founder jeremy hitchcock headquarters manchester new hampshire united states key people colin doherty ceo products internet intelligence data traffic management domain registration dynamic dns geodns website dyn.com dyn dns company pronounced dine is an internet performance management company offering products to monitor control and optimize online infrastructure and also domain registration services and email products . contents 1 history 2 acquisitions 3 awards 4 see also 5 references 6 external links 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 in 2011 dyn opened an office in london uk it eventually moved its emea headquarters to brighton uk . 4 it was also in 2011 that dyn opened its new manchester nh headquarters . 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 completed a series b round of growth equity funding totaling us 50 million from pamplona capital management . in may 2016 dyn launched its platform for internet performance management . in october 2016 dyn announced the appointment of colin doherty as the company s chief executive officer . doherty joined dyn after 10 years of holding ceo positions at software defined networking sdn leader bti systems and ddos & security solutions provider arbor networks . acquisitions edit dyn acquired three companies during 2010 everydns 12 editdns 13 and sendlabs . 14 in september 2012 dyn acquired the seo sem & ecommerce development parts of incutio ltd. 15 they also acquired long time dns provider tzo . 16 on january 2 2013 dyn acquired web performance monitoring company verelo . 17 on may 13 2013 dyn acquired mobile dashboard app startup trendslide . 18 on december 23 2013 dyn acquired readystatus a tool that notifies customers of planned and unplanned service interruptions . 19 on march 26 2014 dyn acquired nettica a us based managed dns provider . 20 on may 20 2014 dyn acquired renesys specialist in monitoring the internet to provide data about cloud services connectivity and potential performance issues . 21 awards edit in december 2007 dyn was rated the number one small business to work for in nh by business new hampshire magazine . 22 23 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. 24 in september 2013 business new hampshire magazine named dyn as the fastest growing private company in new hampshire . 25 in november 2013 dyn was listed as 210 on deloitte s technology fast 500 list . 26 see also edit new hampshire portal companies portal internet portal dns hosting service 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 . 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 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dyn company & oldid 742892624 categories business services companies established in 1998alternative internet dns servicesdynamic dnsinternet companies of the united statescompanies based in 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