Power redundancy upgrade at our Data Centre

Hello,Power redundancy upgradeGood news: As part of our network upgrade at our Data Centre, we’ll be further improving our infrastructure to increase the level of power redundancy. This will provide maximum uptime to everyone.When:Thursday, 25 May 2023 from 21:00 - 03:00 (360 minutes) Impact:The total downtime is expected to be a couple of ... Read More
23rd May 2023

ZA SRS Transition

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 ... Read More
1st Apr 2023

Phishing scams are on the rise

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 ... Read More
20th Dec 2022

Network infrastructure upgrade

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 ... Read More
22nd Nov 2022

Emergency Maintenance scheduled for tonight – 24 October 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 ... Read More
24th Oct 2022

Network Infrastructure Upgrade

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 ... Read More
29th Apr 2022

Server Maintenance

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 ... Read More
6th Jul 2021

Free Offsite Backups: You Asked, We Listened

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 ... Read More
8th Apr 2021

Happy New Year 2021

Happy New Year, 2021 ... New Zealand

1st Jan 2021

R & D on Spam Management

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 ... Read More
27th Oct 2020