Compugen Inc.

Compugen is a privately owned and operated IT company headquartered in Richmond Hill, a suburb of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Compugen Inc.
IndustryInformation Technology
Founded1981
HeadquartersRichmond Hill, Ontario
Key people
Harry Zarek, CEO & President
ProductsIT Procurement, Installation, Services and Consulting
Number of employees
1400+ (2020)
Websitewww.compugen.com www.itbuzz.ca

Compugen is a system integrator offering IT infrastructure products and services to medium- and large-sized corporations and government organizations. As of July 2020, Compugen employed 1,400 staff across Canada and the United States in 11 offices. Compugen's service offerings include design, support and implementation of the products they provide. Their services team accounts for approximately 2/3 of the company and provides on-site support and managed services for Canadian and U.S. based organizations.[1]


History

Compugen was founded by Harry Zarek in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. Harry initially developed an interest in personal computing while he was finishing his PhD in physics at the University of Toronto. In 1981, he started a business building computers in the garage of his Toronto home and Compugen (short for Computer Generation) was created. Compugen was initially authorized to sell PCs with Hewlett Packard in 1984.

In 1989, Compugen opened its first branch office in Ottawa, Ontario. Over the next decade, new offices were opened in Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Quebec City, Winnipeg, Victoria and Vancouver. The business largely focused on the sale, implementation and support of desktop and server technology (PCs, laptops and peripherals) In 2000, Telecom giant Norigen acquired a significant part of Compugen allowing the organization to broaden its offerings into network infrastructure and storage. In 2002, this portion of the business was reacquired by Mr. Zarek from Norigen.[2]

Compugen created a financing arm in 2007 called Compugen Finance. Compugen moved into its current Richmond Hill head office facility in 2010.

Compugen entered the U.S. market in 2015 with the opening of a location in Houston, Texas. In September of that year, Compugen merged assets with Canadian firm Metafore under the Compugen umbrella.[3]


Industry awards

2020 HPE Canada Solution Partner of the Year[4]

2019 Cisco Architectural Excellence Award:Security[5]

2019 Cisco Canada Social Impact Partner of the Year[6]

2018 HPE Canadian Solution Partner of the Year[7]

2018 Aruba Partner of the Year - Canada[8]


References
  1. "Who We Are". Compugen, Inc. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  2. "Compugen buys back norigens stake". Globe and Mail.
  3. Del Nibletto, Paolo. "Compugen acquires Metafore in mega deal". Channel Daily News. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  4. "Congratulations to our 2020 HPE Partner of the Year Award Winners". HPE.
  5. "Cisco Partner Summit 2019 Canadian Partner Awards". Channel Daily News.
  6. "Partner Summit" (PDF). Cisco.
  7. "How Compugen Tech Data and Onx won HPEs expanded Canadian Partner Awards". Channel Daily News.
  8. "Compugen Named 2018 Canada Partner of the Year at 2018 Aruba Americas Partner Summit | Compugen". compugen.com. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
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