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אסף רפפורט מיקרוסופט

Assaf Rappaport Steps Down as Head of Microsoft Israel's R&D

18.12.19|Hagar Ravet
Rappaport first joined the company in 2015 with the $320 million acquisition of his cloud security startup Adallom; he is leaving the tech giant to launch a new startup
BlueVine מימין ניר קלר ו אייל ליפשיץ

Microsoft, Citi Back Online Lender BlueVine Again in $102.5 Million Round

19.11.19|Meir Orbach and Adi Pick
Redwood City, California-based BlueVine offers capital financing to small and medium-sized businesses
מימין דימה פוטחין ו רוב גור-זאב CyCognito

Microsoft Chairman Backs Network Security Startup CyCognito in $18 Million Round

19.11.19|Meir Orbach
CyCognito develops a cloud-based network security analysis service that acts as a sophisticated attacker simulator, designed to uncover an organizational security weaknesses
זיהוי פנים ריגול מעקב פרטיות

Microsoft Announces Probe Into Israeli Facial Recognition Startup’s West Bank Activity

17.11.19|Omer Kabir
Microsoft has hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to look into the operations of Tel Aviv-based AnyVision, to see if the use of its technology by Israeli forces in the West Bank violates Microsoft’s ethical principles
ועידת HR עדי מור בירן

AI Won’t Replace Employees, It Will Assist Them, Says Microsoft Azure Exec

05.11.19|Meir Orbach
Artificial intelligence is the future of the tech ecosystem, said Ady Mor-Biran, who oversees the Middle East and Africa marketing operation for Microsoft Azure
מיכל ברוורמן בלומנשטיק

Security Was Perfect—They Just Forgot About the Smart Aquarium

04.10.19|Meir Orbach
Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk, the chief technology officer of the cloud and AI division of Microsoft, spoke with Calcalist about the public concern over security breaches of IoT devices
אבי נתן

From Head of Microsoft Israel to Middle School Math Teacher in Five Years

04.09.19|Adi Pick
Avi Nathan served as general manager of Microsoft Israel from 2001 until late 2007. Now, the retired software engineer is teaching middle school math for the sixth year in a row
משרדי ברודקום ב קליפורניה

Israeli Tax Authority Wants Broadcom to Shell Out $62.3 Million More for BroadLight Assets Acquisition

01.09.19|Tomer Ganon and Omri Milman
Three months after paying some $200 million for BroadLight in 2012, Broadcom paid $59.5 million for its intellectual property and other assets—a sum the authority is now saying severally undervalued their true value
דוד גל מיקרוסופט

Microsoft Israel Appoints New Chief Marketing and Operating Officer

22.07.19|CTech
David Gal has previously served as general manager at pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, where he worked for ten years
מיקרוסופט ישראל רונית אטד

Ronit Atad Appointed Head of Microsoft Israel

01.07.19|Meir Orbach
Shelly Landsmann, the current general manager of Microsoft Israel, will be stepping down in early July after a four-year tenure
זיהוי פנים ריגול מעקב פרטיות

Microsoft, DFJ Growth Back Tel Aviv-Based Computer Vision Startup AnyVision

18.06.19|Meir Orbach
AnyVision develops software capable of real-time face and object recognition within large crowds
אסף רפפורט מיקרוסופט

Microsoft Israel to Integrate Contract Employees as General Staff

17.06.19|Meir Orbach
Israeli law restricts contract employment to a nine-month period, but many companies use a loophole to fire employees after said period only to rehire them under the same terms
מיקרוסופט ישראל הרצליה

Microsoft Backs Open Source API Marketplace Startup RapidAPI

11.06.19|Adi Pick
RapidAPI develops an online system that allows programmers to connect their software to another developer’s software
שלי לנצמן מנכלית מייקרוסופט ישראל

Shelly Landsmann to Step Down as General Manager of Microsoft Israel

28.05.19|Meir Orbach
In a letter, Landsmann said that after 22 years with the company, she had decided to "hit refresh and move on to the next chapter"
ZenCity team

Houston Partners With City Management Company Zencity on Smart City Initiative

05.05.19|Lilach Baumer
Zencity collects feedback from city residents on a broad scale and analyzes the data to produce actionable insights
שרלוט ירקוני חברת מיקרוסופט

You Cannot Develop Technology Without Social Responsibility, Says Microsoft Exec

22.03.19|Meir Orbach
Charlotte Yarkoni is corporate vice president at Microsoft, where she oversees the company’s cloud and artificial intelligence activities
חנן לביא

Former Microsoft Executive Now Helps Magic Leap Connect with Israeli Firms

11.03.19|Orr Hirschauge
Hanan Lavy has joined Magic Leap in October as director of ecosystems management in Israel. In his previous position, Lavy was a senior director at Microsoft’s global startup accelerator program
מוסף 50 הסטארטאפים המבטיחים מימין רועי ביק ירון עברון ניר ארז מייסדי מוביט moovit

Microsoft, TomTom Partner With Israeli Navigation Startup Moovit

12.02.19|Amarelle Wenkert
Microsoft, Dutch navigation app developer TomTom, and public transportation trip-planning app Moovit unveiled a joint trip planning app based on Microsoft’s Azure Maps technology
בוט רפואה מיקרוסופט בינה מלאכותית

Microsoft Launches Medical AI Service

11.02.19|Adi Pick
The service, intended to enable healthcare organizations to build and deploy AI-powered virtual assistants and chatbots, was spearheaded by a team from the company's Israeli research and development center
סקוט גאתרי מיקרוסופט

Microsoft to Officially Launch a Tel Aviv Event Hub

20.01.19|Meir Orbach
First announced in February 2018, the community and networking hub has already been quietly operating for several months