Dyn (company)
Corporation | |
Founded | 2001 |
Founder | Jeremy Hitchcock |
Headquarters | Manchester, New Hampshire, United States |
Key people
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Colin Doherty (CEO) |
Products | Internet intelligence, data traffic management, domain registration, dynamic dns, geodns |
Website | dyn.com |
Dyn DNS Company (pronounced /ˈdaɪn/) is an Internet performance management company, offering products to monitor, control, and optimize online infrastructure, and also domain registration services and email products.
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History[edit]
Dyn was created as a community-led student project by Jeremy Hitchcock, Tom Daly, Tim Wilde and Chris Reinhardt during their undergraduate studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.[1] Originally, Dyn enabled students to access lab computers and print documents remotely. The project then moved towards domain name system (DNS) services. The first iteration was a free dynamic DNS service known as DynDNS.[2] The project required $25,000 to stay open, and raised over $40,000.[2]
The donation based model continued until a premium service called the DynECT Platform became available in 2008.[3]
Timeline of events[edit]
In 2011, Dyn opened an office in London, United Kingdom and it eventually moved its EMEA headquarters to Brighton, UK.[4] In the same year, Dyn opened its new headquarters in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States.[5]
In October 2012, Dyn completed a Series A round of venture capital funding totaling US$ 38 million from North Bridge Venture Partners.[6] Prior to the investment from North Bridge, the company had been self funded.[7]
In August 2013, Dyn launched its annual geek summer camp event, a business conference for the Internet performance industry.[8]
In April 2014, Dyn announced the discontinuation of its free hostname services effective May 7.[9][10]
In September 2014, Dyn launched Dyn Internet Intelligence, a SaaS-based product.[11]
In May 2016, Dyn obtained further equity funding of US$ 50 million from Pamplona Capital Management.[12] Also in May 2016, Dyn launched its platform for internet performance management.[12]
In October 2016, Colin Doherty was appointed the company’s Chief Executive Officer.[13] Doherty joined Dyn after 10 years of holding CEO positions at software-defined networking (SDN) leader BTI Systems and DDoS and security solutions provider Arbor Networks.
Distributed-Denial-of-Service attack[edit]
On 21 October 2016, Dyn's networks were attacked three times by hackers using a DDOS attack, causing major sites including Twitter, Reddit, GitHub, Amazon, Netflix, Spotify, Runescape, and its own website (http://www.dyn.com) to become unreachable.[14][15][16]
Acquisitions[edit]
- Dyn acquired three companies during 2010: EveryDNS,[17] EditDNS,[18] and SendLabs.[19]
- In September 2012, Dyn acquired the SEO/SEM & Ecommerce Development parts of Incutio LTD.[20] They also acquired long time DNS provider TZO.[21]
- On January 2, 2013, Dyn acquired Web performance monitoring company Verelo.[22]
- On May 13, 2013, Dyn acquired mobile dashboard app startup Trendslide.[23]
- On December 23, 2013, Dyn acquired ReadyStatus, a tool that notifies customers of planned and unplanned service interruptions.[24]
- On March 26, 2014 Dyn acquired Nettica, a US-based managed DNS provider.[25]
- On May 20, 2014, Dyn acquired Renesys, specialist in monitoring the Internet to provide data about cloud services, connectivity and potential performance issues.[26]
Awards[edit]
- In December 2007, Dyn was rated the number one small business to work for in NH by Business New Hampshire magazine.[27][28]
- In May 2011, Dyn was selected as one of 50 Winning Workplaces by Inc. (magazine) and Winning Workplaces, an award for the top small businesses in the U.S.[29]
- In September 2013, Business New Hampshire Magazine named Dyn as the fastest growing private company in New Hampshire.[30]
- In November 2013, Dyn was listed as #210 on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 List.[31]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Worcester Polytechnic Institute School of Business". Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ a b Keohane, Dennis. "King of the North – Dyn's Jeremy Hitchcock is building the pillar company of New England". The Boston Globe.
- ^ Marsan, Carolyn. "Migrating to cloud computing? Don't forget DNS". NetworkWorld.
- ^ Munford, Monty. "Brighton tech scene moves beyond local startups". The Telegraph. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ^ Bort, Julie. "Dyn Is Turning New Hampshire Into A Startup Wonderland". Business Insider. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ^ "Why Jeremy Hitchcock Waited 11 Years To Raise $38 Million". Retrieved 2015-10-05.
- ^ Alspach, Kyle (Oct 2, 2012). "Dyn raises $38M in VC, gets Jason Calacanis on its board". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
- ^ "Should You Host A User Conference?". Forbes.
- ^ Hutchinson, Lee. "Dyn discontinues free DynDNS service to clean up its DDNS network". ars technica.
- ^ Hitchcock, Jeremy. "Why We Decided To Stop Offering Free Accounts". Dyn.com.
- ^ Rayburn, Dan. "Dyn Launches Internet Intelligence Tool With Unique Perspective On iOS 8 Internet Impact". Streaming Media.
- ^ a b Dyn Secures $50 Million in Series B Equity Funding to Expand Global Internet Performance Management Market Opportunity, Announces New Platform Offering
- ^ Dyn Announces Colin Doherty As New CEO
- ^ Krebs, Brian. "DDoS on Dyn Impacts Twitter, Spotify, Reddit — Krebs on Security". krebsonsecurity.com. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ "Massive web attacks briefly knock out top sites". BBC News. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Younas, Adeel (21 October 2016). "Internet outage takes down Twitter, Netflix, PayPal and many of the web's most visited websites - The Tech". The Tech. The Tech.
- ^ "EveryDNS". CrunchBase.
- ^ "EditDNS". CrunchBase.
- ^ "SendLabs". CrunchBase.
- ^ "United States : Dyn Acquires SEO/SEM & Ecommerce Development Arm of Incutio LTD". High Beam Research.
- ^ "TZO". CrunchBase.
- ^ "Verelo". CrunchBase.
- ^ "Trendslide". CrunchBase.
- ^ Keohane, Dennis. "Dyn Acquires ReadyStatus - Makes Its Innovative Internet Performance Solution Even Better". VentureFizz. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ "Nettica". CrunchBase.
- ^ Lardinois, Frederic (21 May 2014). "Dyn Acquires Internet Intelligence Service Renesys". TechCrunch. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ "businessnhmagazine.com". businessnhmagazine.com. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
- ^ "Dynamic Network Services selected as Best Small Company to Work for in New Hampshire" (Press release). Dynamic Network Services, Inc. 2007-12-05. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
- ^ Markowitz, Eric. "Dynamic Network Services". Inc.
- ^ Leech, Barbara. "Fast Five". BusinessNH Magazine.
- ^ "Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2013 Winners and results". Deloitte.