Welcome to InfoComp

Who are we?

lnfocomp's corporate mission remained the same as when it was first written: to provide reliable, timely, accurate information to its clients, including intelligence data, research portfolios, and carefully theorized projections. Their range of information is wide, including, but not limited to, technological, economic and personal material. The corporation was rumored to have the most complete compilation of information in existence, including the most complete copy of the Library of Congress currently existing (purchased during the Collapse). Video footage, sound recordings, hardcopy texts, CD-ROMs, datachips, magnetic media, photographs; stereos of paintings, sculpture, and other artwork- all are stored in Infocomp's vaults, and have been digitized into what is probably the largest single information database in existence.
It has been said that Infocomp's staff members were the most advanced detectives in the world. They prided themselves on their ability to research and compile requested data in one business day: "In by nine, out by five:" The other megacorps, despite having their own investigative services, regularly rely on Infocomp for vital research and intelligence. By 2020, the lifespan of a corporate spy is measured in months, but many of Infocomp's operatives had been in the field for almost ten years.

In addition to compiling new data to order, lnfocomp also allowed clients to access their existing databanks. They had a massive library of information, backed up many times in many locations, but stored mainly in the cold-storage computer core at the main office. Other organizations are constantly using this system, and therefore no one would dare touch it. In fact, the system was used so often that rather than paying per use, most major corporations simply pay a huge monthly subscription fee in exchange for 24-hour, seven day-a-week library access. Dozens of redundant systems existed to keep this library functional no matter what, and Alvarez had been known to joke that global nuclear war would not shut down the system.

Infocomp was also involved in the publishing business, in a peripheral way: The Info at Hand almanac, Fax on File DataTerm info-retrieval system, and Whole World Encyclopedia (in hardcopy, data, or virtual versions) are extremely popular, and lnfoComp also publishes a small number of other reference manuals and guides (the InfoHere regional guidebooks are more popular than Frommers, and more concise and complete than the CIA worldbooks).

Few firms existed that could even hope to compete with Infocomp; none match its size and sophistication. Several firms came to exist which occasionally challenge lnfoComp for clients; however, their real rivals had been the street level information brokers, who can get hands-on, high-grade information through sheer luck or craft, undercutting the firm. In a fit of good PR, lnfoComp had chosen a positive marketing strategy, working with freelance infobros whenever possible, sharing information at will, always keeping an eye out for data which might otherwise escape their notice. They had taken offensive action when required, but Infocomp considered blood to be a big and unnecessary expense.

Who are our team members

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