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, a major producer and host of career fairs and open houses focused primarily on technology and security-cleared candidates in the United States. The company offers its advertising and marketing solutions through the following three Websites, which are focused on technology professionals and enthusiasts: Slashdot Media includes Slashdot, SourceForge, and Freecode Websites. Slashdot is a user-generated news, analysis, peer question, and professional insight community. Slashdot Media connects various technology professionals and enthusiasts. Technology professionals and enthusiasts turn to the company’s sites to create, improve, compare, and distribute Open Source software, as well as to debate and discuss current issues within the technology community. Its sites are supported by business-to-business technology advertisers wanting to reach the company’s audience of visitors. SourceForge provides the Open Source community with a platform to develop, host, and distribute Open Source software worldwide, with the majority of the traffic originating outside of the United States. SourceForge is an online destination for technology professionals and enthusiasts to develop, download, review, and publish Open Source software. SourceForge had approximately 40.7 million visitors (a majority of which originated from countries outside the United States) during December 2012 and approximately 4.0 million downloads per day. Slashdot provides an avenue for technology professionals and enthusiasts to have peer-produced and peer-moderated technology news and discussion. During December 2012, Slashdot.com had approximately 3.8 million visitors. Freecode indexes downloadable Linux, Unix, and cross-platform software for a worldwide technology audience. Customers The company serves a customer base consisting of approximately 12,000 customers. Its customers include small, mid-sized, and large direct employers, staffing companies, recruiting agencies, and consulting firms, as well as marketing departments of companies. As of December 31, 2012, notable customers of Tech & Clearance segment included AT&T, Adecco, Amazon, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Manpower, Microsoft, Raytheon, and Robert Half; and notable customers of eFinancialCareers included Robert Half, Moody’s Investors Service, JP Morgan Chase, Bloomberg, Michael Page International, Credit Suisse, BNY Mellon, and Standard Chartered Bank. Notable customers of Rigzone included Halliburton, Schlumberger, Petronas, Saudi Aramco, Shell, and British Petroleum. Acquisitions In June 2012, the company purchased certain assets of FINS.com and entered into an agreement with Dow Jones & Company to provide and operate the online career centers for WSJ.com, The Wall Street Journal Website, and MarketWatch.com in the United States. Strategy The company’s business strategies include growing the size, quality, uniqueness, and activity level of its professional communities; executing on customer acquisition; further build brand awareness; improving content and community features across its Websites; continuous innovation that builds more efficiency and features into its online services; expanding its services worldwide; and expanding into new verticals. Intellectual Property The company owns various registered, applied for, and/or unregistered trademarks and service marks that it uses in connection with its businesses. The company has registered the DICE trademark in the United States, Canada, and the European community; and the CLEARANCEJOBS.COM and RIGZONE trademarks in the United States. It has registered the EFINANCIALCAREERS mark on the Supplemental Register in the United States and has applied for registration of the mark in other jurisdictions. Through the Slashdot Media acquisition, the company owns all rights and interest in the SourceForge and Slashdot trademarks used in the United States and other countries. Competition The company’s competitors include CareerBuilder (owned by Gannett, Tribune, McClatchy, and Microsoft), Monster.com, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, SimplyHired, Indeed, Talent Bin, Entelo, Google, Craigslist, FT.com, ComputerJobs.com, Github.com,