02.21.2012 By Adam Coughlin
Start-Up Nation: Inside The abi Founder’s Series
The start-up ecosystem in New Hampshire continues to gain momentum and last Thursday at Dyn’s Manchester, NH, headquarters, a slew of budding entrepreneurs got a unique opportunity. As part of the abi Innovation Hub’s ongoing Founders’ Series, five successful entrepreneurs shared the ups and downs they experienced when starting their businesses.
Moderated by abi CEO Jamie Coughlin, who pressed the founders to reveal all their juiciest details, the nearly 100 people in attendance peeked behind the curtain and saw what it takes to transform an idea into a thriving business.
Here’s some information about the panel, how they got their growing businesses off the ground and why Dyn loves being so involved.
Read More02.02.2012 By Dyn News
Dyn’s Culture-Con Brings Business Community Together
Manchester, NH – February 1, 2012 - It seems like everyone derived some benefit from Dyn’s first-ever Culture-Con — even the keynote speaker.
“I got so many great ideas,” said Donavon Roberson, Director of Service Innovations at OOBE and formerly Culture Evangelist at Zappos.
More than 50 people crowded Dyn’s world headquarters at 150 Dow Street in Manchester’s historic mill district on Tuesday to participate in the event, which also featured a panel of local businesses talking about their own company cultures.
Roberson discussed the importance of creating a workplace that brings out the best in employees. He learned these lessons from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh and is fine tuning them at South Carolina-based OOBE.
Read More01.20.2012 By Dyn News
Dyn Scouting For UK Talent In IT, Sales & Support
With Dyn’s 2011 physical expansion into London, we are continuing to become more of a worldwide presence. Things have gone so smashingly in the UK since our office opening that we are expanding our operations there with a few key hires in operations/IT, sales and our support team.
Here is what we’re looking for across the pond. Be the next person to jump aboard the Dyn freight train (or the Tube!)
Read More01.19.2012 By Dyn News
Dyn Creates C-Level Positions, Promotes Seven To Key Roles
Manchester, NH – Dyn (formerly Dynamic Network Services) has continued where they left off in 2011, announcing both the creation of a C-level and four Vice President promotions that will keep the Internet Infrastructure leader growing and progressing in 2012 and beyond.
The first set of moves included the elevation of Gray Chynoweth to Chief Operating Officer, Cory von Wallenstein to Chief Product Officer and Kyle York to Chief Revenue Officer.
Chynoweth began as Dyn’s General Counsel in November 2007, eventually becoming VP of Human Resources before his recent role as VP of Business Operations & General Counsel. von Wallenstein has been with Dyn since April 2008, moving up from Lead Developer to roles as VP of Product Management and then VP of Engineering. York was hired as Director of Sales & Marketing before a two-year run as VP of Sales & Marketing.
Read More01.04.2012 By Tom Daly
Introducing Labs: Let’s Go Do Some Science!
DNS, Email, Labs – you’ve seen the references, you’ve read about them and you know what those first two pieces of our business are, but you might not know too much about Labs.
Labs is our technology playground: our virtual sandbox of projects, our Skunkworks. It’s the place where we do things to help make the Internet a better place for everyone. And up until now, it’s been one of the more “virtual” departments of Dyn, but that all changes today with a new addition and a familiar face that will help us form and re-ignite the Labs department.
Read More01.03.2012 By Josh Nason
Infographic: Dyn 2011 Year In Review
If you read Kyle York’s post from last week, you know Dyn had a killer 2011 and a lot of momentum heading into 2012 thanks to a lot of great customers, partners, employees and friends. To help support Kyle’s thoughts, our talented Julie Parenteau put our awesome 2011 year in review into infographic form.
A quick overview: we moved into a new office space and opened two new locations, enhanced several of our global Points Of Presence (PoP), nearly doubled in staff size, signed on a slew of new clients, won some awards and a lot more. Managed DNS and Email Delivery are here to stay and it’s thanks to everyone we mentioned above.
See the graphic after the jump and click to enlarge. Here’s to a better, faster, stronger 2012!
Read More11.30.2011 By Dyn News
Dyn VP Gray Chynoweth Voted ICANN RrSG Chair
We love ICANN and have enjoyed being part of this organization for years. Our VP/General Counsel Gray Chynoweth has been a fixture at events, taking his trusty HD flip camera and doing interviews with some of the industry’s biggest movers and shakers. If CNBC needs a new anchor, they got one.
That’s why we’re excited to announce that Gray has been voted Executive Committee Chair of ICANN’s Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG). Gray fills the role after Mason Cole vacated the position to represent the RrSG on ICANN’s Generic Name Supporting Organization Council. The position runs until May of 2012.
Read More11.29.2011 By Dyn News
Dyn Hosting First Annual Email Deliverability Summit
Manchester, NH – With Dyn’s increased presence in the email space comes a greater responsibility to be involved in the email delivery community. Following Dyn’s acquisition of email services provider SendLabs nearly one year ago, the IaaS leader focused on scaling in the email space and building up its internal email infrastructure while expanding its internal team and increasing its presence in anti-spam organizations like MAAWG.
That’s why the company is proud to host and facilitate an Email Deliverability Summit for Thursday, December 1st at their Manchester headquarters, bringing together some of the biggest names in email delivery and the people that fuel their success: deliverability experts. The day-long session will feature some of the best in the business openly talking about industry issues, improvements, working with Internet Service Providers and plenty more.
Read More10.31.2011 By Dyn News
Expansion, Expansion: Dyn Opens San Francisco Office
Manchester, NH – While Dyn is proud is be part of a growing and thriving technology market in New England, the company announced today it has recently opened a new office in a region known for being the cradle of Internet technology: San Francisco, CA.
Dyn’s new Bay Area office is the second regional location the Internet Infrastructure leader has opened in 2011 with London, England, opening its doors this past June with three current employees aboard.
Combined with a new 24,000-square foot headquarters opening in Manchester, NH, this past summer, Dyn continues to grow and better serve its growing DNS and Email customer base and prepare itself for continued market growth.
Read More10.24.2011 By Dyn News
Business NH Magazine Names Dyn Top 10 Company To Watch
Manchester, NH - Business NH Magazine will host their 5th annual NH Top 100 Private Companies Reception Monday and Dyn (formerly Dynamic Network Services, Inc.) will be recognized as one of the magazine’s “Top 10 Companies To Watch”.
The Concord, NH, evening reception features an awards ceremony for three categories: Top 10 Private Companies, Five Fastest Growing Companies and 10 Companies To Watch, all recognized in their September issue. More than 400 business people from around the state are expected to attend with limited tickets still available.
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