Thoughts, Ideas & Updates
It’s time to get ready for the new .nz registry system
Renew or register .nz domains before 1 November, and prepare for a longer minimum registration period.
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Your experience matters, so we’re asking you to share it
We’ve always aimed to offer 5-star hosting, so we’ve started asking more customers to tell the world how...
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Our new ICANN accreditation will shorten the domain supply chain
Deregulation and market concentration are reshaping the domain industry, so we're working to improve our position.
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International domain prices are on the move
Because we’re being charged more by our providers, we are increasing some international domain prices from July 1.
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Positive numbers from our first year of solar power
Now that our 384 solar panels have had their first trip around the sun, Quintin Russ explained to...
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Craft isn’t an average CMS, so avoid average hosting
Without the best host, you won’t realise the maximum potential of your Craft CMS websites. Find out how...
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) available on VPS and VDS
The latest long-term support (LTS) release of Ubuntu is available for provisioning.
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Magento means business, and serious hosting decisions
Your Magento store needs more than regular shared web hosting, but how much more?
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Comparing Silverstripe hosts? Here’s what you need to know
Silverstripe deserves its place as a popular CMS, especially in New Zealand. If you’re building Silverstripe sites you...
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Registry name changes for .au domains
If you have .au domains through us, an upcoming registry name change will have no noticeable effect.
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Cloud Containers or VPS? Here's how to choose
When you need more than shared web hosting, should you Containerise or go virtual in another way?
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What you need to know about major Linux vulnerability, PwnKit
Reported yesterday, PwnKit is a Linux vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to gain full root privileges. Servers that...
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Was LastPass really hacked? And are people really still reusing passwords?
Some LastPass users were alarmed by security warnings at the end of last year. Whatever caused them, it’s...
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Our 2022 SiteHost Shirt is Here
Grab your free 2022 SiteHost shirt. We are taking orders for a limited time, so get in quick!
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Two Cloud Container updates - memory reporting and SSH configuration
We’re tracking memory usage more accurately than ever, and we’ve tweaked the default SSH configuration to better balance...
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Avoid cPanel and Plesk price hikes with Cloud Containers
cPanel and Plesk licenses are getting more expensive, again, in January. But maybe we can help you avoid...
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Cloud Container image updates are coming this week
Beginning this week, we’re going to automatically update all Cloud Containers running older image versions. This post explains...
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Serving Cloud Containers all around the world
SiteHost Cloud Containers are our first truly global product. Here’s a quick look at where, and how easily...
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Another hosting company goes Crazy
Openhost, once an NZ-owned success story, is disappearing. Will customers stay local?
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Customer profile: The Fold
From WordPress to custom development, The Fold helps clients of all scales make the most of their websites.
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Customer profile: Do Good Things
New Queenstown local Ryan Mitchell wants Do Good Things to be the incubator for an exponentially growing tech...
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Customer profile: Voyage
Voyage, an innovative creative studio from Christchurch chat with us about their experience with Silverstripe, Government work and...
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New in Cloud Containers: Container Cloning
Now you can easily create a copy of an existing container or synchronise the data between two containers.
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The sun never sets on SiteHost’s support team
The secret to offering personal, expert support to ever more kiwi customers has been to take SiteHost overseas.
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Goodbye CWP, hello new Silverstripe hosting options for Government sites
With CWP support ending, Government agencies are facing new choices in local Silverstripe hosting.
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Customer profile: Central Station
Central Station have produced incredible Silverstripe work for high-profile clients throughout NZ, and won plaudits along the way.
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Cloud Containers upgrade ensures Linux support through to 2025
We’re upgrading the operating system under every Cloud Container, ensuring support through to at least April 2025.
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Hosting is Becoming a Global Game in a Time of Support Local
Acquisitions have once again changed the landscape. Quintin, our co-founder, takes a look at the NZ web hosting...
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Talking About You in 2021
Our newly-hired storyteller wants the world to know more about interesting New Zealand businesses, like yours.
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New Update Opens Up Our API
The SiteHost API is now easier to access, better documented, and ready for you to build great things.
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PHP 8.0 Available for Cloud Containers
PHP 8.0 is out now for Cloud Containers, and there's a few things to know before you dive in.
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SiteHost Shirt (2021 Edition)
We're back for 2021 with another great free SiteHost shirt. Get in quick!
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Customer Profile: Sunny Side Up
Brendan and Ben spoke with Nicolaas from Sunny Side Up - a successful web development agency in Wellington...
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Holiday Hours 2020
At the end of 2020 SiteHost will be implementing an infrastructure freeze and reduced support to keep things...
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International Domains & ICANN What's Going On?
The international domain name market is going through some changes. Here's what's going on.
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How We Deal With DDoS Attacks
In light of the recent DDoS attack on the NZX more than a few of our customers have...
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New in Cloud Containers: Simple Cache & Port Management
Introducing Port Management, Settings UI and Simple Cache, the easiest way to boost performance.
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New in Cloud Containers: Integrated Containers & MySQL 8
Announcing the availability of MySQL 8 and our new Integrated Containers for Cloud Containers.
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Keep Calm & Cache covid19.govt.nz
Our story about the small role we played in the early stages of New Zealand's response to COVID-19.
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Now Available
The latest LTS release of Ubuntu is now available for provisioning.
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Targeted Phishing Attempt
Today we've seen a targetted phishing attempt against our customers, get more information about it and protect yourself...
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Is your website Level 3 ready?
With New Zealand heading into COVID-19 Alert Level 3 we all need to be prepared.
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COVID-19 Update
COVID-19 is impacting everyone in different ways and presenting unique challenges, we wanted to share what it means...
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Beat The .NZ Price Rise
The price of .nz is going up, but we've got a way for you to beat the rise...
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Saying Goodbye to Cheques
After 360 impressive years the world is starting to say goodbye to cheques – and so are we.
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Browsers are about to change what versions of TLS they support. Make sure you're ready for this change...
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Voice Search - What Is It & Is It Relevant (yet)?
You might have heard of the Amazon Echo or the Google Home. In this blog post we'll look...
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Holiday Hours 2019
As we're approaching the end of 2019, SiteHost will be entering into our reduced support period - here's...
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Are You Using Two Factor Authentication? You Should Be
You may think your password is secure, but it's not, read on to learn about 2FA.
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Google Chrome and the mystery of ‘mixed content’...
Google Chrome will soon start blocking 'mixed content'. In this article we will explain what 'mixed content' is...
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Customer Profile - i-lign (Legend)
Brendan met up in Wellington with Sean and Tony from i-lign Software, and talked about putting bad guys...
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Meet the team: Te Omeka
We're happy to introduce our latest addition to the SiteHost team: Te Omeka Morehu - New Business Development...
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Customer Profile: The Space InBetween
Ben spoke with Brendan Jarvis from The Space InBetween - a successful UX Design and Digital Agency in...
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Customer Profile - RIVER
A few weeks ago we had a coffee with Alex Osborn from RIVER, a Digital Innovation agency in...
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Cloud Container Performance: The Conundrum of Swap
We're constantly pursuing better performance and increased stability in our products, find out what's next on this journey...
Read More The domain name industry: a complex matter
The domain name industry can seem pretty complicated so let's have a look at how it actually works.
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cPanel’s New Pricing Structure
cPanel recently announced a new pricing structure. This article will provide some clarity and context.
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Upcoming Domain Price Changes
Due to changes from our upstream provider we're having to update pricing on some of our domains.
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Microarchitectural Data Sampling
A vulnerability in Intel processors has been disclosed, and is known as Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) or ZombieLoad.
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The Big Control Panel Update
After more than a decade our Control Panel is getting a big refresh.
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New SiteHost Shirt (2019 Edition)
We're back with our 2019 Edition sporting a new design and three unique colour schemes. Get in quick...
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Holiday Hours 2018
We're almost done with 2018, so many of the team at SiteHost HQ will be taking some time...
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Our New AMD Based Nodes
Nathan does a deeper dive into the CPU market and what innovations AMD are bringing to the table...
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How We Built Container Maintenance
Automatic web container image updates for managed Cloud Containers - the hows and whys.
Read More TLS 1.0
TLS 1.0 is being deprecated. What does this mean, and what do I need to do to be ready?
Read More Meltdown: How to Protect Your Windows Server
Meltdown is a serious vulnerability that has recently been disclosed. This article outlines how to make sure your...
Read More Meltdown: How to Protect Your Linux Server
Meltdown is a serious vulnerability that has recently been disclosed. This article outlines how to make sure your...
Read More Holiday Hours 2017
As another year comes to a close many of the team at SiteHost HQ will be taking some...
Read More SSL – What You Need To Know
Security is on the mind of many people and for good reason. In this post Duncan explains what...
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Large Scale Cyberattack Underway
A widespread cyberattack is currently underway on Windows-based servers and desktops across the globe. Here's what you should...
Read More SiteTech Group Acquires WebSlice
SiteTech Group is proud to announce the acquisition of WebSlice Ltd.
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March Domain Deal
Many of us are guilty of having domains all over the place, so we thought we’d give everyone...
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New Office Party!
We've moved into a new space and are throwing a party to celebrate.
Read More WordPress 4.7.2
A new version of WordPress has just been released, fixing some critical issues - here's how you can...
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Year in Review & New Features
We take a quick look back at what happened for SiteHost in 2016 and run through a couple...
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Holiday Hours
As another year comes to a close many of the team at SiteHost HQ will be taking some...
Read More Dirty COW: What You Need To Know
A serious vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been identified. Here's what we're doing about it, and what...
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We're making another t-shirt!
After the great success of our previous t-shirt, we're making another one, and once again it's free!
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Headphone Jacks & Marketing
Everyone agrees that Apple is great at marketing, yet there is still confusion around the iPhone 7 and...
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HTTPoxy and You: A Summary
An old exploit has reappeared - here's what we have done and what you need to know about...
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Customer Profile: Haunt Digital
Haunt Digital came to SiteHost in 2013 and quickly amassed quite the army of servers putting our platforms...
Read More VPS Plan Upgrades
Today after many hours of hard work by our operations team, we are excited to announce disk upgrades...
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Customer Profile: Cactuslab
Karl von Randow and Matthew Buchanan founded Cactuslab back in 2001 and have grown it into one of...
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Cloud Containers Launch
After many months of hard work, we are immensely proud to announce the launch of our brand new...
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Customer Profile: CarJam
Since CarJam started back in 2007 they have been with us and grown on our platform from a...
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