WordPress 3.4.2 Maintenance and Security Release
A new version of WordPress has been released that addresses a few nagging bugs. You can upgrade to the latest version of WordPress from your admin dashboard or Softaculous.
DetailsMonthly Uptime Statistics – August 2012
Overall uptime for the for July 2012 was 99.976%. 20 of 26 servers had 100% uptime.
DetailsWhat does fully managed mean?
At Umbra Hosting, we offer a fully managed service for our VPS and dedicated servers. We take care of the technical aspects of managing a server, enabling you to focus on your core business.
Details4th Annual Hawaiian shirt and BBQ
Every year our parent company puts on a Hawaiian themed BBQ for all the employees and their families. This year the weather was beautiful, the BBQ was amazing, and the event the best yet.
DetailsWhat is Shared Web Hosting?
Many people wonder what shared web hosting is, and we plan on answering this question for you so you feel comfortable hosting your web site with Umbra Hosting. A shared web hosting account refers to a web hosting service where many websites reside on one web server connected to the Internet. Each site “sits” on its own partition, or section/place on the server to keep it separate from other sites.
DetailsATT network maintenance 16-Aug-2012
ATT has informed us that they have maintenance scheduled in their Milwaukee central office between 00:00 and 06:00 on Thursday August 16th. We do not expect this maintenance to affect us. If there are any issues with our ATT connection BGP will automatically route internet traffic to our other network providers.
DetailsVPS control panel update – 11-Aug-2012
On Saturday August 11th beginning at 10:00 PM we will be upgrading the VPS control panel. The upgrade process typically takes 10 – 15 minutes. This upgrade only affects the control panel, not the actual VPS’s. After the upgrade the control panel with have an updated look and feel.
DetailsMonthly Uptime Statistics – July 2012
Overall up-time for the for July 2012 was 99.948%. 18 of 26 servers had 100% uptime.
DetailsHardware maintenance for the server jonah secured for 4-Aug-2012
We have scheduled hardware maintenance scheduled for the server ‘jonah’ on 4-Aug-2012. The maintenance is scheduled to begin at 11:00 PM Central US time. We expect the server to be down for approximately one hour. We will update this post when the maintenance is completed.
DetailscPanel addreses CVE-2012-2978
A new build of cPanel/WHM is being released to all tiers tonight to address CVE-2012-2978. CVE-2012-2978 addresses an issue with NSD (an authoritative DNS server) which did not properly handle non-standard DNS packets. A patch has been supplied by NLNet Labs.
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