Orbus Software Accelerates Into 2026 With Customer Expansion, Major Security Milestones, Breakthrough AI Governance Research, and Rapid AI Platform Innovation
Orbus Software today announced a strong start to 2026, marked by a series of Q1 milestones that deepen its position as a global leader in enterprise transformation. With new customers and partners joining worldwide, major progress on public-sector readiness and security assurance, and continued investment in new AI capabilities and accelerated product innovation, Orbus enters Q2 with clear momentum, and a growing footprint across regions and industries.
Continued Expansion of Global Customer and Partner Ecosystem
Q1 delivered continued expansion of Orbus’s global customer community, reflecting increasing demand for enterprise architecture and transformation capabilities that can keep pace with today’s technology and operating-model changes. A sample of new customers signed and migrated to OrbusInfinity® in the quarter include Centier Bank, Kimball Midwest, Thiess, ICF International, Midwich PLC, Royal Flying Doctors Service, OCS Group, DP World, and PacĂfico Seguros.
Orbus also expanded its partner ecosystem, signing new partners including Adapts, QBS Software (formerly EMT), Karew Services, Saudi Business Machines (SBM), Naseej for Technology, and MorphX, further extending Orbus’s reach and strengthening its ability to support customers locally with implementation, advisory, and transformation expertise.
Alongside customer and partner growth, Orbus continued to invest in its customer community through Orbus Connects, peer-to-peer gatherings designed to encourage knowledge sharing, surface best practices, and give customers a direct line into Orbus’s product roadmap. In Q1, Orbus hosted Orbus Connect events in Leeds, London, Chicago, and Atlanta, with the US events delivered in partnership with Slalom. The series continues in Q2 with events in Gothenburg, Munich, Sydney, and London, reflecting Orbus’s belief that the best insight does not just flow from vendor to customer, it flows between customers.
OrbusInfinity Government Achieves FedRAMP Authorized Status
A standout milestone of the quarter was FedRAMP® Authorized status and Moderate Impact Authority to Operate (ATO) for OrbusInfinity® Government, Orbus’s cloud-native enterprise transformation platform built for the US public sector. This authorization enables federal agencies to deploy OrbusInfinity Government via a significantly accelerated procurement and accreditation path, reducing the time, cost, and risk typically associated with adopting cloud services.
Recognizing rising demand for a dedicated, FedRAMP Authorized enterprise architecture platform across the US public sector, Carahsoft, Orbus’s government distribution partner, and Slalom are actively bringing OrbusInfinity Government to their existing customer and prospect base, helping expand Orbus’s reach into federal, state, and local agencies at scale.
SOC 2 Type II, Another Security Milestone
Orbus also completed its SOC 2 Type II assessment in Q1, validating that the company has rigorous security controls in place to protect sensitive customer information. For enterprise buyers, particularly in North America, SOC 2 Type II is an increasingly important signal of operational maturity. The completion strengthens customer confidence, supports procurement processes, and reinforces Orbus’s commitment to security across its global operations.
New Research, The State of AI Governance in the Enterprise
Orbus opened 2026 by publishing The Global CIO Report, Enterprise AI Adoption, Risks, Readiness, and Ensuring Strategic Value, a survey-based research report designed to help CIOs and enterprise architecture leaders address one of the defining challenges of the moment, that AI adoption is accelerating faster than enterprise visibility and governance can keep up.
The report highlights the scale of the governance gap:
- 98% of CIOs report a lack of visibility into the technical and business risk of AI, creating governance blind spots as adoption accelerates
- 78% of CIOs say they struggle with shadow AI, driven by unsanctioned tools, unclear usage, and weak enforcement
- 82% of CIOs rely on enterprise architects to identify and assess AI-related risks, underscoring the need for architectural visibility into systems, dependencies, data flows, and capabilities
The conclusion is that enterprise architecture is a frontline capability for AI governance, enabling leaders to regain visibility, strengthen governance at scale, and align AI initiatives to real business outcomes.
Building on these insights, Orbus is adding more tools and accelerators into the OrbusInfinity platform to help customers gain visibility across the AI estate, apply governance and controls to AI pilots and roll-outs, and connect AI initiatives to measurable business outcomes and return on investment.
Platform Innovation, Investing in AI and an Enhanced User Experience
Orbus continues to advance its vision of building the most valuable AI-powered enterprise architecture platform. Foundational investments in AI assistants, an agentic AI framework, and AI governance are designed to reduce manual effort, surface deeper insights, and empower users to successfully deploy and govern AI improvements across their organizations.
Orbus is also mid-way through a major UX upgrade, with multiple improvements already live, including:
- New List Views, a cleaner, more intuitive list view experience
- Unified UX for Views, views consolidated into a single modern page with simplified navigation
- Global Search, faster discovery with autocomplete suggestions and a cleaner results layout
- Okta authentication, sign-in using existing Okta credentials
Orbus also deepened its integration with Eracent and the IT-Pedia® library. A new OrbusInfinity Flow-based integration automates lifecycle and technology obsolescence status calculations, helping organizations proactively manage modernization and reduce security risks before they become business problems.
“Joining Orbus at the end of 2025, what struck me immediately was the strength of the foundation, the technology, the team, and the trust customers place in us,” said Steve Fulton, CEO of Orbus Software. “Q1 has only reinforced that. FedRAMP Authorization, a landmark research report, and a platform that keeps getting stronger with AI capabilities, this is a business with real momentum. My focus now is making sure we continue to drive transformational outcomes for our customers, at scale, and at speed.”
Extended Strategic Partnership With Slalom, Intelligence Meets Architecture
The collaboration with Slalom extended beyond events in Q1. Building on the findings of Orbus’s Global CIO Report, Orbus and Slalom co-authored a new whitepaper, Intelligent Architecture: The Foundation for AI Success, shifting the conversation from diagnosis to prescription. Where the CIO Report quantifies the challenge, the whitepaper provides a practical framework for addressing it.
Co-authored by John Joseph, VP of Product Marketing at Orbus Software, and M. Hans Delly, Global Lead of Slalom’s Technology Strategy and Advisory capability, the paper introduces the concept of intelligent architecture, a scalable approach for moving AI from experimentation to real enterprise value. Together, the two publications provide enterprise leaders with both the evidence and a path to action.
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