GALA Incorporated is one of Japan's largest operators of online communities and services (bulletin boards, chat rooms) through a series of Web sites with topics ranging from travel to automobiles. GALA also provides online games, a segment that has grown to make up the bulk of the company's business. GALA Incorporated offers data mining and information analysis services for corporate clients through its e-mining and BUZZ Report subsidiaries. In addition to Japan, Toho operates in other Asian countries, as well as in Europe and the US. In Japan, surfing the Web is a GALA affair.

The Corporate Library is an independent investment research firm that provides business information focused on corporate boards of directors and officers. It covers more than 5,400 companies, including the largest North American public companies along with many international businesses. The company also offers company reports and risk assessment tools. Nell Minow (chairman and editor) and Robert A.G. Monks founded The Corporate Library in 1999. The company expanded its overseas coverage with the acquisition of GovernanceMetrics International (GMI) in 2010. The Corporate Library and GMI are together owned by Governance Holdings Co.

Salary.com is a subsidiary of human resources firm Kenexa Corporation. Think you're grossly underpaid? Check out Salary.com to find out for sure. (Just refrain from doing so while you're at work.) The company's website provides the Salary Wizard, which offers employee compensation data and analysis geared toward individuals, managers, and businesses. Salary.com's flagship CompAnalyst product is a software application that manages compensation programs for employees, integrating the company's data, third-party survey data, and a customer's own pay data. The company's TalentManager software tracks performance goals, linking each employee's pay to performance. The firm has offices in the US, the UK, and China.

Kodak Imaging Network, doing business as Kodak Gallery, makes it easy to share digital photos. Formerly Ofoto, the service lets registered users create online photo albums that friends and family members can view and download. The site also offers free editing tools and photo printing services, and it sells gifts (such as calendars, coffee mugs, and mouse pads) that users can personalize with their images. In addition to its US site, Kodak Gallery operates Kodakgallery.ca in Canada and seven websites for consumers in Europe. Ofoto was founded in 1999 and acquired by Eastman Kodak in 2001. It was renamed when Kodak rebranded the service in 2005, and operates as part of Kodak's Consumer Digital Imaging Group.

Selectica (NASDAQ: SLTC) is a team of passionate professionals committed to helping companies get deals done right—faster, with higher margins and lower risk. Our solutions change the way Global 2000 companies do business by automating and streamlining complex sales management processes, from the initial quote through contract renewal.Our company was founded in 1996 based on the then revolutionary idea that Internet technologies could provides users with “selection and configuration expertise” to guide users in making better decisions in the sales process. Over the years, we’ve expanded on our vision to encompass the entire deal management process, with a comprehensive suite of solutions that includes sales configuration, pricing, quoting, and contract lifecycle management, with modules for mobile devices, employee self-service, and Salesforce.com. Today, our solutions help companies get deals done right in over 20 industries, by over 100,000 users, to process over one million new contracts annually.

Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, and Biz Stone co-founded Twitter in 2006. Here's less than 140 characters for ya: trivial texts or not, every one's all a-twitter about tweeting. Twitter operates a free digital service site that blends social networking with the ability to post short messages (or micro-blogs) limited to 140 characters or less, commonly known by users as "Tweets." Twitter's service is designed for use on personal computers and via mobile devices, such as iPhone and BlackBerry smart phones. When accessed through the Internet, Tweets are published on a poster's personal Web page. Tweets can be restricted to select viewers, or viewed by anyone.

eDiets.com, Inc. engages in developing and marketing Internet-based diet and fitness programs to consumers and businesses primarily in North America. It offers various digital subscription-based diet plans according to an individual’s weight goals, food and cooking preferences, and related shopping lists and recipes; and subscription-based weight loss oriented meal delivery services, as well as interactive online information, communities, education, and telephone and online support services. The company also provides message boards on various topics of interest to subscribers, such as online meetings presented by licensed mental health counselors, registered dietitians, and certified fitness trainers. In addition, it offers private label online nutrition, fitness, and wellness programs to health insurance, pharmaceutical, and food industries; and operates a Web site, eDiets.com, which provides content in the areas of diet and nutrition, fitness, mind and body, health, and food and recipes, as well as plans, designs, and develops private-label nutrition Web sites. eDiets.com, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Johnson & Johnson owns BabyCenter, which was founded in 1997 by Matt Glickman and Mark Selcow. BabyCenter company was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2001. If the parenting information you're getting from other sources is a bit too infantile, turn to BabyCenter. BabyCenter company operates Web sites for parents of infants and young children. Its BabyCenter.com, Baby.com, and Pregnancy.com sites contain content for parents of offspring from pre-conception through age eight. The sites also include the BabyCenter Community feature for interactive communication, advice, and support. BabyCenter additionally has several international sites, and a retail partnership with Diapers.com to sell clothing and baby products online.

365 Media Group, formerly ukbetting, offers online sports wagering and other sports-related content through Sport365.com. The collection of websites includes sportinglife.com, TEAMtalk.com, and sportal.com. In addition to sport sites, the company also offers casino games online (Sky Poker and Sky Bingo) and shopping sites (Sports.co.uk and TShirts365.com). Founded in 2001 as a collection of betting sites, the company has diversified into advertising, affiliate, and content syndication revenue streams. Banking powerhouses Goldman Sachs and UBS previously owned more than a third of 365 Media Group, which was acquired by British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) in 2007.

Axia NetMedia wants to reach out to small-town citizens. Axia NetMedia Corporation designs, develops, and operates broadband networks for clients in both urban and rural areas. Its Real Broadband Services unit builds and operates high-speed computer networks for voice, video, and data. Axia NetMedia also offers Intelligence Online, a partnership with Galileo Educational Network that helps K-12 teachers use technology to enhance their teaching abilities. Having set up a broadband network in the Canadian province of Alberta, Axia NetMedia Corporation is developing a similar network for Labrador and Newfoundland, and is pursuing overseas opportunities. Axia NetMedia gets about 80% of its revenues in North America.

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