FORM 3    
 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION    OMB APPROVAL
     WASHINGTON,  D.C.  20549              OMB  NUMBER    3235-0104
                                           EXPIRES:    SEPTEMBER  30,  1998
INITIAL  STATEMENT  OF  BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES      ESTIMATED
AVERAGE  BURDEN
(Print  or  Type  Responses)                      HOURS  PER  RESPONSE    0.5
     Filed  pursuant  to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section  17(a)  of  the  Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section
30(f)  of  the  Investment  Company  Act  of  1940
1.    Name  and  Address of Reporting Person*     2.  Date of Event Re-quiring
Statement  (Month/Day/Year)       4.  Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol
          GIGA  INFORMATION  GROUP,  INC.
       PEQUOT  CAPITAL  MANAGEMENT,  INC.3                    GIGX
 (Last)    (First)    (Middle)        1/1/99     5.  Relationship of Reporting
Person(s)  to  Issuer     6.  If Amendment, Date of Original  (Month/Day/Year)
                                 (Check all applicable)
     3.  IRS or Social Se-curity Number of       Director 10% Owner         
             10/22/98
        500  NYALA  FARM  ROAD             Officer (giveX Other  (specify
(Street)      Reporting Person (Voluntary)       title below)  below)1     7. 
Individual  or  Joint/Group  Filing  (Check  Applicable  Lines)
               _X  Form  Filed  by  One  Reporting  Person
    WESTPORT,                             CT                                 
06880                     ___  Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
  (City)  (State)  (Zip)     TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY
                                    OWNED
1.   Title of Security     2.  Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned     3. 
Ownership  Form:    Direct (D) or Indirect (I)    (Instr. 5)     4.  Nature of
Indirect  Beneficial  Ownership    (Instr.  5)
(Instr.  4)          (Instr.  4)

COMMON  STOCK,  $.001  PAR VALUE     761,906 (2)     (I)     INVESTMENT
ADVISER(1)









FORM  3  (CONTINUED)       TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
     (E.G.,  PUTS,  CALLS,  WARRANTS,  OPTIONS,  CONVERTIBLE  SECURITIES)

Note:          File  three  copies of this Form, one of which must be manually
signed.    If  space  is  insufficient,
     See  Instruction  6  for  procedure.
Potential  persons  who  are  to  respond  to  the  collection  of information
contained  in  this  form  are  not          Page  2
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.    
SEC  1473  (7-96)


1.   Title of Derivative Security     2.  Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)      3.  Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative
Security          4.    Conver-sion  or  Exercise Price of Deri-vative     5. 
Owner-ship Form of Deri-vative Security:     6.  Nature of Indirect Beneficial
Ownership
      (Instr.  4)                      (Instr.  4)                  (Instr. 5)
     Date Exer-cisable     Expiration Date     Title     Amount or Number of  
  Security            Direct  (D)  or  Indirect  (I)  (Instr.  5)
                                        Shares
WARRANTS        IMMEDIATE       01/01/03     COMMON STOCK, $.001 PAR VALUE    
411,431          $13.50          I          INVESTMENT  ADVISER(1)
                                                  (2)




Explanation  of  Responses:          (1) THE REPORTING PERSON IS AN INVESTMENT
ADVISER  REGISTERED  UNDER  SECTION 203 OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISERS ACT OF 1940
AND  HAS  VOTING  POWER  AND  INVESTMENT  POWER  WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES IN
CLIENTS' ACCOUNTS.  THE REPORTING PERSON DISCLAIMS ANY OBLIGATION TO FILE THIS
REPORT,  AND  THIS  REPORT SHALL NOT BE DEEMED AN ADMISSION THAT THE REPORTING
PERSON  IS  SUBJECT  TO  SECTION  16 WITH RESPECT EITHER TO THE ISSUER OR SUCH
SECURITIES.
     (2)    THE  REPORTING  PERSON  DISCLAIMS  BENEFICIAL  OWNERSHIP  OF THESE
SECURITIES,  AND  THIS  REPORT  SHALL  NOT  BE  DEEMED  AN  ADMISSION THAT THE
REPORTING  PERSON  IS THE BENEFICIAL OWNER OF SUCH SECURITIES FOR THE PURPOSES
OF  RULE  16A-1(A)(1)  OR  (A)(2)  OR  FOR  ANY  OTHER  PURPOSES.
     (3)    THIS  FILING  IS  BEING MADE TO REFLECT THE CHANGE IN THE NAME AND
ADDRESS  OF  THE  REPORTING  PERSON.    THE  PREVIOUS  REPORTING  PERSON  WAS
DAWSON-SAMBERG CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. ("DSCM").  AS OF JANUARY 1, 1999, DSCM
RESTRUCTURED  AND  PEQUOT  CAPITAL  MANAGEMENT,  INC.,  THE  REPORTING  PERSON
IDENTIFIED  ABOVE,  WAS  SPUN OFF.  THE SECURITIES REPORTED HEREON ARE HELD BY
INVESTMENT  ADVISORY  CLIENTS  OF  PEQUOT  CAPITAL.




          By: /s/ David J. Malat, Chief Financial Officer                  
                2/10/99
                    **Signature  of  Reporting  Person          Date

**          Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal  Violations.
     See  18  U.S.C.  1001  and  15.  U.S.C.  78ff(a).