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Dyn Acquires Website Monitoring Startup Verelo

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Internet Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) company Dyn has acquired Verelo, a Toronto-based startup that provides uptime and performance analytics, as well as malware detection and site health monitoring services.

Verelo, founded in early 2012 by Andrew McGrath and Michael Curry, made its official public launch in June, after graduating from Toronto’s Extreme Startups incubator program.

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