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Business/Financial

Octo Consulting Acquires Connexta, Expanding Open Source Capabilities, Intel Presence

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, August 8th, 2019

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Octo Consulting Acquires Connexta, Expanding Open Source Capabilities, Intel Presence

Mehul Sanghani, CEO of Octo Consulting Group. Photo: Octo

Federal technology solutions provider Octo Consulting Group last month acquired Connexta in a deal that increases its presence in the intelligence community and Defense Department and expands its capabilities in open source software, geospatial intelligence and C4ISR with key products. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Connexta, which is based in Phoenix, has about 130 personnel, primarily with expertise in full-stack and cloud engineering, bringing Northern Virginia-based Octo’s portfolio of technologies to nearly 700. Connexta provides open source software…

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