Algunos datos sobre la tecnologia israeli

US-Israel two-way trade exceeded $18 billion in 2000.

Israel is one of the most highly educated countries in the world with the highest number of engineers, scientists and Ph.D's per capita (135 per 10,000).

Israel has the largest number of startup companies, in absolute terms, than any other country in the world, save the US (3,500 companies mostly in hi-tech).

Israel is the only country in the world to have simultaneous free trade agreements with the US, Mexico and Canada; European Union and European Free Trade Association.

More Israeli companies are on the US stock exchanges (123) after the US and Canada, with market capitalization of over $33 billion, with two companies included in the S&P 500.

Israel is ranked #2 in the world for VC funds right behind the US. There is over $4 billion available for investments.

The per capita income in 2000 is over $17,500, exceeding that of the UK.

Israel's $100 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate neighbors combined.

Israel is one of the most secure countries in the world with which to do business. English is the official business language.

The cell phone was developed in Israel by Motorola-Israel. Motorola built its largest development center worldwide in Israel.

Windows NT software was developed by Microsoft-Israel.

The Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed in Israel at Intel.

Voice mail technology was developed in Israel.

The first PC anti-virus was developed in Israel in 1979 by the same company that developed the Melissa anti-virus program.

The world's most predominant company in internet firewall safety systems is Check Point, an Israeli company that controls 40% of the world's market.

AOL's instant message program was designed by an Israeli software company.

Both Microsoft and Cisco built their only R&D facilities outside the US in Israel.

Foreign entities invested more than $3 billion in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, over 5% of the total market value of stocks traded on the TASE.

The credit rating assigned by Moody's for 2000 is A, and its short-term credit rating is P1, their highest rating available for short-term credit.

Source: Ohio Israel Chamber of Commerce