The website, which operates in the US and Canada, was founded in 1995. Classmates Online is a subsidiary of Classmates Media Corporation, which is controlled by Internet service provider United Online (UOL). Maybe you didn't care much for your classmates while you were in school, but now that you've long since graduated, aren't you curious? Classmates Online hopes so. Classmates Online operates Classmates.com, a website that reunites classmates, friends and family, teachers, co-workers, and military personnel. Its database contains some 60 million people from schools, places of work, and the military.

United Internet is a federation of Web-related products and services that focuses on the communications needs of consumers and small to midsized businesses. The company serves more than 9 million paid Internet customers, and an additional 26 million ad-supported free users, through the GMX, 1&1, and WEB.DE brands, which comprise its access business. Its applications division provides a variety of hosted and managed services including Web hosting (1&1 and Sclund+Partner), online marketing (Sedo and Affilinet), outsourcing for corporate customer relationship management (CRM) functions, and other domain and shared and dedicated hosting services (InterNetX). Founder and CEO Ralph Dommermuth owns 38% of United.

Daum Communications is the leading operator of Korean-language websites, including flagship news and information portal Daum.net, Hanmail.net (Web-based e-mail), and Daum Cafe (online community). Other brands include TV Pot (online video), Media Daum (news updates), and Congnamul (online maps). Its properties boast nearly 40 million registered users. It also offers search marketing services through its Namu Communications subsidiary. In 2010 it sold the US-based Web portal Lycos. (Daum had acquired Lycos, a pioneering force in the US Internet build out of the dot com era, from Telefenica in 2004.) You might say this company has added a little Seoul to the Internet.

CreditRiskMonitor.com, Inc. operates as an Internet-based publisher of financial information in the United States. It provides interactive business-to-business Internet-based service designed specifically for corporate credit professionals. The company publishes commercial credit reports, including detailed financial statements, ratio analysis and trend reports, peer analyses, Altman Z default scores, FRISK scores, credit limit recommendations, company background information, and Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) and Standard & Poor’s (S&P) ratings. It also offers trade payment data and public filings, such as suits, liens, judgments, and bankruptcy information. In addition, the company provides news monitoring service that keeps subscribers up to date on events affecting the creditworthiness of companies, including FRISK score reports, credit limit alerts, financial statement updates, SEC filings, Moody’s and S&P rating changes, credit-relevant news stories, and press releases. Further, it offers interactive service for credit managers to manage credit line limits for their customers, in light of changes in the companies’ financial strength. Additionally, the company operates as a re-distributor of international credit reports. CreditRiskMonitor.com, Inc. was founded in 1977 and is based in Valley Cottage, New York.

PlusNet is looking for people who want to add more data to their lives. Founded in 1996, PlusNet company provides Internet access services to more than 200,000 residential and business customers in the UK, with about half of those signed up for broadband service. Other services include voice-over IP telephony and wireless broadband. Sales are made through various brands including PlusNet, Force9, and Free-Online. PlusNet plc is a subsidiary of BT Group.

Easynet simplifies the way businesses connect to the 'net. With its own network infrastructure, the company provides Internet connectivity and hosting services, including DSL access, routed ISDN lines, and facility-managed servers and network operations. It also offers VPN and wholesale broadband services, providing direct access in European countries and through partners worldwide. Easynet has six international data centers and more than 50 co-location facilities across Europe. Clients include Ford and Kohler Mira. In 2010 BSkyB sold Easynet to Lloyds TSB Development Capital (LDC) for £100 million (around $150 million), in a going private transaction.

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.

Wall Street extends beyond Manhattan's financial district and into the ether through The Wall Street Journal Digital Network (WSJDN). The division operates WSJ.com, the online version of the leading business daily The Wall Street Journal. Launched in 1996, it is one of the first websites to be accessible only to paying users; with more than one million subscribers it is the largest paid subscription news site on the Internet. (It also sells advertising.) In addition to WSJ.com, WSJDN includes MarketWatch (business news); SmartMoney (personal finance); Barrons.com (investment information); and AllThingsD.com (new media). WSJDN is owned by Dow Jones & Company, itself a part of media conglomerate News Corp.

Tech Wire Media Group takes a low-tech approach to high-tech news. The group publishes e-newsletters, Web sites, and hosts trade shows and conferences for the technology industry. Its five free, regional daily e-newsletters offer headlines, job listings, and event postings in a straightforward, text-only style. The group has three news Web sites: Capital Beat, which covers public policy and financial news in Washington D.C.; Silicon Valley Wire, for tech news in Northern California; and Digital Media Wire, a news service for the music, entertainment, and high-tech industries. Finally, it hosts annual conferences and events such as the Digital Media Conference and the Venture Capital Outlook.

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.

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