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Trade with China to increase to $10b in 2012

Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan met on Thursday with ministry officials and told of his intentions to advance a mutual free trade agreement between the countries As Israeli exports to its traditional trading partners, the United States and Europe, fall due to an economic slowdown and the debt crisis, China has been showing […]

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Radware Announces the First Application Delivery Fabric For the ITaaS Economy

The next evolution of Radware’s VADI strategy provides ground-breaking cost savings, efficiency and agility for virtual and cloud data centers Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR), a leading provider of application delivery and application security solutions for virtual and cloud data centers, today announced the next phase of its Virtual Application Delivery Infrastructure (VADI™) strategy featuring new application […]

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Israeli mobile app gets you fast food even faster

Tap on Tapingo to order burgers or pizza for lunch. Let the Israeli computer wizards worry about how it works Got the taste for a taco but don’t want to take the trip to Taco Bell? Lusting for latte but already late for work with no time to wait in line at Starbucks? Guy Bauman […]

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Does that pill cause side effects? Treato will tell you

Israeli website aggregates and analyzes user-generated data to revolutionize the way patients, physicians and drug companies share info about medications Have you just been prescribed a new medication and want to know its possible side effects? Are you already taking a drug whose side effects aren’t listed on the package insert? Most likely, your first […]

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Online gaming software co Playtech to raise 100m euro on AIM

The company said that it will issue 46.5 million shares at a 2.5% discount on yesterday’s closing price in London. Playtech Cyprus Ltd. (AIM:PTEC) announced this morning that it plans to raise 100 million euro. The company said that it will issue 46.5 million shares at a 2.5% discount on yesterday’s closing price in London. […]

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Israeli solar company helps Bedouin profit from the sun

An Israeli solar company, Arava Power, is working to help the Bedouin Arabs, a mostly nomadic tribal people living in Israel, develop their share of the solar industry. Last year, Arava signed a contract with the Tarabin tribe in the Negev desert to build a solar installation. The contract was the company’s first step toward […]

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Microsoft acquires video search co VideoSurf

VideoSurf was founded by four Israelis and investors include Pitango and Orbotech. Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT) has acquired VideoSurf for tens of millions of dollars in an effort to improve its position in the online video search field. VideoSurf, founded by four Israelis in Silicon Valley, has developed a technology that locates video clips on […]

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Noy Fund in talks to invest in $200m Arava solar project

The solar energy farm near Kibbutz Ketura would be the Noy Infrastructure Fund’s first venture in to the solar energy business. Sources inform ”Globes” that the Noy Infrastructure Fund wants to invest in Arava Power Company‘s $200 million solar energy project in the Arava, by becoming a partner in the special project company that will […]

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Daewoo signs Tamar gas field development deal

As reported in Globes.co.il:  The agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding to build a floating gas terminal could lead to Israeli gas exports to Korea. Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. said Tuesday that it has signed an initial agreement with the Tamar gas field partners that “could lead to a series of orders for LNG-floating production storage […]

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Saving Grain in a Cocoon

A simple, inexpensive Israeli solution for storing staples is helping Africans, South Americans and Asians survive food shortages.   he cocoon in action When the Biblical Joseph predicted that Egypt would suffer a major famine thousands of years ago, he told the Pharaoh to store grain for seven years. His foresight kept the people in […]