An Initial Look Inside the Combined IBM-Octo team

The prospect of a global commercial technology company acquiring a federal tech integrator almost never comes up amid the endless wonder of who’s a buyer and who’s a seller in the government market. Then came IBM’s announcement on Dec. 7 of its plan to acquire Octo Consulting. This transaction was easily the government market’s most surprising one of 2022, both the largest in the history of the IBM Consulting business and a move that Big Blue’s chief executive signed off on.