Happy Birthday OpenDNS From: Allison Rhodes To: nwood@ulmb.com Date: 11/07/2007 10:40   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  * OpenDNS celebrates first year!    * What's New with OpenDNS?  * David Ulevitch in the New York Times  * Have you thanked your SysAdmin lately? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We don't plan to send email to all OpenDNS users often, but the last couple months have moved fast for us and we've launched a lot of new features. Since we know you don't all read the blog, we just wanted to keep you up to date with the great things we've got going on here. ============================================================== 1. OpenDNS celebrates first year! ============================================================== We've been told we seem mature for our age. But did you know today is only our first birthday? You helped us rocket to the honored position of world's fastest growing DNS service. Here's to you smarty pants -- everyone on your network should love you for choosing the best DNS service in the world. Because of your decision to switch to OpenDNS, their Internet is faster, more reliable (we've never gone down!) and easier to navigate. We're working hard to make sure our second year is even better than our first and as always, we love getting your feedback. It's what drives our features, keeps us motivated and ensures you get the best DNS service in the world. ============================================================== 2. What's New with OpenDNS? ============================================================== Are you using OpenDNS to its full potential? Over the last couple months we've been busy delivering features that let you better manage and control your Internet experience. If you're not yet up to speed, here's a quick overview:  * Domain Blocking -- Many of you asked for a simple way to block a    single domain on your network. With OpenDNS, now you can. You might    have complex firewalls and other gear but they don't easily do the    simple task of blocking myspace.com. We're glad to offer this    service, and thousands of you have taken advantage of it. Oh yeah,    it's free.    More at: https://www.opendns.com/account/  * Adult Site Blocking -- If there was one complaint we got about domain    blocking it was that we didn't offer a list of adult sites to block.    Good news - now we do. We teamed up with our friends at St. Bernard    Software to provide an accurate and easy way to block adult sites on    your network. Oh yeah, it's free too.    More at: http://www.opendns.com/start/features/adult/ ============================================================== 3. David Ulevitch in the New York Times ============================================================== You and I have known it all along, but now the rest of the world does, too - "When an Internet-connected computer or router is configured by adding OpenDNS.com's two numbers...OpenDNS makes it possible to access Web sites faster." Those words are from a New York Times profile on our CEO, David Ulevitch, that published yesterday. Iconic journalist John Markoff authored the piece. DNS can be tough to explain, but Markoff did a fabulous job.    See the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/09/business/media/09startup.html ============================================================== 4. Have you thanked your SysAdmin lately? ============================================================== Odds are you're a techy and well aware SysAdmin Appreciation Day is just two weeks away. Most of the world has no clue, so OpenDNS is celebrating all month long, laboring to get you the kudos you deserve. During July we're announcing a challenge every Monday on our blog - this week the task is composing a haiku about what it means to be a sysadmin. Winners are announced on the blog on Fridays. We feel so strongly you should be shown sysadmin love on SysAdmin Appreciation Day, we'll even remind your boss that the holiday is fast approaching. Shoot an email to sysadminday@opendns.com and give us the first name and email address of the person who needs reminding. Oh, and if you're not a sysadmin, don't forget to remember: July 27 is SysAdmin Appreciation Day. Gifts containing caffeine are good.    Our SysAdmin contests here: http://blog.opendns.com/category/sysadmin/ Keep sending us your DNS requests! Allison Community Manager OpenDNS   http://www.opendns.com 199 Fremont Street, 12th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 USA