"As a sysadmin, I inherited an archaic and failing nameserver architecture. 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."
— Robert Follett, Infrastructure Engineer

$900 Million Corporations Cannot Afford Downtime

ARINC, the world leader in transportation communications and systems engineering, is a $900 million per year business, providing systems engineering and integration solutions to five key industries: airports, aviation, defense, government, and surface transportation. The company’s aging DNS servers were faulty and unreliable and prompted network administrators to seek a more viable solution than the basic DNS service it got from its ISP. The company can afford zero network downtime, so OpenDNS's 100 percent uptime record first attracted ARINC's attention.

100 Percent Uptime and Increased Brand Recognition, Too!

ARINC first tested OpenDNS on a few machines and ultimately decided to roll it our across a large division. The company is leveraging 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 name in an instance where it is providing a service that makes the Internet more navigable. Most importantly, DNS is no longer a headache for network administrators as they have enjoyed 100 percent DNS uptime since making the switch to OpenDNS.