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ZA SRS Transition

  • 1st Apr 2023
Good Day, ZA Registry Consortium (Pty) Ltd (ZARC) has been appointed as the new registry administrator for the four commercial .za second-level domains (SLDs) which has been in effect from 1 October 2022. This appointment will affect the registration and renewal  of co.za, net.za, org.za and web.za domain names.   Registry Cutover ...
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Phishing scams are on the rise

  • 20th Dec 2022
Hello,Phishing scams are on the riseOur industry has been heavily hit by various phishing scams. We’re aware that a number of our customers once or twice received phishing emails from scammers masquerading as SiveHost.The best defence is to identify potential phishing emails. Our Knowledgebase article explains what you need to know about ...
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Network infrastructure upgrade

  • 22nd Nov 2022
Hello,Data Centre network upgradeWe’re replacing older generation switches with new generation switches at our Data Centre. You’re receiving this communication as  this will affect your services when it is being done.When:Thursday, 1 December 2022 from 22:00 - 03:00 Action required:As network connectivity may be affected, we suggest that you ...
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Emergency Maintenance scheduled for tonight – 24 October 2022

  • 24th Oct 2022
Hello,Urgent Network Firmware upgrade taking place tonightTo resolve an intermittent network connectivity issue, the Core virtual chassis firmware will be upgraded to the latest stable version at our the Data Centre tonight. The upgrade will ensure the continued stability of our network.When:Monday, 24 October 2022 from 23:59 - 01:59 ...
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Network Infrastructure Upgrade

  • 29th Apr 2022
Hello, Data Centre network upgradeWe're in the process of upgrading our network infrastructure at our Data Centre to increase the flexibility and capacity of our network, while simplifying maintenance and improving redundancy.Once complete, our entire network fabric will be replaced with the latest Juniper network devices. The upgrade will ...
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Server Maintenance

  • 6th Jul 2021
Good Day, we have arranged a server maintenance for all your hosting accounts.  This will be on the 11th of July 2021, Sunday and since we know that your work comes first with us,  we have arranged it from 05h00am to 09h00am so we can not disturb your work during the day. This is a notice for the server maintenance. During this time you won't ...
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Free Offsite Backups: You Asked, We Listened

  • 8th Apr 2021
We are happy to announce that we are now performing free weekly offsite backups for all your valuable data on all your active Shared and Reseller hosting plans. We have tested it, and it works! - So from this week onwards we are live with weekly Offsite Backups on all your shared and Reseller hosting accounts with Sive.Host. We will continue to ...
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Happy New Year 2021

  • 1st Jan 2021

Happy New Year, 2021 ... New Zealand

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R & D on Spam Management

  • 27th Oct 2020
We hope you are well and had a relaxing weekend. Furthermore, please be informed that we have since upgraded the Sive.Host spam management system. This comes as part of our continued research and development onto finding the best fit for purpose technologies in creating the best user experience for all our clients, as any Right Partner in Hosting ...
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Disabling of Plaintext Authentication for E-mail

  • 26th Oct 2020
Previously, our Business and Reseller servers allowed plaintext authentication for sending and receiving mail. We will be updating the configuration where this is concerned to make e-mail more secure on the server. We will be making the following changes as at next week Wednesday, 28 October 2020 00h01:   Receiving e-mail   The allowing of ...
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