Red Herring Magazine?s list of the top 100 private and public companies ?most likely to change the world? included three Israeli firms: Check Point Software Technologies, Mellanox Technologies and Schema, Ltd. The three were among only 20 non-U.S. firms listed in the survey, which included such powerhouses as Dell Computers, Oracle, Google, the widely used search engine, and Seagate Technology. The selected companies were recognized for being ?bent on overcoming theoretical scientific limits?? and for being ?capable of building sound business models from their developments.? Venture capitalists and investment banks also endorsed the selected companies for their ?potential to disrupt an existing market or create a new one altogether?, as well as management skill.
Check Point and Mellanox were listed for the second consecutive year. All three companies were noted for having been innovative to the point of causing revolutions in their fields.
Check Point is the foremost provider of corporate firewalls and virtual private networks to protect computer systems from hackers, according to Red Herring. Its products are in use by 90 percent of the 500 largest firms in the United States. Schema helps cellular operators expand bandwidth for cellular telephones, significantly reducing the need to build transmitters. Schema has recently signed major contracts with leading U.S. carriers, including US Cellular, Cingular and Verizon, reports the company.
Mellanox makes server chips that increase the speed of data moving through servers and networks. The company was recently recognized by Upside Magazine as one of its Upside 100, it was included in Network Computing?s Companies to Watch and Computerworld?s Top 100 Emerging Companies.
Check Point and Mellanox were listed for the second consecutive year. All three companies were noted for having been innovative to the point of causing revolutions in their fields.
Check Point is the foremost provider of corporate firewalls and virtual private networks to protect computer systems from hackers, according to Red Herring. Its products are in use by 90 percent of the 500 largest firms in the United States. Schema helps cellular operators expand bandwidth for cellular telephones, significantly reducing the need to build transmitters. Schema has recently signed major contracts with leading U.S. carriers, including US Cellular, Cingular and Verizon, reports the company.
Mellanox makes server chips that increase the speed of data moving through servers and networks. The company was recently recognized by Upside Magazine as one of its Upside 100, it was included in Network Computing?s Companies to Watch and Computerworld?s Top 100 Emerging Companies.