[October 22, 2007] CompuCom Systems Celebrates 20th Anniversary Tweet DALLAS --(Business Wire)-- CompuCom Systems, Inc., a leading IT outsourcing company, today announced that it is celebrating its twentieth year in providing technology services excellence. Building upon two decades of expertise, CompuCom's integrated delivery model enables increased productivity, reduces costs and provides a superior level of end-user satisfaction that helps CIOs address business challenges continuously. In the fall of 1987, CompuCom was formed as an information technology (IT) reseller when Machine Vision International acquired TriStar Data Systems and Office Automation. The new company was created with the financial and managerial assistance of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. a technology-based holding company and major shareholder, and has continued to grow both organically and by acquisition ever since. By the end of the century, CompuCom had evolved into an integrated products and services company, and by 2003, CompuCom began receiving consecutive recognition for providing quality in IT services from two of the top industry analyst firms, underscoring the company's leadership position and proven track record. Companies such as E. & J. Gallo Winery, City of Dallas, Microsoft, First Citizen's Bank, Monsanto, Sunoco and Hamilton Health Sciences have come to rely on CompuCom's expertise, innovation and value over the years. In late 2004, CompuCom was acquired by Platinum Equity and later acquired by Court Square Capital in October 2007 as a direct result of its strong opportunity potential, positive performance history and growth outlook. As part of the final agreement, Court Square also completed the acquisition of the managed services business unit of Vanguard Managed Solutions, LLC (VanguardMS(TM)) from Platinum Equity. Today, CompuCom is a $1.6 billion company and maintains a strong reputation for high contract expansion and renewal rates, as well as healthy client referenceability. "Over the past 20 years, CompuCom has earned and maintained a reputation for technology leadership," said James Dixon, Chief Executive Officer of CompuCom. "For CompuCom and its associates, one thing has remained constant -- our unwavering commitment to remaining at the forefront of information technology and market leadership. This is the same commitment that will drive us forward through the next twenty years," added Dixon. Since 1987, CompuCom has served thousands of Fortune 1000 and middle-market clients with diverse engagements at locations across the United States and Canada. CompuCom experts deliver seamless integrated solutions to meet a client's most challenging business needs. Today, in its 20th year of helping clients derive maximum value from their IT infrastructure, CompuCom maintains strategic alliances with the leading hardware and software manufacturers in the industry. CompuCom is proud to be one of only 12 companies in America to achieve the status of Microsoft Gold Certification for Enterprise and Security, as well as one of only six to win the Microsoft Vender Program Excellence Award. The company attained status as a Cisco Gold partner, and achieved SCP Certification for the ninth straight year in 2007 as the first company to earn this certification for nine consecutive years. For more highlights on CompuCom's 20th anniversary, please visit: http://www.compucom.com/webcontent/corp/images/new/20yearsofIT.swf About CompuCom Systems, Inc. CompuCom is a leading IT outsourcing company providing infrastructure management services, application services, systems integration and consulting services, as well as the procurement and management of hardware and software. With 20 years of IT experience, CompuCom employs more than 7,700 highly skilled associates who have earned a combined total of more than 42,000 industry certifications company-wide. As experts in workplace services, CompuCom's unique Integrated Infrastructure Management (IIM) solution reduces costs, increases productivity and helps clients gain maximum value from information. For more information, visit www.CompuCom.com. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]