August 10, 2008 3:56 PM
17 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of August 3, 2008
The week of August 3, 2008 was a good one for Israeli companies announcing funds raised. Israeli-Chinese social networking company, Koolanoo raised $25 million, and Confidela, software-as-a-service document security and control company that's still in stealth mode raised $5 million in second-round funding. Water management companies, Tahal and Environmental Energy Resources Ltd. (EER) made headlines with their projects while VoIP company, JaJah made headlines with its new translation services. For Information Technology news and more, check below for the complete 17 Israeil-related technology headlines from the week of August 3, 2008.
Cleantech
Tahal obtains financing for €41m Ghana water project
UK to use Israeli waste-disposal technology
M&A and Investments
Koolanoo Group raises $25M
WAN optimization co Expand raises $10m
Confidela raises $5MM, completes second round of financing led by seasoned entrepreneur, Shlomo Kramer and Gemini Israel Funds
YouLicense.com Secures Funding From Ofer Media and Logia Group
Carl Zeiss SMT to Acquire Israeli Start-Up Pixer Technology
Telecommunications
Micronet to expand its presence in the North American Mobile Resource Management Market
Jacada Signs Material Contract with New Telecommunications Customer in North America
New Translation Services Come to MS Office and JaJah
Information Technology
Shunra Software Joins the VMware Technology Alliance Partner Program
PineApp’s Mail-SeCure Provides North Florida Women’s Care with Unparalleled Spam Blocking and Secure Email Communications
ClickSoftware Products Excel in the Preliminaries, Now Ready for Prime Time During 2008 Beijing Olympics
Crescendo Scales to Meet Web Applications’ Need for Speed
Miscellaneous
Applied Materials Promotes Gilad Almogy to Senior Vice President
From Silicon Valley to Silicon Wadi
N-trig Announces Availability of Multi-touch Gestures Software Development Kit
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.
Cleantech
Tahal obtains financing for €41m Ghana water project
UK to use Israeli waste-disposal technology
M&A and Investments
Koolanoo Group raises $25M
WAN optimization co Expand raises $10m
Confidela raises $5MM, completes second round of financing led by seasoned entrepreneur, Shlomo Kramer and Gemini Israel Funds
YouLicense.com Secures Funding From Ofer Media and Logia Group
Carl Zeiss SMT to Acquire Israeli Start-Up Pixer Technology
Telecommunications
Micronet to expand its presence in the North American Mobile Resource Management Market
Jacada Signs Material Contract with New Telecommunications Customer in North America
New Translation Services Come to MS Office and JaJah
Information Technology
Shunra Software Joins the VMware Technology Alliance Partner Program
PineApp’s Mail-SeCure Provides North Florida Women’s Care with Unparalleled Spam Blocking and Secure Email Communications
ClickSoftware Products Excel in the Preliminaries, Now Ready for Prime Time During 2008 Beijing Olympics
Crescendo Scales to Meet Web Applications’ Need for Speed
Miscellaneous
Applied Materials Promotes Gilad Almogy to Senior Vice President
From Silicon Valley to Silicon Wadi
N-trig Announces Availability of Multi-touch Gestures Software Development Kit
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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