Troux Technologies
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Troux Technologies is a software vendor that provides tools and services in the areas of Enterprise Architecture
and Strategic Planning
for large enterprises. Troux is based in Austin, Texas
with offices in Washington D.C. & London. Troux was founded by Gerald H. "Hank" Weghorst in 2000, and has been funded by Austin Ventures
among other venture capital firms.
During 2002 Troux launched the Troux Blueprinting System version 1.0 and the Troux Reference Model version 1.0. Troux also secured its first three customers: Northern Trust, AT&T and State Farm Insurance. In 2003, Troux departed from the Blueprinting System brand and launched the Troux IT Governance Suite. The IT Governance Suite essentially repackaged and renamed the Blueprinting System. Troux also raised a Series B financing round in 2003 led by Greylock Partners with participation from Austin Ventures.
as the two primary use cases for the Troux products. Strategic IT planning is a focused representation of strategic planning
concepts applied to information technology assets. Enterprise architecture refers to the planning and management of the structure of business and technologies architectures as they are applied to large enterprise organizations. Troux products and services support the United States federal government with enterprise architecture tools and processes mandated by the US Office of Management and Budget's issuance of OMB Circular A-130.
activities and relating those activities to the information technology
services and devices that support them.
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 Strategic Planning
Strategic planning
Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy. In order to determine the direction of the organization, it is necessary to understand its current position and the possible avenues...
for large enterprises. Troux is based in Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
with offices in Washington D.C. & London. Troux was founded by Gerald H. "Hank" Weghorst in 2000, and has been funded by Austin Ventures
Austin Ventures
Austin Ventures is a private equity firm focused on venture capital and growth equity investments in business services and supply chain, financial services, new media, Internet, and information services companies nationally with a focus on Texas. The firm, which is based in Austin, Texas, was...
among other venture capital firms.
Company Founding and Early Years
In 2001, Hank Weghorst founded Troux Technologies. Weghorst was serving as the Chief Technology Officer of Question Technologies, a company he co-founded with David Sikora and David Panos in 1999. Weghorst developed an initial product offering that would graphically depict the architectural configuration of information technology assets. In that same year, Troux raised initial funding from Austin Ventures and became a stand alone venture from Question Technologies. Question was acquired by Motive Communications Motive, Inc.During 2002 Troux launched the Troux Blueprinting System version 1.0 and the Troux Reference Model version 1.0. Troux also secured its first three customers: Northern Trust, AT&T and State Farm Insurance. In 2003, Troux departed from the Blueprinting System brand and launched the Troux IT Governance Suite. The IT Governance Suite essentially repackaged and renamed the Blueprinting System. Troux also raised a Series B financing round in 2003 led by Greylock Partners with participation from Austin Ventures.
Acquisition of Computas Technologies and Metis
In January 2005, Troux Technologies announced the acquisition of Computas Technologies of Norway. Computas provided the Metis Modeling Tools Suite, a desktop application in wide use by Enterprise Architects in the public and private sectors. According to analysis from Gartner analyst Greta James at the time of the acquisition, "Troux Technologies' acquisition of Computas' Metis product and its North American operations may result in a functionally rich product. Merger risks include an aggressive product delivery schedule."Current Positioning of Troux
In 2007, Troux adopted Strategic IT Planning and Enterprise ArchitectureEnterprise 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...
as the two primary use cases for the Troux products. Strategic IT planning is a focused representation of strategic planning
Strategic planning
Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy. In order to determine the direction of the organization, it is necessary to understand its current position and the possible avenues...
concepts applied to information technology assets. Enterprise architecture refers to the planning and management of the structure of business and technologies architectures as they are applied to large enterprise organizations. Troux products and services support the United States federal government with enterprise architecture tools and processes mandated by the US Office of Management and Budget's issuance of OMB Circular A-130.
Troux Alignment
Software for visually modeling business processBusiness process
A business process or business method is a collection of related, structured activities or tasks that produce a specific service or product for a particular customer or customers...
activities and relating those activities to the information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
services and devices that support them.