GigaSpaces

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GigaSpaces Technologies
Type Private
Industry Software
FoundersNati Shalom
Headquarters,
US
Key people
Adi Paz, CEO
Products
  • Smart Cache
  • Smart DIH
  • GigaSpaces Cloud
Website https://www.gigaspaces.com/

GigaSpaces Technologies Inc., [1] is a privately held software company, established in 2000, with its headquarters located in New York City, and additional offices in Europe, Asia, and Israel.

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History


GigaSpaces was founded in 2000 by Nati Shalom. Initially it focused on distributed computing for extreme transaction processing with its XAP product (eXtreme Application Platform). [2] [3] [4] In February 2012 it launched an open source platform as a service called Cloudify. [5] In September 2016 GigaSpaces launched InsightEdge, a data grid-enabled real-time analytics platform. [6] In July 2017, GigaSpaces announced spinoff of the Cloudify division to focus on enterprise hybrid cloud management and network orchestration. [7] In March 2019, GigaSpaces announced InsightEdge Data Lake Accelerator, AnalyticsXtreme, for faster, smarter, real-time analytics. [8] In February 2020, GigaSpaces Launched GigaSpaces Cloud, a Managed Service on Google Cloud Platform. [9]

In 2021 GigaSpaces unveiled its flagship product: Smart Digital Integration Hub (DIH), a middleware that enables to decouple digital applications from their respective systems of record that feed these applications with data, to simplify and expedite the process of building new digital services and accelerating digital transformations.

In May 2020, GigaSpaces announced $12 million financing led by Fortissimo Capital. [10]

In November 2021, GigaSpaces announced a $13.5 million funding round led by Leumi Partners (https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3922191,00.html).

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References

  1. "Company Overview of GigaSpaces Technologies, Inc". Bloomberg Businessweek.
  2. Pezzini, Massimo (2004-03-04). "GigaSpaces Pitches Distributed Shared Memory at Businesses". Gartner. Archived from the original (pdf) on April 14, 2018.
  3. Pezzini, Massimo (2007-06-19). "GigaSpaces Enters Race to Deliver XTP Platforms". Gartner. Archived from the original (pdf) on March 6, 2016.
  4. Pezzini, Massimo (2009-07-21). "GigaSpaces Focuses on Cloud-Enabled XTP With XAP 7.0". Gartner. Archived from the original (pdf) on April 14, 2018.
  5. "Behind the Curtains of Cloudify, GigaSpaces' New Product". Cloudify. 2011-10-24. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  6. "GigaSpaces Launches the Next Generation Apache Spark Distribution". www.businesswire.com. 2016-09-06. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  7. "GigaSpaces Plans Spinoff of Cloudify Division to Focus on Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Management and Network Orchestration". www.businesswire.com. 2017-07-27. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  8. GigaSpaces. "GigaSpaces Announces InsightEdge Data Lake Accelerator, AnalyticsXtreme, for Faster, Smarter, Real-Time Analytics". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  9. "GigaSpaces Launches GigaSpaces Cloud Managed Service on Google Cloud Platform". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  10. "GigaSpaces Announces $12 Million Financing Led by Fortissimo Capital to Accelerate Rapid Expansion". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2020-05-06.

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