Cisco has announced that the networking giant will be buying cloud security and alternative DNS operator OpenDNS for $683 million. OpenDNS gained popularity over the years by offering alternative DNS services to customers frustrated by prolonged and repeated ISP DNS outages. Cisco was one of the company's investors in a $34 million funding round about a year ago. OpenDNS' cloud platform is accessed by roughly 65 million users daily.
In a FAQ posted to the OpenDNS website, the company proclaims (as all acquired companies do) that nothing should change for current OpenDNS customers.
"Cisco loves OpenDNS, too, and has been an investor in the company and supporter long before this deal was announced. We are still selling and supporting our products. We re all on the same page here, committed to making sure that what makes OpenDNS so great stays intact, and that includes the team."
Of course that's an impossible promise for any acquired company to make. In a blog post Cisco states that "over time, we will look to unite our cloud-delivered solutions," but also tells DSLReports.com the company will continue to offer OpenDNS' free alternative DNS services. read comment(s)
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“We’ve been given the unique privilege to produce a Stanley Kubrick script no one has had the opportunity to make,” said Selig. “The first installment of the planned trilogy, written by Kubrick, is an engrossing story illustrating a crucial moment in history toward the end of the American Civil War.”
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