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| type            = Privately Held
 
| type            = Privately Held
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| industry        = Internet Performance Solutions
 
| founded        = USA, 1998
 
| founded        = USA, 1998
 
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| headquarters    = Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
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| headquarters    = Manchester, New Hampshire
 
| country        = USA
 
| country        = USA
 
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| employees      = 51-200
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| employees      = 400-500
 
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| website        = [http://dyn.com/ dyn.com]
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| website        = [http://dyn.com/ Dyn.com]
| blog            = [http://dyn.com/category/open-dialogue Blogs & News]
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| blog            = [http://dyn.com/blog/ Blog]
| facebook        = [http://www.facebook.com/Dyn Dynamic Network Services, Inc.]
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| facebook        = [http://www.facebook.com/Dyn Dyn]
| linkedin        = [http://www.linkedin.com/company/dynamic-network-services-inc. Dynamic Network Services, Inc.]
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| linkedin        = [http://www.linkedin.com/company/dyn Dyn]
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| twitter        = Dyn
| keypeople      = [[Jeremy Hitchcock]], CEO<br>
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| keypeople      =  
[[Tom Daly]], CTO<br>
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[[Jeremy Hitchcock]], CEO<br>
[[Kyle York]], VP, Sales & Marketing<br>
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Kyle York, CMO<br>
[[Gray Chynoweth]], General Counsel, VP, HR
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Kevin Bisson, CFO<br>
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Matt Larson, CTO <br>
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Scott Hilton, EVP, Products
 
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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>
  
'''Dynamic Network Services, Inc.''', established in 1998 by a team of young technologists is a company offering web hosting services and sophisticated web technology solutions. The company uses DNS, domain registration and email services for domain name registries, enterprises, home users and small businesses.
 
==Clients==
 
Even though the company is rooted in consumer grade services, it also caters to TLDs and enterprises. The client base of Dyn, Inc. comprises businesses looking for a DNS platform, TLDs seeking IP Anycast DNS services and consumers who want online services.
 
 
 
 
==History==
 
==History==
The company has its roots in Internet infrastructure and they initially began with Domain Name System services. Later, they continued to expand in various other online infrastructure services that also include email delivery. Gradually, the company also went on to monetize services and began a free service using a college apartment as the first company site with a couple of young men. The service domain site was named DynDNS.org which operated as a dynamic DNS service provider catering to home users for hosting websites on home desktops or remote access to users PC. With the user base expanding and demands growing up, Dyn, Inc became a donation based service provider to add to their free services.  
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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.
 
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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.
Later, the company acquired the SaaS (software-as-a-service) model offering a host of IT services targeting SMB/Home users market. In 2005, Dynamic Network Services began offering customer audit and mining services to 2 million users and finally introduced the Dynect Platform brand for offering premium externally managed DNS services to businesses. 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>.
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==Services==
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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.
The company offers core engineering services specializing in Apache, Python, FreeBSD, OpenVPN and Perl. Hardware and networking facilities and services are also offered as uninterrupted internet connections, air conditioning, power, operating conditions, authentication systems and security services.
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===Services===
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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>
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;<nowiki>Dyn's platform for Internet Performance Management includes:</nowiki>
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;<nowiki> Internet Intelligence, Internet Intelligence: Network, Internet Intelligence: Transit, Internet Alerts</nowiki>
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; Managed DNS, Active Failover, Traffic Director, Dynamic Steering
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; Domain and Email Services
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===$38 million Minority Investment===
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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.
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===ReadyStatus Acquisition===
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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.<ref>[http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/12/23/dyn-acquires-service-status-update-tool-readystatus-integrate-internet-performance-offerings/?fromcat=all#!wuW9q Dyn acquires service status tool ReadyStatus to integrate into its Internet performance offerings]</ref>
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===Trendslide Acquisition===
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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.<ref>[http://pando.com/2013/05/13/infrastructure-as-a-service-company-dyn-acquires-trendslide-for-mobile-monitoring/ “Infrastructure as a service” company Dyn acquires Trendslide for mobile monitoring]</ref>
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===Verelo Acquisition===
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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>
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===Nettica Acquisition===
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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>
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===Renesys Acquisition===
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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>
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==Associations==
 
==Associations==
Dynamic Network Services, Inc. maintain associations with following organizations -
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Dyn maintains associations with the following organizations -
  
* NANOG<ref>[http://nanog.org North American Network Operators' Group]</ref>
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* [[NANOG]]<ref>[http://nanog.org North American Network Operators' Group]</ref>
 
* Community College System of NH<ref>[http://ccsnh.edu CCSNH]</ref>  
 
* Community College System of NH<ref>[http://ccsnh.edu CCSNH]</ref>  
* ICANN<ref>[http://icann.org Internet Corporation for  Assigned Names and Numbers]</ref>
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* [[ICANN]]<ref>[http://icann.org Internet Corporation for  Assigned Names and Numbers]</ref>
 
* MAAWG<ref>[http://maawg.org Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group]</ref>
 
* MAAWG<ref>[http://maawg.org Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group]</ref>
 
* ABI (Amoskeag Business Incubator)<ref>[http://abi-nh.com abi INNOVATION HUB]</ref>
 
* ABI (Amoskeag Business Incubator)<ref>[http://abi-nh.com abi INNOVATION HUB]</ref>
 
* NHHTC<ref>[http://nhhtc.org New Hampshire High Technology Council]</ref>
 
* NHHTC<ref>[http://nhhtc.org New Hampshire High Technology Council]</ref>
* Stay Work Play<ref>[http://stayworkplay.com Stay Work Play]</ref>
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* Stay Work Play
* MYPN<ref>[http://mypn.org Manchester Young Professional Network]</ref>
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* MYPN
* IETF<ref>[http://ietf.org The Internet Engineering Task Force]</ref>
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* [[IETF]]
* US First<ref>[http://usfirst.org USfirst]</ref>
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* US First
  
 
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==Awards and Recognition==
==Awards and Recognitions==
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* Named as one of Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces in the United States on January 14, 2014.<ref>[http://www.achievers.com/engaged/winners-2013.php The Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™ Awards]</ref>
* Business New Hampshire Magazine listed Dynamic Network Services in the first place amongst the Best Small Company working for in NH in December 2010<ref>[http://millyardcommunications.com/index.php?src=news&srctype=detail&category=News&refno=2025 BusinessNH]</ref>. It will also enter in the ‘Hall of Fame’ in the year 2011.
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* In November 2013, Dyn was listed as #210 on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 List.<ref>[http://www.achievers.com/engaged/winners-2013.php The Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™ Awards]</ref>
* The company was at 2nd place amongst the Best Small Company working for in NH in the year 2009
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* Listed as #1135 on the famed Inc. 5000 list in 2013, Dyn's third consecutive year in making it on the list.<ref>[http://www.inc.com/profile/dyn Dyn Profile on Inc. 5000]</ref>
* The company was 2nd best business working for in NH.
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* Recognized by WorldBlu as one of the Most Democratic Places Workplaces of 2013.<ref>[http://www.worldblu.com/awardee-profiles/2013.php The WorldBlu List]</ref>
* In 2007 also Business New Hampshire Magazine rated it to be the best small business working for in NH
 
* Dynamic Network Services got listed in Inc. 5000 list in the year 2007<ref>[http://www.tmcnet.com/news/2007/09/12/2933295.htm TMCnet.com]</ref>.
 
* In 4 years i.e. from 2003 to 2007, the company’s growth rate was 208.7%, due to which it ranked 73rd in the list of "Top Companies in Telecommunications" in US  by Trade Publication Inc. Overall it ranked 11th in New Hampshire.
 
* Dynamic Network Services, Inc. also got ''Innovation Rocks!'' award for the January month by New Hampshire Division of Economic Development’s Business Resource Center.<ref>[http://www.nheconomy.com/innovation-rocks/Dynamic-Network-Service.aspx NH business Resource Center]</ref>
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
{{reflist}}
 
{{reflist}}
 
==External links==
 
* [http://dyn.com/ Dynamic Network Services, Inc.]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 18:30, 2 November 2019

DynLogo.png
ICANNWiki Member
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: TwitterIcon.png@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