Net Backbone Corporations

From Gothpoodle

The global information web has been over a century in the building and requires massive capital investments to maintain. Many large businesses are involved with producing the hardware that carries data or the software that manages it. Others provide “content” that the world’s citizens access routinely through the web.

AlephNull Systems, Inc. (Seattle, United States): A major manufacturer of hyperfast routers, switches, and dataflow security hardware.

Alhambra Sensuals S.A. (Málaga, Spain): A German-Spanish producer of (very popular) slink-porn, made famous by Ayesha Lovecraft.

Bharat Teleproductions Pvt. Ltd. (Mumbai, India): One of the world’s largest producers of old-style videos, InVids, and slinkies.

Gemini Volksrobotics (Melbourne, Australia): A very popular producer of utility and companion cybershells for the global household market.

Kanzaki Robotics (Osaka, Japan): A major manufacturer of industrial robots and automated vehicles. Known for its innovations in low level AI design.

Kogitant GmbH (Salzburg, Austria): A well-known designer of advanced sentient-AI software. Currently under suspicion of performing illicit research on emergent intelligence.

Ludimages (Cannes, France): Major producer of interactive VR entertainment, emphasizing strategy and roleplaying games.

Portcullis General Security Systems, Inc. (Baltimore, United States): Data security consultancy known for its innovative use of low sentience software agents.

SegFault Inc. (Spokane, United States): Specializes in cheap distributed- processing systems and “evolved” software agents.

PT Nolsatu (Djakarta, Indonesia): The largest software-engineering house in Southeast Asia. Has a robust research division, which earns plenty of income from state subsidies.

Xarxa Enllaç SL (Barcelona, Catalonia): One of the largest telecommunications and networking firms in Europe.