In this edition we mark the sad birthday of 5-year-old Ariel Bibas, the little redhead being held by Hamas with his baby brother and parents. We also want you to know about the courageous stand taken by Ayelet Samerano against the UNWRA secretary-general in Lausanne.
Read about how long can a hostage survive in captivity, about Turkey in NATO, the threats to Israel from Iran and Hezbollah and what the IDF says might happen.
In Shoshanna Solomon's article (in French) for the Times of Israel about how founders of startups need to let go, she discusses how change affects management style. Among others, she quotes Eyal Waldman of Mellanox as saying "...when the company was a start-up, I was much more involved in all the processes. I miss that. I used to be more involved. Now I need to talk a lot. It is more difficult to play on the playground of adults, because if you fail, the fall is stronger and more difficult. "
The New York Times reported that Starboard Value, which started the proxy fight, just sent a letter to Mellanox attacking its policy of stock grants to executives.
The Israel Innovation Authority recently announced a new pilot incentive track for financial support at the rate of 20% to 40% of the total budget approved for a specific R&D program application. The R&D plans will be approved in advance for a period of up to 3 years. R&D Centers which operate in geographic development zones are entitled to additional 10% of support. Supported Companies will not be obliged to pay royalties to the Israel Innovation Authority.
US investor who acquired 10.7% of Mellanox stock in November is reported to have started a proxy fight for control of Mellanox.
רשות החדשנות תשתתף ב-66% מעלויות אפיון, הקמה ותפעול מתקן ההדגמה / תשתית למו"פ. יתר המימון, יגיע מהחברות המשתתפות באיגוד.
Summary of the Yokneam Conference (in Hebrew)
מפגש קהילת היזמים של יקנעם ביחד עם קהילת מועדון ארוחת הבוקר. לערב מרתק של פאנל סוחף נטוורק מעולה, ובסוף הופעה לייב של להקת 09:30 and the gang. כל שנותר הוא להמתין לערב הבא. ולהצטרף לקהילה!
Join our upcoming webinar on Dec 12, 2017 and learn from industry professionals how to generate accurate 3D linework directly from images
According to Proactive Investors, the building which was built by BATM 17 years ago was sold to take advantage of the increased value of property in Israel and at the same time provide it more flexibility in meeting its property requirements. BATM will lease back 2,027 square meters.
SUNNYVALE, Calif. & YOKNEAM, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MLNX), a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end smart interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems, today announced that the company has been ranked by the international accounting and consulting firm Deloitte as among the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Israel.
Mellanox’s smart interconnect solutions, based on Ethernet and InfiniBand, are used by many of the world’s largest and leading corporations and organizations, including hyperscale companies, enterprises, leading government institutes, national universities, global banks and others, to enable essential global efforts in artificial intelligence, autonomous cars, deep learning platforms, climate research, computer imaging, national security and more.
“The Deloitte Israel Fast 50 ranks companies based on their sustained revenue growth over four years,” said Shally Tshuva, Technology, Media & Telecommunications Industry Leader at Deloitte Israel. “Being one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Israel is a great indication of Mellanox’s achievements and leadership.”
“We are pleased to have been selected as one of the 50 fastest growing tech companies in Israel,” said Eyal Waldman, president and CEO of Mellanox Technologies. “This achievement is a reflection of the outstanding people at Mellanox who continue to create smart, competitive and innovative solutions for connecting servers and storage platforms. Our technology enables and accelerates many high-performance, artificial intelligence, cloud, big data, security, financial and other data centers, providing our users with the best return on investment. I am very proud of our team and look forward to our next big achievement together.”
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About Mellanox
Mellanox Technologies (NASDAQ: MLNX) is a leading supplier of end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet smart interconnect solutions and services for servers and storage. Mellanox interconnect solutions increase data center efficiency by providing the highest throughput and lowest latency, delivering data faster to applications and unlocking system performance capability. Mellanox offers a choice of fast interconnect products: adapters, switches, software and silicon that accelerate application runtime and maximize business results for a wide range of markets including high performance computing, enterprise data centers, Web 2.0, cloud, storage and financial services. More information is available at: www.mellanox.com.
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