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Creo extends Herzliya lease for 2 years

Creo products will continue to rent 16,000 sq.m. at $12.50 per sq.m. per month in Herzliya
Creo Products (Nasdaq: CREOTSE:CRE) has extended its lease on the former Scitex campus in Herzliya Pituah for two years. Creo rents 16,000 sq.m. at $12.50 per sq.m. per month from Bayside Land Corp. (Gav Yam), the same as its current terms. So far as is known, Creo did not ask for, nor received, an option to extend the last past May 2005. Creo may, however, decide to stay in Herzliya, and not move to Ra’anana.

As reported by Israeli newspaper “Globes”, Creo has been in advanced negotiations with Aviv-Ocif Investments and Development (TASE:OCIF) to rent 15,000 sq.m. in the Ra’anana industrial zone at $11-12 per sq.m. per month. Sources close to the negotiations told “Globes” that problems have arisen, and the deal might not go through. (Globes-by Elazar Levin 13 Apr 03 14:03)

SDP_Bunch

SDP-
the Scitex Digital Printing Company in Dayton Ohio, is blessed with a
number of former Scitex managers (well, sort of ExScite?s, right?) in high places.

Drupa ’76- Germany- Response 200 demo team

This picture was taken at Drupa 76(?) in Germany, when Scitex was still deep into imaging for textile and geo-cartography applications.
In the picture from the left:
Standing near the color separation scanner- Dani Herzka, and Steven Daniel . Sitting at the CIPC Console: Ilan Fono and Ruthie Gahtan (Evevn). Standing on the right is Herbert Cohen, a very important cusomer/partner of Scitex those days.

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New VP Sales at Creo

Although not posted yet on their web site, we at ExScite have heard that Creo has appointed a new VP of sales.
Patrick Morrisey, straight from a 3 month engagement as Sales director of Great lakes region is now in charge.

Rony_Ross

Rony
Ross is the Executive Chairman and founder of Panorama Software Ltd.
Rony previously held the position of Chief Executive Officer since its inception
in 1993. Rony has a strong background in both software development and
marketing, and holds a successful track record of managing research and
development centers for a number of multi-national software companies before
starting Panorama Software in 1993. Rony was one of the first programmers at
Mini-Systems, the software group that had developed all the software at Scitex
for about 10 years, until it was acquired by Scitex (see the picture on the right
from those days, with Efi Arazi)
Panorama Software Systems
(Panorama) is a web-based Business Intelligence (BI) solutions, a certified
Microsoft solution provider. Panorama’s mission is to empower users in their
decision making process, by providing BI tools that retrieve data from the
corporate databases and turn it into meaningful useful information.
By 1996, Panorama had become the leading developer and marketer of software
products for OLAP and BI in the Israeli market. In October 1996, the company?s
OLAP software technology was acquired by Microsoft Corporation and formed the
basis for Microsoft?s database technology known as OLAP Services and renamed
Analysis Services 2000.
Click here to
see a recent interview with Rony at the Israeli business publication Globes.

Seen @ OnDemand Expo, NYC 2003

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Have been seen roaming the OnDemand Expo in New York City, on a Snowy April 2003 day – Click on the picture to enlarge.
From the left:
Upper row: David, Ayelet, Nizani, Scott, Ira, Dan
Lower Row: Ilan, Homi, Eli, Yaron, Dan, Reuven, Marc

Creo Consolidates Operations for Europe, Middle East and Africa

Vancouver, BC, Canada – Creo Inc. announces that Creo Middle East and Africa is consolidating its activities with those of Creo Europe, effective April 1, 2003. By combining the two organizations, Creo can make greater use of the existing infrastructure of Creo Europe in Waterloo, Belgium. To reflect this change, the operation has been renamed Creo EMEA S.A. The subsidiary will distribute Creo solutions throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
“We will be able to apply the well-developed methodology we have in our Waterloo facilities,” explains Alon Lumbroso, managing director, Creo EMEA. “We also look forward to better sharing of knowledge between the regions.” The change is not expected to impact the total number of employees, and cost savings are expected to balance the minor costs of consolidation.

The Ex-Iris ladies

Shaivalini Purohit and Nanette Clark two of the few remaining Iris-Graphics employees, posed for a picture during the pink-slip party near the company’s building in Chelmsford MA in July 2002.
If you happen to know where they are these days, please ask them to register at ExScite.org.

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Jacky Tayar

The ExScite Jacky Tayar has founded and is managing Tayrex Corp. Jacky was at Scitex in Herzlia for 14 years.
Tayrex Corp.

Scitex spinoff XMPie- ready to grow

XMPie, a Scitex spin-off founded in 2000 by the ExScite’s Jacob Aizikowitz, Israel Roth, and Reuven Sherwin. XMPie’s products enable combining electronic and print ad campaign management software
The company main share holders Scitex (19.4%) and Jerusalem Venture Partners have invested $4M so far and a $5-7M round is underway. The company has 26 employees in Netanya and 7 in the US.
In an interview with Globes, Jacob Aizikowitz (in the picture) said: “Toward the end of my time at Scitex, everyone was talking about personalized digital printing. … about ‘external personalization’, i.e. personalized content via the Internet for each surfer and customer, Internet people talk about personalization, and print people talk about personalizati