OCTO Technology has participated to the creation of Oxus Development Network, ACTED’s subsidiary that specializes in micro finance projects in Asia. As the technical partner, OCTO Technology has undertaken the definition of Oxus’s IT systems.

In 2006 this expert patronage gave birth to the first Open Source version of Octopus, freely available to download.

As the fifth global NGO, ACTED develops about 150 projects a year in such diversified activities
as Emergency Relief, Food Security, Health Promotion Network, Economic Development, Education and training, Micro finance, Advocacy - Institutional Support and Regional Dialogue, and Cultural promotion. Today, ACTED is active in 17 countries. The organization employs approximately 100 international staff and more than 2000 national staff. The headquarters for the organization are located in Paris (France).

Founded in 1998, OCTO is a French-based consultant company which focuses on information technology architecture and agile methods for software development. OCTO has established a pioneering approach in advanced technology and software development. For each project OCTO provides workable solutions responding to our clients’ business needs. Communication, respect and knowledge sharing are the company’s key values, shared and transmitted by its co-founders, and visible through our many publications. OCTO is continuously building a community of excellence in Agile Software Development, Enterprise Integration and Security, Test Driven Development, Java, .NET, and Open Source. Our customers benefit from the collective experience gained through the various projects our architects have worked on.