ARINC-Cybertime Chooses OpenDNS to Expand its Service Offerings
Division of $900M Corporation Switches to OpenDNS
Jul 19, 2007 — SAN FRANCISCO – OpenDNS, the award-winning DNS provider that makes the Internet safer, faster, smarter and more reliable, today announced ARINC-Cybertime is using OpenDNS instead of the DNS it gets by default from its ISP for its staff and hundreds of customers. ARINC-Cybertime is a California-based division of ARINC, the world’s leading transportation communications and systems engineering corporation with more than 3,200 employees worldwide. OpenDNS is the world’s-largest, fastest-growing DNS service.
ARINC-Cybertime network administrators elected to use OpenDNS to update their network and easily gain insight into DNS trends and overall activity. Additionally, the company’s aging DNS servers were faulty and unreliable and OpenDNS’ 100 percent reliability meant ARINC-Cybertime network administrators would no longer have to tend to DNS-related outages.
“As a sysadmin, I inherited an archaic and failing nameserver architecture,” said Robert Follett, Infrastructure Engineer for ARINC-Cybertime. “For me, the appeal of OpenDNS is the reliability and speed. It also supports my aspiration of DNS some day becoming an administrative non-issue.”
ARINC-Cybertime is using all OpenDNS features, including the option to brand the OpenDNS Guide, or the page seen when someone on its network attempts to visit a Web site that doesn’t exist or is otherwise not resolving. The division has found tremendous value in the opportunity to remind customers of the ARINC-Cybertime name in an instance where it is providing a service that makes the Internet more navigable.
“To sales, brand awareness is an excellent tool,” said Follett. “Every time a customer mistypes a domain, they see the OpenDNS search page with our logo.”
About ARINC
ARINC Incorporated is the world leader in transportation communications and systems engineering. The company develops and operates communications and information processing systems and provides systems engineering and integration solutions to five key industries: airports, aviation, defense, government, and surface transportation. Founded to provide reliable and efficient radio communications for the airlines, ARINC is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland, and operates key regional offices in London and Singapore, with over 3,200 employees worldwide. ARINC is ISO 9001:2000 certified.
About ARINC-Cybertime LLC
The ARINC-Cybertime division provides wireless data services to county and municipal government agencies as well as commercial and residential services. For more information, please visit:
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
ARINC-Cybertime network administrators elected to use OpenDNS to update their network and easily gain insight into DNS trends and overall activity. Additionally, the company’s aging DNS servers were faulty and unreliable and OpenDNS’ 100 percent reliability meant ARINC-Cybertime network administrators would no longer have to tend to DNS-related outages.
“As a sysadmin, I inherited an archaic and failing nameserver architecture,” said Robert Follett, Infrastructure Engineer for ARINC-Cybertime. “For me, the appeal of OpenDNS is the reliability and speed. It also supports my aspiration of DNS some day becoming an administrative non-issue.”
ARINC-Cybertime is using all OpenDNS features, including the option to brand the OpenDNS Guide, or the page seen when someone on its network attempts to visit a Web site that doesn’t exist or is otherwise not resolving. The division has found tremendous value in the opportunity to remind customers of the ARINC-Cybertime name in an instance where it is providing a service that makes the Internet more navigable.
“To sales, brand awareness is an excellent tool,” said Follett. “Every time a customer mistypes a domain, they see the OpenDNS search page with our logo.”
About ARINC
ARINC Incorporated is the world leader in transportation communications and systems engineering. The company develops and operates communications and information processing systems and provides systems engineering and integration solutions to five key industries: airports, aviation, defense, government, and surface transportation. Founded to provide reliable and efficient radio communications for the airlines, ARINC is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland, and operates key regional offices in London and Singapore, with over 3,200 employees worldwide. ARINC is ISO 9001:2000 certified.
About ARINC-Cybertime LLC
The ARINC-Cybertime division provides wireless data services to county and municipal government agencies as well as commercial and residential services. For more information, please visit:
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
