Business Intelligence Vendors - Actuate

BI Vendor Comments : Actuate

Actuate's scalable reporting and spreadsheet capabilities have allowed the company to carve out a unique niche in the market, especially in the financial services industry. While Actuate's license revenue grew in 2006, much of that growth came from its installed base. The company has a smaller global market presence and penetration, compared with the other pure-play competitors. The company is managed by seasoned and experienced executives who have shown that they can stay in the game and execute as a smaller vendor, despite the intensely competitive market and business conditions. The adoption of open-source concepts in its products and marketing approaches, and its targeting of the open-source developer community with its reporting technologies, have started to drive new sales opportunities.

However, Actuate's spreadsheet products — and the claimed advantage of a more open approach to data, developer and deployment options — will come under intense competitive and pricing pressure as Microsoft roles out its new server-based Excel capabilities in 2007. As the competition increases in the BI platform market, Actuate will require more differentiated products and positioning to maintain or improve its position in this Magic Quadrant.

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