Rakuten was founded in 1997 by chairman and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani. Rakuten is Japan's largest online retailer and a leading provider of Internet-based services. The company's business segments and subsidiaries include Rakuten Ichiba (an online shopping mall), Rakuten Auction (online auctions), Rakuten Books (online bookstore), Infoseek (Internet search, Web logs, and job boards), Rakuten Travel, and Rakuten Securities (online trading). The firm's entertainment activities include television broadcasting in Japan and ownership of a professional baseball team. Its financial services unit offers credit cards and consumer loans. Its Fusion Communications subsidiary (acquired in 2007) provides Internet phone service.

RealNetworks, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. RealNetworks, Inc. provides network- delivered digital media products and services worldwide. It develops and markets software products and services that enable the creation, distribution, and consumption of digital media, including audio and video. The company operates in four segments: Technology Products and Solutions (TPS), Media Software and Services (MSS), Games, and Music. The TPS segment primarily offers software-as-a-service offerings, which include ringback tones, music-on-demand, video-on-demand, and messaging services, as well as system software license sales and intellectual property licensing. This segment also licenses Helix server software that allows companies to broadcast live and on-demand audio, video, and other multimedia programming to users over the Internet. The MSS segment offers RealPlayer, a media player software, which includes features and services that enable consumers to discover, play, download, manage, and edit digital video. The Games segment offers various casual games available through digital downloads or online portals, social networks, and mobile devices. This segment also involves in game development, publishing, licensing, and distribution. It distributes games principally in North America, Europe, and Latin America through the company’s own Web sites, which are operated under the GameHouse, RealArcade, Zylom, and Atrativa brands, and through Web sites owned or managed by third parties. In addition, this segment develops and distributes games for other platforms, including mobile phones, other handheld devices, and videogame consoles. The Music segment offers Rhapsody, a subscription and advertising-supported music service; Rhapsody.com, a free Web-based limited version digital music service; and Rhapsody MP3 music store, where consumers purchase and download individual digital music tracks.

TheStreet.com, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a digital financial media company in the United States. TheStreet.com provides various subscription-based and advertising-supported content and tools to its readers and advertisers through a range of online platforms, including Web sites, mobile devices, email services, widgets, blogs, podcasts, and online video channels. Its Web sites include TheStreet.com, RealMoney.com, Stockpickr.com, BankingMyWay.com, MainStreet.com, and TheStreet.com Ratings. TheStreet.com, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in New York, New York.

Uniserve Communications provides Internet services to more than 250,000 customers in Canada. Uniserve Communications offers both dial-up and broadband connections and VoIP telephone service, as well as other related services such as Web hosting, domain registration, and server colocation. Customers include residential, home office, and small-to-medium size businesses, as well as other Internet service providers who purchase wholesale Internet services from Uniserve. Uniserve Communications company's Kinzin subsidiary offers online social networking services tailored for individuals and organizations including schools and sports teams. Uniserve started out as a computer retail store and dial-up bulletin board system (BBS) in 1988.

Internet Initiative Japan Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides Internet connectivity, outsourcing, and network integration services to customers in Japan and the United States. Its connectivity services include services for corporate use, such as IP services and data center connectivity services, broadband Internet connectivity services, dial-up access services, IIJ mobile services, and IIJ ISDN/F and IIJ line management/F services; and connectivity services for home use consisting of IIJ4U, IIJmio, and hi-ho. The company’s outsourcing services comprise security-related outsourcing services that protect customer network systems from unauthorized access and secure remote connections to internal networks; network-related outsourcing services, such as Internet-virtual private network, and router rental; server-related outsourcing services, including Web hosting, e-mail hosting, document storage, and streaming; data center-related outsourcing services consisting of data center facility, data center connectivity, and management and monitoring; and customer support and help desk solutions, and IP phone services. It also provides systems integration services, which include consulting, project planning, systems design, and development of network systems, primarily focusing on Internet business systems, and Intranet and Extranet corporate information systems; and systems operation and maintenance services comprising systems construction-related maintenance, monitoring, and operating. In addition, the company sells network-related equipment, as well as provides automated teller machine (ATM) services. As of August 31, 2009, it operated 11 points of presence (POPs) for dedicated access and 1 POP for nationwide dial-up access, and 15 Internet data centers. As of September 30, 2009, the company operated 60 ATMs. Internet Initiative Japan Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Onyx stays (in the) black by helping other businesses keep moving. Onyx Internet is an Internet services provider and IT support firm serving businesses in North East England. Its Onyx Group does the ISP work while DataBanx offers data hosting, Aksaris network security, and Onyx Consult helps businesses sort out their information technology problems related to regulatory compliance, supply chain management, and network security. In addition to its clients in the UK, Onyx also works as a consultant for companies in the US, Europe, and the Middle East. Clients have included Aberdeen Football Club, Bausch & Lomb, and Reg Vardy.

Healthline Networks, Inc. was formed in 1999 as YourDoctor.com; it floundered during the dot com bust and eventually resurfaced as Healthline Networks in 2005 with funding from companies such as VantagePoint and Reed Elsevier. Healthline Networks wants to give you a direct connection to health information. The company's Web site uses proprietary semantic taxonomy to match everyday language with medical terms for a more complete look at interconnected topics from diseases and conditions to causes and treatments. In addition to operating its own ad-supported consumer Web site, Healthline powers search, advertising, and content services to a network of publishers, advertisers, health Web sites, and health plans.

Sitestar is an Internet solutions provider that offers consumer and business-grade Internet access, wholesale managed modem services for downstream ISPs, Web hosting and other value-added services. With a focus on competitive pricing, reliability, service and speed, Sitestar delivers value. Founded in 1999 and traded on the over-the-counter bulletin board exchange (OTCBB) under the symbol SYTE, Sitestar has the financial muscle and staying power to sell and support a comprehensive portfolio of existing and emerging services.

Innodata Isogen, Inc. provides knowledge process outsourcing (KPO), and publishing and related information technology (IT) services in the United States and worldwide. The company’s services help organizations create, manage, and maintain their products. Its publishing services include activities, such as digitization, conversion, composition, data modeling, and XML encoding. These services also include conversion of books to eBook- ready formats. Innodata Isogen’s KPO services target processes that demand information analysis and interpretation, as well as judgment and decision-making. The company’s KPO services for the information and media companies include content creation and enhancement, analytics, taxonomy and controlled vocabulary development, hyperlinking, indexing, abstracting, technical writing and editing, copy-editing, and general editorial services, including the provision of synopses and annotations. In addition, it offers technical services comprising systems integration, custom application development, applications maintenance, tool evaluation, and training; and consultancy services consisting of content supply chain optimization, technology architecture and strategy, global sourcing, product and market strategy and development, and the deployment of content technologies. The company serves information technology, manufacturing, aerospace, defense, government, law, and intelligence industries. It markets and sells its services through professional staff, senior management, and direct sales personnel. Innodata Isogen, Inc was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Hackensack, New Jersey. Innodata Isogen, Inc. has additional offices in Dallas, Texas; Paris, France; and Beijing, China.

Brandow Company, Inc. was established in 1990 by president and owner Jon Brandow. The Brandow Company publishes BizMiner, an online database of business information in the form of industry analysis and marketing research profiles. BizMiner covers more than 17 million US business facilities in some 300 national and local market sectors. Users can find industry reports through searching by industry and by market area. BizMiner provides financial information through its BizStats subsidiary, which was acquired in 2007.

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