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Itai Margalit Salesforce איתי מרגלית סמנכ"ל מכירות סיילספורס

Salesforce Israel appoints Itai Margalit as Area Vice President of Sales

16.08.21|James Spiro
Before joining Salesforce, he was CEO of Starhome and led its acquisition by Vista
משה אדרי מנהל חברת ה קולנוע יונייטד קינג בעלת סינמה סיטי

Just like home: Screen iL will offer Israelis abroad access to leading local television content

02.08.21|CTech
The new streaming service, which was co-founded by Israeli media leader Moshe Edri, will cost $19.99 per month
דליה פדילה עתידנא

Elevation and Atidna launching training program to integrate Arab population in Israeli high-tech

28.07.21|CTech
Executives from leading companies, including Facebook, Google, WIX, and Salesforce, will take part in a unique training program aimed at integrating young people from the Arab population into the tech market
Kazuhiko Nakamura Gilad Cohen Guy Lachman

"The potential of Israeli technology in Japan is no less than in the US"

18.07.21|CTech
As part of the annual Big in Japan conference, the business opportunities for Israeli tech entrepreneurs and businesspeople in Japan were highlighted, including the way they can be exploited
איילת שקד על רקע מאגר ביומטרי

Israel's secret biometric database revealed

17.07.21|Omer Kabir
The database was created without planning by Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority, which wants to legalize it, without the restrictions regulating the country’s official database
תל אביב קו רקיע Tel Aviv Skyline

Israeli tech sets yet another record, raising $11.9 billion in H1 of 2021

14.07.21|Meir Orbach
According to the IVC-Meitar Tech Review, Israeli companies surpassed the total amount raised in 2020 ($10.3 billion) in the first six months of 2021
עמי אהרונוביץ' Country Manager Aerospike

Rising tech salaries and exchange rate pushing multinationals to reconsider Israeli R&D

08.07.21|Ami Aharonovich
"A significant increase in salaries can provide a nice addition to the Israeli tax authorities, but at the same time, it can become a real threat for future investments in Israel," writes Ami Aharonovich of Aerospike
הסלמה בדרום עוטף עזה  תקיפות חיל אוויר בניין 4 קומות

Israeli military's digital transformation on full display in Gaza conflict

28.06.21|CTech
“Using technology, the IDF was able to attack more targets, faster and with greater accuracy,” said Omer Dagan, the Head of Lotem, the IDF’s Digital and Data Unit
Israel Invest

How are corporate VCs reshaping the Israeli tech landscape?

23.06.21|James Spiro
We’re all familiar with venture capital firms - but what happens when large corporates check into the game?
הדמיית מערכת לייזר להגנה מפני רקטות מפא"ת

Israeli airborne laser system successfully completes first-ever interception tests

21.06.21|Udi Etsion
The High-Power Laser system was installed on an aircraft and successfully intercepted and destroyed UAVs
Align Technologies

Align Technology prepares to hire 150 Israelis in 2021

17.06.21|James Spiro
The company intends to add to its 500-strong team of employees in the country
Disney+ Plus

Disney+ finally makes Aliyah, coming to Israel this year

16.06.21|James Spiro
The Mouse House will be competing against Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Apple TV
נפתלי בנט לוחץ את ידו של בנימין נתניהו מליאה מליאת הכנסת השבעה השבעת ממשלה ממשלת השינוי כנסת

Netanyahu out, Bennett in as Israel marks end of an era

13.06.21|Reuters
The new government, formed after an inconclusive March 23 election, largely plans to avoid sweeping moves on hot-button international issues such as policy toward the Palestinians, and to focus instead on domestic reforms
קו רקיע מרכז תל אביב Tel Aviv Business Center

Israeli tech companies shatter 2020 fundraising record in under six months, raising $10.5 billion

09.06.21|Meir Orbach
According to data compiled by Start-Up Nation Central, 2021 has already also set a record for the number of investments in Israeli startups of over $100 million, with 30 having been completed so far compared to 21 mega-rounds throughout all of 2020
מימין דוקטור יהושוע גלייטמן אבנר לושי ופרופסור שלמה נו

Shuki Gleitman's GIBF raising $300 million in China for second biotech fund

31.05.21|Golan Hazani
The Guangzhou Sino-Israel Biotech Investment Fund (GIBF) focuses on life science investments and cooperates with leading Guangzhou organizations to bring Israeli biotech firms to the massive Chinese metropolitan
Aristagora VC Team

“It’s like eating Sushi with Tahina”: How Israel and Japan formed an unlikely business relationship

30.05.21|James Spiro
On paper, these countries and cultures couldn’t be more different - that’s what makes them so perfect for each other
Barak Rabinowitz F2 Venture Capital

Israeli resilience: That’s how winning is done

24.05.21|Barak Rabinowitz
Israel now has more publicly traded companies on Nasdaq than any other country in the world besides the US and China, and more startup tech unicorns than all of Europe combined
צעיר ערבי שהוכה ב בת ים על ידי לה פמיליה

The next war scares me even more, and it's not against Hezbollah or Iran

23.05.21|Yoel Esteron
"I still estimate, hope, that most Israelis prefer to live in a democracy. The problem is: They are certain that democracy is here forever, can be taken for granted, is secure. Therefore, they observe the writing on the wall with eyes wide shut," writes Yoel Esteron
מוסף שבועי 20.5.21 דיוויד בלאמברג

David Blumberg: When visiting Israel, I leave my heart at passport control and follow my head

22.05.21|Sophie Shulman
For decades David Blumberg has been part of the local tech scene, now in a rare interview with Calcalist, he discusses his vision, Israel, and how come a Jewish, Gay, fourth-generation Californian supports Donald Trump
תקיפה הפצצה של חיל האוויר צה"ל ב עזה מגדל בניין מבצע שומר החומות

Netanyahu, Gaza militants vow to fight on as Biden urges ‘de-escalation’

19.05.21|Reuters
An Egyptian security source said the two sides had agreed in principle to a ceasefire after help from mediators