Case Study: Kiva achieves 100% availability and low-latency DNS performance with Oracle (Dyn Managed DNS)

Kiva - Customer Case Study

Kiva is a nonprofit that connects individual lenders with entrepreneurs around the world, facilitating hundreds of millions in microloans and serving millions of page views monthly. After a major traffic surge following an Oprah appearance crashed their site, Kiva needed a more reliable, low-latency Internet infrastructure—particularly DNS—to keep the site and lending services available during spikes.

Kiva adopted Dyn’s cloud-based Managed DNS to provide scalable, low-latency name resolution with 24/7 support and built-in DDoS mitigation, without new hardware or extra staff. The move delivered 100% availability, faster responses, improved security, and the operational peace of mind to keep Kiva’s lending platform running smoothly.

Kiva

Jim Cooley

Director of Technical Operations