Octagon Systems

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.^[3]

Octagon Systems’ XMB Mobile Servers were mentioned by the trade press in 2006.^[4] 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.^[5][6]

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.^[7][8]

In 2018, J-Squared Technologies acquired the TRAX family of Octagon products.^[9] The Westminster manufacturing facility was closed.