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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
 If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is an icon on a cellphone that saves you the trouble of having to tap out words on tiny keyboards worth? For kids who are looking to express themselves creatively, as well as adults who want to save time and effort sending SMS messages, those icons are priceless; and as a result, Israeli startup Zlango’s SMS icon service has captured the imagination – and loyalty – of users in Europe, the Carribean – and now the Far East.
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
 If you think the cloud is slow, it isn’t the cloud’s fault, says Navot Peled of Israel’s Gizmox. Gizmox’s Visual WebGui, a brand new, built from the bottom up platform for web application development, will help make things run a lot more smoothly in the cloud.
By David Shamah
 Small businesses that want to save money (a major concern during a recession), as well as hassle (a major concern anytime), should look to the heavens – specifically, the clouds. Or rather, “the cloud,” that ethereal place on the internet that will eventually supply all our data and computing needs. The cloud is ready for prime time, says Henry Broodney of InGrid Networks, which has come up with perhaps the first low-cost, enterprise level system recovery application/platform for small and medium sized businesses.
Usually, it’s hard to find sentences in which the terms “small business” and “enterprise level” are used together. [...]
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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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