On the night of November 12th Zone relocates its servers to another data centre, and as a result, 30-60 minutes disruptions may occur and customers won’t be able to access their virtual servers.
Relocation of the servers is associated with the change of roles of the Tallinn data centres and to increase the overall fault-tolerance.
Starting this week our office is situated in a new building. We still operate in Ülemiste City, but from now on we welcome our clients at Lõõtsa 5 (5th floor). The office opening hours remain the same and we are opened on business days from 9AM to 5PM.
Welcome to our new office!
Zone offers special prices for .ONLINE, .BEER and .PHOTO domains until December 2015..ONLINE domain registration for one year will cost now 23.04 €, instead of 47.52 €, .BEER will be 27.36 € instead of 30.80 € and .PHOTO domain 18 € instead of 30.80 €. Special prices only apply for one year registration period and include VAT 20%.
You can register your desired domain on our site www.zone.ee/en/service/domain-registration/prices/
Chrome’s last 44th release (version 44.0.2403.89) got a small, but significant change. It’s now sending the HTTPS: 1 header on every request by default. This was probably meant as a security improvement, to suggest HTTPs to the server wherever possible, but it’s breaking WordPress and other web server installations all over the world. Problem should be eliminated on July 27th with new release. Until then we recommend to use other web browsers like Safari, Explorer or Firefox.
More information here: https://ma.ttias.be/chrome-44-sending-https-header-by-mistake-breaking-web-applications-everywhere/
Our Web Hosting Package II gained support for secure connections (HTTPS). To offer this, we have implemented Server Name Indication (SNI) in our server platvorm, which allows us to offer HTTPS connectivity without requiring a dedicated IP address from the customer. The need for a dedicated IP has been one of the reasons why HTTPS support has been limited to the more costly service plan.
Also, the SSL certificate management interface gained a feature which allows a newly acquired certificate to be copied directly to the website control panel. This works on the condition that the certificate and website names match, and the private key associated with the certificate has not been removed from the management interface.
Starting today, Zone clients can use Voog – a content management system developed in Estonia, while creating their web sites. Voog is designed for those who want to create a web site with a modern and adaptable design, without having a deep knowledge in the field of information technology.
Read more about VOOG: www.zone.ee/en/service/webhosting/zone-plus-applications/#voog
Estonia’s largest web-hosting provider Zone.ee launched the cloud storage service ZoneCloud after a 7-month long beta period. The service enables Zone.ee’s web hosting clients to store and share their documents and other data on the service provider’s infrastructure.
ZoneCloud clients can manage their data via online web interface, as well as native clients, which are available for all popular operating systems. The new cloud service is also compatible with devices running Apple iOS and Google Android.
„We hope that a local alternative to services provided by global corporations encourages Estonian entrepreneurs to use cloud services more,“ commented Riho Kurg, the CEO of Zone.ee. “In 2014, Eurostat has conducted a survey among companies with staff of more than ten people. In Estonia, only 15% of them used cloud services. This figure is far behind the leader – Finland, whose figure was 50%, while the average for the EU was 19%.”
“Based on Eurostat research it becomes clear that the biggest concerns for entrepreneurs are the safety and protection of data in the cloud, its location and the current laws in the country of the service provider. Our company’s place of origin, 15 years of experience in providing similar services and unique infrastructure in Estonia, help to reduce all these fears significantly,” added Kurg.
A free version of ZoneCloud, which currently allows each user to store up to 5 GB of files on the service, has been automatically assigned to all e-mail users at Zone.ee. The number of such users at Zone.ee is above 120,000.
Zone began a cooperation with the German software developers ownCloud GmBH on 2013, to design and develop the ZoneCloud service. ZoneCloud applications for Windows and Mac, as well as for mobile devices based on Android and iOS, were developed in the process.
7-month long beta period preceded the launch of the service, during which feedback from clients was gathered and based on it, the platform was improved and adapted to Estonian conditions.
Beginning January 1st 2015, new .EE domain fees, announced in October by Estonian Internet Foundation, will take effect. As a result, .EE domain registration and renewal prices will drop significantly. At Estonian biggest domain registrar Zone.ee the .EE domain registration and renewal fee will be 13.14 euros for one year, 24.60 euros for two years and 34.74 euros for three years (VAT included).
Registration of a new domain only takes a few minutes and each domain includes free DNS records management. As one of the few registrars in Estonia, Zone.ee offers free DNSSEC cryptographic protection and triple DNS fault tolerance.
Today, EURid’s annual Christmas campaign began, the prizes of which, similarly to the previous year, are several vacations for two people:
In order to participate in the competition, register a .eu domain name (https://www.zone.ee/en/service/domain-registration/prices/) between 27th November 2014 up and until 23rd December 2014. Answer two questions and enter the competition at https://christmas2014.eurid.eu/ using the domain name you registered.
Those who have answered first the two questions correctly will be awarded in prize order (starting from the top prize). If no correct answers are given, the prizes will be awarded to those whose answer is closest to the correct answer.
The Dedicated Server service, in which client leases a server hardware from the service provider along with internet connection and hosting, just got another significant feature. Namely, it is now possible to let Zone pre-install Windows Server OS on a Dedicated Server and lease the right to use other Microsoft server services.
All this is possible because Zone recently joined with Microsoft Partner Network and through its Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA) program we can offer Microsoft software to our customers.
There are some significant advantages while renting software along with a Dedicated Server:
For more information about Dedicated Servers and special offers go to Dedicated Servers section on our website.