An Internet visionary who has been instrumental in the rebirth of push technology, Barkat is also well known for his remarkable history as an Israeli paratrooper. His vision for BackWeb is to create e-business solutions that incorporate the company’s patented Polite technology. With the emergence of the enterprise portal as an important tool for worldwide business, Barkat sees an increasing need for Global 1,000 companies to leverage the Internet to streamline core processes and manage critical change. He has helped make BackWeb a de-facto critical communications standard and an industry leader of proactive communications technologies.