<s>
Dyn	B-Protocol
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
)	O
was	O
an	O
Internet	O
performance	B-Application
management	I-Application
and	O
web	O
application	O
security	O
company	O
,	O
offering	O
products	O
to	O
monitor	O
,	O
control	O
,	O
and	O
optimize	O
online	B-Architecture
infrastructure	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
also	O
domain	B-Protocol
registration	I-Protocol
services	O
and	O
email	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
in	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
operated	O
as	O
a	O
global	O
business	O
unit	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
after	O
the	O
acquisition	O
completed	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
Dyn	B-Protocol
services	O
are	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
retired	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
on	O
May	O
31	O
,	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dyn	B-Protocol
was	O
created	O
as	O
a	O
community-led	O
student	O
project	O
by	O
Tim	O
Wilde	O
,	O
who	O
then	O
hired	O
Jeremy	O
Hitchcock	O
,	O
Tom	O
Daly	O
and	O
Chris	O
Reinhardt	O
during	O
their	O
undergraduate	O
studies	O
at	O
Worcester	O
Polytechnic	O
Institute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dyn	B-Protocol
enabled	O
students	O
to	O
access	O
lab	O
computers	O
and	O
print	O
documents	O
remotely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
then	O
moved	O
towards	O
Domain	B-Protocol
Name	I-Protocol
System	I-Protocol
(	O
DNS	B-Protocol
)	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
iteration	O
was	O
a	O
free	O
dynamic	B-Protocol
DNS	I-Protocol
service	O
known	O
as	O
DynDNS	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
donation	O
based	O
model	O
continued	O
until	O
2002	O
,	O
and	O
stopped	O
with	O
a	O
launch	O
of	O
"	O
donator-only	O
"	O
DNS	B-Protocol
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
a	O
premium	O
service	O
called	O
the	O
DynECT	O
Managed	O
DNS	B-Protocol
Platform	O
became	O
available	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
hiring	O
of	O
Kyle	O
York	O
,	O
Gray	O
Chynoweth	O
and	O
Cory	O
von	O
Wallenstein	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
business	O
began	O
to	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2011	O
:	O
Dyn	B-Protocol
opened	O
an	O
office	O
in	O
London	O
,	O
and	O
eventually	O
moved	O
its	O
EMEA	O
headquarters	O
to	O
Brighton	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
Dyn	B-Protocol
opened	O
new	O
headquarters	O
in	O
Manchester	O
,	O
New	O
Hampshire	O
,	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
2012	O
:	O
Dyn	B-Protocol
completed	O
a	O
Series	O
A	O
round	O
of	O
venture	O
capital	O
funding	O
totaling	O
US$38	O
million	O
from	O
North	O
Bridge	O
Venture	O
Partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
August	O
2013	O
:	O
Dyn	B-Protocol
launched	O
its	O
annual	O
geek	O
summer	O
camp	O
event	O
,	O
a	O
business	O
conference	O
for	O
the	O
Internet	O
performance	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
2014	O
:	O
Dyn	B-Protocol
announced	O
the	O
discontinuation	O
of	O
its	O
free	O
hostname	B-Protocol
services	O
effective	O
May	O
7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
2014	O
:	O
Dyn	B-Protocol
Internet	O
Intelligence	O
,	O
a	O
SaaS-based	O
product	O
was	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
21	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Dyn	B-Protocol
's	O
networks	O
were	O
attacked	B-Device
three	O
times	O
with	O
a	O
distributed	O
denial-of-service	O
attack	O
,	O
causing	O
major	O
sites	O
including	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
Amazon.com,	O
Netflix	O
,	O
Spotify	B-Application
,	O
RuneScape	B-Protocol
,	O
Quora	O
,	O
and	O
Dyn	B-Protocol
's	O
own	O
website	O
to	O
become	O
unreachable	O
via	O
the	O
URL	O
(	O
although	O
most	O
sites	O
may	O
have	O
been	O
available	O
via	O
IP	O
address	O
manually	O
or	O
through	O
a	O
maintained	O
hosts	O
file	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
May	O
2016	O
:	O
Dyn	B-Protocol
obtained	O
further	O
equity	O
funding	O
of	O
$50	O
million	O
from	O
Pamplona	O
Capital	O
Management	O
;	O
total	O
funding	O
was	O
$100M	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
had	O
scaled	O
to	O
approximately	O
$100M	O
in	O
annual	O
recurring	O
revenue	O
prior	O
to	O
its	O
acquisition	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dyn	B-Protocol
launched	O
its	O
platform	O
for	O
Internet	O
performance	B-Application
management	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
21	O
,	O
2016	O
:	O
Dyn	B-Protocol
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
agreed	O
to	O
be	O
acquired	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
2018	O
:	O
Oracle	B-Application
released	O
the	O
Internet	O
Intelligence	O
Map	O
,	O
a	O
free	O
tool	O
that	O
provides	O
data	O
about	O
worldwide	O
Internet	O
traffic	O
and	O
disruptions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
map	O
uses	O
the	O
Internet	O
Intelligence	O
technology	O
Oracle	B-Application
acquired	O
from	O
Dyn	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
2019	O
:	O
Oracle	B-Application
announced	O
Dyn	B-Protocol
's	O
Managed	O
and	O
Standard	O
DNS	B-Protocol
services	O
would	O
be	O
shutting	O
down	O
in	O
May	O
2020	O
;	O
this	O
date	O
was	O
later	O
extended	O
to	O
May	O
31	O
,	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
email	O
sent	O
to	O
Standard	O
DNS	B-Protocol
customers	O
informed	O
them	O
that	O
the	O
Standard	O
DNS	B-Protocol
service	O
would	O
be	O
replaced	O
by	O
the	O
"	O
enhanced	O
,	O
paid	O
subscription	O
version	O
"	O
hosted	O
on	O
Oracle	B-Application
Cloud	O
Infrastructure	O
(	O
OCI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
Dyn	B-Protocol
's	O
Manchester	O
,	O
New	O
Hampshire	O
employees	O
were	O
laid	O
off	O
and	O
the	O
office	O
space	O
was	O
put	O
up	O
for	O
rent	O
by	O
the	O
building	O
owner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
people	O
were	O
upset	O
about	O
this	O
,	O
including	O
early	O
Dyn	B-Protocol
adopters	O
who	O
were	O
receiving	O
"	O
free	O
for	O
life	O
"	O
Standard	O
DNS	B-Protocol
service	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
being	O
honored	O
as	O
of	O
the	O
transition	O
to	O
OCI	O
DNS	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
we	O
are	O
discontinuing	O
the	O
availability	O
of	O
services	O
received	O
at	O
no-cost	O
,	O
you	O
may	O
be	O
surprised	O
by	O
how	O
affordable	O
the	O
DNS	B-Protocol
service	O
is	O
within	O
OCI	O
along	O
with	O
outstanding	O
capabilities	O
with	O
this	O
service.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Dyn	B-Protocol
acquired	O
three	O
companies	O
during	O
2010	O
:	O
EveryDNS	B-Protocol
,	O
EditDNS	O
,	O
and	O
SendLabs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dyn	B-Protocol
acquired	O
these	O
companies	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
years	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
acquired	O
long	O
time	O
DNS	B-Protocol
provider	O
TZO.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
March	O
26	O
,	O
2014	O
Nettica	O
,	O
a	O
US-based	O
managed	O
DNS	B-Protocol
provider	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
February	O
15	O
,	O
2018	O
Oracle	B-Application
announced	O
an	O
agreement	O
to	O
acquire	O
Zenedge	O
,	O
a	O
Florida-based	O
web	O
application	O
security	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
acquisition	O
closed	O
on	O
March	O
5	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
and	O
Zenedge	O
became	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Oracle	B-Application
Dyn	B-Protocol
Global	O
Business	O
Unit	O
.	O
</s>
