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.
       DAWSON-SAMBERG  CAPITAL  MANAGEMENT,  INC.                    GIGX
 (Last)    (First)    (Middle)      10/22/98     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
        354  PEQUOT  AVENUE            Officer (give      X Other  (specify
(Street)      Reporting Person (Voluntary)       title below)  below)1     7. 
Individual  or  Joint/Group  Filing  (Check  Applicable  Lines)
            06-1033494              _X Form Filed by One Reporting Person
    SOUTHPORT,                            CT                                 
06490                     ___  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









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  TO  PURCHASE  COMMON  STOCK      IMMEDIATE       01/01/03     COMMON
STOCK,  $.001  PAR  VALUE      411,431     $13.50     I     INVESTMENT ADVISER
                                                  (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.




          By:  /s/  Amiel  Peretz                                 10/22/98
                    **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).