Orbus software
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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
. They have also been the subject of reports by Butler Group and CBDI.
and BPMN. Visio is often used by organizations to model their enterprise architecture and business processes, perhaps because of its availability as part of the Microsoft Office
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.
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...
-based enterprise architecture
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...
software vendor that was named as a 2009 Cool Vendor by Gartner Group. The main reason for this was the 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-based architecture of their modeling tool product, iServer
IServer
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...
. They have also been the subject of reports by Butler Group and CBDI.
Technology
Orbus explicitly markets itself as being centered on Microsoft Visio, 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...
and BPMN. Visio is often used by organizations to model their enterprise architecture and business processes, perhaps because of its availability as part of the Microsoft Office
Microsoft 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.