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Israeli Company Business Layers to Cooperate with PricewaterhouseCoopers
By Aviva Mishmari

From Israel's Business Arena - Globes

August 31, 2000
Business Layers has announced the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement with professional services company PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC). The value of the deal has not been disclosed, but it is likely to yield Business Layers millions of dollars in the first year, and "tens of millions of dollars" in following years.

Under the agreement, Business Layers' software will be used in the organizational system management services PWC provides to its customers. Business Layers' software allocates digital resources, such as network access, e-mail accounts, telephony, software applications, and access to databases and accompanying business systems. The software enables advanced automation capabilities.

PricewaterhouseCoopers is an accounting firm considered the world's biggest professional services company. The firm employs 150,000 staff in 150 countries.

Business Layers develops Internet solutions for managing the allocation of digital resources to employees, customers, and business partners in the dynamic B2B (business-to-business electronic commerce) environment. The company's products enable customers to react quickly and efficiently to business requirements.

Business Layers was set up in 1999 by Izhar Shay, formerly of the BRM group. He founded Business Layers together with entrepreneurs Avi Zamir, former president of RADCcom's US operations; Amir Weinstein, formerly with Bay Networks' Israeli operations; and David Lavenda, formerly of IPhighway. Business Layers' shareholders are venture capital funds Formula Ventures, Israel Seed Partners and Gemini, and entrepreneur Yigal Jacoby. Software company Novel l. invested $2 million in Business Layers in January, at a company value of $25 million, after money.

The 70-staff company's head office is in New Jersey, and its development center is in Raanana. The company has marketing and sales offices in the US, Paris, London, Frankfurt, Copenhagen and Israel.

Published by Israel's Business Arena on 31 August, 2000

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