Dyn

Type:	Privately Held
Founded:	USA, 1998
Headquarters:	Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Country:	USA
Employees:	51-200
Website:	dyn.com
Blog:	Blogs & News
Facebook:	Dynamic Network Services, Inc.
LinkedIn:	Dynamic Network Services, Inc.
Key People
Jeremy Hitchcock, CEO Tom Daly, CTO Kyle York, VP, Sales & Marketing Gray Chynoweth, General Counsel, VP, HR

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

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.

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, EveryDNS and EditDNS.

Services

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.

Associations

Dynamic Network Services, Inc. maintain associations with following organizations -

• NANOG
• Community College System of NH
• ICANN
• MAAWG
• ABI (Amoskeag Business Incubator)
• NHHTC
• Stay Work Play
• MYPN
• IETF
• US First

Awards and Recognitions

• Business New Hampshire Magazine listed Dynamic Network Services in the first place amongst the Best Small Company working for in NH in December 2010. It will also enter in the ‘Hall of Fame’ in the year 2011.
• The company was at 2nd place amongst the Best Small Company working for in NH in the year 2009
• The company was 2nd best business working for in NH.
• 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.
• 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.

External links

• Dynamic Network Services, Inc.