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.

OnRamp Access, Inc. company, which serves clients primarily in central Texas, got its start in 1994 as a mall kiosk staffed by husband-and-wife co-founders Chad and Elisa Kissinger. OnRamp Access encourages its customers to drop the hammer as they get their business technology up to speed. OnRamp Access company offers a number of broadband services, including dial-up, ISDN, and T-1 Internet access, as well as data colocation and server management at its Austin data center. OnRamp also has a Web development department that has provided design and programming for more than 700 Web sites for the likes of James Avery Craftsman and the Texas Railroad Commission. Other data services include disaster recovery and data backup.

TechTarget, Inc. provides specialized online content that brings together buyers and sellers of corporate information technology (IT) products. TechTarget company sells customized marketing programs that enable IT vendors to reach corporate IT decision makers who are researching specific IT purchases. As of October 19, 2010, it operated a network of approximately 80 Web sites, which focus on a specific IT sector, such as storage, security, or networking. The company’s online offerings include in-person events and specialized IT magazines, which enable advertisers to engage buyers in their decision-making process for IT purchases. Its registered members also conduct pre-purchase research by accessing vendor content, such as white papers, Web casts, video casts, virtual events, and pod casts. In addition, TechTarget’s network of Web sites allows users to interact and contribute content during their research process. TechTarget, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

OnlineAuction.com formed in 1998 by Chris Fain, a former auctioneer and online auction seller. Looking to play David to eBay's Goliath, OnlineAuction.com offers an online auction marketplace for buyers and sellers of everything from collectibles to real estate. OnlineAuction, aka OLA, charges sellers a flat monthly or yearly fee to list items for sale; it hosts the usual online auction fare as well as cars, RVs, and residential and commercial properties. OLA's site also offers a chat room where buyers and sellers can share ideas, and what it says is a simplified fee structure, invoicing, and bidding system.

Tiscali has become one of the top independent ISPs in Italy. The company provides Internet access to about 3 million subscribers, of which about 2 million are broadband users. Various voice calling services are also offered, and it provides related broadband Internet services, virtual private networks (VPNs), and more to corporate customers. The company also offers digital broadband television services under the Tiscali TV brand and it sells Tiscali-branded wireless services in partnership with Telecom Italia. Tiscali exited the UK market in 2009 with the sale of its sizeable UK business to Carphone Warehouse for £230 million.

Diveo Broadband Networks is diving into the deregulated telecommunications markets of Latin America. Diveo company provides broadband Internet access and data services to corporate clients, using fixed wireless technology in some areas. Targeting large and midsized businesses in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, Diveo Broadband also provides enhanced services such as dedicated Web hosting, data colocation, and outsourced backup and database administration. Diveo company was founded in 1996 by Jonathan Gunter and Scott Puritz; investors include the Goldman Sachs Group and Norwest Venture Partners.

Ygnition Networks, Inc. markets its services nationwide from offices in California, Ohio, Texas, and Washington. Investors in Ygnition include ComVentures and Chrysalis Ventures. If you live in an apartment or condo, Ygnition Networks wants to be your Ynternet access provyder. The company markets broadband network connections to operators of multi-tenant buildings among other clients in order to enable bulk high-speed Internet access and other communications services. It also serves customers in the health care, education, and public sector segments. In addtion to Web access, Ygnition offers cable television and digital voice calling. Its services are made possible through an agreement with AT&T.

Pathfire is a subsidiary of digital media services firm DG FastChannel. Pathfire delivers the lowdown on the hottest news. The company provides digital content distribution and management services to broadcast media outlets. Pathfire delivers primarily news and syndicated programming, including shows such as Jeopardy, Friends, and Wheel of Fortune. Major networks such as ABC and CNN rely on the Pathfire network to distribute thousands of news stories to hundreds of television affiliates. Pathfire company also provides digital media distribution and management services for advertising delivery. All total, it distributes content to more than 1,300 television stations throughout the US.

Yahoo! Inc. provides online properties and services to users; and marketing services to advertisers worldwide. Its integrated consumer experiences offerings include the Yahoo! Home Page, My Yahoo!, Yahoo! Toolbar, Yahoo! Local, and Connected TV over the Web, mobile, or TV; communications offerings comprise Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger, which provide a range of communication services to users and small businesses across various devices and broadband Internet access partners; communities offerings consist of Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, and Flickr that enable users to organize into groups and share knowledge, common interests, and photos; search offerings include Yahoo! Search, a search technology, which provides users with a search capability with search results ranked and sorted based on relevance to the users’ search query. Yahoo! Inc. also offers media products and solutions comprising online media properties, such as Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Sports, and Yahoo! Entertainment & Lifestyles that are designed to engage users with the online content and services on the Web; and Yahoo! Shopping, Yahoo! Travel, Yahoo! Real Estate, Yahoo! Personals, Yahoo! Autos, and Yahoo! Small Business that enable users to research specific topics, products, services, or areas of interest by reviewing and exchanging information, obtaining contact details, considering offers from providers of goods and services, or parties with similar interests. Its Internet marketing solutions for third-party developers, advertisers, and publishers include display of graphical advertisements, the display of text-based links to an advertiser’s Website, listing-based services, and commerce-based transactions. In addition, the company provides a range of tools for online display advertising, including rich media, video, and targeting. Yahoo! Inc. has a strategic alliance with Nokia Corporation. Yahoo! Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Tucows Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides Internet services worldwide. The company offers reseller services, including domain services, email services, personal names service, SSL digital certificates, and platypus ISP billing solutions. It also provides domain names through YummyNames, a portfolio of various classes of domain names, such as gems, premium names, direct navigation names, and surname. In addition, it offers various retail services, such as domain registration, email, and other Internet services through Hover.com. Further, Tucows company provides content services through tucows.com, a directory site offering reviews of and links to approximately 40,000 shareware, freeware, and demo software packages; and butterscotch.com that provides television-like shows and video tutorials designed to visually teach users about technology and the Internet. Tucows Inc. provides domain name registration, security, and identity products through digital certificates; and email through its global Internet-based distribution network of Internet service providers, Web hosting companies, and other providers of Internet services. Tucows company was formerly known as Infonautics, Inc. and changed its name to Tucows Inc. in August 2001. Tucows was founded in 1992 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

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