Many are also beefing up back-office operations, such as risk management and compliance.
"Some are also beefing up their physical retail teams with senior-level hires, suggesting aggressive expansion plans are in the works," she said.
Consumers are also beefing up their use of anti-virus software.
It comes at a time when others like Google Ventures are also beefing up their activities in Europe; it will be interesting to see how and if these two collaborate on investments together.
A move to expand its video offerings would come at the same time that companies like Google (which sees Amazon as its biggest competitor in another form of advertising: search) and Yahoo are also beefing up their video plays.
But while Manhattan-based anchors head downtown, news divisions are also beefing up their presence in Pakistan -- a country where U.S.-based networks are largely without significant staff.
One night, there were also beef short ribs, which were fabulous.
Customer service was also beefed up.
The suspension is also beefed up with heavy-duty components for more towing capacity.
It is also beefing up its networks unit, which sells equipment for transmitting calls between phones.
