COMPANY  HISTORY

Founded in 2003 by four senior ex-Ericsson employees, Orangutech began to focus on delivering solutions which encouraged collaboration and productivity.   With solid backgrounds in e-Commerce, software integration and collaboration, the four partners became MCTS in SharePoint 2003.  In fulfilling competencies in Information Worker Solutions and Network Infrastructure, Orangutech became a certified partner in 2006 and then a Gold Microsoft Partner in spring of 2008. 

Orangutech was nominated for Microsoft’s 2007 Canadian Impact Marketing Innovation Award for developing a toolkit allowing for Canadian Government’s Common Look and Feel and accessibility compliancy.

Due to Orangutech’s rate of growth, the company moved to its downtown Ottawa location in the spring of 2009 to better focus on client and partner relationships.  A Toronto office is soon to follow.  With 40 years of combined experience and expertise in a variety of information technology and system integration solutions, Orangutech has gained a reputation as a customer-oriented organization with a solid track record of satisfied customer engagements.

The name ‘Orangutech’ was derived from the word orangutan and was chosen because of the animal’s remarkable intelligence.  According to recent research psychologist Robert Deaner and his colleagues, orangutans are the world's most intelligent animal other than humans, with higher learning and problem solving ability than chimpanzees, which were previously considered to have greater abilities.  Orangutans have been taught to swim, use sign language and even use touch screen computers to play games.  The orangutan has recently become endangered in Borneo and Sumatra which has prompted Orangutech to adopt an orangutan.  His name is Grendon and he is being looked over by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation. 

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