IServer
Encyclopedia
iServer is an enterprise architecture
and business process modeling
tool, produced by Orbus Software
, headquartered in London
. The product recently gained interest from the research organization Gartner Group for its use of Microsoft
Visio as a platform - Gartner named Orbus as a ‘cool vendor’ for this reason. The tool regularly receives an honorable mention in Gartner's 'Magic Quadrant' for BPA software.
, DoDAF, MoDAF
, and most other frameworks. It offers 'quick start' packages for TOGAF and ITIL
. The company gives away free Visio templates for BPMN and Archimate
.
The product website states support for all notations and frameworks, provided that Microsoft Office templates for these notations and frameworks are adopted.
suite. Microsoft has estimated that 40% of all Visio diagrams that exist are process diagrams. Conversely, Infoweek has reported that 60% of all process models in the world are documented in Visio. This has led to a number of modeling tools basing themselves on the Visio platform.
Enterprise architecture
An enterprise architecture is a rigorous description of the structure of an enterprise, which comprises enterprise components , the externally visible properties of those components, and the relationships between them...
and business process modeling
Business process modeling
Business Process Modeling in systems engineering is the activity of representing processes of an enterprise, so that the current process may be analyzed and improved. BPM is typically performed by business analysts and managers who are seeking to improve process efficiency and quality...
tool, produced by Orbus Software
Orbus software
Orbus Software is a London-based enterprise architecture and business process modeling software vendor that was named as a 2009 Cool Vendor by Gartner Group. The main reason for this was the Microsoft Visio-based architecture of their modeling tool product, iServer...
, headquartered in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. The product recently gained interest from the research organization Gartner Group for its use of Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
Visio as a platform - Gartner named Orbus as a ‘cool vendor’ for this reason. The tool regularly receives an honorable mention in Gartner's 'Magic Quadrant' for BPA software.
Features
The iServer product supports TOGAFTOGAF
The Open Group Architecture Framework is a framework for enterprise architecture which provides a comprehensive approach for designing, planning, implementation, and governance of an enterprise information architecture...
, DoDAF, MoDAF
MODAF
The British Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework is an Architecture Framework which defines a standardised way of conducting Enterprise Architecture, originally developed by the UK Ministry of Defence....
, and most other frameworks. It offers 'quick start' packages for TOGAF and ITIL
Itil
Itil may mean:*Atil or Itil, the ancient capital of Khazaria*Itil , also Idel, Atil, Atal, the ancient and modern Turkic name of the river Volga.ITIL can stand for:*Information Technology Infrastructure Library...
. The company gives away free Visio templates for BPMN and Archimate
ArchiMate
ArchiMate [Ahr-ki-meyt] is an open and independent enterprise architecture modelling language to support the description, analysis and visualization of architecture within and across business domains in an unambiguous way....
.
The product website states support for all notations and frameworks, provided that Microsoft Office templates for these notations and frameworks are adopted.
Visio as a modeling environment
Visio is commonly used by organizations to design their architecture and business processes, perhaps because of its availability as part of the Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft Office
Microsoft Office is a non-free commercial office suite of inter-related desktop applications, servers and services for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, introduced by Microsoft in August 1, 1989. Initially a marketing term for a bundled set of applications, the first version of...
suite. Microsoft has estimated that 40% of all Visio diagrams that exist are process diagrams. Conversely, Infoweek has reported that 60% of all process models in the world are documented in Visio. This has led to a number of modeling tools basing themselves on the Visio platform.