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Retail giant Amazon is finally making its first move in Israel, and e-mails to Israeli sellers and invites them to start selling products through it. On the night between Monday and Tuesday, Israeli suppliers began to receive an official request from Amazon inviting them to start selling products through it. This marks the beginning of Amazon's official activity in Israel, but at this stage it is not exactly the full activity

Representatives of dozens of industrial and technology companies, research institutes and academia from the European Union and Israel gathered this week on the occasion of the founding of MADEin4, a new European consortium designed to promote the Industrial Revolution 4.0. The first gathering of the consortium is hosted by Applied Materials, which develops and manufactures advanced semiconductor chip control equipment and serves as the consortium's coordinator. MADEin4 has 47 industrial and technology companies, research institutes and academia from the European Union, among others...

Meta Networks was acquired by the American cyber company ProfPoint for $ 120 million. Of which 111 million in cash and the rest in shares. The company was founded two and a half years ago and has raised $ 10 million to date. The deal is expected to be signed in the second quarter of 2019. The purchaser is an American cyber company traded at a value of $ 7 billion on the US stock exchange. The value of the holdings of the two Vortex and BRM funds will bring them to an exit of $ 35 million on an investment of only $ 5 million

Organizations can now provide a true digital consumer experience, as NICE announced the next generation of customer service: Smart Digital Conversations. Enterprises of all sizes can dynamically connect with every consumer based on their preferences. This is enabled by the acquisition of Brand Embassy, a leading provider of digital customer engagement. Embedding Brand Embassy in CXone, NICE’s leading cloud CX platform, combines CXone’s strong analytics and AI capabilities with Brand Embassy’s groundbreaking and proven digital-first approach. CXone powered by Brand Embassy removes the...

The most educated Israelis with the most vital skills for the success of the economy are moving abroad at an increasing rate, says economist Dan Ben-David in a new study published by the Shoresh Institute for Economic and Social Research. According to the CBS data, in 2017, 4.5 Israeli academic graduates left Israel with academic degrees - three years earlier, the ratio was only 2.6: 1. Ben-David, president of the Shoresh Institute and a lecturer at Tel Aviv University, continues his previous research on the brain drain from Israel. He focuses on immigration to the United States, where the...

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is launching the new T-Heron, the new Tactical UAV, in the Paris Air Show, the T-Heron aircraft is intended for tactical missions on the battlefield and will serve mainly the ground forces, the Coast Guard and others. My mission is multi-functional, and combines the most advanced technologies from IAI. The T-Heron model joins the UAV family of UAVs and is based on the extensive know-how and experience accumulated in the field of UAVs, which has accumulated over 40 years of operation in IAI, more than 1,700,000 cumulative operational flight hours and more...

The world's largest beer manufacturer, AB InBev, is setting up a cyber division in Israel that will meet global information security needs in all the regions in which it operates. The company has begun recruiting senior cyber personnel to be employed at a technology center it operates in its offices, which are spread over an area of ​​1,200 square meters at the Sonol Tower in Tel Aviv. In the first stage, about 30 employees will be recruited. By the end of next year, about 100 cyber workers will be recruited. AB InBev began operating in Israel after purchasing the Weissbeerger startup a...

The new start-up program will act "to accelerate Israeli startups in the early stages, and will begin operating in Israel and then expand to other countries." According to Intel's announcement, the program is designed for "Israeli start-ups that focus on the most influential developments in today's industry, including artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous systems and data-focused technologies and other business models. Start-up companies in the pre-seed stage to Sid in a 20-week program where they will receive practical mentoring from Intel experts and industry in a variety of product,...

The Ministry of Communications is revising the licenses of telecommunications companies and obliging them to adapt their networks to fully support the IPv6 protocol (IP address pool) in order to increase the number of possible Internet addresses. The transition to the new protocol is a complex process, since the core systems of the Internet and the replacement of the end equipment are required, and not all entities currently see a worthwhile return on investment. According to the Ministry of Communications, these are only a few million. The intention is to increase the number of IP...

Google buys Elastifile for more than $ 150 million. Elstify develops storage solutions for enterprise environments and cloud services. According to the search giant, the deal is expected to be approved this year. Elastifil was founded by Amir Aharoni, Ronny Luxenburg and Shahar Frank, and currently employs 70 people. The company is headed by Erwan Menard. The company is developing a system that makes it easier for large organizations to access cloud storage systems and build applications that can run in the cloud environment. "Elstifile's service is useful for high-performance cloud tasks,...