Who we are
Making technology behave since 1983
Wide Area Computer Systems has been helping businesses get technology right since before there was such a thing as a computer store.
SINCE 1983
Wide Area’s story starts in 1983, when the first IBM PCs were just landing on business desks. Computers were moving out of special air-conditioned rooms and onto desktops — and there was nowhere for a business to turn for help. No computer stores. No IT departments. If a company wanted a computer, someone walked into a hobby shop and hoped for the best.
Our founder, Drew Gabura, built this company on a simple idea that was almost radical at the time: businesses shouldn’t have to figure out technology off a retail shelf. Someone should understand what they actually need, recommend the right equipment, install it properly — and still be there when something breaks. Four decades of technology later, from mainframes to the cloud, that’s still exactly what we do.
Most of our clients have one thing in common: too much technology to manage off the side of someone’s desk, but not enough to justify a full-time IT hire. That’s the gap Wide Area was built to fill.
We’ve also stayed deliberately the right size — on purpose. Over forty years we’ve watched competitors balloon with every boom and vanish with every downturn. We took a different path: a tight, senior team, lasting client relationships, and steady growth into the things our clients actually need — like cloud, cybersecurity, and the VoIP phone systems we support today. It’s why the businesses we serve keep us around for years, not quarters.
Meet the team
The people behind Wide Area
Drew Gabura
Founder & President
Drew started Wide Area in 1983, when business computers were brand new and “IT support” didn’t exist yet. Four decades on, he’s still the company’s driving force — pairing deep experience with a straight-talking, no-nonsense approach to getting technology right for GTA businesses.
Jonathan Jauniaux
IT Consultant
Jonathan joined as a co-op student, learned fast, and built his own role from the ground up. Today he leads IT support, research, and the hands-on technical work — the consultant clients reach when they need something solved properly.
How we work
What four decades taught us
Built for the in-between
Big enough to run all of your IT. Small enough that you know us by name — and we know your business personally.
Straight answers
Plain-English advice and honest recommendations. We tell you what you need — and what you don’t.
Always adapting
Technology never stops changing, and neither do we. From the first PCs to cloud and VoIP, we keep learning so you don’t have to.
In it for the long run
Built to be steady through good times and downturns alike — the partner that’s still here next year, and the year after.
Let’s get acquainted
Tell us about your business and we’ll show you what IT without the headaches looks like — no obligation, no jargon.
Or call 905-565-0645 · sales@widearea.ca
