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Jacobs acquires Blue Canopy

By TechTaffy Desk

Jacobs Engineering Group has acquired Blue Canopy, a data analytics, cybersecurity and application development firm. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Blue Canopy specializes in customized cybersecurity, data analytics and application development solutions for the Federal civilian financial, education, and healthcare sectors as well as defense and intelligence communities. The company has 450 employees and reported $104 million in revenue in 2016.

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