NS1,
the leader in next-generation DNS and application traffic management
solutions, today announced it closed the first quarter of 2019 with
nearly triple-digit year-over-year revenue growth. The continued
momentum is evidence of NS1’s success in building solutions that are
critical to the efficient, reliable and secure delivery of modern
enterprise applications and infrastructure.
“Application infrastructure is becoming increasingly dynamic and
complex, and at the same time, enterprises are challenged to deliver the
highest levels of performance and security for their users,” said Kris
Beevers, co-founder and CEO, NS1. “In these highly distributed
environments, NS1’s purpose-built enterprise traffic stack provides the
automation, velocity, resiliency and security needed for modern
application delivery – all the way from the cloud to behind the
firewall.”
NS1 expanded its offerings during the first quarter to include the Domain
Security Suite, a turnkey suite of enterprise-grade DNS (domain name
system) services and capabilities designed to keep organizations and
their customers safe from a growing number of DNS
threats. An uptick in DNS-related attacks spawned emergency
directives from the Cybersecurity
and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. These orders call for
widespread adoption of DNSSEC,
a core competency for NS1, and rising concerns about DNS as a threat
vector are driving increased demand for security through redundancy and
resiliency. NS1’s new Domain Security Suite makes it easy for customers
to benefit from dual DNS Network Redundancy, DNSSEC without compromise
to performance or functionality, and critical visibility into DNS usage
for superior threat intelligence.
Performance improvements were also top of mind for NS1 during Q1 2019.
The company completed the acquisition of network performance
optimization technologies from Datapath.io,
a provider of secure and dedicated full-mesh connectivity across cloud
regions and providers. Datapath’s technology benefits align with and
augment existing
traffic management solutions, and the advancement will drive NS1’s
continued efforts to support modern application delivery.
The acquisition and Domain Security Suite launch follow major platform
upgrades and enhancements to NS1’s suite of next-generation application
traffic management solutions from 2018, including Private
DNS, a self-hosted DNS platform designed to work in increasingly
automated enterprise infrastructure and complex hybrid environments.
“DNS is the entry point for every internet application, and the
explosion in infrastructure complexity and velocity is driving a
significant need for innovation,” said Eric Hanselman, chief analyst,
451 Research.
“NS1 is addressing this challenge with automated, software-defined
application traffic management capabilities that are consumable across
hybrid environments, driven by real-time data, and tightly integrated
into delivery and orchestration stacks.”
Other noteworthy accomplishments:
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Sales Leadership Expansion – NS1 expanded its executive
sales team to support the accelerated company momentum in response
to market demand for automation, IT
modernization and cyber
risk mitigation. Warren Mead joined NS1 as vice president of
channel and strategic accounts to focus on establishing a channel
strategy, field alignment and training to ensure customer success. Rob
Clifford, vice president of sales for North America, will provide
oversight and strategic direction for sales operations and new market
expansion. As tech industry veterans, both have long, distinguished
track records of leading high-performing revenue teams at companies
offering best-of-breed technologies and approaches. -
Customer Retention and Growth – Q1 of 2019 brought new customer
wins representing a diverse set of industries, such as banking, online
insurance, healthcare, retail and gaming. It’s likely that half the
applications on your phone – and many business applications and
services – leverage NS1 for fast, secure and reliable user
experiences. Always committed to customer service and success, NS1
maintained its customer retention rate of more than 95% and closed Q1
2019 with a 56 net promoter score, which is in the top tier among
software-as-a-service companies. -
Industry Contributions – To fulfill internal and customer needs
for complex DNS performance and functionality testing, NS1’s
engineering team created Flamethrower,
a lightweight, configurable open source tool that is available on
GitHub. Ideal for wargaming and chaos engineering, it provides traffic
teams with a better understanding of the impact of potential changes
to applications and infrastructure in actual production situations.
About NS1
NS1 is the leader in next-generation DNS and traffic management
solutions that orchestrate the delivery of the world’s most critical
internet and enterprise applications. Only NS1’s purpose-built platform,
which is built on a modern API-first architecture, transforms DNS into
an intelligent, efficient and automated system, driving dramatic gains
in reliability, resiliency, security and performance of application
delivery infrastructure. Many of the highest-trafficked sites and
largest global enterprises trust NS1, including Salesforce, LinkedIn,
Dropbox, Nielsen, Squarespace, Pandora and The Guardian. Visit www.ns1.com
to learn more.
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