GigaIO Recognized on the San Diego Venture Group 2018 Cool Companies List
CARLSBAD, Calif. – Sept. 25, 2018 – GigaIO, Inc., an innovator of data center network architecture and connectivity solutions, was recognized on the San Diego Venture Group (SDVG) 2018 Cool Companies List. This award honors the San Diego region’s leading technology companies for their outstanding performance and cutting-edge products and services.
“Every year the San Diego Venture Group reaches out to the startup community to discover the coolest, newest and most innovative companies in the region. The Venture Group received applications from over 180 applications for the Cool Companies list, but only 30 made the cut,” said Mike Krenn, president of San Diego Venture Group. “Applications were reviewed by a selection committee with the winners believed to be ‘venture ready’. The selection process considers many criteria, including management team, technology focus, potential market size and the current operational status.”
GigaIO was selected for providing industry-leading technology for software-defined infrastructure (SDI) that accelerates performance and enables data centers to efficiently scale their systems. GigaIO’s FabreX™ platform is a hyper-performance network developed to improve utilization, user flexibility and cost reduction.
“There were a lot of strong contenders, so this is great recognition for us,” said Alan Benjamin, president and CEO of GigaIO. “As the volume of data continues to increase exponentially in applications such as artificial intelligence, deep learning, biosciences, financial transactions, physical modeling and security, it’s essential to have a high-performance network that finally enables complete SDI.”
The complete list of San Diego Venture Group’s 2018 Cool Companies is available at https://sdvg.org/cool18/.
About San Diego Venture Group:
The San Diego Venture Group (SDVG) is a non-profit business organization that fosters relationships and ideas to form, fund, and build new ventures. SDVG is helping San Diego evolve into a significant entrepreneurial and venture center. For more information, visit https://sdvg.org/.
About GigaIO:
GigaIO provides game-changing hyper performance for advanced scale computing, giving users the flexibility to create exactly the system they need. The result is optimized performance and reduced total cost of ownership. With the innovative GigaIO Fabrex™ architecture, data centers can scale up or out the performance of their systems, preserving their existing investment while adding the newest and latest capabilities. For more information, contact the GigaIO team at info@gigaio.com or visit www.gigaio.com.
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