlation engine and virtualization support makes our solutions unique. These programs truly deliver immediate time to value and show our proof of concept in one day by showing the value-decrease effort and movement.
How much does the FPI Platform cost?
Pricing depends on the number of end points in an organization, but it generally starts at $100,000 and up.
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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