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[[Jeremy Hitchcock]], CEO<br>
[[Jeremy Hitchcock]], CEO<br>
[[Graham Chynoweth]], COO<br>
Kyle York, CMO<br>
Timothy O’Toole, CFO<br>
Kevin Bisson, CFO<br>
Kyle York, CRO<br>
Matt Larson, CTO <br>
Cory von Wallenstein, Chief Technologist<br>
Scott Hilton, EVP, Products
Matt Larson, Chief Architect <br>
Scott Hilton, EVP, Product
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'''Dyn''' (pronounced “dine”) is an Internet performance solutions company that provides traffic management, message management, and performance assurance to commercial and private users worldwide with major customers including Twitter, Netflix, Pandora, Zappos, CNBC, Etsy, Box, and StumbleUpon. Dyn’s corporate headquarters are located in Manchester, NH, USA, with offices in Brighton, UK, and San Francisco, CA, USA.
Dyn (pronounced “dine”) is a cloud-based Internet Performance company. Dyn helps companies monitor, control, and optimize online infrastructure for an exceptional end-user experience. Dyn is the leading Internet Performance provider to the most visited web properties in the world, as measured by the Alexa 1000, including Twitter, Netflix, Pandora, Zappos, CNBC, Etsy, BT, Hershey, The Guardian and Seeking Alpha.[1] Their Internet Performance product suite includes Dyn Internet Intelligence, IP Transit Intelligence, Traffic Director, Managed DNS and Managed DNS Express. Dyn also offers Domain services and Email products. Dyn’s corporate headquarters are located in Manchester, NH, USA, with offices in Brighton, UK, Singapore, and Hanover, NH, USA. Dyn is set to retire in favor of the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure platform on May 31, 2020.<ref>https://www.oracle.com/corporate/acquisitions/dyn/technologies/ecommerce-customer-faq.html</ref>
 
In June, 2009, it became the first managed DNS provider to offer its Dynect Platform clients [[DNSSEC]].<ref>[http://www.webhosting.info/news/1/dyn-inc.-pushes-dnssec-live_0623094603.htm WebHosting.info]</ref>


==History==
==History==
Dyn began in 1998 as a free service running out of a college apartment at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It was called DynDNS and offered users a [[DNS]] service capable of hosting a website from a home computer. As the business continued to grow, it shifted from a free model to a donation-based model, which enabled them to make $40,000 in weeks, from users around the world.<ref>[http://www.hippopress.com/read-article/living-the-digital-dream Living the Digital Dream: How a local tech company found international success and a possible recipe for NH's future]. The Hippo. Retrieved 2012 November 10.</ref> From there they became a recurring revenue [[SaaS]] company, until they realized, in 2005, that many prominent corporations were using their exclusive suite of software. Thus, they further catered their services to the corporate market, reassessed their financial requirements, and began to offer more unique options for [[DNS]] solutions.<ref>[http://dyn.com/why-dyn/about-us About Us]. Dyn.</ref>
Dyn began as a free service running out of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It was called DynDNS and offered users a DNS service capable of hosting a website from a home computer. As the business continued to grow, it shifted from a free model to a donation-based model, which enabled them to make $40,000 in weeks, from users around the world.
The donation based model continued until a premium service called the DynECT Platform became available in 2008. The DynECT Platform offered advanced DNS related services to customers including but not limited to: Round Robin Load Balancing, CDN Management, Traffic Management, and Active Failover. The service was mainly geared toward enterprise-level consumers.


They began outsourcing to the market in 2007. In 2010, the company purchased three companies -– SendLabs,<ref>[http://www.nhbr.com/businessnewsstatenews/905237-257/dyn-inc.-acquires-sendlabs.html New Hampshire Business Review]</ref> EveryDNS,<ref>[http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2010/01/07/dyn-inc-buys-everydns/ xconomy]</ref> and EditDNS.<ref>[http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Dyn-Inc-Acquires-EditDNS-and-iw-2477027455.html?x=0 Yahoo Finance]</ref>
In 2010, Dyn purchased the Manchester, New Hampshire-based SendLabs. This acquisition allowed Dyn to begin offering message management services. This combination of traffic management and message management services allows Dyn to bill itself as a provider of Internet performance solutions. In 2014, Dyn acquired Renesys and began offering internet intelligence services. The company nows calls itself an Internet Performance Management company that provides unrivaled visibility and control into cloud and public Internet resources. Dyn’s platform monitors, controls and optimizes applications and infrastructure through Data, Analytics, and Traffic Steering, ensuring traffic gets delivered faster, safer, and more reliably than ever.


===Services===
===Services===
Dyn offers a whole host of services that enable users and businesses to resolve their concerns to ensure that their online presence remains responsive and online. Through traffic management, Dyn's managed DNS services will handle one's web infrastructure and ensure that a website remains responsive and up and running regardless of how many visits it receives. Through message management, it doesn't matter if a sender is sending millions of promotional emails or an anticipated transaction receipt, Dyn will quickly get those important emails to the inbox they deserve. Through performance assurance, monitoring a website's traffic and receiving responsive alerts on anomalies with comprehensive query logs will help anyone get to the root of an issue should one ever arise. Regardless of your online business needs Dyn aims to solve those problems and offer simple solutions so you can focus on what's really important.
Dyn offers a platform for Internet Performance of Internet Performance, as well as supporting services, such as Domain and Email Services that complement these core competencies.<ref>[http://dyn.com/products/ Dyn Products, Dyn.com]</ref>
;<nowiki>Dyn's platform for Internet Performance Management includes:</nowiki>
;<nowiki> Internet Intelligence, Internet Intelligence: Network, Internet Intelligence: Transit, Internet Alerts</nowiki>
; Managed DNS, Active Failover, Traffic Director, Dynamic Steering
; Domain and Email Services


===$38 million Minority Investment===
===$38 million Minority Investment===
In October 2012, it was announced that Dyn had received a $38 million Series A minority investment from North Bridge. The investment deal also expanded the Board of Directors for the company, adding 3 more positions, two from North Bridge; the board was originally staffed by only Dyn's two founders.<ref>[http://allthingsd.com/20121002/dyn-raises-38-million-from-north-bridge-and-jason-calacanis-joins-its-board/ Dyn Raises 38 million from North Bridge and Jason Calacanis Joins Its Board, AllThingsD.com]</ref> The Board now includes: Jeremy Hitchcock, Michael Boustridge, Jason Calacanis, Scott Dussault, Ric Fulop, John Lynch, and Russ Pyle.
In October 2012, it was announced that Dyn had received a $38 million Series A minority investment from North Bridge. The investment deal also expanded the Board of Directors for the company, which was originally staffed by only two of Dyn's founders.<ref>[http://allthingsd.com/20121002/dyn-raises-38-million-from-north-bridge-and-jason-calacanis-joins-its-board/ Dyn Raises 38 million from North Bridge and Jason Calacanis Joins Its Board, AllThingsD.com]</ref> The Board now includes: Jeremy Hitchcock, Michael Boustridge, Jason Calacanis, Scott Dussault, Ric Fulop, John Lynch, and Russ Pyle.


===ReadyStatus Acquisition===
===ReadyStatus Acquisition===
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===Verelo Acquisition===
===Verelo Acquisition===
On January 2 2013,  Dyn announced that it had acquired Verelo, a Toronto-based website monitoring start-up.  Just a few weeks prior, Verelo announced to the public that it would be closing down six months after its launch as it did not have the resources to gain traction and take the company to the next level. Dyn subsequently approached the company and made an undisclosed offer that provided for a return to Verelo's initial investors. The company offers website uptime and performance analytics as well as malware detection and site health monitoring services, and given that Dyn's mantra is "Uptime is the Bottom Line", the acquisition will be used to offer a number of new services to its customers at no extra charge.<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/02/verelo-dyn-acquisition/ Verelo Dyn Acquisition, TechCrunch.com]</ref>
On January 2 2013,  Dyn announced that it had acquired Verelo, a Toronto-based website monitoring start-up.  Just a few weeks prior, Verelo announced to the public that it would be closing down six months after its launch as it did not have the resources to gain traction and take the company to the next level. Dyn subsequently approached the company and made an undisclosed offer that provided for a return to Verelo's initial investors. The company offers website uptime and performance analytics as well as malware detection and site health monitoring services, and given that Dyn's mantra is "Uptime is the Bottom Line", the acquisition will be used to offer a number of new services to its customers at no extra charge.<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/02/verelo-dyn-acquisition/ Verelo Dyn Acquisition, TechCrunch.com]</ref>
===Nettica Acquisition===
Add Nettica Acquisition: Dyn announced on March 26, 2014 that it had acquired Nettica, a US-based managed DNS provider.<ref>[http://dyn.com/blog/dyn-acquires-managed-dns-provider-nettica/ Nettica Dyn Acquisition, Dyn.com]</ref>
===Renesys Acquisition===
Dyn announced on May 21, 2014 that it had acquired Renesys, the authority on Internet intelligence. This acquisition enabled Dyn to launch Dyn Internet Intelligence and IP Transit Intelligence, to give customers the insight to make instant, intelligent decisions to improve the performance of their Internet enabled applications.<ref>[http://dyn.com/blog/dyn-acquires-renesys-the-global-authority-on-internet-intelligence-2/ Renesys Dyn Acquisition, Dyn.com]</ref>


==Associations==
==Associations==
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Latest revision as of 17:30, 25 February 2022

Type: Privately Held
Industry: Internet Performance Solutions
Founded: USA, 1998
Headquarters: Manchester, New Hampshire
Country: USA
Employees: 400-500
Website: Dyn.com
Blog: Blog
Facebook: Dyn
LinkedIn: Dyn
Twitter: @Dyn
Key People
Jeremy Hitchcock, CEO

Kyle York, CMO
Kevin Bisson, CFO
Matt Larson, CTO
Scott Hilton, EVP, Products

Dyn (pronounced “dine”) is a cloud-based Internet Performance company. Dyn helps companies monitor, control, and optimize online infrastructure for an exceptional end-user experience. Dyn is the leading Internet Performance provider to the most visited web properties in the world, as measured by the Alexa 1000, including Twitter, Netflix, Pandora, Zappos, CNBC, Etsy, BT, Hershey, The Guardian and Seeking Alpha.[1] Their Internet Performance product suite includes Dyn Internet Intelligence, IP Transit Intelligence, Traffic Director, Managed DNS and Managed DNS Express. Dyn also offers Domain services and Email products. Dyn’s corporate headquarters are located in Manchester, NH, USA, with offices in Brighton, UK, Singapore, and Hanover, NH, USA. Dyn is set to retire in favor of the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure platform on May 31, 2020.[1]

History

Dyn began as a free service running out of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It was called DynDNS and offered users a DNS service capable of hosting a website from a home computer. As the business continued to grow, it shifted from a free model to a donation-based model, which enabled them to make $40,000 in weeks, from users around the world. The donation based model continued until a premium service called the DynECT Platform became available in 2008. The DynECT Platform offered advanced DNS related services to customers including but not limited to: Round Robin Load Balancing, CDN Management, Traffic Management, and Active Failover. The service was mainly geared toward enterprise-level consumers.

In 2010, Dyn purchased the Manchester, New Hampshire-based SendLabs. This acquisition allowed Dyn to begin offering message management services. This combination of traffic management and message management services allows Dyn to bill itself as a provider of Internet performance solutions. In 2014, Dyn acquired Renesys and began offering internet intelligence services. The company nows calls itself an Internet Performance Management company that provides unrivaled visibility and control into cloud and public Internet resources. Dyn’s platform monitors, controls and optimizes applications and infrastructure through Data, Analytics, and Traffic Steering, ensuring traffic gets delivered faster, safer, and more reliably than ever.

Services

Dyn offers a platform for Internet Performance of Internet Performance, as well as supporting services, such as Domain and Email Services that complement these core competencies.[2]

Dyn's platform for Internet Performance Management includes:
Internet Intelligence, Internet Intelligence: Network, Internet Intelligence: Transit, Internet Alerts
Managed DNS, Active Failover, Traffic Director, Dynamic Steering
Domain and Email Services

$38 million Minority Investment

In October 2012, it was announced that Dyn had received a $38 million Series A minority investment from North Bridge. The investment deal also expanded the Board of Directors for the company, which was originally staffed by only two of Dyn's founders.[3] The Board now includes: Jeremy Hitchcock, Michael Boustridge, Jason Calacanis, Scott Dussault, Ric Fulop, John Lynch, and Russ Pyle.

ReadyStatus Acquisition

On December 23, 2013, Dyn announced it had acquired ReadyStatus, a tool that notifies customers of planned and unplanned service interruptions, thereby creating improved communication between end users and companies. The company has many plans for this new service, one of which includes integrating ReadyStatus with Dyn Managed DNS advanced feature Traffic Director, so if a company’s site goes down, their homepage can automatically failover to a status update page and end users won’t be left in the dark. Dyn customers should expect general availability and complete integration into the future product suite in the next year.[4]

Trendslide Acquisition

On May 13, 2013, Dyn announced it had acquired Trendslide, a mobile dashboard app startup. The acquisition expands Dyn’s services to now include mobile data and analytics offerings for online businesses. While this mobile app was traditionally intended to be a sales/marketing tool, Dyn will now position it as a DevOps tool for its customers. This move, combined with the acquisition of Verelo in late 2012 and the hiring of Pete Cheslock as Dyn Director of Dev Tools and the promotion of Carl Levine to DevOps Evangelist, is proof that Dyn is committed to being an important voice and part of the DevOps community.[5]

Verelo Acquisition

On January 2 2013, Dyn announced that it had acquired Verelo, a Toronto-based website monitoring start-up. Just a few weeks prior, Verelo announced to the public that it would be closing down six months after its launch as it did not have the resources to gain traction and take the company to the next level. Dyn subsequently approached the company and made an undisclosed offer that provided for a return to Verelo's initial investors. The company offers website uptime and performance analytics as well as malware detection and site health monitoring services, and given that Dyn's mantra is "Uptime is the Bottom Line", the acquisition will be used to offer a number of new services to its customers at no extra charge.[6]

Nettica Acquisition

Add Nettica Acquisition: Dyn announced on March 26, 2014 that it had acquired Nettica, a US-based managed DNS provider.[7]

Renesys Acquisition

Dyn announced on May 21, 2014 that it had acquired Renesys, the authority on Internet intelligence. This acquisition enabled Dyn to launch Dyn Internet Intelligence and IP Transit Intelligence, to give customers the insight to make instant, intelligent decisions to improve the performance of their Internet enabled applications.[8]

Associations

Dyn maintains associations with the following organizations -

Awards and Recognition

  • Named as one of Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces in the United States on January 14, 2014.[15]
  • In November 2013, Dyn was listed as #210 on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 List.[16]
  • Listed as #1135 on the famed Inc. 5000 list in 2013, Dyn's third consecutive year in making it on the list.[17]
  • Recognized by WorldBlu as one of the Most Democratic Places Workplaces of 2013.[18]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.oracle.com/corporate/acquisitions/dyn/technologies/ecommerce-customer-faq.html
  2. ↑ Dyn Products, Dyn.com
  3. ↑ Dyn Raises 38 million from North Bridge and Jason Calacanis Joins Its Board, AllThingsD.com
  4. ↑ Dyn acquires service status tool ReadyStatus to integrate into its Internet performance offerings
  5. ↑ “Infrastructure as a service” company Dyn acquires Trendslide for mobile monitoring
  6. ↑ Verelo Dyn Acquisition, TechCrunch.com
  7. ↑ Nettica Dyn Acquisition, Dyn.com
  8. ↑ Renesys Dyn Acquisition, Dyn.com
  9. ↑ North American Network Operators' Group
  10. ↑ CCSNH
  11. ↑ Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
  12. ↑ Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group
  13. ↑ abi INNOVATION HUB
  14. ↑ New Hampshire High Technology Council
  15. ↑ The Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™ Awards
  16. ↑ The Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™ Awards
  17. ↑ Dyn Profile on Inc. 5000
  18. ↑ The WorldBlu List
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