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.

NetDragon Websoft Inc. was established in 1999. Gamers looking to conjure magic, slay dragons, fight wars, and rule fantasy worlds online might turn to NetDragon Websoft. The company is a leading Chinese Internet game developer and operator with a portfolio of massively multiplayer online role-playing games, or MMORPGs, in which a large number of players interact within a virtual game world. NetDragon's titles include Era of Faith, Eudemons Online, Heroes of Might and Magic Online, and Monster & Me. It also has several interactive, online games under development. To attract more players, its games are free to play online; revenues are generated from selling virtual items, such as performance-enhancing game upgrades.

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.

Demand Media knows that Web branding is in demand. Attracting more than 85 million visitors each month, the company operates through a variety of Web-related enterprises that exist to help drive Web traffic to its clients' sites. Subsidiaries include domain-name wholesaler eNom and Pluck, a blog syndicator and provider of social media tools used for integrating websites. Other Demand Media websites include niche Web content provider eHow, humor site Cracked.com, and Trails.com, a site catering to outdoor enthusiasts. It also produces online video and written articles through its Demand Studios business, which employs freelancers to provide content for its websites. Demand Media filed for an IPO in mid-2010.

Support.com, Inc. provides Instant Technology Relief to consumers and small businesses via channel partners and its support.com site. It operates as a pure-play technology enabled services firm that addresses technology issues. The company’s technology platform enables its North American Solutions Engineers to provide technology support experience over the Internet and phone. It offers diagnose and fix services to remotely identify, diagnose, and resolve technical problems, including the removal of viruses and spyware; connect and secure services that help consumers to configure, connect, and establish secure connections between their PC and home wireless networks and certain attached devices; and install and setup services to help consumers install, set up, and use digital devices connected to their PC. Support.com, Inc. also provides consumer software for the do-it-yourself customers under the Sammsoft brand name. Its trademarks include Support.com, the SupportMan Logo, Sammsoft, and Advanced Registry Optimizer. Support.com was formerly known as SupportSoft, Inc. and changed its name to Support.com, Inc. in June 2009. Support.com, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Redwood City, California.

A.D.A.M., Inc. provides online information and technology solutions for employers, benefits brokers, healthcare organizations, and online media companies primarily in the United States. A.D.A.M. company’s health information solutions provide information on diseases, symptoms, treatments, surgical procedures, specialty medicine and topics, and alternative medicine. It also offers broker and employer solutions, including Benergy, which is a Web-based portal for employees that communicates benefits and other company sponsored information, automates benefits enrollment, and manages healthcare financial, as well as provides health content and decision support tools. In addition, the company offers AgencyWare, an agency management system that enables brokers to manage the employer client lifecycle and improve their communication with their clients. Further, it offers a series of anatomy and physiology software application products for the K-12 and undergraduate educational market. A.D.A.M., Inc. sells its health information products primarily through licensing agreements to hospitals, health plans, system integrators, pharmaceutical companies, health-oriented Internet Web sites, healthcare technology companies, and employers. It markets Benergy and broker management system primarily through annual licensing agreements with group insurance brokers. Additionally, the company offers professional services, which include implementation, requirements specification, testing, and knowledge management services, as well as provides customer technical support. A.D.A.M. Inc. has a strategic alliance with Pervasive Software Inc. A.D.A.M., Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

DailyMe, Inc. was founded in 2005 by CEO Eduardo Hauser and is based in Florida. Paperboys everywhere can sleep in late today -- DailyMe.com has already delivered the news electronically. The online news source compiles news from about 500 sources, including local and national newspapers, trade journals, and wire services, and allows registered users to decide how and when they will receive their news. Users can also customize the selection of news (business, technology, world news, etc.), leave comments for other DailyMe users, and share stories via e-mail and social networking sites including Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter.

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.

XS4ALL is more about access than excess, but XS4ALL Internet B.V. doesn't stop its subscribers from chatting online all night. XS4ALL provides dial-up and broadband Internet access to business and residential customers in the Netherlands. It offers a typical suite of related services, including domain name registration, Web site hosting, e-mail accounts, and voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone calling. XS4ALL Internet B.V. also serves small businesses with Internet access, data colocation, and managed network hosting services which it markets to enterprise clients under the Full Rack banner.

DIYonline.com, Inc. provides user generated content in addition to it's how-to guides, helpful articles, and design tools. Its Designer Series Software provides a personalized Specification Kit that includes an installation guide, a suggested materials list, fulfillment services, contractor locators and referrals, and financing sources. From front door to back porch Do-It-Yourself-ers can find a little help at DIYOnline.com. The company's Web site offers home improvement project ideas, design tools, and other information and services that aid in home improvement.

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