Campbell County Public Schools Keeps Kids Online, Safe with OpenDNS
Pioneering, Technology-Focused Virginia School District Makes the Internet Better with OpenDNS
May 16, 2007 — San Francisco -- OpenDNS, the award-winning DNS provider that makes the Internet safer, faster, smarter and more reliable, today announced Campbell County Public Schools is using OpenDNS as a forwarder to offload its internal DNS server, ensuring the Internet remain accessible at all times and keeping its 10,000 students and staff safe from easily mistaken Internet scammers.
OpenDNS makes the Internet a safe haven for Campbell County students, and frees its teachers and staff from the burden of worrying students will be taken advantage of on the Internet. Campbell County Public Schools is a technology-focused K-12 school division providing quality education to the children of Campbell County, Virginia. OpenDNS is the world's largest, fastest-growing DNS service.
Campbell County Public School's decision to use OpenDNS district-wide expresses the division's view of the importance of technology as a major teaching and learning tool. It is committed to its students having access to emerging technologies in order to be prepared for society in an information age, and round the clock access to the Internet - a tool essential to today's educational landscape - is key to that commitment. OpenDNS has provided Campbell County Public Schools with 100 percent Internet uptime, freeing its teachers and students of interruptive intermittent Internet outages.
"I see no reason for a school district, or anyone for that matter, not to use OpenDNS," said Clint Hunter, Network Administrator for Campbell County Public Schools. "We switched from our ISP's DNS because OpenDNS makes the Internet faster and the typo-correction and phishing protection are invaluable for keeping the students of Campbell County safe online."
About Campbell County Public Schools
The school board and employees of Campbell County Public Schools are committed to excellence in teaching and learning for all students. Educators will serve students by providing effective instructional programs, responsible fiscal management, and quality learning environments which improve student outcomes. We are committed to empowering all students to make choices, assuring achievement of instructional goals, and encouraging respect for self, others and ideas. We share with our community the responsibility for the education of all students so they will be prepared to live and work in a rapidly changing world. Together with today's children, we will build for tomorrow. For more information about Campbell County Public Schools, please visit www.campbell.k12.va.us/
About OpenDNS
OpenDNS makes the Internet safer, faster, smarter and more reliable. Based in San Francisco, the company operates a large distributed network that powers a new kind of recursive DNS (Domain Name System) service that provides all Internet users increased security, reliability and performance. OpenDNS is thoroughly committed to building and operating the best DNS platform in the world and to improving the Internet. For more information about OpenDNS, please visit: www.opendns.com
OpenDNS makes the Internet a safe haven for Campbell County students, and frees its teachers and staff from the burden of worrying students will be taken advantage of on the Internet. Campbell County Public Schools is a technology-focused K-12 school division providing quality education to the children of Campbell County, Virginia. OpenDNS is the world's largest, fastest-growing DNS service.
Campbell County Public School's decision to use OpenDNS district-wide expresses the division's view of the importance of technology as a major teaching and learning tool. It is committed to its students having access to emerging technologies in order to be prepared for society in an information age, and round the clock access to the Internet - a tool essential to today's educational landscape - is key to that commitment. OpenDNS has provided Campbell County Public Schools with 100 percent Internet uptime, freeing its teachers and students of interruptive intermittent Internet outages.
"I see no reason for a school district, or anyone for that matter, not to use OpenDNS," said Clint Hunter, Network Administrator for Campbell County Public Schools. "We switched from our ISP's DNS because OpenDNS makes the Internet faster and the typo-correction and phishing protection are invaluable for keeping the students of Campbell County safe online."
About Campbell County Public Schools
The school board and employees of Campbell County Public Schools are committed to excellence in teaching and learning for all students. Educators will serve students by providing effective instructional programs, responsible fiscal management, and quality learning environments which improve student outcomes. We are committed to empowering all students to make choices, assuring achievement of instructional goals, and encouraging respect for self, others and ideas. We share with our community the responsibility for the education of all students so they will be prepared to live and work in a rapidly changing world. Together with today's children, we will build for tomorrow. For more information about Campbell County Public Schools, please visit www.campbell.k12.va.us/
About OpenDNS
OpenDNS makes the Internet safer, faster, smarter and more reliable. Based in San Francisco, the company operates a large distributed network that powers a new kind of recursive DNS (Domain Name System) service that provides all Internet users increased security, reliability and performance. OpenDNS is thoroughly committed to building and operating the best DNS platform in the world and to improving the Internet. For more information about OpenDNS, please visit: www.opendns.com
