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קמפוס מיקרוסופט החדש ב הרצליה Microsoft Office Outside

Microsoft to recruit 2,500 new employees in Israel over the next four years

06.10.21|CTech
The corporation is planning to double the number of R&D employees, opening five new sites in the country, including in Beer Sheva, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Herzliya
Microsoft Teams

Microsoft acquires Israeli company Peer5 to improve live video in Teams

10.08.21|James Spiro
Hybrid work models are adding extra pressure on bandwidths during large scale meetings
תומר לוי ואסף יגאל Tomer Levy Assaf Yigal Logz.IO

Logz.io announces strategic partnership with Microsoft for cloud-native application monitoring

28.07.21|James Spiro
“Microsoft Azure developers can now enjoy advanced observability with the click of a button,” says Logz CEO Levy
ביל מרזק עמית מחקר בכיר ב מכון סיטיזן לאב של אוניברסיטת טורונטו

Citizen Lab’s report points to Israeli cyber’s lack of morals

18.07.21|Omer Kabir
A new report from the University of Toronto's institute exposed Israeli surveillance company Candiru, warning it is not just one company that uses questionable practices, but rather common practice in the industry
פאונדרס גרופ NSO איציק זק

Report: Israel's Candiru provided spyware used against dissidents, journalists and human rights activists

15.07.21|Omer Kabir
The report from Citizen Lab and Microsoft claims to have identified websites tied to the cyber-surveillance company masquerading as advocacy groups such as Amnesty and as media companies
עובדי חברת הסטארט-אפ  env0

env0 raises $17 million in Series A led by Microsoft’s Venture Fund

24.06.21|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup said the funds will be used to expand the company’s Infrastructure as Code (IaC) platform and accelerate visibility, predictability and governance of cloud deployments
אלון פליס

Behind the scenes of the digital transformation

14.06.21|Daniel Farber-Ball
CodeValue’s Chief Architect Alon Fliess tells CTech what he advises his clients who are simply stuck in the past
דוד גל

Taking breaks can actually increase productivity, Microsoft study finds

23.05.21|Yafit Ovadia
“For nearly all the companies in the survey, productivity went up once they incorporated a hybrid work model,” says Microsoft-Israel VP of Marketing, David Gal
MSFT for StartUps Team Meital Shamia Raz Bachar  Amit Svarzenberg

Microsoft announces second cycle of AI For Good Accelerator Program

09.05.21|James Spiro
15 AI companies have been selected across the fields of health, sustainability, and accessibility
אבי יושיע

Microsoft appoints new head of Specialist Team Unit

19.04.21|CTech
The tech giant appointed Avi Yoshi to lead the company’s wide offering of digital and business solutions with a focus on cloud, data, artificial intelligence, infrastructure, and more
רונית אטד מנכלית מיקרוסופט ישראל על רקע בניין מיקרוספט

Microsoft Israel execs rocked by Project Nimbus setback

31.03.21|Meir Orbach
The tech giant didn't even make it past the first round of the tender for Israel’s flagship project for providing cloud services for the country's entire public sector, including the military
מחשוב ענן נטאפ

Project Nimbus: Microsoft looks to be out, with Amazon and Google in it for the win

30.03.21|Meir Orbach
Israel is expected to select two providers for government services through the cloud
ועידת MIND THE DATA אבי קורנבלום מנכ״ל Voyager Labs

AI SaaS investigation company Voyager Labs partners with Microsoft

23.03.21|CTech
“We are extremely proud that the Voyager Labs suite of solutions, featuring VoyagerInsights, the new investigation platform, is now also available on Microsoft Azure,” said CEO Avi Korenblum
Irad Dor

Veteran VC investor Irad Dor joins Microsofts’ venture fund M12

21.03.21|CTech
Since its founding in 2016, M12 has invested in 85 startups, 18 of them Israeli
מיכל ברוורמן בלומנשטיק חדש

Israel R&D center developments feature large in Microsoft’s annual Ignite conference

03.03.21|Meir Orbach
New tools for Teams and solutions for businesses to track their organization data across multiple clouds were among the new made-in-Israel products revealed
אריק דואר מיקרוסופט כנס סייבר

“Security is a team sport,” says Microsoft Security Response Center head

15.02.21|CTech
Eric Doerr responds to Solorigate incident, calls on cyber community to share information to thwart bad actors
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Dr. Tomer Simon appointed Chief Scientist of Microsoft Israel R&D

02.02.21|James Spiro
Dr. Simon will transfer from Microsoft Israel’s marketing and sales organization, where he served as National Technology Officer
בן חקלאי מיקרוסופט ישראל

Ethical aspects in Artificial Intelligence

02.02.21|Ben Haklai
The adoption, use and applications of AI will only intensify in the near future and we are obliged to consider the unique ethical aspects, argues Microsoft Regional Corporate Counsel, CELA Middle East, and Africa HQ, Ben Haklai
טלפון נייד מובייל אפליקציות

Electronic Excess: Microsoft research finds employees spend 11 hours a week handling emails

25.01.21|Maayan Manela
“An employee receives on average 620 a week, with each email taking up roughly a minute of their time, this harms productivity," says National Technology Officer at Microsoft Israel