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Microsoft Leases Coworking Space in Tel Aviv Suburb

10.12.17|Dotan Levy

The tech company will lease 32,000 square feet from Mindspace for research and development until it opens a new campus, which is slated to happen in 2020

כנס ביג דאטה אווירה מינגלינג מקום ראשון intensix

Predictive Care Startup Intensix Harnesses AI to Help Intensive Care Units Run Better

28.11.17|Tomer Hadar

Intensix developed a platform that analyzes data for the early detection of life-threatening complications at intensive care units

ועידת MIND THE DATA 2017 ג'וליה ווייט סגנית נשיא בכירה מיקרוסופט

Not Everything is Going to Go to the Cloud, Says Microsoft Executive

27.11.17|Keren-Or Grinberg

Speaking at Calcalist’s "Mind the Data" conference held in Tel-Aviv, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of cloud platform Julia White said on-premise data processing would continue going forward

מימין שלומי אביגדור יונתן ליפניק ו בני גנץ תחרות סטארט אפים BIG DATA

Ten Big Data Companies to Vie in Startup Competition

26.11.17|Yoav Stoler

The finalists in Calcalist’s “Mind the Data” startup competition include a company that help marketing executives better understand what their customers are thinking, and a company that helps doctors in emergency rooms give patients life-saving treatment

Microsoft Israel to Award Scholarships to Transgender Students

19.10.17|Omri Milman

This is the second year of the scholarship program. Last year the company funded nine full-tuition scholarships

Microsoft Ventures to Award $3.5 Million in Prizes to AI Startups

10.10.17|Hagar Ravet

The competition is open to startups from North America, Europe and Israel

Amazon Announces Israeli Alexa Development Outpost

02.10.17|Meir Orbach

The company plans to hire a 100 person team to develop Alexa’s shopping features. Former Microsoft executive was named general manager of the new team

In Hunt for Local Talent, Amazon Poaches Microsoft Executive

26.09.17|Meir Orbach

Amazon is in the process of ramping up its research and development operations in Israel

יורם יעקובי מנכ"ל מרכז הפיתוח של מיקרוסופט

Top Executive to Leave Microsoft's Israeli Outpost

14.09.17|Raphael Kahan

Yoram Yaacovi, general manager of Microsoft's Israel R&D center, will be leaving the company at the end of the year

Consumers Don't Like Chatbots, Survey Finds

12.09.17|Raphael Kahan

Consumers want bots that can understand their complex human emotions finds a study commissioned by billing technology company Amdocs

Israeli Bank Partners With Microsoft to Harness Blockchain Technology

07.09.17|Reut Shpigelman

Bank Hapoalim, Israel's largest bank, partnered with Microsoft to create a blockchain-based digital platform for issuing bank guarantees

Microsoft's New Israeli Campus to Feature Hanging Gardens

03.08.17|Meir Orbach

The company plans to invest hundreds of millions of shekels in a new campus currently being built north of Tel Aviv

HPE Slapped with $450 Million Tax in Israel

01.08.17|Omri Milman and Tomer Ganon

In June, an Israeli court set a precedent, taxing Microsoft for a 2007 intellectual property deal. Now, the authorities are after another IT giant

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Symantec to Buy Israeli Cybersecurity Firm FireGlass

10.07.17|Meir Orbach

Fireglass developed a safe web browsing technology that enables users to view online content without actually running the original webpage script on their computer

Home Assistants May Lead the Way to Home Robots

10.07.17|Eze Vidra

Home assistants are here to stay, says Eze Vidra, Chief Innovation Officer at Antidote. The connected machines will become basic home appliances, replace our use of phones at home and might be the predecessors of home robots

Israeli Tech Exits Plummet in 2017, Report Says

06.07.17|Meir Orbach