User:Eitans Gibrihs/DEAC

SIA Digitālās Ekonomikas Attīstības Centrs (DEAC, DEAC European Data Center) is data center and IT outsourcing provider in Northern Europe, based in Latvia and owned by Swiss investment company Quaero Capital. DEAC serves clients from all over the world, offering data storage and management services to businesses in data centers in Riga, Vilnius, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Kyiv and Stockholm.

History
DEAC was established on August 9, 1999, as the "Digitālās Ekonomikas Attīstības Centrs" Ltd. In 2000, a state-of-the-art underground data center was opened in "Griziņkalns", becoming the only underground data center in Eastern Europe at the time. DEAC enjoyed rapid success, as by 2000, the company had international clients such as Microsoft, IBM, Lotus and Telia Company. Communications were provided by the telecommunications company SIA Tet (company).

In later years, the main events were:


 * In 2008, DEAC achieved its first ISO 9001:2000 quality management certification.


 * The second DEAC data center, "Riga" opened in 2009. The Riga data center is designed following EN 50600 Class 3 security standards.


 * In the second half of 2010, DEAC opened its first representative office abroad.


 * In 2014, DEAC is implementing one of the world's advanced virtual platforms.


 * In 2014, DEAC received PCI DSS compliance certification, ensuring its customers could store, process, and transmit payment card data at the highest level. In practice, this means that card data is protected from unauthorized physical and virtual access, providing everything needed for business process continuity.


 * in 2015, DEAC gained “Microsoft Gold Datacenter”, “Silver Datacenter” and “Silver Data Platform” competencies.


 * In 2016, DEAC achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Information Security Management certification.


 * In 2017, DEAC achieved ISO 50001:2011 certification for its energy management system. The international energy management standard ISO 50001:2011 certifies the DEAC data center's compliance with an efficient energy management system.


 * In 2020, DEAC was acquired by Quaero Capital, a Swiss investment company that acquired a 100% stake. The value of the transaction is not disclosed. The owners of the company were previously SIA "Solo investicijas" owned by Janis Strods (44.7% of shares), SIA "Astondesmit astoni" indirectly owned by Andris Putans (33.92%), SIA "Duo investicijas" owned by Andris Gailitis (11.14%) and SIA KFP owned by Janis Kagis (10.24%). Strods, Putans, Gailitis, and Kagis, were registered as the beneficial owners of DEAC.


 * In May 2021, DEAC became a green data center operator, using entirely renewable energy from wind farms in Northern Europe.


 * In 2022, DEAC introduced a new product - myDEAC Digital Cloud Space. It is a cloud-based platform that allows customers to create and manage virtual machines and order other services remotely with a few clicks.

Data Centers and points of presence
DEAC data centers and points of presence are located in several locations in Europe. DEAC data centers offer various services, including equipment colocation, rack rental, etc.

DEAC currently has 2 data centers and 5 points of presence:


 * Data Center “Riga”;
 * Data Center “Griziņkalns”;
 * Point of presence: data center DATA INN in Vilnius, Lithuania;
 * Point of presence: data center in Stockholm, Sweden;
 * Point of presence: data center in Frankfurt, Germany;
 * Point of presence: data center in Kyiv, Ukraine;
 * Point of presence: data center in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Provided services

 * Data center services
 * Data storage and processing
 * Cloud services
 * Equipment rent and colocation
 * Rack rent
 * Network services
 * Data security solutions
 * Expert services
 * IT resource management and other management services
 * IT outsourcing services
 * IT consulting services