The Oren Group with offices in Matan, Israel has joined the network of TBK business consultants.

Israel is a global center of software innovation and cutting edge technologies. Technology giants such as Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, SAP, HP, Intel and many more have established large R&D centers in Israel. In fact, Bill Gates has recently said that "Israel is part of the Silicon Valley,”

The new Israeli office of the TBK network offers to leverage Israeli extensive technology potential into the international markets. The TBK global partners' network and business methodologies will enable Israeli software clients to globalize their technologies rapidly and effectively. At the same time, companies around the globe can use the Israeli TBK office to scout for innovative software technologies that are constantly being developed.

"Israeli software companies are innovative, creative and ambitious, but they are faced with a very small domestic market representing less than 0,5% of the world wide demand for IT solutions,” says Managing Director- Haim Oren. “They need effective means to introduce their technologies avoiding the traditional costly and time consuming process of crossing the chasm to Int'l markets. The North American and European markets represent complex business and marketing eco-systems. Working with the Oren Group and its TBK affiliate partners can save resources and shorten considerably the time-to-market of Israeli software technologies. Concurrently, the Oren Group can become a software innovation center by enabling companies around the world to acquire and/or partner with Israeli based software companies as Microsoft, Oracle, Intel, SAP, and others have already adopted this strategy successfully.

“Although Israel is a small market, it does represent an interesting opportunity for new and innovative technology”, says Hans Peter Bech, founder of the TBK Network. “The technology adaption potential in Israel is much higher than in the bigger markets, where companies typically are much more conservative. In addition Israel is one of those markets where you can get a long way with English as your business language. Israel should be on the list of many more software companies looking for international expansion.

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Facts about technology in Israel:

In proportion to its population, Israel has the largest number of startup companies in the world. In absolute terms, Israel has the largest number of startup companies than any other country in the world, except the US (3,500 hi-tech companies).

Outside the United States and Canada, Israel has the largest number of NASDAQ listed companies.

• Israel is ranked #2 in the world for venture capital funds right behind the US.
• Israel has the third highest rate of entrepreneurship - and the highest rate among women and among people over 55 - in the world.
• IBM, Kodak, Cisco, HP, Google, Novell and many more, also have large scale research and development centers in Israel.
• SAP AG, the world's enterprise software leader, has its larger development center outside Germany in Ra'anana, Israel. This center, called "SAP Labs Israel", is also based on several startup companies that SAP acquired in Israel.
• Intel has four major development centers in Israel. These centers were the origin of Pentium MMX technology, Dothan/Centrino and Pentium 4. Israel was Intel's first development center outside the US
• Microsoft has one of its three "strategic development centers" outside the US in Israel. It is based on several startup companies that Microsoft has acquired in Israel, which are now part of this development center. Most of Windows NT technology was developed in Israel.

About The Oren group
Based in Tel Aviv Metropolitan area, the Oren Group provides Israeli software companies with the necessary business development services to fulfill their sales potential worldwide by utilizing its extensive business experience, knowledge, methodologies and industry contacts.

The Oren group provides int'l business development, marketing, branding & sales development to high tech companies. Haim Oren has more than 25 years of working at senior executive positions at leading marketing agencies in US and Israel such as; Young Rubicam. Rudder & Finn, McCann Erickson , and consulted clients like; AT&T, Kraft-General Foods, Eastman Kodak, Avon US, KPMG, etc., in the last four years, he served as the Israeli Country Manager of Jupiter Research- a Forrester Research company (NASDAQ FORR)—an int'l technology, market research & consulting company.

About TBK Consult
TBK Consult is an international management consulting and matchmaking company with a 100% focus on internationalization in the software industry.

TBK Consult is organized as a franchise where partners in the various countries are working under the TBK brand using the TBK methodology and templates. All TBK partners have substantial operational C-level experience with international sales and marketing of software products and solution.

As of February 1, 2009 the company has offices in Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Finland, UK, USA, France, Italy, India and Israel. Altogether more than 40 consultants are working out of 15 locations serving clients in the software industry.