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In This Issue
- Tag a Domain For Good — All Month Long!
- New Datacenter Coming in Frankfurt
- Stay Warm With An OpenDNS Hoodie
- Meet an OpenDNSer: Mack Nagashima
- Customer Spotlight: Eastern Long Island Hospital
Tag a Domain For Good — All Month Long!
Throughout the month of April, OpenDNS will be donating 2 cents to the American Red Cross for every Domain Tagging vote. That's only 50,000 votes for every $1,000 we donate. All you have to do is go to Domain Tagging section and start voting! Not only does this help improve Domain Tagging, but it's an easy way to help support disaster victims if you can't give money yourself.
You can track the number of votes you've submitted via your user profile page (ex: http://www.opendns.com/community/user/100000). At the end of the month, we'll announce how many votes were cast — and how much money we'll be donating to the American Red Cross.
More information available on our blog.
New Datacenter Coming in Frankfurt
This month we will be bringing our 13th global datacenter online in Frankfurt, Germany. While we already have a presence in Europe with our London and Amsterdam server locations, this new datacenter will offer even faster Internet for many European users as well as additional capacity and decreased latency to our network.
Because the OpenDNS service is anycasted, there's no need to do anything once Frankfurt comes online. If you live in Europe, you'll automatically be routed to the nearest OpenDNS server. Forget complex configurations or re-routing on your part — we'll take care of the hard work for you.
And, if you are curious, you can always take a look at our global network activity on our System page.
Stay Warm With An OpenDNS Hoodie
Spring has sprung, but that doesn't mean there aren't some chilly nights ahead. And in San Francisco, where OpenDNS HQ is located, it's often foggy outside, leading to dropping temps. Luckily we've just added OpenDNS hoodies to our Merch page. Now you can show your OpenDNS pride even when it's cold outside. And t-shirts are available, too!
Purchase your hoodie or t-shirt on our merch page.
Meet an OpenDNSer: Mack Nagashima
The OpenDNS Operations team is responsible for keeping our global network up and running 24x7x365. This includes the provisioning, monitoring, performance and security of our infrastructure. As you can imagine with a network our size, automation is key. Here we chat with Mack Nagashima to find out what about it's all about.
What's your job at OpenDNS?
I'm the Operations Engineer @ OpenDNS. Basically I do a combination of sysadmin and engineering work within the operations group. Most of my engineering work is focused on automating all aspects of my job so that a machine can one day replace me. (ed note: he's kidding, there's always more work to be done!) We use a tool called puppet, an open-source configuration and automation tool, for much of our automation along with a closet full of homegrown scripts in almost every interpreted language you can imagine.
What's the best thing about working here?
Aside from the company ski trip to Tahoe that we just took... I would say that my work environment is great. I have three huge monitors so I can have 20 terminal windows open at once. It's also pretty cool to know that tens of millions of people are using my infrastructure every second of every day. It would be even better if we hired a few more systems and network administrators... so if you're reading this, APPLY!
What gadget couldn't you live without?
I think I can survive without my gadgets... as long as I have access to a slingshot and some birds, preferably angry!
We're hiring! Check out our open positions and apply today.
Customer Spotlight: Eastern Long Island Hospital
A nonprofit, community hospital, Eastern Long Island Hospital needed a Web content filtering solution that wouldn't slow down their network or come with an exorbitant price tag. OpenDNS' cloud-based Web content filtering and single point of management made choosing it a simple decision. "We chose OpenDNS because it was ... easy to use, and fit our needs as a small organization. We were so excited about OpenDNS we even all bought t-shirts!" said Joseph Bucco, who managed the deployment.
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