Dozens of countries have signed on to the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement, or ACTA, in a bid to comba intellectual property rights violations. While the pact may have noble intentions to crack down on piracy, it is sparking widespread opposition around the world for its tough penalties and that the agreement is largely being negotiated in secret.
If you want to know more about how to get the most out of your staff and boost productivity, our guest Aron J. Ain could have some valuable insights for you. He is the CEO of Kronos, a US-based multinational workforce management software and services company.
Google shook up the mobile phone industry Monday, announcing that it had agreed to buy US handset maker Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in a move designed to bolster its Android software in the key market for smartphones.
Bertrand Diard was our guest last week. He is the CEO and co-founder of Talend, an open source data integration software vendor which produces several enterprise software products.
Hewlett-Packard is buying security software company ArcSight in response to growing concerns over hackers. The purchase is the latest in a series of acquisitions which move the IT giant beyond manufacturing and into software and services.
Former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Mark Hurd has resurfaced as the new co-president of software giant Oracle, a month after resigning from HP amid lingering charges of sexual harassment.
Tom Burges Watson met Jim Goodnight, who was named by Harvard Business School as one of the 20th century's great American business leaders. He's the CEO and co-founder of North Carolina-based SAS Systems, the world's largest privately held software business.
Hewlett-Packard has announced that it is buying networking company 3Com for 2.7 billion dollars in a deal that is expected to boost its presence in the fast-growing Chinese market.
After being ordered by a US court to pay a record-breaking 388 million dollars in compensation to Uniloc for infringing on a patent held by the software firm last April, Microsoft has had the decision overturned on appeal.
After a summer of acrimonious debate, French parliamentarians are set to vote on an amended version of a controversial anti-piracy bill that cracks down on the illegal downloading of copyrighted material.
