{"id":22375,"date":"2024-03-06T10:57:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T10:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/?p=22375"},"modified":"2024-08-27T06:29:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:29:44","slug":"avolution-welcomes-apac-partner-target-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/news\/avolution-welcomes-apac-partner-target-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Avolution Welcomes New APAC Partner: Target State"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Enterprise architecture software leader, Avolution, will partner with Queensland based enterprise architecture consulting specialists, Target State.<\/h6>\n<p>The collaboration will equip small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to implement effective enterprise architecture practices using Avolution\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/abacus\/\">ABACUS<\/a> platform.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.targetstate.com.au\/\">Target State<\/a>, led by Managing Director Andrew Beaumont, brings a wealth of experience and a customer-centric approach to delivering enterprise architecture projects in public, private, and not-for-profit organizations. With certifications in TOGAF and Microsoft Azure, Target State is well positioned to assist with a wide range of architecture advisory services, from architecture strategy and planning to governance and compliance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe C-Suite and managers of mid-enterprise require high quality strategy and architecture services but have budgetary and hiring constraints that stop them from being able to develop a sustainable architecture practice and PMO internally,\u201d said Beaumont.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTarget State deliver strategy and architecture services to these customers and have chosen to partner with Avolution to leverage as part of their service the tooling, training, templates and best practices already validated at deployments in large global enterprises, plus the support to accelerate time to value and hit business goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Avolution\u2019s ABACUS software is used by organizations globally to manage enterprise architecture and IT strategy. Teams can collaborate to deliver on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/enterprise-architecture\/\">enterprise architecture<\/a> and digital strategy goals. ABACUS provides a fully featured environment for roadmapping, architecture and process modeling, and cloud-based diagramming and data management. It is designed to support businesses in making informed decisions and driving successful outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Target State\u2019s decision to partner with Avolution stems from the recognition that ABACUS can be a game-changer for enterprise architecture management and business architecture due to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/abacus\/the-graph-database-advantage-for-enterprise-architects\/\">graph database<\/a>, modeling and roadmapping capabilities and configurability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">Architects are also able to access local expert assistance from Target State as part of their engagement with Avolution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Press Enquiries:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Communications Manager, Avolution<br \/>\n<strong>E:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:comms@avolutionsoftware.com\">comms@avolutionsoftware.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About ABACUS<br \/>\n<\/strong>Avolution\u2019s ABACUS is used by organizations worldwide to deliver quick, powerful enterprise architecture and digital business strategy. ABACUS helps architects to lighten their data workload and to motivate stakeholders to set priorities and take action. Integrate and collaborate on data with editable cloud-based lists, build models and roadmaps, run analytics, algorithms and report with rich visuals and dashboards. With offices worldwide, including Asia Pacific bases in Sydney and Singapore, Avolution is recognized as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/news\/gartner-critical-capabilities-for-enterprise-architecture-tools-2023\/\">Leader in Gartner\u2019s Magic Quadrant<\/a> and independent enterprise architecture tool reviews.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Target State<br \/>\n<\/strong>With offices in Brisbane and Sydney, Target State is a specialist consulting firm founded with the express purpose of providing large enterprise-grade digital transformation services to SMEs.<\/p>\n<p>Whether they have 200 employees or 2,000, they can now take advantage of the specialised practices that, for decades, have enabled large enterprises to successfully deliver complex transformations and realise nuanced strategy.<\/p>\n<p>TOGAF and Microsoft Azure certified, we\u2019ve worked with public, private, and not-for-profit organisations across all industries. We\u2019ve successfully delivered hundreds of projects and have had leadership involvement in projects worth tens of millions of dollars and affecting millions of users.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re practical, logical, respectful, curious, sensitive, precise, insightful, proactive, and culturally aware. And, once engaged, we consider ourselves a strategic partner. Our goal is always to provide direction that can be trusted, and to enable organisations to seize the opportunities before it, while also mitigating any associated risks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enterprise architecture software leader, Avolution, will partner with Queensland based enterprise architecture consulting specialists, Target State. The collaboration will equip small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to implement effective enterprise architecture practices using Avolution\u2019s ABACUS platform. 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