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19th November 2008

Media Release: Net24 Slashes Backup Window

A media release has been issued by Tandberg Data profiling our implementation of Tandberg's Data StorageLibrary T40+ for backing up more than 3.2TB of customer data to offsite tape backup.

Read the release at IT Brief


13th November 2008

New SmarterStats Website Statistics Available

We are pleased to advise that we have completed implementation of a new web statistics package called SmarterStats. Smarterstats replaces Urchin, the existing Web Analytics software.

SmarterStats analyses your web site log files and provides accurate and easy-to-understand reports on your visitors - where they come from, how they use your site, what converts them into customers, and much more. 

Some of the key features of SmarterStats are scheduled emailed reports, improved geographical and search engine reporting, custom reports and an updated user interface using the latest technologies such as AJAX and Silverlight for 3D graphing and reports. SmarterStats will also hold historical statistics indefinitely, compared to the 12 months reporting offered by Urchin.

Read more about the new features of SmarterStats here

IMPORTANT: Due to differences between the two statistics programs we are not able to import the 12 months of historical statistics from Urchin into SmarterStats. Urchin will continue to be available until the end of November 2008 for exporting historical statistics. After this time, Urchin will be discontinued and historical statistics no longer retrievable.

If you wish to keep a history of the last twelve months of statistics you will need to login to Urchin and export this information before it is discontinued. Urchin offers easy export tools to Word and Excel and there is a link to the old Urchin login page from the SmarterStats login.

Please call our customer service team on 0800 5000 24 if you require assistance with the process of exporting data from Urchin or have any other questions regarding SmarterStats.


31st July 2008

Free $50 Google Adwords® Credit

Thanks to Net24 ’s special relationship with Google, all new and existing customers can now try out targeted online advertising at no risk with a free $50 Google Adwords advertising credit.

Google AdWords lets you reach potential customers just when they're looking for your product or service.
Your ads will show up on Google.com as well as thousands of Google’s partner sites like NZ Herald, Stuff, Fairfax sites, YouTube, MySpace and many more.

If you're a new customer, your unique coupon will be emailed to you along with your setup information.
Existing customers can request a coupon using this form.

To learn more about all of our current promotions, view our promotions page here.


27 May 2008

Microsoft Expression Web 2 Launch

Microsoft has just released Expression Web 2. It’s a standards-based design tool that allows web designers to create, develop, and maintain exceptional sites with less time and effort. Microsoft Expression Web 2 is part of the Expression Studio 2 product suite. Expression Web 2 caters to web designers of all abilities. It delivers significant improvements on Microsoft FrontPage, yet offers the ease of use that made its predecessor so popular.

It features an easy-to-use WYSIWYG user interface that allows web designers to switch between layout and code views, so they can easily keep track of the look and feel of their projects.

Expression Web 2 uses a CSS-based page layout to deliver down-to-the-pixel control. This powerful tool enables precise page formatting and allows elements to be positioned exactly where they’re wanted. Expression Web 2 offers easier code editing with support for ASP.NET, XML or PHP. Web designers can preview PHP pages in their web browser without installing a separate development server or having to upload their website to a server. Expression Web 2 also enables web designers to easily import interactive content from Silverlight and Flash, or layered artwork from Adobe Photoshop.

Net24's Windows web hosting plans fully support the technologies required to host Expression Web 2 created web sites. View our Windows web hosting plans.

For more information and resources about Expression Web 2, check out www.microsoft.co.nz/expression.

You can also purchase Expression Web 2 from Dick Smith Electronic Online Store or download Expression Web 2 from Microsoft's secure digital download site at www.microsoft.co.nz/expression
22 May 2008

ColdFusion 8 Hosting Now Available

We are pleased to announce that after completing a recent upgrade our ColdFusion hosting plans have been upgraded from ColdFusion MX 7 to ColdFusion 8.

With a host of new features, dramatically improved performance and scalability, and easier integration with enterprise IT environments, Adobe ColdFusion 8 is a must-have release for ColdFusion developers.

New in ColdFusion 8:

  • PDF Features
    ColdFusion 8 applications can dynamically generate and interact with PDF documents and forms for a printable, portable way to intelligently capture and share information.

  • Ajax Features
    ColdFusion 8 can easily provide data to existing Ajax applications and frameworks. You can use simple tags to access a large library of prebuilt Ajax user interface components such as rich text editors, data grids, tree controls, tab navigators, and more.

  • .NET Intergration
    With ColdFusion 8, you can specify any .NET object — either local or remote — and use it in your ColdFusion application, just like any Java™ or other object resource.

Plans start from $24.95 + GST per month for 25MB of disk space with free setup.

For more information on the latest features of Adobe ColdFusion 8 visit http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/

View our ColdFusion 8 hosting plans below or call us on 0800 5000 24 for more information.
28 February 2008

New Online Backup Manager Version Released

As part of the recent upgrades to the Online Backup Service version 5.2.4 of the Online Backup Manager (OBM) has been released. This release includes feature enhancements and bug fixes including:

  • Support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 / 2007
  • Support for backups and restore of individual mail and contact
    items in Exchange Server (known has brick level backups).
  • Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
  • Better support for multiple computers utilising same OBS account.
View our Online Backup Service section for more information and sign-up for a free 30 day trial.
21 December 2007

ISAPI_Rewrite 3 Available

Windows hosting plans have been upgraded to support ISAPI_Rewrite 3. This is a major upgrade from version 2 and now supports apache mod_rewrite rules in a .htaccess configuration.
 
More information can be found at the developers web site here: http://www.helicontech.com/isapi_rewrite/
11 December 2007

.NET Framework 3.5 Available

The .NET Framework 3.5 is now available for Windows hosting plans.
 
.NET Framework 3.5 builds incrementally on the new features added in .NET Framework 3.0.
 
Learn more about .NET 3.5 by visiting the official ASP.NET web site: http://www.asp.net
3 December 2007

Windows 32bit VPS Available

We're pleased to announce that we now offer Windows 32bit VPS.

We have fielded a number of requests for a 32bit platform since initially offering only 64bit Windows VPS. We can now happily accommodate those customers requiring a 32bit solution.
 
Windows VPS plans start from $69.95 +GST per month and more information can be found at our Virtual Private Server section.
2 November 2007

New stock of 1GB USB Flash Drives arrive

We have just received a new supply of our branded USB flash drives. These have been upgraded from 512MB to 1GB and all new web hosting accounts from today will receive one free.

More information on our USB flash drive promotion can be found here
25 September 2007

.NET Framework 3.0 Available

The .NET Framework 3.0 is now available for Windows hosting plans.

It combines the power of the .NET Framework 2.0 with new technologies for building applications that have visually compelling user experiences, seamless communication across technology boundaries, and the ability to support a wide range of business processes.

Learn more about .NET 3.0 visit the official NetFx3 site:

http://www.netfx3.com/
19 September 2007

New Linux VPS Distributions Available

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the following new Linux Distributions for VPS servers:

  • Ubuntu 7.10 i386
  • CentOS 5.0 i386
  • CentOS 5.0 x64
  • Debian 4.0 i386

We will continue to offer the following distributions:

  • Ubuntu 6.10 i386
  • CentOS 4.5 i386
  • CentOS 4.5 x64
  • Debian 3.1 i386
  • OpenSuSE 10.1 i386
  • OpenSuSE 10.1 x64

For more information about our VPS offering, please see the Virtual Private Server section.
21 August 2007


Net24 Introduces Virtual Private Servers

Net24 is pleased to announce the launch of the Virtual Private Server (VPS) service. VPS technology partitions a single high performance server into multiple virtual servers. Each VPS can be independently re-booted and the virtualisation software allows each virtual server to run its own copy of the operating system with superuser-level access to install and run almost any application.

Virtual Servers are ideal for web developers, designers and software engineers who require all the performance, security and control of a dedicated server, but without the high cost.

VPS plans start from $59.95 + GST and are available for both Windows and Linux platforms.

Learn more about Net24's VPS Offering

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