Articles by December, 2022

CloudWize and Kyndryl Israel announced today that the companies have entered into a strategic partnership to help bring cloud security and compliance to more businesses in Israel, across the CEE&EM region and globally. The agreement brings together CloudWize, an innovative agentless cloud solution that enables companies to have maximum cloud security and compliance from architecture design to runtime and Kyndryl's global leadership in IT infrastructure services to help the companies across the industries to unlock business value and strengthen growth in a secure and compliant way

Delta Brands launched the American lingerie brand Victoria's Secret. The brand is added to Delta, Peaks and the sports brand Fanta Ray. The parent company, Delta Galil, manufactures underwear for Victoria Global under the American brand name. Today Victoria's online store will go live, and in September 2023 the first two stores of the brand will be launched in the Grand Mall in Petach Tikva and the Grand Mall in Haifa. After them, a third store will be launched, the location of which will be signed in the coming days. Delta plans to open about ten Victoria's Secret stores in 2023-2025 with...

The struggle of the Lahavim plant in Galilee, which Pratt & Whitney wants to close and lay off 900 workers, is intensifying. The parent company wishes to transfer the activity of the distributor to the United States. The storm of layoffs and the closing of the plant in the north reached the finance committee in the Knesset: Martin Beaulieu, the vice president for operations strategy at the American company claimed that they did not find a buyer and that the plant lost 700 million dollars and will continue to lose until the closure. The Histadrut representative rebuffed him: "They want to...

The trend of slowing down in the real estate market continues, with last October being at a significant low: from data published on Tuesday by the Chief Economist at the Ministry of Finance, Shira Greenberg, it appears that this month saw the lowest level in the number of transactions for the sale of apartments (new and second hand) since April 2020, which was overshadowed by the outbreak of the corona epidemic. Preliminary data for the month of November indicate the continuation of the sharp decrease in transactions compared to the corresponding period last year (and a relatively low level...

1 out of every 5 Israelis experienced surveillance or harassment on social networks in the last year; In the past year, every fifth Israeli experienced curses and hatred aimed at him online; 1 out of every 10 Israelis has experienced the distribution of intimate or embarrassing photos of him without his permission; The Israelis state that the two groups most attacked in the networks are the ultra-orthodox society and the Arab society; Israelis who have been exposed to online violence state that Facebook is the most violent social network (82%), followed by a wide margin by WhatsApp (26%)...

Intel has fired dozens of employees in Israel in the recent period, with the layoffs being spread across several departments and divisions where projects were closed. Although the number of those fired is small, it indicates a trend that may strengthen in the coming year. The number of global layoffs at Intel is unknown at this point, but about two months ago it was announced that the intention was to lay off thousands of workers due to the slowdown in the PC market.