I spent this afternoon at the Cyber Park just down the road from Las Americas airport and on the highway before you get to Boca Chica.
I haven't been there for almost 3 years, so it was a little bit of a shock going back. The place is buzzing, new companies, lots of delegations, investors, a real hive of activity. The last time I was there Hipolito (PRD) was in power and they really didn't put any effort into developing the facility, a huge contrast to what I saw today.
Visited a friend that has a new office and also took a look around "Steams" new 475+ seat call center. What I liked was the fact it was built and run by some really smart local Dominican techs. Steam also have a 800 seat call center in San Isidro free zone.
The new network hub for the Caribbean is underway right now at the Cyber Park and will be very cool. They plan to drill a tunnel straight from the park out to the sea to run the submarine cables. They estimate that they will have around 60 gigabits of available bandwidth when it's completed, which is huge!
They also have a new incubator for small businesses. Right now they have 5-6 businesses in the incubator. The facility is nice and looks like the place to be if your a tech startup here in the DR.
All in all I was impressed, the place seems to be really coming along and they appear to be putting a lot of effort into making it a great facility.
I haven't been there for almost 3 years, so it was a little bit of a shock going back. The place is buzzing, new companies, lots of delegations, investors, a real hive of activity. The last time I was there Hipolito (PRD) was in power and they really didn't put any effort into developing the facility, a huge contrast to what I saw today.
Visited a friend that has a new office and also took a look around "Steams" new 475+ seat call center. What I liked was the fact it was built and run by some really smart local Dominican techs. Steam also have a 800 seat call center in San Isidro free zone.
The new network hub for the Caribbean is underway right now at the Cyber Park and will be very cool. They plan to drill a tunnel straight from the park out to the sea to run the submarine cables. They estimate that they will have around 60 gigabits of available bandwidth when it's completed, which is huge!
They also have a new incubator for small businesses. Right now they have 5-6 businesses in the incubator. The facility is nice and looks like the place to be if your a tech startup here in the DR.
All in all I was impressed, the place seems to be really coming along and they appear to be putting a lot of effort into making it a great facility.
