The Israeli R&D centers of Motorola, Microsoft, Marvell Technology, Deutsche Telekom, Citibank, Kodak, and GE are holding their third Weekathon in three years to develop new products together. Each company is sending up to 5 senior programmers to develop “the next big thing”.
http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-7-israeli-rd-centers-of-multinationals-to-cooperate-1001021588