- Servage Hosting
Infobox_Company
company_name = Servage GmbH
company_type =Private company
foundation =Germany 2004
location =Neustadt 16, Flensburg ,Germany
key_people =Steffan Sondermark Fallesen ,Ari Liukko
industry =Web hosting service
products = Web services
homepage = http://www.servage.netServage GmbH is a German web hosting provider headquartered in
Flensburg ,Germany . The company is doing business as Servage Hosting.Early Years
The company was incorporated in 2004 by
Steffan Sondermark Fallesen and later sold [cite web | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HXI/is_2007_May_16/ai_n25005686 | title=Swedish IT and telephony services provider Tele5 Voice Services AB acquires German web hosting company Servage GmbH | publisher=BNET Business Network] to thepublicly listed Swedish telecommunication firmTele5 Voice Services AB for $3.5 million in May 2007 [cite web | url=http://www.chevalcap.com/2007/05/tele5-voice-ser.html | title=Cheval Capital Pressrelease | publisher=Cheval Capita Inc] .During the first three years the company operated only an English version but in recent years German, Polish, Danish and Swedish versions are also offered. Company is now among the 15 largest [cite web | url=http://www.webhosting.info/webhosts/tophosts/Country/DE/ | title=Top Web Hosts Germany | publisher=WebHosting.Info | accessdate=2008-08-21] German
web hosting providers .Criticism
Servage has been criticized for overselling its services in recent years to keep up with competition.
Network
Servage is operating network AS 29671 [cite web | url=http://www.db.ripe.net/whois?form_type=advanced&full_query_string=&searchtext=AS29671&alt_database=RIPE&object_type=aut-num&Simple+Search+Form=Simple+Search+Form | title=RIPE on AS29671 | publisher=RIPE NCC] which interconnects to
Versatel ,Tiscali and Cogent Communications.In an attempt to become fully
Open Source powered Servage changed its entire network infrastructure to the Open Source routing platform GNU Zebra in 2007 [cite web | url=http://www.comon.dk/news/open.source-router.sender.cisco.paa.pension_31129.html | title=COMON Article on Servage Open Source routing (Danish) | publisher=ComON Computer Newspaper] . Prior to the change Servage had been using Cisco routers.References
External links
* [http://www.servage.net Servage Hosting]
* [http://www.ripe.net RIPE NCC]
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