IGN Entertainment may not stand for International Geek Network, but the company does court video gamers and science fiction fans. IGN Entertainment is a network of video game-related Web sites that offer free, subscription-based, and pay-per-download content. IGN Entertainment operates flagship site IGN.com, as well as additional game-related sites such as GameSpy, FilePlanet, TeamXbox, and Direct2Drive. The company also owns male lifestyle site AskMen.com. Together, the IGN and AskMen sites are targeted at males aged 18-34, and attract more than 40 million unique monthly visitors worldwide. IGN Entertainment is a subsidiary of News Corp. and operates as part of its News Corp. Digital Media division.

GALA Incorporated is one of Japan's largest operators of online communities and services (bulletin boards, chat rooms) through a series of Web sites with topics ranging from travel to automobiles. GALA also provides online games, a segment that has grown to make up the bulk of the company's business. GALA Incorporated offers data mining and information analysis services for corporate clients through its e-mining and BUZZ Report subsidiaries. In addition to Japan, Toho operates in other Asian countries, as well as in Europe and the US. In Japan, surfing the Web is a GALA affair.

Digital River, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides outsourced e-commerce solutions worldwide. Its services assist in establishing an online sales channel capability and to manage online sales. The company offers design, development, and hosting of online stores and shopping carts; store merchandising and optimization; order management; fraud prevention screening; online payment methods; export controls and management; denied parties screening; tax compliance and management; digital product delivery through download; physical product fulfillment; multilingual customer service; subscription management; online marketing, including email marketing; management of paid search programs; payment processing services; Web site optimization; Web analytics and reporting; and CD production and delivery solutions. Digital River also provides paid search advertising, search engine optimization, affiliate marketing, multi-variant testing, and email optimization services. It serves software, consumer electronics, and computer and video game product manufacturers, as well as online channel partners, including retailers and affiliates through the Internet. Digital River, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

The Gores Group, founded by Alec E. Gores in 1987, is a private equity firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses which can benefit from the firm’s operating experience and flexible capital. Since its inception, Gores has acquired 60 companies worldwide with combined revenues in excess of 15 billion dollars. Currently, Gores has 2.7 billion dollars in equity under active management. Gores’ offices in North America and Europe serve its active investment programs in these regions.

Weddings are often one of the most stressful, complex, and expensive endeavors people undertake. WeddingChannel.com exists to help marriage-bound women and men through the sometimes challenging but always exciting process of planning a wedding and starting a new home. Our staff is dedicated to creating the most comprehensive, useful and fun wedding-related site on the Internet. Our team members bring to the site not only their professional expertise, but their personal experiences as wedding guests, wedding party members, and as brides and grooms. In creating our site, we strive to embrace and celebrate the very best of the marriage tradition, while at the same time addressing the tastes, interests and issues of concern to today's couples. WeddingChannel.com launched on July 15, 1997.

AboveNet, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides high-bandwidth connectivity solutions to corporate enterprise clients and communication carriers primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. AboveNet company provides communications infrastructure and global Internet protocol (IP) network to various companies, such as commercial banks, brokerage houses, insurance companies, investment banks, media companies, social networking companies, Web-centric companies, law firms, and medical and health care institutions. It offers high speed, private optical network for electronic commerce and other mission-critical services, such as business Internet applications, regulatory compliance, disaster recovery, and business continuity. AboveNet, Inc. utilizes the equipment it owns and operates, and provides lit broadband services over its metro networks, long haul network, and global IP networks. It also provides dark fiber services to selected customers. In addition, AboveNet company offers fiber infrastructure services that focus on the lease of dedicated dark fiber to telecommunications carriers, enterprises, Internet and Web centric businesses, and other customers that operate their own networks; metro services ranging from point-to-point Ethernet connectivity to complex multi-node wavelength-division multiplexing solutions; wide network services that provide connectivity solutions between its metro markets and target high-bandwidth customers; and a suite of advanced Ethernet and IP virtual private network services that provide connectivity between multiple locations in different cities for the customers. AboveNet company was formerly known as Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. and changed its name to AboveNet, Inc. on December 11, 2003. AboveNet, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is based in White Plains, New York.

AG Interactive, Inc. has just the thing for those special occasions when an e-mail just won't do. AG Interactive is a leading operator of online greeting card websites, boasting a portfolio that includes AmericanGreetings.com, BlueMountain.com, and Egreetings.com. Its sites offer e-card services that are used by about 4 million subscribers. In addition, AG Interactive's e-cards can be accessed through Instant Messaging or online partnerships with AOL, MSN, and Yahoo!. Its e-cards are produced in more than 25 languages for distribution in nearly 80 countries. AG Interactive is a subsidiary of greeting card publisher American Greetings.

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.

Riding the rapids of wireless communications, SkyRiver Communications provides wireless broadband services with a focus on multiple-user environments such as office buildings, hotels, and restaurants primarily in Southern California. SkyRiver offers such services as Wi-Fi and fixed wireless, as well as other Internet services such as Web hosting, network security, and email. SkyRiver Communications company's customers have included hotel chains such as Pacifica Host Hotels. SkyRiver's service area includes parts of Los Angeles, San Diego, Ventura, Oxnard, and Orange County.

Keynote Systems, Inc. and its subsidiaries develop and sell services, hardware, and software to measure, test, assure, and improve the quality of service of Internet and mobile communications. Keynote Systems, Inc. offers Internet test and measurement software-as-a-service solutions, and mobile test and measurement software-as-a-service and licensed solutions. Its Internet test and measurement services include on demand Web site and transaction/application monitoring and measurement services, voice over Internet protocol and streaming measurement services, load testing services, customer experience management services, research and industry scorecard services, and custom professional services. Keynote Systems company’s mobile test and measurement services comprise on-demand mobile monitoring and testing services; core network test and measurement system for various communication protocols and services; on-demand service designed to enable operators to test the quality of their services when accessed via various roaming arrangements involving multiple mobile operators internationally. It markets its programs through advertising, Internet marketing, trade events, public relations, and events, such as executive summits. Keynote Systems, Inc. has a strategic alliance with OPNET Technologies Inc. that focuses on enhancing the performance and availability of Web applications for corporate enterprises and government agencies worldwide. Keynote Systems, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

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