June 2010 Blog Posts

Introducing FamilyShield Parental Controls

Kids get into all sorts of things they shouldn’t get into online. And we know parents want to protect their kids from what’s out there. They want to know that what they’ve set up is effective, up-to-date and always working…

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SysAdmin of the Year Awards: Get Your Nominations In!

There are just ten days left to nominate yourself, your friends, and your favorite IT people for the 2010 SysAdmin of the Year Awards.

We’ve already seen a high volume of nominations, particularly in the Flying Solo and…

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Ain't No Party Like a SysAdmin Appreciation Party: Wed, July 28 at DNA Lounge in San Francisco

While some may associate July with 4th of July, summer vacation and BBQ, here at OpenDNS, July means one thing, and one thing only: System Administrator Appreciation Month.

Along with running a contest to find the SysAdmin of the…

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The Risk is There: Researchers Connect Pornography and Malware

At last week’s Workshop on the Economics of Information Security — an annual conference held at Harvard — new research (PDF) was presented showing the link between pornography and malicious online practices. When the…

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Webinar tomorrow: Testing OpenDNS at school during summer break. Still time to sign up!

Just a reminder that we’re hosting a webinar tomorrow to outline the benefits of using OpenDNS in an educational environment. Summer break also presents the perfect opportunity for K-12 and post-secondary schools to test…

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New Addition to SysAdmin Awards: K-12 Category

Hi! I’m Laura, the newest addition to the OpenDNS team. You can find me here on the OpenDNS blog, on our Twitter account or Facebook page or in a variety of other places helping to get the word out about OpenDNS.Speaking of…

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1 in 3 K-12 Schools uses OpenDNS. Know one of them?

Today we announced that one in every three public grade schools in the US is using OpenDNS. One in every three. This news just a couple months after we shared that 1% of all Internet users in the world are running OpenDNS.

Why…

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Announcing the 2010 SysAdmin of the Year Awards

Here at OpenDNS we’re all about the SysAdmins. While we’ve made it our mission to ease their lives, we also look for ways to thank them for keeping our networks up and running. One way we do that is by celebrating System…

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