NEWS
Cisco expands network of digital hubs
connecting businesses in Israel
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he President of Israel, Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin, and Cisco Chairman
and CEO, Chuck Robbins, inaugurated a new network of digital
hubs in Jerusalem. As part of the strategic partnership between
Israel and Cisco to accelerate the country’s digital agenda, Cisco
is working with the Government of Israel, local municipalities and
partners to build a network of digital hubs to connect communities
and businesses.
Including the two new digital hubs in Jerusalem, there are 10 hubs
operating across Israel, with plans for a total of 100 hubs by the end
of 2019.
Digital hubs use Cisco Collaboration technologies to help local
businesses and entrepreneurs work together and develop new
business ideas. Using Cisco Spark, which combines diverse
communication channels such as chat, video, phone and content
sharing in one cloud-based app, they can easily create, share and
get work done together. Digital hubs also feature Cisco Spark Board,
allowing community members to wirelessly present, whiteboard and
video conference with any other hub. Furthermore, Cisco worked
with local start-up, Cob, who created a software application with
additional tools such as pre-defined contract templates and a project
management framework.
“Cisco is proud to partner with the Government of Israel in
accelerating innovation and promoting entrepreneurship and digital
skills to build inclusive communities. With our new network of digital
hubs, we are helping unconnected communities integrate into the
digital economy, further supporting Israel’s digital agenda and
driving more innovation in the region,” Chuck Robbins, Chairman and
CEO, Cisco commented.
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Intel and Mobileye begin testing their
autonomous fleet in Jerusalem
aggressive traffic conditions of Jerusalem.
The technology is being driven on the road
to demonstrate the power of the Mobileye
approach and technology, to prove that
the Responsibility-Sensitive Safety (RSS)
model increases safety and to integrate
key learnings into Mobileye products and
customer projects. In the coming months,
the fleet will expand to the US and other
regions. While the AV fleet is not the first
on the road, it represents a novel approach
that challenges conventional wisdom in
multiple areas. Leveraging over 20 years of
experience in computer vision and artificial
intelligence (AI), Mobileye vehicles are
proving the Mobileye-Intel solution is the
most efficient and effective.
Article by: Professor Amnon Shashua,
Co-founder and CTO of Mobileye
The first phase of the Intel and Mobileye
100-car autonomous vehicle (AV) fleet has
begun operating in the challenging and
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INTELLIGENTCIO
The key differentiator of the system is that
it’s designed to meet important goals of
safety and economic scalability from the
beginning. Specifically, Mobileye targets
a vehicle that gets from point A to point B
faster, smoother and less expensively than
a human-driven vehicle; can operate in
any geography; and achieves a verifiable,
transparent 1,000 times safety improvement
over a human-driven vehicle without the
need for billions of miles of validation testing
on public roads.
Why Jerusalem?
The obvious answer is because Mobileye is
based in Israel. That makes it convenient,
but Mobileye also wanted to demonstrate
that the technology can work in any
geography and under all driving conditions.
Jerusalem is notorious for aggressive driving.
There aren’t perfectly marked roads and
there are complicated merges. You can’t
have an autonomous car travelling at an
overly cautious speed, congesting traffic or
potentially causing an accident. You must
drive assertively and make quick decisions
like a local driver.
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