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Global, cloud-native enterprise architecture leader OrbusSoftware acquires Australian business architecture solutions provider Capsifi
The union will offer the first end-to-end, cloud-native, strategic enterprise transformation platform
12 December 24
Sydney, Australia 12th Dec 2024: Orbus Software, a leading global provider of enterprise transformation software, today announced its acquisition of the Australian company Capsifi, a Sydney-based leading provider of business architecture solutions. The transaction marks a strategic move to combine the experience and specialism of these two global SaaS leaders; to offer unparalleled capabilities for organisations trying to navigate transformation against a backdrop of increasing business and technology complexity.
Orbus’s enterprise transformation platform, OrbusInfinity, enables enterprises to generate a ‘digital blueprint’ of their organisation. It allows users to visualise and take control of their IT portfolios and process landscapes and align technology investments with strategic transformation initiatives to reduce costs and risk, increase efficiency, ensure regulatory compliance, and enhance customer satisfaction. Capsifi specialises in business architecture management, providing enterprises with a strategic ‘command centre’ that unifies insights across strategy, IT, and operations.
The combined offering will see Orbus integrate Capsifi’s business architecture capability into OrbusInfinity to create a comprehensive strategic enterprise transformation platform.
It will provide significant benefits for a range of stakeholders. For IT architecture teams and IT leadership, a robust business architecture capability will enable them to have strategy conversations with business stakeholders. For business architecture, strategy, and transformation teams, it will offer deep insights and an ability to influence the technologies and platforms that underpin their operations. And for executive leadership, the enriched digital blueprint will provide a comprehensive digital ‘command centre’ to guide strategic transformation initiatives.
The two SaaS providers also share a joint focus on R&D investment into AI that aims to transform their customers’ ability to identify opportunities and risks and rapidly iterate enterprise scenarios. By aligning business and IT teams behind strategic objectives, Orbus and Capsifi enable organisations to adapt to ever-changing demands with agility and precision.
“We are extremely pleased to be joining forces with Capsifi. This acquisition will create the most comprehensive, cloud-native enterprise architecture (EA) platform in our market,” said Gareth Burton, CEO at Orbus Software. “Combining two leading SaaS platforms provides a considerable uplift to our business architecture offering, the ability to engage with new buyers, for example in business transformation and strategy teams, and expands the value proposition for OrbusInfinity and our customers; with an enhanced strategic lens to help enterprises ‘transform smarter’.”
“Orbus is a well-established leader with over 20 years’ experience supporting customers through their transformation initiatives,” said Ian McAdam, CEO at Capsifi. “This partnership advances our business architecture roadmap by adding powerful new features like the native iPaaS, AI, and workflow automation engine (OrbusInfinity Flow), and online diagramming (OrbusInfinity Draw).
“Together, we’re bringing our vision of the ‘enterprise command centre’ to life – a comprehensive platform that connects technology with business strategy. Our combined solution will offer unmatched support for customers’ transformation journeys, helping them speed up decision-making, streamline operations, and align resources with strategic goals for a fully integrated approach.”
The acquisition of Capsifi by Orbus also lays the foundation for a Digital Twin of the Organisation (DTO) platform, which combines EA models with live business performance and operational data to facilitate a seamless flow of insights and provide a comprehensive, real-time model of the business. With it, organisations can test, refine, and adapt strategic initiatives in real time, reducing risks and improving change management.
“The acquisition of Capsifi creates a powerful synergy by aligning business strategy with IT execution, unlocking high ROI collaboration between business and IT organizations,” said John Messamore, Co-Founder of SilverTree Equity. “Capsifi is Orbus’s first acquisition and marks an important step toward building the leading global Digital Twin of the Organization platform.”
DTO is a rapidly emerging technology sector which Orbus and Capsifi both see as the natural evolution of EA platforms, and which will ultimately underpin all enterprise transformation decisions. The acquisition will ultimately focus on realising a DTO to support truly connected enterprises that understand how their organisations operationalise their business models, deploy resources, and deliver customer value.
Orbus Software and Capsifi share a common history with deep expertise of business and technology architecture and change management, a common investment in leading cloud-native platforms in a market still constrained by legacy players, and a common vision of the evolution of EA platforms to become the DTO, underpinning all enterprise change decisions.
“Our product vision is to provide an AI-powered enterprise transformation platform, essential to planning any significant business or IT change, used by transformation leaders to make exceptional strategic decisions,” said Peter Bates, Chief Product Officer at Orbus Software. “Bringing Capsifi’s specialist business architecture capability into OrbusInfinity, together with our common focus on an AI-powered DTO, offers our customers the most innovative and powerful EA platform in the market and accelerates our trajectory towards a DTO and the achievement of our product vision.”
The acquisition further bolsters Orbus Software’s footprint as a truly global SaaS business, with approximately 300 employees working from offices in New York, London, Dubai, Sydney, Singapore and Katowice, and serving around 700 customers across more than 50 countries. Customers include Alaska Airlines, Asics, Autozone, City of Gold Coast, IMB Bank, OneAmerica Financial, The AA, Three UK, UPS, Wintrust Financial, and Zurich Cantonal Bank. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Capsifi strengthens Orbus Software’s global reach with its APAC-focused expertise. Serving clients across the APAC region, the US, and Europe, Capsifi will reinforce Orbus’s extensive industry experience in key sectors, including insurance, financial services, retail and manufacturing, government, and healthcare.
Founded in 2004, Orbus Software is a leading global provider of enterprise transformation solutions, with regional offices in Australia, Singapore, Poland, UAE, USA and UK. It aims to empower customers with the capabilities to improve strategic decision-making, enabling them to transform smarter.
The cloud-native OrbusInfinity platform enables leaders to deliver business objectives, innovate faster, and ensure enterprise resiliency, while supporting them to make more informed, responsible, and sustainable business decisions.
For more information please visit: www.orbussoftware.com
Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Capsifi is a business architecture-led platform created to help organisations navigate transformation with clarity and precision. Built on a philosophy of customer-centricity and innovation, its platform provides an intuitive, holistic view of organisational transformation, combining live data insights with strategic modelling to help enterprises achieve agility, resilience, and sustainable growth.
For more information, visit: www.capsifi.com
For more information on this media release or the opportunity to interview a spokesperson please contact Dan Stewart on dan@brightus.com.au