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מיכל ברוורמן בלומנשטיק מנכלית מיקרוסופט ישראל מחקר ופיתוח

Microsoft Israel to lay off dozens as part of global cutbacks

26.03.23|Meir Orbach
According to Business Insider, layoffs are coming to Microsoft’s cyber team on Monday. Microsoft announced in January that it is laying off 10,000 workers
Adir Ron

Artificial relationships: Will AI replace love in the near future?

14.03.23|Adir Ron
“While Generative AI models simply mimic humans and are not sentient in any way, it is becoming increasingly common for people to develop emotional connections with AI models such as ChatGPT,” writes Adir Ron, CTO at Microsoft for Startups
איור הייטק טוב ורע

The fast & the spurious: Failures of Tesla, Amazon and Google testify to the motives behind the scenes

21.02.23|Viki Auslender
Tesla's autonomous driving is causing accidents, Amazon is killing small merchants, and Google's chatbot is wrong. The hasty launches and uncontrolled expansion indicate that it is not "innovation" that drives these companies, but short-term profits
Nir Minerbi

Microsoft and Israeli startup Classiq collaborate to bring advanced quantum software to researchers and academic institutions

08.02.23|CTech
Collaboration to offer academia access to state-of-the-art quantum algorithm design, analysis, and hardware execution via Azure Quantum
ועידת Tech TLV ד"ר תומר סיימון המדען הראשי, מיקרוסופט ישראל מחקר ופיתוח

Microsoft Israel R&D Chief Scientist: "We are making AI accessible to everyone without the need to be an AI engineer"

29.11.22|Irad Atzmon-Schmayer
"If in the past we had to develop a new artificial intelligence for each function, today’s artificial intelligence consists of one model that can perform many tasks," said Dr. Tomer Simon, speaking at Calcalist's Tech TLV conference
מנכ"ל מיקרוסופט סאטיה נאדלה ב פורום הכלכלי העולמי ב דאבוס

Thanks to cyber, Microsoft is keeping its Israeli employees - for the time being

18.10.22|Meir Orbach
Even though the cyber center of the technology giant is located in Israel, in the event of a worsening recession in the U.S., its employees and the employees of the company's R&D center in Israel will also face layoffs
מטה מיקרוסופט אוריג'ינל

Microsoft makes further cuts after growth slowdown

18.10.22|CTech
The software giant has laid off hundreds of employees due to the worsening economic climate. The latest layoffs aren't expected to impact the company's Israeli employees
Hadar Weiss and Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk Microsoft

Microsoft launches new streaming tech developed by Israel R&D team

08.09.22|CTech
The tech giant's new technology enables a significant increase in the number of participants in streaming events - up to millions simultaneously, and is based on the innovation developed at Israeli startup Peer5, which was acquired by Microsoft last year
Idit Gazit Berger - Digital Native, Microsoft

“Invite more people to dream with you, that's how you will succeed”

08.08.22|Noa Gadot
Idit Gazit Berger, Head of Digital Native at Microsoft, shares why Digital Native is significant, how being a woman has shaped her decisions, and what she has learned throughout her journey
אולי האמן VP אנטרפרייז במיקרוסופט ULI HOMANN

“The Israeli economy is so strong that it’s worth investing in,” says Microsoft CVP

31.05.22|Sophie Shulman
“Israel is an important creator of technology,” noted Ulrich Homann, a Corporate Vice President in the Cloud and AI business at Microsoft
מיכל ברוורמן בלומנשטיק מנכ"לית מיקרוסופט ישראל מחקר ופיתוח ועידת TECH TLV

Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk appointed as CTO for Microsoft’s new Security, Compliance, Identity, and Management Division

31.05.22|Meir Orbach
The appointment of Braverman-Blumenstyk, who will continue to serve in her position as General Manager of Microsoft Israel R&D Center, is part of a comprehensive re-organization at Microsoft in which the company will merge all of the security products under a single division
מנכ"לית מיקרוסופט ישראל היוצאת רונית אטד  מנכ"ל מיקרוסופט ישראל הנכס אלון חיימוביץ'

Microsoft Israel GM Ronit Atad steps down, to be replaced by Alon Haimovich

30.05.22|Meir Orbach
Atad headed Microsoft Israel for the past three years and will be replaced by Haimovich, who serves as Public Sector and Enterprise Commercial Lead, VP Sales at the company
MSFT for startups team

Microsoft announces third cycle of AI For Good Accelerator Program

24.05.22|Yonatan Sredni
The 15 AI companies selected across the fields of health, sustainability, and agritech will benefit from Microsoft support worth millions of dollars
Ofer Bengal ועידת Ctech ענן

“These three clouds became a sort of monopoly but that's the way the world works”

07.05.22|James Spiro
Ofer Bengal, Founder and CEO at Redis, discusses how software companies can work with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft
 Ronit Etad ועידת Ctech ענן

Microsoft Israel shares how organizations can enter the next digital era

05.05.22|James Spiro
Ronit Atad, General Manager at Microsoft Israel, highlights two qualities needed to succeed in a changing cloud world
מוסף שבועי 17.2.22  מיכל ברוורמן בלומנשטיק

“I learned not to be just a bulldozer, but a dancing bulldozer”

15.04.22|Diana Bahur-Nir
Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk’s failure to direct her eldest daughter to high-tech taught her the limits of power. Then came Pilates
Ehud Yelin Mor BiblioTech

CTech's Book Review: Assessing the importance of nonviolent communication

17.01.22|Ehud Yalin-Mor
Ehud Yalin-Mor SVP, WiseStamp GM at vcita, shares insights after reading “Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life” by Marshall B. Rosenberg Ph.D.
ועידת היוניקורנס  Idit Gazit Berger

Microsoft: “The innovation in Israel is mindblowing”

14.12.21|James Spiro
Speaking at the Unicorns Forum, Idit Gazit Berger, Digital Native Lead at Microsoft shares what makes Startup Nation so unique