Ahron Shapiro

[JERUSALEM] – When confidence falls in the high-tech sector and financial resources dwindle, what can startups do in order to survive? That’s the situation facing thousands of businesses globally. In Israel, Zoomix, a small, Jerusalem-based, B2B ecommerce software company, faces the difficult challenges posed by a hostile market climate. Venture capital companies, which used to […]

YOKNEAM, Israel – Internet hardware company Mellanox introduced its line of InfiniBand compatible products. The product line, InfiniBridge, is the first commercially available device supporting both 2.5Gb/s (1X) and 10Gb/s (4X) links compatible with the new technology specification, the company said. InfiniBand is a point-to-point high speed switch fabric interconnect architecture with built-in fault tolerance […]

JERUSALEM – Israeli Internet industry professionals said Wednesday that reports of troubles at Jerusalem software company Slangsoft are a reminder of the vulnerability of angel-backed startups to financial irregularities. An article published in Wednesday’s Jerusalem Post reported that several former Slangsoft employees are suing the company for salaries they claim were never paid. In addition, […]

JERUSALEM – Local companies will indirectly benefit from the closure of Wave Access and Armon Networks in Israel last week, which led to 200 layoffs, an Israeli telecom industry analyst said Sunday. “The companies which will benefit the most will be those with human resource problems,” said Gilai Dolev, of Dolev and Abramovich of Ramat […]