Adobe: closes the R & D center in Israel

Develops Flash and Photoshop closes in cuts to the development center in Israel. Probably leave a small team

 Adobe closes the global development center in Israel, TheMarker has learned. As of December 31, Adobe finished the lease of offices Eban Street Herzliya. However, there is going to keep certain activities in Israel. A knowledgeable source said that the plan is to keep nine employees: a small development team, sales people and members of the Professional Services as part of a contract with Regus, a company specializing in the rental of office complexes and full work (including secretary services, etc.).
Israeli development center is based on the company's development activity start - up dancing. This last was acquired by Aumnitz'r October 2008 after it closed. Mercado has raised a huge amount of this sale of $ 70 million by a series of venture capital funds, including: Pitango Venture Capital, Star Ventures, Walden, Israel Seed Valley venture capital - a model.
Investors decided not to inject more money to the company and Mercado assets taken over by a receiver - sold Laumnitz'r, a public software company engaged in the analysis of information obtained from Web sites. Aumnitz'r was sold to Adobe in October 2009 for an estimated $ 1.8 billion.
Adobe announced in early November that it was laying off 750 employees worldwide. A cut of 8% under the company's human fat 9117 employees as of the end of 2010. Cause who knows Adobe's development activities in Israel said that Adobe has tested all its development activities across Europe, including Israel, and closed offices where she had thought that the activity is not strategic to the company.
Adobe Israel and worked up to 14 people on two product lines: the first - Merchandise and other Srtz End Fromot. Development activities that stay in Israel belongs to the second product, Adobe continues to operate. It is also possible that some employees remain working from home. Please note that Adobe recently chose to disengage world from Quicksoft of Reuven Agassi, who was its representative for many years.