IBM Israel#Haifa Research Lab

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IBM is a globally integrated enterprise operating in 170 countries. IBM's R&D history in Israel began in 1972 when Professor Josef Raviv established the IBM Israel Scientific Center in the Technion's Computer Science Building in Haifa. As of 2023, over 3000 individuals work at IBM R&D locations across Israel, including Haifa, Tel Aviv, Herzliya, Rehovot, and the Jerusalem Technology Park.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-17 |title=IBM laying off dozens of storage software developers in Israel |url=https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/ryacsbqqh |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=ctech |language=en}}.

Haifa Research Lab

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IBM Haifa Research Laboratory (HRL) is located in Haifa, Israel. It is an IBM R&D Lab in Israel. It handles projects in the spheres of cloud computing,{{Cite press release | url=http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23448.wss | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080211120824/http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23448.wss | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 11, 2008 |title = IBM and European Union Launch Joint Research Initiative for Cloud Computing|date = 2008-02-05|publisher=IBM |access-date=2021-01-03}} healthcare and life sciences, verification technologies,{{Cite web |url=http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/dept/svt/index.html |title=IBM R&D; Labs in Israel | Software and Verification Technologies |access-date=2009-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820081646/http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/dept/svt/index.html |archive-date=2009-08-20 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/dept/vst/index.html |title=IBM Research | IBM Haifa Research Lab | Verification and Services Technologies |website=www.haifa.il.ibm.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103005435/http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/dept/vst/index.html |archive-date=3 January 2007 |url-status=dead}} multimedia, event processing,{{cite web |url=http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/dept/services/stes.html |title=IBM Research | IBM Haifa Research Lab | Software Tools and Event-based Systems |website=www.haifa.il.ibm.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018134617/http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/dept/services/stes.html |archive-date=18 October 2006 |url-status=dead}} information retrieval,{{cite web |url=http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/dept/imt/ir.html |title=IBM Research | IBM Haifa Research Lab | Information Retrieval |website=www.haifa.il.ibm.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018144523/http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/dept/imt/ir.html |archive-date=18 October 2006 |url-status=dead}} programming environments,{{cite web |url=http://www.haifa.ibm.com/dept/services/index.html |title=IBM Research | IBM Haifa Research Lab | Software & Services |website=www.haifa.ibm.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316075009/http://www.haifa.ibm.com/dept/services/index.html |archive-date=16 March 2006 |url-status=dead}} business transformation, and optimization technologies.{{cite web |url=http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/dept/services/abo.html |title=IBM Research | IBM Haifa Research Lab | Software & Services | Business Transformation & Optimization |website=www.haifa.il.ibm.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060312032828/http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/dept/services/abo.html |archive-date=12 March 2006 |url-status=dead}} HRL is the biggest IBM research center outside the US.{{Cite web|url=https://en.globes.co.il/en/article--1000614740|title=IBM Haifa lab receives most US patents in Israel - Globes|date=January 11, 2011|website=en.globes.co.il}}

Established back in 1972 as the IBM Israel Scientific Center, the IBM Haifa Research Lab has grown from three researchers to over five hundred employees, including regular staff members and many students. The IBM Haifa Research Lab is located in a custom-built complex adjacent to the Haifa University campus, with branches in Haifa and Tel Aviv. Current projects include healthcare, cloud computing, formal and simulation-based verification technologies, programming environments, chip design, storage systems, information retrieval, collaboration, and much more.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}

At the IBM Haifa Research Lab, twenty-five percent of the technical staff have doctoral degrees in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, or related fields. Employees are actively involved in teaching at Israeli higher education institutions such as the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) and supervising post-graduate theses. Many employees have received IBM awards for achievements and excellence.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}

Systems and Technology Group Lab

STG incorporates the former Haifa Development Lab and develops advanced technologies for IBM's Systems and Technology Group. The STG Lab in Israel is involved in three major activities: storage technology, de-duplication software, and chip design.

Working closely with the Israeli hi-tech community and recent IBM acquisitions in Israel, the STG Lab serves as a focal point for building a storage ecosystem in Israel. The lab also works closely with the [https://archive.today/20120919164845/http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/disk/xiv/ XIV] team in IBM. Its three main departments are [http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/ilstl/hardware.shtml Hardware Development], [http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/ilstl/storage.shtml Storage Systems Development], and [http://diligent.com/ Diligent Technologies].{{Non-primary source needed|date=March 2023}}

Israel Software Lab

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ILSL develops software for real-time collaboration [http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/ilsl/rtc.shtml], content discovery [http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/ilsl/cde.shtml]{{Non-primary source needed|date=March 2023}} and text analytics, metadata management [http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/ilsl/metadata.shtml], application security [http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/ilsl/as.shtml]{{Non-primary source needed|date=March 2023}}, and SOA [http://www.haifa.ibm.com/ilsl/soa.shtml]{{Non-primary source needed|date=March 2023}}. The teams work closely with the Lotus, Information Management, Rational, and WebSphere brands in IBM's Software Group.

List of Israeli companies acquired by IBM

In recent years IBM acquired over a dozen Israeli technology companies, which have been subsequently incorporate into IBM R&D Labs in Israel, they include:

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Ubique{{cite news\|title=Lotus Development Corp. to Bring Real-Time Dimension to Messaging and Groupware\|url=http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/2648.wss\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605123221/http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/2648.wss\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=June 5, 2011\|date=19 May 1998}}	Developer of instant messaging and collaboration products, its functions integrated into IBM Lotus Sametime product	May 19, 1998
iPhrase Systems{{cite news\|title=IBM acquires iPhrase\|url=http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000025516\|newspaper=Globes\|date=3 November 2005}}	US-based iPhrase had an R&D center in Jerusalem with 30 employees. The US company acquired its activity in Israel when it merged with Banter Systems, a start-up that developed software for automated classification of texts.	November 1, 2005
Unicorn Solutions{{cite news\|title=IBM buys software co Unicorn Solutions\|url=http://www.ivc-online.com/ivcWeeklyItem.asp?articleID=4376\|newspaper=Globes\|date=9 June 2006\|access-date=2 November 2011\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203134015/http://www.ivc-online.com/ivcWeeklyItem.asp?articleID=4376\|archive-date=3 February 2010\|url-status=dead}}	Developer of software for metadata management, The company’s product provides metadata repository, ontology modeling, semantic mapping, Active Design services, and federated business querying services.	May 5, 2006	$10 million
WatchFire{{cite web\|last=Ogren\|first=Eric\|title=AppScan lives on with IBM\|url=http://blogs.computerworld.com/node/5652\|publisher=Computerworld; June 8, 2007\|access-date=November 2, 2011\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131081131/http://blogs.computerworld.com/node/5652\|archive-date=January 31, 2011\|url-status=dead}}	US-based flagship product AppScan, was developed by Sanctum, an Israeli company acquired by WatchFire in 2004. AppScan is a solution for integrate application security, now renamed IBM Rational AppScan	July 20, 2007
I-Logix{{cite news \|title=IBM Completes Acquisition of Telelogic AB \|url=http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23792.wss \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618222207/http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23792.wss \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=June 18, 2008 \|work=IBM Press room \|publisher=IBM \|date=Apr 3, 2008 \|access-date=2009-10-20}}	Developer of collaborative Model driven development (MDD) solutions, acquired by IBM via the acquisition of Telelogic. Its flagship products now renamed IBM Rational Rhapsody and IBM Rational Statemate	April 3, 2008
XIV{{cite news \|title=IBM acquires Israel-based XIV for undisclosed sum \|date=2008-01-02 \|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUSL0218975220080103\|access-date=2009-03-16 \| work=Reuters}}	High-end disk storage products now renamed IBM XIV Storage System	January 2, 2008
FileX{{cite news\|title=IBM To Acquire Israeli Storage Firm FilesX\|url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/storage/disaster_recovery/207100985\|newspaper=InformationWeek\|date=April 10, 2008}}{{cite press release \|title=IBM Signs Agreement to Acquire FilesX \|date=2008-04-10 \|url=http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23816.wss\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501115732/http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23816.wss\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=May 1, 2008\|access-date=2009-03-16}}	Disk-based backup and recovery solutions	April 10, 2008
Diligent Technologies{{cite news\|title=IBM buys Israel's Diligent The price for the storage solutions company is estimated at $200 million.\|url=http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000334321\|newspaper=Globes\|date=17 April 2008}}	Data De-duplication	April 18, 2008	$200 million
Guardium{{cite news\|title=IBM to buy Israeli start-up company for $225 million\|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/ibm-to-buy-israeli-start-up-company-for-225-million-1.3275\|newspaper=Haaretz\|date=2009-11-27}}	Provider of real-time database security and monitoring solutions to safeguard enterprise data and address regulatory compliance requirements.	November 30, 2009	$225 million
Storwize[http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000578219&fid=1725 IBM buys Israeli data storage company Storwize] Globes; 29 July 10	Provider of data compression solutions, now known as IBM Storwize	July 29, 2010	$140 million
Worklight{{cite news\|title=IBM Acquires Mobile Specialist Worklight\|url=http://informationweek.com/news/development/mobility/232500829\|newspaper=InformationWeek\|date=January 31, 2012}}	Mobile application development platform	January 31, 2012	$70 million
CSL International{{cite news\|title=IBM acquires CSL International\|url=http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000860896\|newspaper=Globes\|date=July 9, 2013}}	virtualization management technology for IBM's zEnterprise system	July 9, 2013	$10 million
Trusteer{{cite news\|title=IBM completes Trusteer acquisition\|url=http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000877370\|newspaper=Globes\|date=September 3, 2013}}	Endpoint cybercrime prevention	September 3, 2013	$630 million
EZSource{{Cite news\|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/3077939/ibm-buys-ezsource-to-help-transform-your-mainframe-apps-for-the-digital-world.html\|title=IBM buys EZSource to help transform your mainframe apps for the digital world\|newspaper=PCWorld\|access-date=2016-12-06}}	Application discovery and dashboard visualization	June 1, 2016	Not disclosed

References

External links

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