Octagon Systems
{{Short description|American computer company}}
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{{Use American English|date=April 2015}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Octagon Systems
| logo = Octagon Systems Logo.svg
| logo_alt = The company name appearing in all capital lettering with Octagon in blue colored text above SYSTEMS in gray colored text.
| image = Octagon Systems Headquarters.jpg
| type = Private
| industry = {{Unbulleted list|Computer hardware|Industrial computers|Electronic hardware}}
| founded = {{Start date and age|1981|08|01}} in Westminster, Colorado, U.S.
| hq_location_city = Westminster, Colorado
| hq_location_country = U.S.
| products = {{unbulleted list | Industrial computers | Rugged computers | Mobile computers | Military computers | Vehicle computers | Transportation computers | Mining computers}}
| website = {{URL|www.octagonsystems.com}}
}}
Octagon Systems Corporation is an industrial computer design and manufacturing company originally based in Westminster, Colorado. Octagon Systems designs, manufactures, sells, repairs and supports its line of industrial, mobile and rugged computer systems for industries including mining, military, transportation and others.{{cite web |url=https://bizwest.com/2003/10/03/octagon-computers-brains-behind-many-systems/ |title=Octagon computers 'brains' behind many systems |author= |date=October 3, 2003 |website=BizWest |publisher=BizWest Media, LLC |access-date=September 28, 2017}}{{cite book |last=Architecture Technology Corporation |year=1990 |title=PCs in the Factory |edition=2nd |publisher=Elsevier Science |asin=B01E3ETPAE}} The company has international representatives in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America.
History
=Early years (1980s)=
Octagon Systems was founded in 1981, and introduced an embedded computer with a high level language and software development system and operating systems on a solid state disk. Octagon’s services and systems grew with industrial computer systems including the STD Bus market and development of single-board computers. Octagon Systems has been ISO certified since 1993.{{cite web |url=http://mil-embedded.com/news-id/?24279= |title=Fleet CORE M(tm) Mobile Computer |author=Octagon Systems |date= |website=Military Embedded Systems |publisher=OpenSystems Media |access-date=October 3, 2017}}
=New applications (2000s)=
Octagon Systems’ XMB Mobile Servers were mentioned by the trade press in 2006.{{cite web |url=http://archive.cotsjournalonline.com/articles/print_article/100537 |title=Formation's Rugged Hard Drives to Fly in AC-130H/U Gunships |author= |date= |website=COTS Journal - The Journal of Military Electronics & Computing |publisher=COTS Journal |access-date=October 1, 2017}} Octagon Systems was a founding member of the Small Form Factor Special Interest Group in 2007.
Octagon co-authored the EPIC embedded computing specification. Octagon’s products were used in public transportation systems, rugged computing systems for mining operations as well as others.{{cite book |last=Sarangapani |first=Jagannathan |year=2006 |title=Neural Network Control of Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems |edition=Illustrated |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=9780824726775}}{{cite book |last=Roberts |first=Steven |year=2000 |title=From Behemoth to Microship |edition=Illustrated |publisher=Nomadic Research Labs |isbn=978-1929470006}}
=Industry expansion (2010s)=
Octagon Systems products expanded into new markets continuing the sell of industrial, transportation and rugged computer systems. The U.S. Navy chose Octagon’s products for a contract to support amphibious warfare computing, and Octagon products were deployed in mines.{{cite web |url=http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/2014/01/octagon-ship-computers.html |title=Raytheon chooses Octagon Systems to supply FLEET rugged computers for LPD-17 shipboard electronics |last=Keller |first=John |date=January 10, 2013 |website=Military & Aerospace Electronics |publisher=Aerospace Defense Media Groups |access-date=September 27, 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.e-mj.com/departments/operating-strategies/6165-a-comparison-of-mobile-computer-hardware-strategies-in-mining.html#.WdJs39MrIsm |title=A Comparison of Mobile Computer Hardware Strategies in Mining |last=McKown |first=John |date=May 11, 2016 |website=Engineering & Mining Journal |access-date=September 27, 2017}}
=Acquired (2018)=
In 2018, J-Squared Technologies acquired the TRAX family of Octagon products.{{cite web |title=J-Squared Acquires Octagon TRAX |url=http://www.octagonsystems.com/about/blog/new-product-release-mobl-d4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603145308/http://www.octagonsystems.com/about/blog/new-product-release-mobl-d4 |work=Press release |date=April 30, 2018 |access-date=November 11, 2021}} The Westminster manufacturing facility was closed.