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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
Cloud outages result in Amazon apology
DataCentre infrastructure

Cloud outages result in Amazon apology

Amazon apologises and explains the large scale outages in its cloud hosting service that disrupted high traffic websites across the net.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Tue, 3rd May 2011
Telecom apologises for Auckland outage
Unified Communications

Telecom apologises for Auckland outage

Steady progress is being made, with the majority of customers now back online, a Telecom spokesperson has said.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Mon, 21st Feb 2011
Email outage strikes TelstraClear
Unified Communications

Email outage strikes TelstraClear

After a significant outage, TelstraClear restores email services, apologises for disruption affecting Paradise and ClearNet users.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 9th Nov 2010
Orcon loses years of customer emails
Customers

Orcon loses years of customer emails

Orcon loses emails for 266 customers in overnight outage, with efforts to retrieve them so far unsuccessful. #Orcon #emailoutage.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Fri, 29th Oct 2010
Vector blamed for Orcon outage
Unified Communications

Vector blamed for Orcon outage

Orcon experienced two outages yesterday, attributing the first to Vector's network issues and the second to a power board failure at its Northcote data centre.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Wed, 6th Oct 2010
Major outage strikes Orcon
Helpdesk

Major outage strikes Orcon

Orcon faces a second major network outage today, following an initial disruption this morning caused by a power issue with a third-party vendor.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 5th Oct 2010
Facebook goes down (twice)
Facebook

Facebook goes down (twice)

Facebook experienced its worst outage in over four years, leaving millions disconnected twice last week due to an internal error.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 27th Sep 2010
XT outages explained
Analysys Mason

XT outages explained

Telecom and Alcatel Lucent failed to manage the high number of subscribers attracted onto the XT Network when it launched in May last year.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Fri, 7th May 2010
UPDATE: XT outage number five?
Migration

UPDATE: XT outage number five?

Telecom's troubled XT Network appears<br />to be experiencing its fifth outage since December - this time in the Auckland<br />area.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 8th Apr 2010
Vodafone sorry for service disruption
Unified Communications

Vodafone sorry for service disruption

Vodafone has apologised to customers affected by a network failure in the weekend which affected customers in the Bay of Plenty.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 8th Mar 2010
Minister orders investigation into 111
Government

Minister orders investigation into 111

The government has launched an investigation in the failure of some emergency 111 calls in Auckland this morning.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Fri, 26th Feb 2010
Alcatel Lucent NZ boss resigns, new appointment made
Unified Communications

Alcatel Lucent NZ boss resigns, new appointment made

Alcatel Lucent NZ CEO Steve Lowe resigns; Jyoti Mahurkar-Thombre to assume leadership on 8 March amid ongoing Telecom XT network issues.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 22nd Feb 2010

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