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By David Shamah
 Starcom Systems makes one of the most advanced tracking systems in the world – with applications for cars, merchandise, and even people. Using a combination of almost all communication protocols out there today, Starcom users can rest easy, knowing that their property or family members will get where they have to go safely.
By David Shamah
When the GSM Association – sponsors of next week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona – hands out awards, it splits the world into four regions, presenting top prizes to the world’s best cellphone technologies and applications made by companies that hail from each region. Two companies are chosen from each region – the Americas (North and South), Asia Pacific (India, Korea, Singapore, etc.), EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) – and Israel. Like a medieval map of the world showing Jerusalem as its center, Israeli hi-tech advocate Yael Shany says that “according to the GSMA, Israel is a continent [...]
By David Shamah
 Any company that’s not sold on “the Cloud” yet will be when they hear this: According to Eddie Resnick, CEO of Israeli startup Clouds ‘R Us, 85% of computing power in many companies goes unused – ie, companies are buying seven times the average computing power they need, whether in processor speed, memory, or other expensive hardware. “It’s because companies buy for peak needs,” says Resnick, but although that peak may come just once every few weeks, organizations have, until very recently, had no choice but to be prepared.
Thanks to the Cloud, though, companies can now “outsource” their computer usage, [...]
By David Shamah
 For the first time, IT departments can trace the “dots” that lead to problems in their computer systems or networks, from the first click by a user on a PC, following the results of that click throughout the chain of servers, databases, and applications it goes through until an action takes place. Correlsense’s patented SharePath system is the only one in the world that shows administrators how the IT dots connect!
By David Shamah
 Israel’s N-trig is a world leader in touchscreen technology for laptops, and by the end of 2010, the company expects to ship tens – if not hundreds – of thousands of its DuoScreen LCD touchscreen overlays each month. It’s no wonder that some of the biggest laptop makers in the world have beat a path to N-trig’s Kfar Sava offices to work with the company.
By David Shamah
 In uncertain economic times, companies seek a safe business haven. And today, that haven is the U.S. government, which wants to help revive the economy by stimulating it. So how can Israeli companies get a piece of that action? What they really need is a friend to guide them along the path to contract success – and they may just find that friend in Beth Cohen
By David Shamah
Setting up a website for your business is all well and good – but where do you go from there? According to Josh Guedalia of Two Tribes, many businesses go absolutely nowhere – wasting what could be one of their most lucrative sales engines.
“Many businesses set up a shopping cart on their sites, and leave it at that. But without the right positioning, messaging and customer service, many businesses find that they sell far less on their websites than they anticipated. We can help businesses increase their on-line sales by building a personalized plan, based on a process we have [...]
By David Shamah
 He started working on the lightbulb in 1850, and by 1860 he already had a working device. In 1875, he came up with the idea of using carbonized thread instead of the paper filaments he had worked with before, ensuring that the bulb could generate light and heat without catching fire. He patented his idea in 1878, and the next year he started installing bulbs in homes and offices. By 1881, he started his own company, his springboard to fame and fortune. The rest is history; and that’s how we remember Joseph Swan.
Come again? Yes, it’s true: Swan is the [...]
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All articles appeared in the Jerusalem Post, written by me, David Shamah. Questions or comments? Write me at
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