Computer communications giant Cisco Systems is in advanced talks to acquire NDS for $5 billion, Israeli website Calcalist reported. NDS, founded in 1988, is a provider of software...

Microsoft has launched the first startup accelerator in the company’s history, to encourage early-stage startups to build cloud-based applications using Windows Azure. As part of the program, Microsoft...

Avaya plc is set to acquire video conferencing solutions developer Radvision, Israeli media reports. Avaya, a provider of business collaboration and communications solutions to companies around the world,...

IBM launched an analytics platform that offers personalized treatments for a wide range of long-term health issues including cancer, hypertension and AIDS. The biomedical platform, named Clinical Genomics,...

Investment network eToro announced that it has closed a funding round of $15 million from Spark Capital and other investors to fuel international growth and further development of...

Medical device company superDimension is in the process of being acquired by Covidien Plc, for $350 million, Israeli website Calcalist reported. The deal is anticipated to be sealed by...

Mazor Robotics, Israeli developer of surgical robots and complementary products for spine surgery, signed an agreement with Cicel Science & Technology to distribute its Renaissance system in China. As part...

Israeli startup Fooducate has won the mobile application competition “Command the Spotlight” at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas. The competition was organized by analytics company Flurry. According to the blog VentureBeat, Fooducate...

NeuroPhage Pharmaceuticals, a privately held biotechnology company focused on the treatment and prevention of neurodegenerative diseases, announced that it has secured $9 million. The funding round that was...