OpenDNS

Cisco acquires PortShift to raise its game in DevOps and Kubernetes security

Cisco is making another acquisition to expand its reach in security solutions, this time specifically targeting DevOps and the world of container management. It is acquiring PortShift, an Israeli star

David Ulevitch is now a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz — a big get and the firm’s fourth new GP since June

David Ulevitch has had some strange dealings with investors over the years. Now, Ulevitch is himself one of them. The founder of OpenDNS, a company that sold to Cisco in 2016, is disclosing today that

As Symantec flexes its muscle in security, who will step up to the challenge?

As the security market shakes up in more ways than one, who wins, who struggles and who will get acquired next?

Cisco To Buy Cloud Security Company OpenDNS for $635M In Cash

Cisco announced its intent to buy cloud security company OpenDNS for $635 million this morning. It’s probably not a coincidence that Cisco was one of its investors in a $35 million round in Ma

OpenDNS Raises Cash From Sutter Hill Ventures As It Looks To Build Out Enterprise Network Security As A Service

Fast growing enterprise network security company OpenDNS is announcing a new investment this morning, raising an undisclosed amount of Series B funding from Sutter Hill Ventures. <a href="https://tech

With 50M Users In Tow, OpenDNS Looks To Bring Enterprise Security Into The Mobile Era

Bring up the topic of "enterprise security platforms" around polite company, and you may be quickly shown the door. The subject can be boring, but the truth is that enterprise security writ large are

DNSCrypt Encrypts Your DNS Traffic Because There’s Always Someone Out To Get You

We've talked about <a HREF="https://techcrunch.com/tag/OpenDNS">OpenDNS</a> quite a bit over the years, noting that these guys know what geeks like: free, fast DNS lookups that smooth out the Internet

OpenDNS Now Serving 30 Million Customers

Everyone's favorite alternative DNS service, <a HREF="https://techcrunch.com/tag/opendns">OpenDNS</a>, is now serving up DNS to 30 million customers world-wide. The company announced this milestone in

D-Link And OpenDNS To Bring Parental Controls To Your Router

Today’s kids have grown up in a world where the internet has always been around, Google has always been there to help, and having a smartphone is the norm. It only follows that they’d be super com

DNS Service Provider OpenDNS Gets A $4.5 Million Injection

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/opendns.png" class="shot2" /> According to an <a href="http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1502522/000150252210000001/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.x

Foursquare, Scribd, And Spotify To Be Dubbed 2011 Technology Pioneers At Davos

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/wef.jpg" /> The World Economic Forum has announced its list of 31 <a href="http://www.weforum.org/en/Communities/Technology%20Pioneers/Tech

27 Billion Queries Served: OpenDNS Sees Record Traffic

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Screen-shot-2010-08-25-at-10.44.34-AM.jpg">I personally love <a href="http://www.opendns.com/">OpenDNS</a>, at least as much as you can l

OpenDNS wants to help you remind your boss about SysAdmin Appreciation Day

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/happy-sysadmin-day-cake.jpg" />System Administrator Appreciation Day is July 30. OpenDNS wants to make sure that you sysadmins get the re

OpenDNS celebrates SysAdmin Appreciation Month with a contest for SysAdmin of the Year

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/server-room.jpg" />I'm on <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/06/01/please-join-us-in-welcoming-josephine-ann/">paternity leave</a> f

OpenDNS Now Serves 1% Of The Internet (That's A Big Number)

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-167128" title="web" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/web.jpg" alt="" width="260" height="195" />When you think of one percent of something

Namebench: Google's 20% Project To Find The Fastest DNS Server

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/Screen-shot-2010-01-01-at-6.26.30-PM-630x361-215x123.png" width="215" height="123" />When Google <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2009/12/03/go

Google Gets Into The DNS Business. Here's What That Means

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/googledns-215x110.jpg" width="215" height="110" />Google just <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/introducing-google-public-dns.ht

Netgear and OpenDNS to filter traffic, replace parents

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/netgear-logo_wtag.jpg">I'm guessing that a lot of households utilize filters on computers to, well, keep the kiddies away from, you know,

Downside Of OpenDNS: It Can Extend Website Outages

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/cp_1248812573_22391v1-max-250x250-215x85.png" width="215" height="85" />Hosting provider <a href="http://www.softlayer.com">SoftLayer</a> was

OpenDNS Makes $20k/day Filtering Phishing And Porn Sites

OpenDNS, a San Francisco based startup founded by Minor Ventures and David Ulevitch, first launched in mid-2006 as a free tool to speed up web surfing and protect users from phishing and other malware
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