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| name = Onica
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| logo_caption = Onica's Logo
| trading_name = Onica Group LLC
| former_name = K-Micro Inc., CorpInfo
| type = Privately held company
| industry = Cloud computing
| fate = Acquired by [[Rackspace]]
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| founded = 2014
| founder = Stephen Garden, Ahmad Gramain
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| hq_location = 1618 Stanford Street
Santa Monica, California 90404
| hq_location_city = [[Santa Monica, California]]
| hq_location_country = [[United States]]
| num_locations = 12<ref>https://onica.com/contact/</ref>
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = [[Stephen Garden]] (Former CEO), [[Giridhar Premsingh]] (CFO), [[Tolga Tarhan]] (CTO)
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| services = [[Cloud]] operations, [[AI]] and [[machine learning]], [[data]] & [[analytics]], [[cloud]] application [[development]], [[Internet of things|IoT]] devices
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| num_employees = 350
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| parent = [[Rackspace]]
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'''Onica''' (Also known as K-Micro Inc.) is an [[IT consultancy|IT consulting]] company and a subsidiary of [[Rackspace]]. They are a premier consulting partner in the [[Amazon Web Services]] Partner Network. Onica helps build new revenue streams, increase efficiency and solve transformative cloud projects.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Inc|first=Rackspace Technology|date=2020-08-18|title=Onica, a Rackspace Technology Company, Introduces Contact Center Intelligence Solution Built on Amazon Web Services|url=http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/08/18/2080285/0/en/Onica-a-Rackspace-Technology-Company-Introduces-Contact-Center-Intelligence-Solution-Built-on-Amazon-Web-Services.html|access-date=2020-09-02|website=GlobeNewswire News Room}}</ref> The company is based and headquartered in Santa Monica, California. It was founded by Stephen Garden and Ahmad in 2014. The company is backed by investment fund, Sunstone Partners. The company was formed through IT solutions company, CorpInfo. They brought on Stephen Garden as CEO due to his past working position at CorpInfo.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CorpInfo Launches Onica to Fuel Growth of AWS Solutions|url=https://onica.com/videos/corpinfo-launches-onica-fuel-growth-aws-services-solutions/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Onica|language=en-US}}</ref>

Some of Onica's competitors and alternatives are corporate giants such as [[Salesforce]], [[Paytm|PayTM]], [[Baidu]], [[PricewaterhouseCoopers|PWC]], [[BlackBerry Limited|Blackberry]], [[Sprint Corporation|Sprint]], [[Texas Instruments|Texas Instruments Inc]]. and [[Jio|Reliance Jio]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Onica Alternatives & Competitors {{!}} G2|url=https://www.g2.com/products/onica/competitors/alternatives|access-date=2020-09-04|website=G2}}</ref>

== History ==
Onica was founded by Stephen Garden and Ahmad Gramian in 2014. Garden was partner at technology firm, CorpInfo. Gramain was a supporter of [[University of California, Los Angeles|The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music]]. Gramain was presumed dead in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Onica's Crunchbase Profile|url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/corpinfo/people|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Crunchbase}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-07-06|title=Ahmad Gramian passes away|url=https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/ahmad-gramian-passes-away/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Corporate Round of Funding ===
On October 31, 2017, Onica announced a $20 million growth equity investment from private equity firm, Sunstone Partners. “There is no bigger transformation in IT today than the shift within the enterprise from private data centers to the use of public cloud infrastructure,” said Mike Biggee, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Sunstone Partners. “We are excited to partner with the Onica team to help guide customers through this massive change. Onica has built deep intellectual property and know-how around automating the migration and management of complex workloads in the cloud, enabling enterprise customers to achieve new levels of operational value and productivity while reducing IT infrastructure costs.”<ref>{{Cite web|title=CorpInfo Launches Onica with $20 Million Capital Infusion from Sunstone Partners to Fuel Growth of AWS Services and Solutions|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/11/prweb14863451.htm|access-date=2020-08-19|website=PRWeb}}</ref>

=== Sturdy Networks and NetBrains Acquisition ===
On December 12, 2017, Onica acquired Sturdy Networks and NetBrains. “We have long held Sturdy and NetBrains in high regard due to their forward-thinking technical strength,” said Stephen Garden, CEO of Onica, which recently spun out of CorpInfo with a $20 million growth equity investment. “Coming together with Sturdy and NetBrains allows us to support customers with a broader set of capabilities, fully capitalizing on AWS innovation to transform their businesses using the cloud.”<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2017-12-12|title=AWS Partner Onica Acquires Sturdy Networks and NetBrains|url=https://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/AWS-Partner-Onica-Acquires-Sturdy-Networks-and-NetBrains-122209.aspx|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Database Trends and Applications|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== TriNimbus Technologies Inc. Acquistion ===
On August 27th, 2018, Onica announced that they would acquire TriNimbus Technologies Inc., a [[DevOps]] specialist and Canada's first Premier Consulting Partner in the [[Amazon Web Services]] (AWS) Partner Network (APN).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Onica|title=Onica Acquires Cloud Computing Pioneer TriNimbus|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/onica-acquires-cloud-computing-pioneer-trinimbus-300702607.html|access-date=2020-09-04|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en}}</ref>

=== Rackspace Acquisition ===
On November 5, 2019, [[Rackspace]] announced that they would purchase Onica for '''$323.4 million'''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Onica's Crunchbase Profile|url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/corpinfo|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Crunchbase}}</ref> Rackspace's CEO, Kevin M. Jones, issued a statement talking about why Rackspace wanted to purchase Onica, “As a cloud pioneer, Onica has established itself as one of the largest pure-play AWS consultancies, with an unmatched reputation for true capability leadership with AWS and customers,” Jones said. “This acquisition will strengthen our ability to meet all of our customer needs on AWS, and together, we will have the most complete set of professional services and managed service capabilities in the industry.”<ref>{{Cite web|last1=November 6|last2=2019|date=2019-11-06|title=Rackspace-Onica Deal: 'Partners Benefit in Every Way'|url=https://www.channelfutures.com/mergers-and-acquisitions/rackspace-onica-deal-partners-benefit-in-every-way|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Channel Futures|language=en-US}}</ref> The deal was completed on December 3, 2019.<ref name="completes">{{Cite web|last=Inc|first=Rackspace Technology|date=2019-12-03|title=Rackspace Completes Acquisition of Onica|url=http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/12/03/1955767/0/en/Rackspace-Completes-Acquisition-of-Onica.html|access-date=2020-08-19|website=GlobeNewswire News Room}}</ref> Rackspace decided that Onica will operate as a separate business unit in Rackspace's Americas sales organization.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Rackspace Buying Onica|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2019/11/04/rackspace-buying-california-aws-consulting-and.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-19|website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref>

=== IoTanium by Onica ===
Onica announced the launch of '''IoTanium''', an [[Internet of things|Internet of Things (IoT)]] solution that is powered by [[Amazon Web Services|Amazon Web Services, Inc.]] IoTanium is designed to facilitate the rapid development and deployment of IoT applications. The solution was built on the categories of services, IoTanium Reference Hardware, IoTanium Platform and IoTanium Analytics. IoTanium Reference Hardware includes pre-integrated power and [[Battery management system|battery management]], [[Bootstrapping (statistics)|bootstrapping]], [[Provisioning (telecommunications)|provisioning]], [[Firmware update|firmware updates]], and [[LTE (telecommunication)|connectivity via LTE]] and [[Wi-Fi]]. IoTanium Platform is built entirely on [[Amazon Web Services|AWS]] and pulls together 11 different AWS services including AWS IoT Core, AWS Greengrass, Amazon DynamoDB, AWS Lambda, and Amazon Kinesis. The platform was built to manage data ingestion, storage and analytics, and uses entirely serverless offerings from AWS. IoTanium Analytics leverages AWS IoT Analytics, [[Amazon Elastic MapReduce]] (Amazon EMR), [[Amazon SageMaker]], and Onica’s Data Science Workbench to bring analytics and machine learning to IoT data.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-26|title=Onica launched IoTanium, an IoT solution platform|url=https://www.mirrorreview.com/onica-launched-iotanium-an-iot-solution-platform/|access-date=2020-09-05|website=Mirror Review|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Awards ==
Onica has received several awards including:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Awards|url=https://onica.com/awards/|access-date=2020-09-02|website=Onica|language=en-US}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Awards received by Onica
|Inc. Magazine’s 2020 Best Workplaces<ref>{{Cite web|title=Onica Recognized as One of Inc. Magazine's 2020 Best Workplaces|url=https://onica.com/news/inc-magazine-2020-best-workplaces/|access-date=2020-09-02|website=Onica|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|CRN’s 2020 Solution Provider 500 List<ref>{{Cite web|title=Onica Recognized on CRN's 2020 Solution Provider 500 List|url=https://onica.com/news/onica-named-to-crn-2020-solution-provider-500-list/|access-date=2020-09-02|website=Onica|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Solutions Review’s 21 Best AWS Managed Service Providers for 2020 List<ref>{{Cite web|title=Onica Featured on Solutions Review's 21 Best AWS Managed Service Providers for 2020 List|url=https://onica.com/news/onica-featured-on-solutions-reviews-21-best-managed-service-providers-for-2020-list/|access-date=2020-09-02|website=Onica|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|CRN’s 2020 MSP 500 List<ref>{{Cite web|title=Onica Recognized on CRN's 2020 MSP 500 List|url=https://onica.com/news/onica-recognized-on-crns-2020-msp-500-list/|access-date=2020-09-02|website=Onica|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|2019 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For In The Nation List<ref>{{Cite web|title=Onica named to 2019 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For In The Nation List|url=https://onica.com/news/2019-best-and-brightest-companies-to-work-for/|access-date=2020-09-02|website=Onica|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|LA Business Journal’s 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies 2019 List<ref>{{Cite web|title=Onica Recognized on LA Business Journal's 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies 2019 List|url=https://onica.com/news/onica-recognized-on-labj-100-fastest-growing-private-companies-2019-list/|access-date=2020-09-02|website=Onica|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Inc. Magazine’s 2019 Best Workplaces<ref>{{Cite web|title=Onica Named One of Inc. Magazine's 2019 Best Workplaces|url=https://onica.com/news/onica-named-one-of-inc-magazines-2019-best-workplaces/|access-date=2020-09-02|website=Onica|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|2019 Tech Elite Solution Providers by CRN®<ref>{{Cite web|title=Onica on 2019 CRN's Tech Elite Solution Providers list|url=https://onica.com/news/onica-named-one-of-2019-tech-elite-solution-providers-by-crn/|access-date=2020-09-02|website=Onica|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|#5 on the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Best Places to Work List<ref>{{Cite web|title=Onica Ranks as an Los Angeles Business Journal Best Place to Work|url=https://onica.com/news/onica-ranks-5-on-the-los-angeles-business-journals-best-places-to-work-list/|access-date=2020-09-02|website=Onica|language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

== Executive leadership ==
Onica's former executive leadership team includes Stephen Garden (Former CEO, current SVP of Rackspace<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Stephen Garden's LinkedIn Profile|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephengarden/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=LinkedIn}}</ref>), Tolga Tarhan (Former CTO, current CTO of [[Rackspace]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Tolga Tarhan's LinkedIn Profile|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/tolgatarhan/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>), Giridhar Premsingh (Former CFO, current CFO of DoiT International<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Giridhar Premsingh's LinkedIn Profile|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/giridharsp/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=LinkedIn}}</ref>).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-02|title=Leadership|url=https://onica.com/about/leadership/|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Onica|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Stephen Garden ===
Stephen Garden is the former Chief Executive Officer of Onica. Prior to Onica, he was a partner at IT solutions company, CorpInfo. After CorpInfo decided to launch Onica, they brought on Stephen as CEO. Garden has held past positions at Verizon and Fujitsu. He is the current Senior Vice President of Rackspace. Garden has degrees from [[London Business School]], [[University of California, Berkeley|UC Berkle]]<nowiki/>y and [[University of Brighton]].<ref name=":1" />

=== Giridhar Premsingh ===
Giridhar Premsingh is the former Chief Financial Officer of Onica. Prior to Onica, he was the CFO of Hitachi acquired cloud computing firm, REAN Cloud. Premsingh joined the company in 2018 and left in 2020 after the Rackspace Acquisition. He is now the current Global Chief Financial Officer of DoIT International. Premsingh has degrees from [[CFA Institute]], The Institute of Company Secretaries of India, [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India|The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]] and [[Institute of Cost Accountants of India|Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India]].<ref name=":3" />

=== Tolga Tarhan ===
Tolga Tarhan is the former Chief Technology Officer of Onica. Prior to Onica, he was the CEO of Sturdy Networks LLC, an Onica company. Tarhan joined the company in 2017 and left in 2020 after the Rackspace Acquisition. He is the current Chief Technology Officer of Rackspace. Garden has degrees from [[Pepperdine University]].<ref name=":2" />

=== Board of Directors ===
Onica's former board of directors sits Mike Biggee (Member of the Board), Jeff Rich (Chairman of the Board) and Arneek Multani (Member of the Board).<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Onica Key Executive Team|url=https://craft.co/onica/executives|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Craft.co}}</ref>

==== Mike Biggee ====
Mike Biggee is a former member of Onica's board of directors. He is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Sunstone Partners.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Mike Biggee's LinkedIn Page|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-biggee-68598a12/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=LinkedIn}}</ref>

==== Jeff Rich ====
Jeff Rich is the former chairman of Onica's board of directors. He is the Managing Director of PlumTree Partners and the former CEO of [[Affiliated Computer Services|ACS]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Jeff Rich's LinkedIn Profile|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/jrich/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=LinkedIn}}</ref>

==== Arneek Multani ====
Arneek Multani is a former member of Onica's board of directors. He is a Managing Director of Sunstone Partners.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Arneek Multani's LinkedIn Profile|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/arneek-multani-160bb/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=LinkedIn}}</ref>

== Subsidiaries ==

As of September 2020, Onica currently has 3 subsidiaries -- Sturdy Network LLC, NetBrains Inc. and TriNimbus Technologies Inc. All three deal's were acquired for an undisclosed sum.

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!Company
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|-
!December 12th, 2017
!Sturdy Networks LLC and NetBrains Inc.
![[Cloud computing]], [[Consulting firm|consulting]]
![[United States|USA]]
!-
!<ref>{{Cite web|title=Onica Acquires Sturdy Networks and NetBrains, Expanding its Position in IoT, Serverless, and Application Refactoring AWS Solutions|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/12/prweb15005496.htm|access-date=2020-09-02|website=PRWeb}}</ref>
|-
!August 27th, 2018
!TriNimbus Technologies Inc.
![[Cloud computing]]
![[United States|USA]]
!-
!<ref>{{Cite web|title=Onica Acquires TriNimbus {{!}} Los Angeles Business Journal|url=https://labusinessjournal.com/news/2018/aug/27/onica-acquires-trinimbus/|access-date=2020-09-02|website=labusinessjournal.com}}</ref>
|-
|}

=== Sturdy Networks LLC and NetBrains Inc. ===
On December 12th, 2017, Onica announced that they would acquire Sturdy and NetBrains for an undisclosed sum in a joint-acquisition. NetBrains was founded in 2009 with a focus on developing product-based software. When Sturdy Networks was acquired by Onica, executive team at Sturdy joined Onica which each of them taking on senior roles in the company. Sturdy Networks CEO, Tolga Tarhan, joined Onica as Chief Technology Officer until 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Onica Announces Acquisition of NetBrains and Sturdy Networks|url=https://www.readitquik.com/news/cloud-3/onica-announces-acquisition-of-netbrains-and-sturdy-networks/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=ReadITQuik}}</ref>

=== TriNimbus Technologies Inc. ===
On August 27th, 2018, Onica announced that they would acquire Vancouver based DevOps specialist, TriNimbus Technologies Inc., for an undisclosed sum. Onica CEO, Stephen Garden, offered his perspective on the acquisition, “This is a defining moment for Onica. The acquisition of TriNimbus demonstrates an ongoing commitment to our relationship with AWS and confidence in its competitive position. The fit with TriNimbus is natural as both companies are aligned in so many ways. Plus, we collectively believe in the concept of mastery, and with AWS able to support any workload, there are a wealth of solutions we can enable for our customers.”<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Aug 29|first1=Ty Trumbull •|last2=2018|date=2018-08-29|title=Onica Acquires Amazon AWS Cloud Partner, DevOps Consultant TriNimbus|url=https://www.channele2e.com/news/onica-acquires-aws-partner-trinimbus/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=ChannelE2E|language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
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Revision as of 15:06, 22 September 2020

Onica
Onica Group LLC
FormerlyK-Micro Inc., CorpInfo
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryCloud computing
Founded2014
FounderStephen Garden, Ahmad Gramain
FateAcquired by Rackspace
Headquarters1618 Stanford Street Santa Monica, California 90404,
Santa Monica, California
,
United States
Number of locations
12[1]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Stephen Garden (Former CEO), Giridhar Premsingh (CFO), Tolga Tarhan (CTO)
ServicesCloud operations, AI and machine learning, data & analytics, cloud application development, IoT devices
Revenue$100 - $500 million[2]
Number of employees
350
ParentRackspace
SubsidiariesSturdy Networks LLC, NetBrains Inc., TriNimbus Technologies Inc.
Websiteonica.com

Onica (Also known as K-Micro Inc.) is an IT consulting company and a subsidiary of Rackspace. They are a premier consulting partner in the Amazon Web Services Partner Network. Onica helps build new revenue streams, increase efficiency and solve transformative cloud projects.[3] The company is based and headquartered in Santa Monica, California. It was founded by Stephen Garden and Ahmad in 2014. The company is backed by investment fund, Sunstone Partners. The company was formed through IT solutions company, CorpInfo. They brought on Stephen Garden as CEO due to his past working position at CorpInfo.[4]

Some of Onica's competitors and alternatives are corporate giants such as Salesforce, PayTM, Baidu, PWC, Blackberry, Sprint, Texas Instruments Inc. and Reliance Jio.[5]

History

Onica was founded by Stephen Garden and Ahmad Gramian in 2014. Garden was partner at technology firm, CorpInfo. Gramain was a supporter of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Gramain was presumed dead in 2018.[6][7]

Corporate Round of Funding

On October 31, 2017, Onica announced a $20 million growth equity investment from private equity firm, Sunstone Partners. “There is no bigger transformation in IT today than the shift within the enterprise from private data centers to the use of public cloud infrastructure,” said Mike Biggee, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Sunstone Partners. “We are excited to partner with the Onica team to help guide customers through this massive change. Onica has built deep intellectual property and know-how around automating the migration and management of complex workloads in the cloud, enabling enterprise customers to achieve new levels of operational value and productivity while reducing IT infrastructure costs.”[8]

Sturdy Networks and NetBrains Acquisition

On December 12, 2017, Onica acquired Sturdy Networks and NetBrains. “We have long held Sturdy and NetBrains in high regard due to their forward-thinking technical strength,” said Stephen Garden, CEO of Onica, which recently spun out of CorpInfo with a $20 million growth equity investment. “Coming together with Sturdy and NetBrains allows us to support customers with a broader set of capabilities, fully capitalizing on AWS innovation to transform their businesses using the cloud.”[9]

TriNimbus Technologies Inc. Acquistion

On August 27th, 2018, Onica announced that they would acquire TriNimbus Technologies Inc., a DevOps specialist and Canada's first Premier Consulting Partner in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN).[10]

Rackspace Acquisition

On November 5, 2019, Rackspace announced that they would purchase Onica for $323.4 million.[11] Rackspace's CEO, Kevin M. Jones, issued a statement talking about why Rackspace wanted to purchase Onica, “As a cloud pioneer, Onica has established itself as one of the largest pure-play AWS consultancies, with an unmatched reputation for true capability leadership with AWS and customers,” Jones said. “This acquisition will strengthen our ability to meet all of our customer needs on AWS, and together, we will have the most complete set of professional services and managed service capabilities in the industry.”[12] The deal was completed on December 3, 2019.[13] Rackspace decided that Onica will operate as a separate business unit in Rackspace's Americas sales organization.[14]

IoTanium by Onica

Onica announced the launch of IoTanium, an Internet of Things (IoT) solution that is powered by Amazon Web Services, Inc. IoTanium is designed to facilitate the rapid development and deployment of IoT applications. The solution was built on the categories of services, IoTanium Reference Hardware, IoTanium Platform and IoTanium Analytics. IoTanium Reference Hardware includes pre-integrated power and battery management, bootstrapping, provisioning, firmware updates, and connectivity via LTE and Wi-Fi. IoTanium Platform is built entirely on AWS and pulls together 11 different AWS services including AWS IoT Core, AWS Greengrass, Amazon DynamoDB, AWS Lambda, and Amazon Kinesis. The platform was built to manage data ingestion, storage and analytics, and uses entirely serverless offerings from AWS. IoTanium Analytics leverages AWS IoT Analytics, Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR), Amazon SageMaker, and Onica’s Data Science Workbench to bring analytics and machine learning to IoT data.[15]

Awards

Onica has received several awards including:[16]

Awards received by Onica
Inc. Magazine’s 2020 Best Workplaces[17]
CRN’s 2020 Solution Provider 500 List[18]
Solutions Review’s 21 Best AWS Managed Service Providers for 2020 List[19]
CRN’s 2020 MSP 500 List[20]
2019 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For In The Nation List[21]
LA Business Journal’s 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies 2019 List[22]
Inc. Magazine’s 2019 Best Workplaces[23]
2019 Tech Elite Solution Providers by CRN®[24]
#5 on the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Best Places to Work List[25]

Executive leadership

Onica's former executive leadership team includes Stephen Garden (Former CEO, current SVP of Rackspace[26]), Tolga Tarhan (Former CTO, current CTO of Rackspace[27]), Giridhar Premsingh (Former CFO, current CFO of DoiT International[28]).[29]

Stephen Garden

Stephen Garden is the former Chief Executive Officer of Onica. Prior to Onica, he was a partner at IT solutions company, CorpInfo. After CorpInfo decided to launch Onica, they brought on Stephen as CEO. Garden has held past positions at Verizon and Fujitsu. He is the current Senior Vice President of Rackspace. Garden has degrees from London Business School, UC Berkley and University of Brighton.[26]

Giridhar Premsingh

Giridhar Premsingh is the former Chief Financial Officer of Onica. Prior to Onica, he was the CFO of Hitachi acquired cloud computing firm, REAN Cloud. Premsingh joined the company in 2018 and left in 2020 after the Rackspace Acquisition. He is now the current Global Chief Financial Officer of DoIT International. Premsingh has degrees from CFA Institute, The Institute of Company Secretaries of India, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India.[28]

Tolga Tarhan

Tolga Tarhan is the former Chief Technology Officer of Onica. Prior to Onica, he was the CEO of Sturdy Networks LLC, an Onica company. Tarhan joined the company in 2017 and left in 2020 after the Rackspace Acquisition. He is the current Chief Technology Officer of Rackspace. Garden has degrees from Pepperdine University.[27]

Board of Directors

Onica's former board of directors sits Mike Biggee (Member of the Board), Jeff Rich (Chairman of the Board) and Arneek Multani (Member of the Board).[30]

Mike Biggee

Mike Biggee is a former member of Onica's board of directors. He is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Sunstone Partners.[31]

Jeff Rich

Jeff Rich is the former chairman of Onica's board of directors. He is the Managing Director of PlumTree Partners and the former CEO of ACS.[32]

Arneek Multani

Arneek Multani is a former member of Onica's board of directors. He is a Managing Director of Sunstone Partners.[33]

Subsidiaries

As of September 2020, Onica currently has 3 subsidiaries -- Sturdy Network LLC, NetBrains Inc. and TriNimbus Technologies Inc. All three deal's were acquired for an undisclosed sum.

Date Company Business Country Value (USD) References
December 12th, 2017 Sturdy Networks LLC and NetBrains Inc. Cloud computing, consulting USA - [34]
August 27th, 2018 TriNimbus Technologies Inc. Cloud computing USA - [35]

Sturdy Networks LLC and NetBrains Inc.

On December 12th, 2017, Onica announced that they would acquire Sturdy and NetBrains for an undisclosed sum in a joint-acquisition. NetBrains was founded in 2009 with a focus on developing product-based software. When Sturdy Networks was acquired by Onica, executive team at Sturdy joined Onica which each of them taking on senior roles in the company. Sturdy Networks CEO, Tolga Tarhan, joined Onica as Chief Technology Officer until 2020.[36]

TriNimbus Technologies Inc.

On August 27th, 2018, Onica announced that they would acquire Vancouver based DevOps specialist, TriNimbus Technologies Inc., for an undisclosed sum. Onica CEO, Stephen Garden, offered his perspective on the acquisition, “This is a defining moment for Onica. The acquisition of TriNimbus demonstrates an ongoing commitment to our relationship with AWS and confidence in its competitive position. The fit with TriNimbus is natural as both companies are aligned in so many ways. Plus, we collectively believe in the concept of mastery, and with AWS able to support any workload, there are a wealth of solutions we can enable for our customers.”[37]

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