OpenDNS

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OpenDNS

Summary

OpenDNS is a business[1]. OpenDNS ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (882 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • OpenDNS is in the country of United States[3].
  • OpenDNS's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • OpenDNS's instance of is recorded as service on Internet[5].
  • OpenDNS's instance of is recorded as public recursive name server[6].
  • OpenDNS's founder is recorded as David Ulevitch[7].
  • OpenDNS is owned by Cisco[8].
  • OpenDNS's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco[9].
  • July 1, 2006 marks the founding of OpenDNS[10].
  • OpenDNS's parent organization or unit is recorded as Cisco[11].
  • OpenDNS's official website is recorded as https://www.opendns.com/[12].
  • OpenDNS's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+12'}[13].
  • OpenDNS's legal form is recorded as limited company[14].
  • OpenDNS's investor is recorded as Sequoia Capital[15].
  • OpenDNS's investor is recorded as Greylock Partners[16].
  • OpenDNS's investor is recorded as Sutter Hill Ventures[17].
  • OpenDNS's investor is recorded as Minor Ventures[18].
  • OpenDNS's investor is recorded as Evolution Equity Partners[19].
  • OpenDNS's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+32577'}[20].
  • OpenDNS's service status information URL is recorded as https://downdetector.ph/status/opendns/[21].

Body

Founding

OpenDNS's founder is recorded as David Ulevitch[7]. July 1, 2006 marks the founding of OpenDNS[10].

Operations

OpenDNS's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco[9]. OpenDNS's parent organization or unit is recorded as Cisco[11].

Ownership

OpenDNS is owned by Cisco[8].

Why It Matters

OpenDNS ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (882 views/month).[2] OpenDNS has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] OpenDNS is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Crunchbase. crunchbase.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). OpenDNS. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/opendns
MLA “OpenDNS.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/opendns.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_opendns_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{OpenDNS}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/opendns}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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    Employees {'amount': '+12'}
    Owned by Cisco
    Legal form limited company
    Employees
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