Strato AG
Encyclopedia
Strato AG is an internet service provider headquartered in Berlin
, Germany. It is a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG
. With operations in Germany, France and Poland as well as more than 1.5 million customers and four million domains, Strato is the second-largest webhosting company behind United Internet AG
.
, and Norbert Stangl, former managing director of 1&1 Internet
. Since 1997, Strato offers a broard variety of webhosting plans for private and business customers in Germany. Beginning 2006, Strato expaned operations to Italy, France, Netherlands and Poland as well as the United Kingdom. In 2010, Strato launched a cloud storage platform called HiDrive which became free of charge in September 2011. The DSL segment, offere by Strato between 2007 and 2009, was sold to United Internet AG
in 2009. Deutsche Telekom acquired Strato in November 2009 in ordner to expand the hosting business of T-Online
.
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Germany. It is a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG
Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom AG is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Europe....
. With operations in Germany, France and Poland as well as more than 1.5 million customers and four million domains, Strato is the second-largest webhosting company behind United Internet AG
United Internet
United Internet AG is a German Internet services company. With 2.91 million DSL customer contracts, it is a leading ISP in Germany. It is headquartered in Montabaur, Rhineland-Palatinate...
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History and Products
Strato was founded by Marc-Alexander Ulrich, former member of the board of EscomEscom
ESCOM, previously Schmitt Computer Systems Ltd., was a German computer company, best known in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and the Netherlands as the successful purchaser of Commodore International in 1995....
, and Norbert Stangl, former managing director of 1&1 Internet
1&1 Internet
1&1 Internet, founded in 1988, is a web hosting company owned by United Internet, a German Internet company. Its CEO is Oliver Mauss. The company is one of the world's largest web hosting companies.-Domain name services:...
. Since 1997, Strato offers a broard variety of webhosting plans for private and business customers in Germany. Beginning 2006, Strato expaned operations to Italy, France, Netherlands and Poland as well as the United Kingdom. In 2010, Strato launched a cloud storage platform called HiDrive which became free of charge in September 2011. The DSL segment, offere by Strato between 2007 and 2009, was sold to United Internet AG
United Internet
United Internet AG is a German Internet services company. With 2.91 million DSL customer contracts, it is a leading ISP in Germany. It is headquartered in Montabaur, Rhineland-Palatinate...
in 2009. Deutsche Telekom acquired Strato in November 2009 in ordner to expand the hosting business of T-Online
T-Online
T-Online, a former subsidiary and now business unit of Deutsche Telekom, is the biggest internet service provider in Germany. It evolved out of the proprietary German Bildschirmtext information service in 1995...
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External links
- Corporate Website (german)
- Free Edition of HiDrive