Networking equipment suppliers for the National Broadband Network (NBN) build will be restricted to just two primary vendors, according to NBN Co chief executive Mike Quigley. Mike Quigley Quigley also said that operating and billing systems to support the NBN would most likely be awarded to one vendor, while civil construction would be awarded […]
LAST month’s announcement that the federal government would demand a say in planning the future of Australian cities saw Queensland premier Anna Bligh immediately jump in with a suggestion. Ms Bligh applauded prime minister Kevin Rudd’s approach but said her state already had the answers. Lauding her government’s infrastructure plan as an international award winner, […]
For all the press coverage of the Middle East, there is one side of Israel
that gets scant attention: the country’s economy has the highest
concentration of innovation and entrepreneurialism in the world today
Three Israeli artists working internationally were included in Flash Art magazine’s list of the “Top 100 Emerging Artists” in the world. Keren Cytter, a visual artist who works in Berlin, is ranked number 2, while Elad Lassry, who works primarily in film and photography in Los Angeles, shares the sixth position with a Georgian […]
“As opposed to others who ask what Israel can do for them, I ask what we can do in order to better exploit Israel’s innovative and technological potential. How could we make faster use of the technological innovations here so as to mutually profit. We would like to contribute more to Israeli start-ups as we […]
NovoCure, Ltd., an Israeli medical device company focused on non-invasive cancer treatment, recently received financial funding from Pfizer Inc, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation and Index Ventures. Pfizer previously made a direct investment in Quark Pharmaceuticals Inc., and also established several joint ventures with Israeli diagnostic companies. Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation has already invested […]
European pharmaceutical company Chiesi Group is supporting Israeli lipid molecule developer High Tech Lipids (HTL) to help commercialize an innovative lipid emulsion HTL developed for preterm newborns. “We are confident that, once fully developed and registered, this innovative lipid emulsion will significantly contribute to the improvement of clinical nutrition of preterm newborns,” said Dr. Paolo […]
Patent applications recognized in Israel will be accepted internationally as well The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized agency of the United Nations, has recently recognized Israel as an international center for the search and testing of patents. Israel will be added to the list of 15 leading countries in this field. The decision, […]
Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Binyamin Ben-Eliezer and New York Governor David Paterson signed a memorandum governing an industrial R&D cooperation agreement between Israel and New York State. The agreement, which is the first of its kind ever made by New York State, sets up a financing mechanism for joint R&D projects between Israeli […]
Mentor Graphics Corporation signed a definitive merger agreement acquiring Israel’s Valor Computerized Systems Ltd. for $82 million. Valor is a leading global provider of productivity improvement software solutions for the printed circuit board, or PCB, manufacturing supply chain. Valor’s solutions target three key segments in the PCB manufacturing market: design of the physical layout of […]
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