Servage Hosting
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Servage GmbH is a German
web hosting provider headquartered in Flensburg
, Germany
. The company is doing business as Servage Hosting. The company is a subsidiary to the Swedish company Servage AB
(publ). The corporate name Servage resulted from the words "Serve" and "Age", that when combined (almost) spells out the company name. The name relates to the company's ambition to serve its customers while always keeping the systems up-to-date with the most modern technologies.
and later sold to the publicly listed Swedish telecommunication firm Tele5 Voice Services AB for $3.5 million cash in May 2007 and left the company in October 2009. In 2008 Tele5 Voice Services AB changed its name to Servage AB
as chairman of the Tele5 Voice Services AB board Per Bergström felt that Servage was a better suited brand name for a international corporation.
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 20 largest German
web hosts.
its services in recent years to keep up with competition. There have also been large numbers of Servage customers reporting that their sites have been repeatedly hacked, resulting in malicious code being inserted into their web-pages. Servage claims that the issue is resolved by their new server operating system ServageOS.
29671 which interconnects to Versatel
, TeliaSonera
, 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. Prior to the change Servage had been using Cisco routers.
As of 28 April 2010, mass hacking of Servage hosted sites identified by url=http://blog.unmaskparasites.com/2010/04/28/hackers-abuse-servage-hosting-to-poison-google-image-search/. Hackers hotlink images scraped from google image search on hundreds of hacked Servage domains, then manage to take the place of the original host domain in the google image SERPs. When a surfer clicks the hijacked image, traffic from google is redirected to malware site.
version (ServageOS) for use on its server clusters. Most notable features is full process separation between customers and other similar security enhancements suitable for hosting environments.
- E-Mail Management
- Optional Antispam System
- Autoinstaller
- FTP Management
- Online Filemanager
- WebDrive
- Full DNS Control
- Integrated Accounting
- Help Center
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
web hosting provider headquartered in Flensburg
Flensburg
Flensburg is an independent town in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the region of Southern Schleswig...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The company is doing business as Servage Hosting. The company is a subsidiary to the Swedish company Servage AB
Servage AB
Servage AB is a Swedish cloud service provider headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. The company is the parent company of Levonline, Servage Communication and Servage Hosting. The corporate name Servage resulted from the words: "Serve" and "Age", that when combined spells out the company name...
(publ). The corporate name Servage resulted from the words "Serve" and "Age", that when combined (almost) spells out the company name. The name relates to the company's ambition to serve its customers while always keeping the systems up-to-date with the most modern technologies.
Early years
The company was incorporated in 2004 by Steffan Sondermark FallesenSteffan Sondermark Fallesen
Steffan Søndermark Fallesen is an Internet entrepreneur. He is the founder of Servage Hosting which he initiated immediately after moving to Flensburg...
and later sold to the publicly listed Swedish telecommunication firm Tele5 Voice Services AB for $3.5 million cash in May 2007 and left the company in October 2009. In 2008 Tele5 Voice Services AB changed its name to Servage AB
Servage AB
Servage AB is a Swedish cloud service provider headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. The company is the parent company of Levonline, Servage Communication and Servage Hosting. The corporate name Servage resulted from the words: "Serve" and "Age", that when combined spells out the company name...
as chairman of the Tele5 Voice Services AB board Per Bergström felt that Servage was a better suited brand name for a international corporation.
During the first three years the company operated only an English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
version but in recent years German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
, Danish
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
and Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
versions are also offered. Company is now among the 20 largest German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
web hosts.
Criticism
Servage has been criticized for oversellingOverselling
Overselling or Overbooking refers to the selling of a volatile good or service in excess of actual capacity. Overselling is a common practice in the travel and lodging industry. In telecommunications, sometimes the term oversubscription is preferred...
its services in recent years to keep up with competition. There have also been large numbers of Servage customers reporting that their sites have been repeatedly hacked, resulting in malicious code being inserted into their web-pages. Servage claims that the issue is resolved by their new server operating system ServageOS.
Network
Servage is operating network ASAutonomous system (Internet)
Within the Internet, an Autonomous System is a collection of connected Internet Protocol routing prefixes under the control of one or more network operators that presents a common, clearly defined routing policy to the Internet....
29671 which interconnects to Versatel
Versatel
Tele2 Netherlands Holding N.V. is a listed telecommunications company operating on the Dutch and Belgian market. It has more than 1,900 employees and over 1 million customers...
, TeliaSonera
TeliaSonera
TeliaSonera AB is the dominant telephone company and mobile network operator in Sweden and Finland. The company has operations in other countries in Northern, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Spain, with a total of 150 million mobile customers...
, Tiscali
Tiscali
Tiscali may refer to:*Tiscali, an archaeological village of Nuragici people, in Sardinia, Italy, notable because it was completely inside a huge cavern*Tiscali SpA, a telecom company based in Italy*Tiscali TV , multiple uses...
and Cogent Communications
Cogent Communications
Cogent Communications is a multinational internet service provider whose network spans more than 53,300 intercity fiber route miles and 15,800 metro fiber miles. Cogent provides service in over 165 markets across 31 countries in North America and Europe...
.
In an attempt to become fully Open Source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
powered Servage changed its entire network infrastructure
Internetworking
Internetworking is the practice of connecting a computer network with other networks through the use of gateways that provide a common method of routing information packets between the networks...
to the Open Source routing platform GNU Zebra
GNU Zebra
Zebra is a routing software package that provides TCP/IP based routing services with routing protocols support such as RIP, OSPF and BGP. Zebra also supports special BGP Route Reflector and Route Server behavior. In addition to traditional IPv4 routing protocols, Zebra also supports IPv6 routing...
in 2007. Prior to the change Servage had been using Cisco routers.
As of 28 April 2010, mass hacking of Servage hosted sites identified by url=http://blog.unmaskparasites.com/2010/04/28/hackers-abuse-servage-hosting-to-poison-google-image-search/. Hackers hotlink images scraped from google image search on hundreds of hacked Servage domains, then manage to take the place of the original host domain in the google image SERPs. When a surfer clicks the hijacked image, traffic from google is redirected to malware site.
ServageOS
October 21, 2008 the company released a new customized LinuxLinux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
version (ServageOS) for use on its server clusters. Most notable features is full process separation between customers and other similar security enhancements suitable for hosting environments.
Servage Control Panel
Servage has an in-house developed Control Panel, some of the functions found inside the Control Panel are mentioned below.- E-Mail Management
- Optional Antispam System
- Autoinstaller
- FTP Management
- Online Filemanager
- WebDrive
- Full DNS Control
- Integrated Accounting
- Help Center