We have a small number of clients who are still hosted on the old Windows hosting platform, which has now reached the end of its life. This platform is no longer supported by Microsoft and they no longer release security patches for it. Websites on this platform will therefore be migrated by our upstream providers […]
KERNEL MEMORY ISSUE: Meltdown / Spectre NZ
You may be aware of the global Kernel Memory Leakage vulnerability issues relating to CPU vendors which was announced to the public late last week by international media. Our upstream provider is working on this and has outlined what you need to know below and they are actively working with their hardware vendors and operating system […]
Vodafone Email – Vodafone NZ phasing out their email services
UPDATE: Since we originally wrote this article, Vodafone are extending the phase out to other email addresses as well. Vodafone is phasing out their email services. Vodafone say that they are not able to provide the level of service that customers require for an email service The email services that will be phased out will […]
Need a Reliable NZ Web Host Provider?
One of the most common types of enquiries we get at the Lounge Network, is from people who are having trouble with their current NZ Web Host provider. They are contacting us as a potential new reliable NZ Web Host for their website hosting. One of the common traits with these types of enquiries, is that […]
Spark / Xtra / Yahoo email problems, when sending via their SMTP server.
There are reports that Spark / Xtra / Yahoos email system is currently blocking authenticated third party email addresses, from sending via their SMTP server. This problem is apparently causing emails sent via Spark / Xtra /Yahoos SMTP server, to bounce back with the following error 550 5.7.1 You are not authorized to send as name@yourdomain.co.nz […]
Premium Business NZ Web Hosting Plan Upgrades
We are pleased to announce that our Premium Business NZ Web Hosting Plan has been upgraded. This hosting plan now supports PHP 7 and MariaDB 10.1. Clients should be able to switch to PHP 7 by selecting the PHP 7 (new) domain template, when editing their domain settings. With MariaDB 10.1, if you don’t see this option […]
Wellington Earthquakes and Office disruptions
As you may already know Wellington and upper parts of the South Island were rocked by a severe earthquake this morning, causing quite a bit of damage. The regions continues to be rocked by severe aftershocks. We hope everyone is safe and ok across NZ. Our main office has been disrupted by the Wellington earthquakes. […]
CPanel Web Hosting Server Moves from Monday 7th November 2016
Scheduled Maintenance : CPanel Web Hosting Server Moves from Monday 7th November 2016 Our upstream providers will be moving the CPanel web hosting servers from approximately 6pm on Monday 7th November 2016. They are moving the servers from an old rack to new rack as part of improving the infrastructure. There will be some downtime across […]
Drupal Hosting NZ – Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Drupal has identified some remote code execution vulnerabilities on several contributed modules on version 7.x . If your Drupal Hosting NZ is with us, please keep reading. Customers who sites run on Drupal are urged to review these announcements on the Drupal site, and update the affected plugins – even if they are not active […]
Time is running out to register your shorter .nz domain.
Time is running out to register your shorter .nz domain. If you’re eligible to register or reserve the shorter version of your .nz name, you’ve only got until 1pm 30 March 2015 to register and pay for your domain. Most of our clients who wanted the shorter version of their NZ domain, have already registered […]