Bizzdesign

Bizzdesign is a global leader in enterprise architecture and business transformation software, empowering organisations to design, align, and evolve their digital strategies with confidence.

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Who is Bizzdesign?

Bizzdesign is a global enterprise software company headquartered in the Netherlands, with offices across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. For over two decades, Bizzdesign has helped some of the world's largest organisations connect strategy to execution through its market-leading enterprise architecture, business process management, and portfolio management platform. Trusted by more than 300 leading enterprises across government, financial services, energy, defence, and manufacturing, Bizzdesign enables organisations to map the relationships between their people, processes, applications, and technology — providing the intelligence needed to drive confident transformation decisions.

Horizzon — The Bizzdesign Platform

Bizzdesign Horizzon is the company's flagship, cloud-based enterprise architecture and business transformation platform. It brings together modelling, collaboration, analytics, and portfolio management in a single connected environment. Horizzon enables architects, business analysts, and C-suite stakeholders to collaborate in real time on a unified model of the enterprise — from high-level strategy through to detailed IT landscape views. Built on open standards including ArchiMate, BPMN, and TOGAF, Horizzon integrates with existing tooling and data sources to provide a living, continuously updated picture of your organisation. Key capabilities include: interactive dashboards and heat maps for portfolio and risk analysis; automated import and synchronisation from CMDBs, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, and Sparx EA; role-based views tailored for architects, executives, and business stakeholders; and a powerful API for integration with broader digital toolchains.

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Architecture Governance Dashboard showing 23 total projects, 13 approved, $13.8M total benefit, with status charts and trends.

Key Products and Capabilities

Enterprise Architecture

Model and visualise your entire enterprise landscape — business capabilities, applications, data, and technology — using ArchiMate and TOGAF-aligned frameworks. Identify gaps, redundancies, and transformation pathways with analytical precision.

Strategy & Portfolio Management

Align IT investments with business strategy through integrated portfolio views. Assess project portfolios against capability roadmaps, risk appetite, and strategic objectives to prioritise transformation spend.

Business Process Management

Document, analyse, and improve business processes using BPMN 2.0 modelling. Connect process designs directly to the broader enterprise architecture model for end-to-end traceability from strategy to operations.

Risk & Compliance

Map controls, risks, and compliance obligations directly to the enterprise model. Understand the business impact of technology risks and demonstrate compliance posture to auditors and regulators with confidence.

Cloud & Technology Transformation

Plan and govern cloud migration, application rationalisation, and technology refresh programmes. Use scenario modelling to evaluate the cost, risk, and business impact of competing transformation options before committing resources.

Integrations & Open Standards

Connect Horizzon to your existing ecosystem via REST APIs and native connectors to ServiceNow, Azure DevOps, Sparx EA, LeanIX, and leading CMDBs. Open standards (ArchiMate, BPMN, TOGAF) ensure portability and interoperability.

Built for the Enterprise

Bizzdesign Horizzon is purpose-built for large, complex organisations that need to govern transformation at scale. It supports multi-user, concurrent collaboration with fine-grained access controls, audit trails, and versioning — ensuring that architecture governance remains robust as teams grow. The platform is available as a fully managed SaaS deployment and supports enterprise-grade security requirements including SSO/SAML integration, data residency controls, and ISO 27001-aligned hosting. Bizzdesign holds Gartner recognition as a leader in the enterprise architecture tooling space and has been named in the Forrester Wave for Enterprise Architecture Management Suites.

Bizzdesign by the Numbers

300+ Enterprise customers worldwide

20+ Years of enterprise architecture expertise

40+ Countries served globally

3 Gartner Magic Quadrant recognitions

Target Market

Bizzdesign is ideally suited to mid-to-large enterprise organisations undergoing digital transformation, regulatory change, or significant technology investment programmes. Core target sectors in Australia and New Zealand include federal and state government, financial services and banking, energy and utilities, defence, healthcare, and higher education. Typical buyers include Chief Architects, Enterprise Architects, Chief Information Officers, and Business Transformation leads who need a single source of truth across their organisation's strategy, capabilities, and technology landscape. Organisations with existing frameworks such as TOGAF or ITIL will find immediate alignment with Bizzdesign's methodology-agnostic, standards-based approach.

“Bizzdesign Horizzon gives us a single, trusted view of our enterprise landscape. The ability to connect strategy, capability, and technology in one platform has transformed how we govern our transformation programme and communicate with executive stakeholders.”

Enterprise Architect — Large Federal Government Agency, Australia

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between Bizzdesign Horizzon and traditional EA modelling tools?

Traditional EA tools focus primarily on modelling and diagramming. Bizzdesign Horizzon goes further by connecting models to live data sources, enabling portfolio analysis, risk assessments, and strategic planning — all in a collaborative, cloud-based environment. It is designed to support decision-making at scale, not just documentation.

Is Bizzdesign available as a SaaS solution?

Yes. Bizzdesign Horizzon is delivered as a fully managed, cloud-based SaaS platform. It supports enterprise-grade security requirements including SAML-based SSO, role-based access control, and ISO 27001-aligned hosting infrastructure.

Which enterprise architecture frameworks does Bizzdesign support?

Bizzdesign supports all major EA frameworks and standards including ArchiMate 3.1, TOGAF, BPMN 2.0, and UPDM/NAF for defence customers. The platform is methodology-agnostic, allowing organisations to adapt it to their existing governance frameworks.

How does Bizzdesign integrate with tools like ServiceNow or Azure DevOps?

Bizzdesign Horizzon provides a comprehensive REST API and native connectors for popular enterprise platforms including ServiceNow, Azure DevOps, Sparx EA, and leading CMDBs. This allows organisations to synchronise data automatically and maintain an up-to-date model without manual re-entry.

How do I purchase Bizzdesign through Aquion?

Aquion is an authorised distributor of Bizzdesign software in Australia and New Zealand. IT resellers and enterprise customers can contact Aquion directly to discuss licensing options, pricing, and programme requirements. Use the contact link below to get started.

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