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UPDATED: Vodafone internet down around New Zealand, customers want answers
Unified Communications

UPDATED: Vodafone internet down around New Zealand, customers want answers

Vodafone NZ internet is down around the country, and with no word from the company, customers have turned to Facebook to share their thoughts.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 28th Jan 2016

Global Stories

Outage stories

Anatomy of an outage: Understanding the lifecycle of downtime
Disaster Recovery

Anatomy of an outage: Understanding the lifecycle of downtime

Businesses face high costs and risks with outages, impacting operations and reputation; understanding all stages is key.

By Eric Vaughn • 7 min read • Thu, 19th Apr 2018
Chaos in the cloud: Majority of organisations moving to the cloud aren't prepared for an outage
Disaster Recovery

Chaos in the cloud: Majority of organisations moving to the cloud aren't prepared for an outage

The majority of organizations moving to the cloud are unprepared for a cloud outage, according to a new study by Veritas.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Mon, 19th Mar 2018
Amazon's AWS S3 suffers failure - Slack, Medium and Quora all affected
Storage

Amazon's AWS S3 suffers failure - Slack, Medium and Quora all affected

Major outage strikes Amazon's AWS, leading to widespread disruption for Slack, Medium, and Quora among others.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Wed, 1st Mar 2017
Cloud disaster recovery confidence up, but challenges remain
Disaster Recovery

Cloud disaster recovery confidence up, but challenges remain

Confidence in cloud-based disaster recovery is growing, but risks, outages and downtime costs are still posing challenges for enterprises.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 9th Mar 2016
DDos dramatically increasing cause of data center outages
DataCentre infrastructure

DDos dramatically increasing cause of data center outages

Cybercrime is making its presence felt in data centers as the fastest growing cause of unplanned outages, while outage costs themselves are escalating.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 26th Jan 2016
Vodafone network down and out
Unified Communications

Vodafone network down and out

Customers nationwide using the 2G, 3G and 4G network may be having difficulty making and receiving calls, TXTs and using data.

By Shannon Williams • 1 min read • Thu, 16th Apr 2015
Vodafone fibre cut, call centres down around the country
Unified Communications

Vodafone fibre cut, call centres down around the country

Vodafone is experiencing an unexpected fibre cut in Auckland, Penrose, and says this is impacting Vodafone call centres nationwide.

By Catherine Knowles • 1 min read • Mon, 16th Feb 2015
Telecom down…again
Unified Communications

Telecom down…again

Telecom customers in New Zealand face further connection issues, following two outages yesterday, with no compensation offered.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 12th Dec 2012
Telecom fixes NZ-wide fault
Unified Communications

Telecom fixes NZ-wide fault

Telecom resolves major broadband outage that left 200,000 customers offline; service restored but some may still face issues with reconnecting.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Tue, 11th Dec 2012
Google faces enquiry over undeleted data
Data Privacy

Google faces enquiry over undeleted data

Following the global outage of Google Talk, the internet search engine is under investigation after admitting failing to delete private user information.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 30th Jul 2012
TelstraClear crunches unmetered weekend numbers
TelstraClear

TelstraClear crunches unmetered weekend numbers

TelstraClear's unmetered weekend saw a data usage 'frenzy,' with customers consuming 359TB, a 2.5-fold increase from the previous weekend's total.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Wed, 7th Dec 2011
NZNET trouble - we dig deeper
Edge Computing

NZNET trouble - we dig deeper

Tales of court action, shareholder disagreements, employment disputes and frozen bank accounts for local ISP and hosting company.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 27th Oct 2011
Vodafone network outage - Updated
Unified Communications

Vodafone network outage - Updated

Vodafone has posted a notice on its online forum saying some users may currently be unable to browse the internet.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Tue, 4th Oct 2011
Attempted upgrade shuts down 14 govt sites - Updated
Government

Attempted upgrade shuts down 14 govt sites - Updated

A number of government websites including the Companies Office and the Ministry of Consumer Affairs have suffered a major technology issue.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Wed, 28th Sep 2011
Office 365 suffers outage - Updated
Microsoft

Office 365 suffers outage - Updated

The outages are frustrating for technology companies trying to convince IT professionals that cloud services are reliable.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Thu, 18th Aug 2011

Stories from Other Regions

Outage stories

Australian law firm builds hybrid cloud strategy on Nutanix OS
DevOps

Australian law firm builds hybrid cloud strategy on Nutanix OS

WA law firm Jackson McDonald teams with Nutanix for hybrid cloud shift, boosts IT agility and client services.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Apr 2018