Gigas is an international cloud computing services company based in

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. The company began as a start-up in 2011. The company has data centers in Madrid and

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, and offices in Spain, US, Colombia, Chile, Peru and Panama. Gigas founding team, led by CEO Diego Cabezudo and COO José Antonio Arribas, is made up of former directors of technology and telecommunications companies in Europe.{{cite web , url=https://gigas.com/en/empresa.html, title= Gigas The Company , publisher= Gigas.com , accessdate=17 March 2014

Data centers

Gigas' systems are hosted in the Interxion collocation facility in

{{cite web, url=http://www.interxion.com/locations/spain/madrid/, title=Interxion: Spain, Madrid; Interxion , publisher=www.interxion.com, date= , accessdate=2014-03-17 and in Verizon Terremark's NAP of the Americas, in

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Ownership

Gigas is a private company founded in 2011 by five individuals in the communications and internet sector in Spain and internationally. The project has the support of venture capital firms including Cabiedes & Partners, Bonsai Venture Capital and Caixa Capital Risc.{{cite web, url=http://loogic.com/2-millones-de-euros-de-inversion-de-cabiedes-y-bonsai-en-gigas/ , title=2 million euros of investment from Cabiedes and Bonsai in Gigas; Loogic , publisher=www.loogic.com, date= 2011-10-20 , accessdate=2014-03-14

Growth

Gigas has seen rapid growth since its founding in 2011. It has opened its offices in Bogota, Medellín, Santiago de Chile,{{cite web , url=https://gigas.com/static/prensa/expansion12Abril2013.jpg , title=Gigas brings its cloud to Chile; Expansión , publisher=www.expansion.com , date=2013-04-13 , accessdate=2014-03-14 , archive-date=2014-03-17 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317194133/http://gigas.com/static/prensa/expansion12Abril2013.jpg , url-status=dead Lima.{{cite web , url=https://gigas.com/static/prensa/El_Economista_Gigas.pdf , title=Spanish firm Gigas expands its "cloud" business in Peru; El Economista (Peru) , publisher=www.computerworld.es , date= , accessdate=2014-03-17 , archive-date=2014-03-17 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317194125/http://gigas.com/static/prensa/El_Economista_Gigas.pdf , url-status=dead and Panama. Gigas attributes its success in Spanish speaking markets to its local, culturally aware, in-language technical support offered by the company's in-house team of engineers and systems administrators.{{cite web , url=https://gigas.com/en/clientes.html, title= Gigas Clients, publisher= Gigas.com , accessdate=17 March 2014

References

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