The Defend Trade Secrets Act, introduced in the Senate by Senators Hatch and Coons, and in the House by Representatives Collins, Nadler, and Jeffries, shows tremendous promise when it comes to bolstering software innovation -- so important to our daily lives, and to the health of our national economy as a whole.
AllThingsD reports that Roku has just raised another $60 million in funding in a round led by Fidelity, and ATD's Peter Kafka goes on to note that Roku is looking to use that infusion of capital to bolster its software partnerships with television manufacturers.
GoAmerica, based in Hackensack, N.J., is focusing on bolstering software and service revenue and attracting more subscribers, it said.
I.B.M. has bolstered its software lines as demand for hardware slows.
Electronic health records did little to improve the quality of health care from 2005 through 2007, even when bolstered by software that gives doctors treatment tips for individual patients.
In July 2006, Mercury was acquired by Hewlett-Packard for $4.5 billion, in a deal that H.P. said would help it bolster its business software offerings to a combined revenue of about $2 billion.
Phone.com has laid out $1.25 billion in stock on four companies the last four months to bolster its flourishing software business for wireless telephones.
"Comptel would bolster Nokia's software portfolio by adding critical solutions for catalogue-driven service orchestration and fulfillment, intelligent data processing, customer engagement, and agile service monetization," Nokia notes.
I.B.M., the world's largest provider of computer services and second-largest software company behind Microsoft, has been bolstering its services, software and hardware offerings amid a decline in corporate spending on computers.
Scopus agreed in October to buy Clear With Computers to bolster its line of software that automates customer-support services.
