The internet has changed the way organizations communicate. Today, fewer and fewer people rely on a single source for all their news. The internet continues to complement and even replace traditional outlets such as broadcast television and newspapers. Blogs have allowed a much broader group of "citizen journalists" to play a significant role in the news life cycle. The emergence and viral nature of social media means that an organization's reputation can be made or destroyed in an afternoon.Founded in 1991, Vocus has changed the way communications professionals do their jobs. Vocus provides the ability to leverage the ubiquity of the internet to interact with the media, publish their news online where it can be found by millions, monitor news and social media conversations from virtually any source and track their results to compare them with key competitors.

Claimsnet.com, Inc., an electronic commerce company, owns, operates, and licenses software used for processing medical insurance claims on the Internet. Its proprietary software enables the communication of data between healthcare payers and their provider networks, and trading partners, such as claims clearinghouses, third party administrators, preferred provider organizations, health maintenance organizations, claim re-pricing organizations, independent physician associations, and managed service organizations for conducting administrative transactions to effect financial reimbursement for healthcare services. The company’s software provides real-time editing of the claims data for compliance with format and content requirements of payers for specific processing requirements. Its software also enables editing and checking of data accuracy in medical claims without the need for changes to customers information technology systems in data exchange. Claimsnet primarily serves medical and dental industries. Claimsnet.com, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Akamai Technologies, Inc. provides services for accelerating and improving the delivery of content and applications over the Internet in the United States and internationally. The company offers Application Performance solutions that improve the performance of dynamic applications used by enterprises to connect with their employees, suppliers, and customers. Its Application Performance solutions include Web Application Accelerator, which enables enterprises to run various applications; and IP Application Accelerator that is designed to address core Internet weaknesses to optimize the performance and real-time sensitivity associated with IP-enabled applications delivered over Internet-related protocols. It also provides Digital Asset solutions that enable enterprises to execute their large file management and distribution strategies. The company’s Digital Asset solutions include Akamai Media Delivery solution that delivers media content on behalf of its customers; and Electronic Software Delivery solution, which handles the distribution of software for its customers. In addition, it offers Dynamic Site solutions, which accelerate business-to-consumer Websites that integrate collaborative content and applications into their online architecture; Advertising Decision solutions that enable advertisers, agencies, publishers, and networks to buy and sell advertising; and custom solutions to commercial and government customers. Additionally, the company offers other solutions, such as EdgeControl tools that provide reporting and management capabilities; network data feeds and Website analytics, which provide customers with real time data about the performance of their content and applications over the Internet; and performance management services that help customers better understand their Web operations with tools that measure various aspects of an application’s performance. Akamai Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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.

Tencent Holdings Limited was founded in 1999. This company puts its pennies into Internet services. Tencent is a provider of Internet and instant messaging (IM) services to consumers in China. Users of its QC IM platform can communicate by text, images, audio, video, and email, and also partake in Tencent's mobile games, personals, content downloads, and other value-added services. More than 480 million QC users currently have active accounts. Tencent also operates Internet portal QQ.com, the QQ Game portal, multi-media social networking service Qzone, and PaiPai.com, a Chinese Internet shopping site.

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.

Knobias, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides financial information and data services. The company’s products include Knobias+Plus, a desktop platform that offers users with financial data, news, and a suite of due diligence tools. Knobias+Plus contains RAIDAR, a real-time news delivery product sourced from 80+ feeds, screeners, fundamental, calendars, technical’s, sort, search and filter information based on portfolio, sector, industry, and set up email alerts among other tools and characteristics. It also provides Morning+Plus, a daily email service designed to give an institution’s clients a white-labeled information product. In addition, it offers PipeTRAC that provides transaction details, participant profiles, rankings, analysis tools, and placements in public companies specific alerts. Knobias company’s products also include SmallCap Sleepers, which delivers timely independent small cap information to professional investors; Issuer Services that offers Web site, data and conference call hosting, press release distribution, and market awareness programs to public companies and their investor relations professionals; and Data for integration into client’s institutional platforms and Web sites. It develops and compiles financial databases, information systems, tools, and products, which track approximately 16,000 U.S. securities. Knobias, Inc. markets its products to individual investors, day-traders, financial oriented Websites, public issuers, brokers, professional traders, and institutional investors. Knobias, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Pleasantville, New York.

AllBusiness.com is the world's largest online resource for small businesses, providing essential tools and resources to start, grow, and manage your business. AllBusiness.com brings you real-world expertise and practical advice from some of the best minds in small business: Our unique corp of 50 world-class bloggers bring you in-depth subject-matter knowledge in key topics from sales and marketing to human resources and technology. Our large and growing library of how-to articles offers quick, insightful tips to improve your business. Special Reports and weekly coverage on important trends and business leaders keep you up-to-date on the latest, most important news and events. Videos and podcasts bring business to life, adding important voices to your network of experts. The AllBusiness AllStar Franchise List ranks the country’s best new business pportunities.

XAP Corporation operates XAP.com, an online resource for college-bound students. The site offers information and services for high school counselors, college recruiting officers, and students and their families. It provides students with tools for college planning and the college application process, as well as SAT and ACT test preparation services. Offerings for college administrators include online applications and transcripts and prospect management systems. XAP Corporation also helps counselors organize and monitor the status of their students.

Internap Network Services Corporation, an Internet solutions and data center company, provides a suite of network optimization, and delivery services and products that manage, deliver, and distribute applications and content. Its services and products enable customers to migrate business-critical applications from private to public networks. The company operates in two segments, IP Services and Data Center Services. The IP Services segment offers high-performance Internet connectivity services; and flow control platform, a premise-based intelligent routing hardware product for customers who run their own multiple network architectures, known as multi-homing. This segment also provides content delivery network (CDN) services that enable customers to stream and distribute rich media and content, such as video, audio software, and applications to audiences through data points of presences (POPs); and capacity-on-demand services to handle events and unanticipated traffic spikes. The Data Center Services segment offers physical space for hosting customers’ network and other equipment; and associated services, such as redundant power and network connectivity, environmental controls, and security. Internap Network Services Corporation provides its services and products through 73 Internet Protocol service points, which include 20 CDN POPs and 47 data centers across North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific, as well as through 2 international standalone CDN POPs and 2 domestic standalone data center locations. It serves entertainment and media, financial services, healthcare, travel, e-commerce, retail, and technology industries. Internap Network Services Corporation was founded in 1996 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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