Tehama Inc.

Canadian IT services company

Tehama Technologies

Company type| Private
Industry| Internet, IT Services, IT Consulting
Founded| September 2019; 5 years ago (September 2019)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada[1]
Founders| Paul Vallée[2]
Headquarters|

Ottawa, Ontario[2]

Canada

Area served

| Worldwide
Services| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Service Delivery Platform

Number of employees

| 50-100.[3]
Website| tehama.io

Tehama (/təˈheɪmə/ tə-HAY-mə) is a Canadian  Software as a Service (SaaS) company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, that provides a virtual, cloud-based, Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) platform for the secure exchange of work over the internet, allowing organizations to securely manage remote workers, third-party vendors, and freelancers, and integrate them into their working environments.[4]

## History

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Tehama began as a suite of virtual desktop, zero-trust network access, auditable secret and file sharing and workflow-automation technologies enabling secure, remote Internet-based work amongst the global workforce and clientele of Pythian, an IT services company founded in 1997. In September 2018, to offer the Tehama platform to the public, CEO and entrepreneur Paul Vallée launched Tehama as a subsidiary business unit of Pythian.[5]

In September 2019, in response to a surge in demand for the Tehama platform, the Tehama unit was spun-off as a company in its own right, independent of Pythian. Financing for this venture was provided by the New York-based private equity firm Mill Point Capital, which thereby gained a majority stake in Pythian.[6] Vallée left his position at Pythian to become Tehama's CEO.[1]

As one of Tehama's core services facilitates remote work, the company saw a notable upswing in interest in March 2020 during the COVID-19 crisis, with a 35-fold increase in inquiries from the prior month.[7] By May 2020, having seen its client base grow to more than 150, Tehama announced that it had raised US$10,000,000 through Series A funding round led by OMERS Ventures.[8][9]

In July 2020, Tehama conducted the Digital by Default Summit, an online virtual conference on the subject of remote work, with particular focus on its greater adoption in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.[10] The event occurred again in 2021 and featured a closing fireside chat with remote work expert Kate Lister.[11]

## See also

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* Remote work
* Software as a Service
* Platform as a Service
* Desktop as a Service

## References

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1. ^ a b Silcoff, Sean (September 9, 2019). "Ottawa's Pythian spins out software platform Tehama". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
2. ^ a b "About Us". tehama.io. Tehama, Inc. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
3. ^ Yaffe-Bellany, David (February 26, 2020). "1,000 Workers, Go Home: Companies Act to Ward Off Coronavirus". The New York Times. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
4. ^ OBJ staff (August 31, 2018). "Ottawa's Pythian launches Tehama to secure enterprise connections to global workers". Ottawa Business Journal. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
5. ^ Jackson, Brian (September 11, 2018). "Pythian to launch SaaS platform Tehama as a startup". IT World Canada News. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
6. ^ Sali, David (September 9, 2019). "Ottawa's Pythian acquired, offshoot Tehama spun off into separate firm". Ottawa Business Journal. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
7. ^ Silcoff, Sean (March 20, 2020). "As employers send workers home, some tech companies stand to benefit from COVID-19 crisis". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
8. ^ Kirkwood, Isabelle (May 5, 2020). "Tehama raises $14 million CAD as it looks to address demand for remote working solutions". betakit. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
9. ^ Silcoff, Sean (May 5, 2020). "OMERS Ventures invests in Ottawa work-from-home technology startup Tehama". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
10. ^ "Tech summit puts spotlight on growing 'digital by default' movement". Ottawa Business Journal. June 12, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
11. ^ "Hear from 50+ speakers at the Digital by Default Summit 2021 }url=https://www.digitalbydefaultsummit.com/". `{{cite web}}`: Missing or empty `|url=` (help)

## External links

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* Official website
* Digital By Default Summit