Israel Advanced Technology Industries & Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor’s Multinational R&D at the Heart of the Startup Nation Conference
A unique look at the Global R&D and acquisitions in Israel
Thursday March 29 2012 As the world market becomes increasingly knowledge-driven, Israel’s thriving entrepreneurial and innovative spirit has been instrumental in creating a wealth of smart solutions and some of the world’s most significant technological breakthroughs. Such creativity has helped turn Israel into a highly profitable and attractive destination for foreign investment, where industries from a variety of disciplines are integrated successfully, and form pioneer synergies. It is this energetic, creative atmosphere that is continuing to attract growing international attention. The world’s leading multinational corporations have chosen to establish R&D and production centers in the country, with over 250 foreign commercial R&D centers currently in Israel, helping industry leaders stay on the cutting edge. Israel’s appeal as a destination for investors is based on a variety of factors. Such elements include government and industry encouragement of innovation, high levels of education within the population, and a melting-pot, immigrant culture that prizes cultural diversity and risk-taking over an emphasis on the tried and true. Together with its push to the future, Israel has maintained a strong, stable economy, upon which multinational companies have come to rely. Successful partnerships with such companies have, in turn, helped to further improve the country’s economic outlook. International investment in Israel has resulted in a win-win situation for both foreign companies and the State of Israel, a partnership that continues to bring growing levels of creative enrichment and success in fields such as Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) and medical devices, to name just two. As we look to the future, it seems clear that these trends will continue to develop and further diversify, adding new industries to the current list. “Invest in Israel”, serves as a full-service “one-stop shop” for foreign based companies and individuals who are interested in investigating direct investment and joint venture opportunities in Israel. The center provides a wide range of personalized services, assistance and information to potential investors and serves as a resource for investment related information. We look forward to assisting you with services designed to address your needs during every phase of the investment process.
Sincerely, Oded Distel Director Investment Promotion Center Welcome to the Multinational R&D at the heart of the Startup Nation Conference! It is with great pleasure that I introduce this unique conference, in which some of the largest high tech companies operating in Israel – and the world – present the exciting developments taking place in Israel today. I became CEO of the Israel Advanced Technology Industries (IATI) in December 2011 to lead the merger between Israel’s High Tech Industry Association (HTIA – www.htia.co.il) and Israel Life Science Industry (ILSI-www.ilsi.org). These two prestigious professional groups are now the largest umbrella organization actively promoting Israel’s entire technology and biomed ecosystem, from entrepreneurs and startups to the global companies presenting today. The Multinational Companies Forum is an active forum within the IATI led by Microsoft Israel GM, Yoram Yaacovi and SAP’s Managing Director, Mickey Steiner. A regular gathering of the most exciting high tech companies meet to address the common challenges they, and the industry, face on a daily basis: increasing competition from emerging markets, proving to corporate centers that Israel is continuously evolving and reinventing itself as an exciting hub for innovation and cutting edge technology. Companies such as Microsoft, Cisco, Intel, SAP, EMC, RSA, Google, IBM, Broadcom, Marvell, Cadence, Alcatel Lucent, Applied Materials, Oracle and Sears are opening new centers, investing, researching and developing in Israel, bringing with them invaluable international expertise and a corporate culture that keeps Israel ahead of the game in spite of our size. This conference shows that Israel is pushing the envelope in the realms of search, ux, cloud, semi-conductors and just about every exciting technology today. Some of the R&D centers grew here following acquisitions; others were established by senior executives who saw the opportunities our startup nation promised big corporate giants. It seems that every few weeks more big companies are looking to open R&D centers here, with household names such as Intel, Cisco, Apple and Lenovo to name but a few. The IATI is happy to be working with Invest In Israel, part of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor. We see MOITAL as the perfect partner to promote the needs of the industry and promoting our achievements both here and abroad. The IATI continues to actively promote each sector through events, seminars, collaborations, forums, government lobbying and foreign representation. Through conferences such as these, as well as the largest high tech (HTIA 2012) and Life Science (Biomed 2012) conferences in the country, we are bringing together the best Israel has to offer and making it better. Please do not hesitate to contact me for further information: [email protected]
Yours sincerely, Karin Mayer Rubinstein, CEO, Israel Advanced Technology Industries Companies Index
Alcatel-Lucent...... 5
Applied Materials...... 6
Broadcom...... 7
Cadence Design (Israel) II Ltd...... 8
Cisco Systems...... 9
EMC/RSA COE...... 10
General Motors Israel...... 11
Google - Israel R&D Center...... 12
IBM...... 13
Intel Israel...... 14
Marvell Israel Ltd...... 15
Microsoft Israel R&D Center...... 16
Oracle...... 17
Sears Israel...... 18
SAP...... 19 5
Alcatel-Lucent Established in Israel: 1985 Employees: 300 Fields of Interest: Telecom Infrastructure, Cloud computing, Digital Media Platforms / Apps/Music/eBooks stores www.alcatel-lucent.com
Technologies & Products Cloud Computing – CloudBand Management System and CloudBand Node, E-2-E multimedia solutions
Acquisitions in Israel
●● 05/2005 Native Networks ●● 09/2006 Mobilitec
Product / Activity Highlights CloudBand Solution Alcatel-Lucent’s CloudBand solution is one of the company’s key strategic areas and is being led from Israel. CloudBand is the foundation for a new class of ‘carrier grade’ services and is comprised of the CloudBand Management System and the CloudBand Node: ●● The CloudBand Management System links the network and the cloud. It is designed to deliver intelligent orchestration and automation of cloud and network elements and services from a secure, user-friendly portal for easy, on-demand access and management. ●● The CloudBand Node provides the compute, storage and networking hardware with operating system and management software. It is designed to host a wide range of cloud services, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS), as well as Alcatel-Lucent’s virtualized telco platforms such as IMS and IPTV. Our team consists of industry veterans coming from market leading companies such as VMware and Cisco, as well as promising novices fresh from the academy and the IDF intelligence. Main development focus areas include: Automation and Orchestration, Cloud automation UX, Network and compute control and Carrier Cloud architecture.
Digital Media & Advertising Alcatel-Lucent’s Digital Media strategy and offering is driven by the R&D team, which is managed from Haifa, Israel. The Digital Media Platform is a super-combination of a multi-screen robust content management, portals, business logic and service management with user interface and clients for android, iOS and Blackberry. The platform is a J2EE platform using Oracle database, built of various Java technologies for asynchronous messaging, portals, workflows management and more. The platform is offered in different business models. It is installed in many service providers’ facilities (worldwide and in Israel) as well as offered as-a-service from our hosting facilities in USA and Europe. The R&D team is specialized with Java development, User Experience, Content Merchandising, Digital- Media as a Service, System Integration, Validation and Auto-Validation, multi-Site development and more. The Product Management team is leading Music, Apps, Video and eBooks solutions in all regions, including local content in a revenue-share or licensing type of businesses. 6
Applied Materials Established in Israel: 1997 Employees: 900 Fields of Interest: Process diagnostics and control equipment designed for semiconductor processes ●● Metrology & Inspection solutions ●● Defect Inspection, Review & Analysis ●● Critical Dimensions Metrology www.appliedmaterials.com
Technologies & Products
●● DUV lasers based wafer and mask inspection systems ●● Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) for defect inspection, review and critical dimensions measurements ●● SW and applications for Yield control
Product / Activity Highlights Applied Materials is the global leader in providing innovative equipment, services and software to the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries. In Israel, Applied Materials develops, manufactures, markets and supports process diagnostics and control equipment designed for semiconductor processes. Located in Rehovot and employing over 900 people, Applied Materials Israel plays a significant role in enabling the production of the next generation of microchips. Applied’s inspection systems are used to detect particles and process-induced defects that can occur on wafers or photomasks during fabrication. Applied’s metrology systems are used to measure the physical dimensions of circuit features to determine if they meet specifications.
Key Products
●● The Applied Aera3™ Mask Inspection system introduces unique capabilities for qualifying the full range of masks used for 22nm technology nodes and for early learning Extreme UV mask inspection. ●● The Applied Materials VeritySEM4i™ CD SEM, Designed for sub-32nm metrology, delivers high SEM resolution on the order of 1.5nm, high detection efficiency, powerful image processing and metrology algorithms and extremely accurate navigation. ●● The Applied Materials UVision™ 4 Inspection system serves the full range of applications in wafer inspection. The UVision 4 system is a versatile solution for the most advanced patterning challenges of 32nm and below with optical inspection capabilities beyond the resolution limits of conventional inspection. ●● The Applied Materials SEMVision™ family is the fastest and most advanced line of SEM defect review and analysis systems for 32nm manufacturing and beyond. Building on 10 years of technical innovation and leadership, SEMVision G5 products offers the most productive and cost-effective path to in-line defect resolution. ●● The Applied Materials DFinder™ Inspection is a technology breakthrough for inspecting the most challenging interconnect layers in 22nm and below, providing chip manufacturers with an unprecedented ability to detect exceptionally small particles on patterned wafers in a production environment for higher device yield. 7
Broadcom Corp (Nasdaq: BRCM) Established in Israel: 2001 Employees: ~600 Fields of Interest: Broadband Communication, Networks & Infrastructure communication, Mobile Communication, Wireless Connectivity www.broadcom.com Technologies & Products Founded in 1991, Broadcom was inspired by a vision for high speed cable and digital subscriber line (DSL) networking for the masses. Today, Broadcom solutions enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout enterprise, office, home and mobile environments. A Fortune 500® company, Broadcom provides the industry’s broadest portfolio of state of-the-art system-on-a-chip (SoC) and software solutions used in computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and high performance mobile devices. As one of the world’s largest fabless semiconductor companies, Broadcom designs and develops its products in labs and design centers around the world, and then works closely with independent chip-making facilities to manufacture its products. Broadcom produces nearly two billion chips annually. Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif. and has offices in most major cities around the world including R&D facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. Broadcom’s global customer roster includes the elite of both consumer and enterprise tech brands, from computing powerhouses to major providers of networking equipment and from home entertainment and gaming systems manufacturers to mobile device and wireless providers. Counts among its expansive customer base a diverse group of worldwide industry leaders including Alcatel-Lucent, Amazon, Apple, Cisco, Dell, DirecTV, EchoStar, HP, Huawei, IBM, LG Electronics, Nintendo, Nokia, Motorola, Pace, Samsung, Thomson and ZTE, among others. Acquisitions in Israel 1. May 2011: SC Square Ltd. – A security software developer 2. April 2011: Provigent Ltd. – Mixed signal semiconductors for microwave backhaul systems 3. December 2010: Sightic Vista Ltd. – A supplier of Multimedia solutions 4. November 2010: Percello Ltd. – A supplier of system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for Femtocells 5. December 2009: Dune Networks - A developer of switch fabric solutions 6. May 2007: Octalica – Enabler of Advanced Home Networking technology 7. May 2005: Siliquent Technologies – Developer of Advanced Ethernet Processing Technology 8. July 2004: MSTREAM Communication – Enhanced Innovative Cellular Throughput of Communication 9. February 2001: Vision-Tech Ltd. – Supplier of MPEG-2 compression/ decompression Product / Activity Highlights Broadcom products deliver sophisticated performance to the broadest reaches of the global communications industry. The company’s consistent and long-term innovations span home, hand and infrastructure, transforming fundamental economics of communications markets through integration, connectivity, low power and price/performance. Connecting everything® is at the heart of this phenomenon. From broadband technology to cloud infrastructure to mobile and wireless to home networking, Broadcom solutions are raising consumer expectations and setting the industry bar for electronics design. Broadcom’s SoC technologies play key role in Ethernet enabled Internet everywhere, bringing performance to hybrid data centers & enterprise networks, as well as fueling consumer electronics markets. Semi developed by Broadcom enable technologies such as 3G cellular, 4G/LTE cellular, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC and 60GHz – and transform these platforms to include high performance multimedia features. Broadcom solutions also enable the digital home of the future, transforming separate PC and consumer electronics into a single, high performance networked home domain. Broadcom includes more than 20 lines of business and holds leadership positions in nearly a dozen product areas, sustained by leveraging deep engineering expertise and leading intellectual property. 8
Cadence Design (Israel) II Ltd Established in Israel: 1996 Employees: 120 Fields of Interest: Cadence is the global leader in software, hardware and services of the electronic design automation industry, or EDA. The local R&D center is focused on technologies and products for Functional Verification. www.cadence.com Technologies & Products
●● IEEE-1647 Standard for The e Functional Verification Language ●● Specman Elite ●● Enterprise Manager ●● Verification IP Portfolio ●● UVM Methodology Acquisitions in Israel The Israeli start-up Verisity was acquired by Cadence Inc. On April 2005. Product / Activity Highlights In 1996 the start-up Verisity was founded by Yoav Hollander in attempt to significantly better address the huge challenges of functional verification of hardware design. The solution to be created was a synergy of three major components: the e Verification Language (later accepted as IEEE-1647 Standard), the development tool/environment called Specman, and a verification methodology. Later on a forth component was added and found to be very significant: e Verification Components (aka eVCs), which are typically called VIPs (for Verification IPs). Verisity was a true pioneer and leader in verification, leveraging verification expertise developed in Israel into a huge leap in verification automation and philosophy. The leap was so big, that now e and Specman are still leaders in the level of automation and verification capabilities they provide. This leadership shows in three main areas: ●● AOP (Aspect Oriented Programming) as basis for verification automation ●● Lead the industry in development of reusable verification IP (eVCs) ●● Verification methodology: pioneered with eRM (e Reuse Methodology), the first ever productized verification methodology, which later evolved into OVM and UVM (and also was inspiration for VMM). On March 2001 Verisity went IPO at NASDAQ, and on April 2005 Verisity was acquired by Cadence Inc. for about $300M. The local RnD center is focused on Functional Verification, with the following main products lines and technologies: Specman Elite and e technologies - automated testbench generation and reuse with multi-language support to boost the productivity and quality of block, chip, and system level verification. Verification Manager (vManager) - automates the management of distributed, multi-level verification projects, from planning to closure, and facilitates a methodology of Metric-Driven-Verification (MDV). With SystemVerilog’s and e’s functional coverage capabilities, plus testbench simulation support, vManager increases productivity and predictability. VIP Catalog - The industry’s broadest portfolio of verification IP and memory models, with support for all major simulators. UVM (Universal Verification Methodology) – UVM methodology was accepted in the industry as the standard for verification development, and is primarily based on the eRM developed by Verisity for e. In Cadence we develop this methodology for e, SV and SystemC. 9
Cisco Systems Established in Israel: 1995 Employees: 420 (1750 with NDS acquisition) Fields of Interest: Advanced network processors and switch fabric Silicon solutions (ASICs), Advanced network management software, Deep packet Inspection and network monitoring, Control and monitor access to enterprise networks, Video software and content security (NDS) www.cisco.com
Company Profile Cisco is the worldwide leading provider of end-to-end networking infrastructure that is aimed at transforming the ways people connect, communicate and collaborate. At Cisco customers come first and an integral part of our DNA is creating long-lasting customer partnerships and working with them to identify their needs and provide solutions that support their success.
Technologies & Products
●● Industry highest performance Network Processor (NPU) ASICs ●● Most comprehensive and scalable Network Management software ●● Deep Packet Inspection solutions for high bandwidth networks ●● Most advanced Security and remote access services ●● Most advanced leading video software and content security products
Acquisitions in Israel
●● In last 15 years, Cisco has made over $1B Investments including: ●● 9 acquisitions in Israel: Class-data, Seagall, PentaCom, HyNEX, InfoGear, Riverhead, Actona, Sheer Networks, P-cube ●● 20 direct investments in startups ●● Over 40 indirect investments via limited partnerships ●● Just announced intent to acquire NDS for $5B (1350 employees in Isreal)
Product / Activity Highlights Cisco Israel was founded more than 15 years ago. The Israeli R&D center, which employs 420 people, with about 300 engineers, is one of Cisco’s largest R&D organizations outside the USA. It is responsible for developing some of Cisco’s most innovative technologies for Cisco’s flagship products in a range of areas such as Network Processor ASICs, Network Management software, Deep Packet Inspection solutions, Security and remote access services and other state of the art technologies which provide Cisco with a significant competitive edge in end-to-end networking solutions for service providers and Enterprises. Recently, Cisco announced intent to acquire NDS which has a large presence in Israel and in that way to add content security and video software capabilities and products to the local portfolio of offerings. 10
EMC/RSA COE Established in Israel: 2006 Employees: Over 500 Fields of Interest: Information Security and fighting Cybercrime (RSA), Backup and Recovery, Cloud Computing, Big Data (Greenplum), Flash based systems www.emc.com Technologies & Products
●● RSA: ●● Smart Authentication/Risk Based Authentication ●● Big data analytics and machine learning ●● Anti Fraud Command Center ●● Anti Phishing/Anti Trojan ●● CyberCrime Intelligence ●● Credit Card Fraud Prevention ●● RecoverPoint ●● Data Protection Advisor ●● Business Activity Monitor Acquisitions in Israel
●● Cyota (Dec 2005, by RSA) ●● RSA Israel (July 2006) ●● Kashya (May 2006) ●● Proactivity (June 2006) ●● nLayers (June 2006) ●● Illuminator (August 2007) Product / Activity Highlights EMC initially established its presence in Israel in 2006, making four major acquisitions - Kashya, nLayers, Proactivity and RSA which previously acquired the Israeli start-up Cyota. The Cyota acquisition became RSA Israel (early 2006) – the revenues of RSA Israel grew significantly since the acquisition and the number of people grew more than fourfold. Up until 2011, RSA Israel was operated as a separate entity while all the other businesses were operationally united as EMC Israel Development Center (EIDC). Due to tremendous success of these acquired businesses, shown both in headcount growth as well as revenue growth, EMC’s leadership saw a great opportunity for continuous investment in Israel and decided to make Israel a Center of Excellence. In 2011, in order to unite EIDC and RSA Israel operations and to lead the Israeli COE into the future, Dr. Orna Berry joined EMC as Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Israeli newly formed CoE. Under Dr. Berry’s supervision, in addition to the mentioned businesses, two new organic efforts commenced. One is in the Big Data analytics space and the second is in the Flash space - Two critical areas for the company, which represent tremendous opportunity and growth potential. The Israeli COE is engaged with the industry on many levels – forums, partnerships, consortiums, equity investment in early stage start-ups, government relationships and joint research with the academia. To that latter point, the COE is branching out to Beer-Sheva in the south. The company is making a large investment, with a vision in mind, to develop close relationship with Ben-Gurion University and to tap into the unique and un-tapped talent pool available there. The Be’er Sheva addition reinforces EMC’s continued investment to achieve excellence in technology innovation and increase its staffing to support customer and partner growth in Israel. EMC unified its multiple Israeli R&D facilities, in addition to RSA, into one state-of-the-art COE located in a new facility in Herzliya, which was completed in December 2011. 11
General Motors Israel Established in Israel: 2008 Fields of Interest: Advanced Technical Center - Israel, GM Ventures, GM Global Purchasing & Logistics www.gm.com http://careers.gm.com/careers- Company Profile General Motors Israel was established to create a world class Research & Development that guides creative thinking into unique innovations in areas of strategic importance to the automotive industry. The site is part of GM R&D global network, where leading scientists conduct applied collaborative work with leading academic and industry partners, while responding to tomorrow’s technologic challenges. General Motors Israel is also one of two global sites part of GM Ventures, Corporate VC (the other site is based in the Silicon Valley, California). GM Ventures has already invested and will continue to invest in Israeli startups and technology companies. In order to expand and broaden its portfolio GM Ventures is looking to collaborate with local and global Corporate and independent Venture Capital Funds to enhance innovation and build inroads to provide customers with the best possible technologies. Technologies & Products Smart Sensing and Computer Vision ●● Autonomous Driving (active safety features: sensors’ fusion, scanning MEMS mirrors Lidar, MIMO radar, sensor fault detection, 3D Vision, signal processing, electro-optics devices) ●● Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition ●● Flexible and Agile Manufacturing systems Human Machine Interface (HMI) ●● Speech Technologies (enhance natural speech, advanced dialog managers, user models, context algorithms and noise robustness) ●● Driver centric Adaptive Automation system for Semi-Autonomous vehicles ●● Integrated Experience and Multimodal Interfaces (speech, tactile/ touch, Wireless Enablers for Connected Vehicle ●● Cellular Technologies (4G, LTE), Infotainment, Navigation, cyber-security ●● Software Defined Radio and Cognitive Communication ●● Vehicle2Vehicle Network Evolution and distributed infrastructureless “Fog” application ●● Low cost, low data rate, intra vehicular sensor networks with power harvesting Vehicle Controls and Robotics ●● Advanced Controls, Estimation Theory, Signal Processing, Actuation, Power Electronics, Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Systems, Computational Motor Control, Robotics Acquisitions in Israel ●● 01/2011 Powermat (Investment) ●● 04/2012 Sital (scheduled) Product / Activity Highlights 1. Advanced Technical Center - Israel ●● Smart Sensing and Computer Vision ●● Human Machine Interface ●● Wireless Enablers for Connected Vehicle ●● Vehicle Controls and Robotics 2. GM Ventures 3. GM Global Purchasing & Logistics 12
Google - Israel R&D Center Established in Israel: 2006 Employees: 250 Fields of Interest: Search, Analytics, Applications, Networking Infrastructure, Heritage Collections, Research www.google.com
Technologies & Products
●● Search ●● Google Autocomplete (aka Suggest) ●● Search One boxes and Live Results ●● Google Related; and more ●● Analytics ●● Google Trends & Google Insights for Search ●● Google Chart Tools & Google Visualization API ●● Google Analytics features: In-page Analytics; and more ●● Applications ●● Gmail features: “got the wrong bob”, and more ●● Chat-SMS integration; and more ●● Network infrastructure: Internet-scale technologies ●● YouTube Annotations ●● Online heritage & historical collections ●● Yad Vashem photo archive, Dead Sea Scrolls, and more
Acquisitions in Israel
●● LabPixies (04/2010) ●● Quiksee (09/2010)
Product / Activity Highlights Google’s Research and Development Center in Israel - with offices in Haifa and Tel Aviv - is an integrated part of Google’s global engineering organization. It has developed visible and core products and technologies in the areas of Search, Data Analytics, Gmail, YouTube, and Internet-scale Network infrastructure (some highlights in http://goo.gl/YWnLD). It also pioneered an initiative of bringing online heritage collections including the Yad Vashem photo archive and the Dead Sea Scrolls. The center is also involved in education and community outreach, including the mind-the-gap program for encouraging high-school female students to take on science and technology, working with the developer and startup community, and many collaborations with Israeli universities and scientists. 13
IBM Established in Israel: 1972 (IBM Research Haifa) Fields of Interest: Research, Software, Storage www.haifa.il.ibm.com
Acquisitions in Israel
●● Worklight - Jan 2012 ●● Storwize - July 2010 ●● Diligent - April 2008 ●● XIV - Jan 2008 ●● FilesX – April 2008 ●● Telelogic (I-Logix) - June 2007 ●● Watchfire (Sanctum) - July 2007 ●● Unicorn - May 2006 ●● iPhrase - Nov. 2005 ●● Ubique - 1998
Product / Activity Highlights IBM Research and IBM Development in Israel The IBM R&D Labs in Israel include the Haifa Research Lab, the IBM Israel Software Lab and the IBM Israel Systems and Technology Group Lab – each with its own unique culture and focus. Lab employees work at our locations across Israel, which include Haifa, Tel Aviv, Herzliya, Rehovot, and Jerusalem. IBM Research Lab - Haifa Since its establishment in 1972, the IBM Research Lab in Haifa has conducted decades of research that have been vital to IBM’s success. Research and advanced development projects are being executed today in areas such as cloud computing, storage, verification, software and systems lifecycle management, social networks, business analytics and optimization, information management and industry domains as healthcare and life sciences. The Lab houses IBM’s biggest research center outside the US. In addition to pursuing cutting-edge research for tomorrow’s information technology – the Lab focuses on cultivating close relationships with academic and industrial partners inside Israel and abroad, and serves as one of the premier places to work for world-class researchers, helping drive Israeli hi-tech and innovation. IBM Israel Software Group Lab The IBM Israel Software Group (SWG) Lab provides global leadership for development and customer support in multiple software areas, including real-time collaboration, content discovery and text analytics, system modeling, metadata management, application security, data protection and recovery. Our team’s unique personality is defined by a combination of outstanding people, the pioneering energy found in Israeli startups, and the strong foundation you can get from being a part of the world’s leading IT company. We focus on how our work can make a difference – through creative thinking and a culture of innovation. IBM Israel System and Technology Group Lab The Israel Systems and Technology Group (STG) Lab is involved in high-end disk storage technology, compression and de-duplication software to help manage enterprise storage. The organization is dedicated to harnessing the talent of some of the country’s finest engineers and includes the teams from XIV, Diligent and Storwize acquisitions. The atmosphere is creative, fast paced, and full of opportunity. Working closely with the Israeli hi-tech community and recent IBM acquisitions in Israel, the STG Lab serves as a focal point for building a storage ecosystem in Israel. The lab has a unique collaborative relationship with the Haifa Research Lab, which is a world center for storage research and hardware verification. 14
Intel Israel Established in Israel: 1974 Employees: 7,782 Fields of Interest: Intel is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world’s computing devices. www.intel.co.il
Technologies & Products
●● Pentium with MMX® Technology ●● Intel® Centrino® Mobile Technology ●● Sandy Bridge processor family processor family
Acquisitions in Israel COMSYS, Envara, DSPC, Graphtec
Product / Activity Highlights Intel’s presence in Israel began in 1974, when the first Intel Development Center outside the USA was opened in Haifa. In 1985, Intel opened its first manufacturing facility outside the USA, in Jerusalem. At the end of 2011, Intel Israel employed 7,782 people in four development centers in Haifa, Yakum, Petach Tikva and Jerusalem and in two manufacturing facilities in Kiryat Gat and in Jerusalem. Intel’s Development Centers in Israel are a strategic growth engine for Intel Corporation. They are responsible for some of the technological breakthroughs that changed global computing. Today, Israeli engineers are leading Intel’s global mobile strategy by focusing on developing processors, wireless communication products and components for consumer electronics. In 2010, Intel launched the Sandy Bridge processor family. The Development Centers in Haifa and Yakum led the development of these novel products, which are poised to change the rules of the game of the computing world. The Jerusalem Development Center made an important contribution to the development of Cougar Point, the chipset that supports the Sandy Bridge processor. Intel’s advanced Fab28 manufacturing facility in Kiryat Gat was founded in 2008 at an investment of over $3.5 billion. It produced Intel’s processors with 45nm technology on 300mm wafers. In 2011, Intel Corporation approved a further investment of $2.7 billion for upgrading the Fab to the even-more advanced 22nm technology. In the upcoming year, the Jerusalem Die Prep facility will continue to support Fab28 with millions of dies every week, while also serving the needs of Intel facilities abroad. transforming itself intoa computing solutions company. In keeping with this goal, we will be launching many exciting products that will strengthen Intel’s leading position in various market segments. Intel Israel will continue to demonstrate the importance of its manufacturing and development centers for Intel Corporation. Equally important, we will continue to lead in corporate responsibility and in helping drive the prosperity and evolution of Israel while supporting national goals set by the government. 15
Marvell Israel Ltd. Established in Israel: 2001 Employees: 1200 Fields of Interest: Cellular: EDGE cellular technology, WCDMA cellular technology, LTE cellular technology. Networking: Packet processors technology, CPU & SOC Technology www.marvell.com
Technologies & Products
●● Cellular: ●● Cellular processors ●● Cellular modems ●● Networking: ●● GPON SFU ●● Multi-Core ARM SoC ●● Advanced packet processors ●● Small-Medium Business and Data Center ●● Switches
Acquisitions in Israel
●● 01/2001 Galileo ●● 06/2003 Radlan ●● 11/2006 Intel - DSPC ●● 02/2008 Merge of three entities ●● 12/2008 Iamba ●● 12/2011 Xelerated 16
Microsoft Israel R&D Center Established in Israel: 1991 Employees: 600 www.microsoftrnd.co.il Company Profile The Microsoft Israel Research & Development Center is home to some of the company’s most exciting and innovative technologies and is one of Microsoft’s three strategic global development centers. Led by industry leaders, the center is comprised of incubations and mature, next generation product development activities designed for new business segments and key growth areas in the fields of BI, Cloud and Online services. The Israel R&D center also serves as an anchor to the venture capital industry and start up community, facilitating technology and business cooperation between Israeli industry and Microsoft’s product groups. Our vision is to leverage our ideal location at the heart of Israel’s high-tech community to attract the best of Israel’s pool of globally acclaimed technological talent, inventiveness/ creative imagination, and entrepreneurial spirit. Technologies & Products
●● Business intelligence (Cloud & Client) ●● Management, Protection and Access services ●● Display Advertising ●● Location based mobile applications ●● Interactive entertainment (XBOX) Acquisitions in Israel
●● 07/2006 Whale Com. ●● 11/2006 Gteko ●● 01/2007 Secure Dimensions ●● 03/2008 YaData ●● 05/2008 Kidaro ●● 07/2008 Zoomix ●● 05/2009 3DV ●● Strategic Investments: N-Trig; Undisclosed (Mobility) ●● Strategic Deals: PrimeSense, Jinni Product / Activity Highlights Business intelligence capabilities for SQL: Cloud BI services for delivering SSAS and SSRS as cloud services as part of the SQL Azure platform BI integration into Office and Office 365, making BI available for all audiences. Management, Protection and Access group: ‘Consumerization of IT’ introduces mobile devices and tablets that are non-domain-joined endpoints to the enterprise world. These devices will need to gain access to the enterprise network and be managed holistically through the organization management stack. The team works to enable heterogeneous devices access and management experiences. Display Advertisement: Display Advertisement IL is a combined engineering and research group and focuses on algorithmic targeting and optimization solutions in the area on online advertisement. Information Platform and Experiences: Developing real-time location based services, developing end-to- end scenarios that span across various mobile devices as well as a set of Azure-based cloud services. XBOX Analytics: building a novel real-time recommendations platform for the Microsoft entertainment business. 17
Oracle Established in Israel: 1996 Employees: 200 Fields of Interest: Mobile and embedded Java, Cloud computing and SaaS solutions, Content delivery server for telecom, Service delivery platform for telecom, Oracle Edge Application – Demand mgmt, BI, Project Portfolio Management www.oracle.com Technologies & Products ●● Exalogic ●● CDS ●● Oracle Java mobile client ●● Oracle Java Embedded Client ●● Primavera ProSight ●● Service delivery platform ●● Oracle edge applications Acquisitions in Israel ●● 2011 Primavera ●● 2010 Sun Microsystems ●● 2010 Convergin ●● 2009 Hyperoll ●● 2006 Demantra Product / Activity Highlights Demantra Demantra’s R&D team is responsible for six products in the “Oracle edge applications” suite, focusing on: ●● Demand Management ●● Real time sales & operations planning ●● Trade planning & promotion optimizations The team is responsible for all aspects of design, implementation and quality together with managing the relevant knowledge base and supporting the applications and customer service teams. Sun Microsystems Sun Israel Development Center joined Oracle’s middleware org, and is leading the Java development for mobile and embedded markets, focusing on the cellular, digital TV and other embedded markets. The team also works on the development of Oracle’s OpsCenter virtualization product, and the ExaLogic cloud product. HyperRoll The team, based in Omer (Be’er Sheva) joined Oracle as part of the ESSBASE R&D in the OBIEE org. The team develops highly-scalable products and solutions in the BI area. The products are based on proprietary parallel algorithms, providing excellent solution for real-time financial analysis Convergin Part of Oracle’s communication global business unit, the team is composed of the original Convergin team together with Sun’s communication team. The team develops Oracle’s next generation communication products, mainly around Service Delivery Platforms for telecoms. These products provide infrastructure for hosting, running and implementing services and applications for various communication networks, from legacy technologies to the latest IP networks. Primavera Based on the startup company ProSight that was acquired by Primavera, the team joined Oracle as part of the Primavera acquisition and develops project portfolio management software under the name of “Primavera ProSight”. 18
Sears Israel Established in Israel: 2009 Fields of Interest: Social Commerce, Mobile Commerce http://sears.co.il
Technologies & Products
●● Social Commerce Platform (+Site) @ http://shopyourway.com ●● Mobile Commerce @ http://shopyourway.com/mobile
Product / Activity Highlights Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) is the fourth largest board-line retailer in the United State (#57 on Fortune 500) with over 3,800 full-line and specialty stores in the US and Canada (http://www.searsholdings.com/) Sears Israel focus in creating innovative e-commerce experiences mainly in the Social and Mobile Commerce domains ●● Social Commerce Platform (+Site) @ http://shopyourway.com ●● Mobile Commerce @ http://shopyourway.com/mobile ●● SWidgets - Social (Personalized) Widgets Suite - A powerful suite of social capabilities for commerce sites, adding the social layer on top of e-commerce. (e.g. http://www.sears.com) ●● Innovation Center - Internal incubation of commerce-related technologies, services, products or concepts.
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SAP Established in Israel: 1998 Employees: 750 Fields of Interest: Portals for Enterprise systems, and multiple User Interaction and collaboration packages, Master Data Management (MDM) product, On-Demand enterprise software for Small and Medium Enterprises, Mobile applications for the enterprise www.sap.com
Technologies & Products
●● Master Data Management ●● Business applications on mobile devices ●● Hosting applications in the Cloud
Acquisitions in Israel
●● 2006 – Ingeneo ●● 2005 – Virtual Locality ●● 2004 – A2i ●● 2003 – GUI Machine ●● 2002 – Top Manage (Menahel) ●● 2001 – Top Tier ●● 1998 – Ofek-Tech
Product / Activity Highlights Enterprise Portal Enterprise Portal is the main entry point for all users into the enterprise management system, with full role dependency and security, and with a few main variances. The team is in charge of defining and developing the portal products: ●● Standard “classic” on premise enterprise portal ●● Various collaboration spaces for joint execution and decision making ●● On demand version for most of the portal features On demand enterprise management system The local team is part of the large ByDesign product development group. This is SAP on-demand offering to the SME market. The team handles all the mobile application development, Supply Chain Management, Collaboration spaces and more. Master Data Management The locally developed technology of Master Data Management, which resulted in a SAP product continues to be developed by the local team. Invest in Israel 5 Bank of Israel Street, Jerusalem 91036 ISRAEL Tel: +972-2-6662607 Email: [email protected] www.investinisrael.gov.il
Israel Advanced Technology Industries (IATI)* Ackerstein Tower C 10 Abba Evan Blvd. Herzliya Pituach, Israel Karin Mayer Rubinstein, CEO, [email protected] Miki Lion, Director of Operations, [email protected]
*The IATI is the merged organization combining the HTIA (High Tech Industry Association) - www.htia.co.il and Israel Life Science Industry (ILSI - www.ilsi.org)