"We switched primarily for the content filtering aspect and speed. The blocking of unsavory sites is certainly our #1 benefit, but also being able to see how much traffic we actually use is very valuable too."
— Thomas Deliduka, Director of IT

To Do: Make the Network Secure and Management Happy

The Columbus Museum of Art is a cultural epicenter in the mid-western United States, attracting visitors from all across the country. IT staffers and upper management noted the importance of limiting access to inappropriate Web sites on the Museum’s network. But without a Web content filtering solution in place, and with a restrictive technology budget, the independent and privately funded Museum was forced to chase the problem by deploying a proxy on its network. This was far from a perfect solution, as system administrators were not preventing staff from viewing inappropriate sites – they were merely identifying offenders after the fact and passing the incriminating information along to managers. Meanwhile the Museum system administrators were still responsible for maintaining internal primary and secondary DNS servers. 

Money Saved, Network Improved and Productivity Boosted

The Columbus Museum of Art Director of IT Thomas Deliduka heard of OpenDNS’ claims to speed Web site loading times and was prompted to give the service a try. Around the same time, OpenDNS introduced adult site blocking, powered by St. Bernard iGuard, the world’s only 100 percent human-reviewed adult site database. Deliduka immediately recognized OpenDNS as a far superior solution than the proxy.

The Columbus Museum of Art deployed OpenDNS across its entire network, setting it up as a relay DNS system from its primary and secondary in-house DNS servers. OpenDNS turned out to be the perfect solution for the Museum, requiring no hardware to purchase and nothing to download and install. Today OpenDNS sits on the edge of the Columbus Museum of Art’s network, blocking adult and phishing, or fraudulent, Web sites. System administrators are no longer tasked with seeking out inappropriate Web traffic and workers are kept safe and productive on the Museum’s network.