BI Software : Actuate

Actuate
2207 Bridgepointe Parkway Suite 500San Mateo, CA 94404USA
TEL: (888) 422-8828FAX: (650) 827-1560URL: http://www.actuate.com/

Description : Actuate Corporation is dedicated to increasing the richness, interactivity and effectiveness of enterprise data, for everyone, everywhere. Actuate delivers the next generation RIA-ready information platform for both customer and employee-facing applications. Its proven RIA capabilities and highly collaborative development architecture are backed by the world's largest open source information application developer community, grounded in BIRT, the Eclipse Foundation's only top level Business Intelligence and reporting project.

The company has over 4,400 customers globally in a diverse range of business areas including financial services and the public sector, many of which have a long history of deploying Actuate-based solutions for dozens, or even hundreds of their mission-critical applications. Actuate is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol ACTU.

Organization Type: Vendor Date Founded: 1993

Topic CoverageBelow is a list of the key topic areas that Actuate covers in the reports that are available on Oracle Research Library:

Reporting Software (10 Documents)
Business Intelligence (11 Documents)
Business Performance Management (5 Documents)
Dashboards (3 Documents)
Open Source (3 Documents)
Business Intelligence Software (8 Documents)
Information Management (3 Documents)
Business Performance Management Software (2 Documents)
Spreadsheets (1 Document)
Financial Services Industry (3 Documents)
Java (1 Document)
Business Process Management (2 Documents)
Strategic Planning (1 Document)
Microsoft Excel (1 Document)
Information Management Software (1 Document)
Open Source Software (3 Documents)

Product CoverageBelow is a list of the key products that Actuate has listed on Oracle Research Library:

Software
Actuate 9
Actuate BIRT
Actuate e.Spreadsheet Engine
Actuate iPortal
Agent and Broker Portals
Balanced Scorecard
Data Integration
Enterprise Reporting
Performance Management

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Actuage BI Products : Interactive Web Reporting - Key Features

Interactive Web Reporting - Key Features
Actuate offers Interactive Web Reporting for any report developer, any user, any data and any size project.

• Based on Open Source Technology
• One Design Across Skill-Matched Tools
• Many Deployment Alternatives

Based on Open Source Technology

The Collaborative Reporting Architecture draws its strength from Open Source. The Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) project of Eclipse supplies the foundation technology within the Collaborative Reporting Architecture and its member products. Different report development products designed specifically for application developers, report developers, business analysts and business-users can share the same report design, allowing anyone to start the design process and anyone to complete it. Collaborative Reporting Architecture can be deployed and configured to address the needs of almost any type of reporting project.

Advantages of BIRT Open Source

• High Quality Software: BIRT technology advances in public forum drawing from the real-world experience of thousands of contributors.
• Abundant Development Resource: BIRT leverages a community of millions of Eclipse developers and users who are immediately familiar with the operation of the BIRT environments.
• Long Term Peace of Mind: Open Source ensures interoperability with future technology by supporting current and emerging Internet standards such as AJAX, XML and other Web 2.0 development styles.

One Design, Shared Across Skill-Matched Environments

Different report development products designed specifically for application developers, report developers, business analysts and business-users can share the same report design, allowing anyone to start the design process and anyone to complete it.

• Actuate BIRT Designer Professional: Enables professional application developers to build dynamic, interactive enterprise reports ready for deployment to end users and to create composite report design templates for BusinessReport Studio. This design environment includes a complete Eclipse IDE installation including a fully tested, commercially supported BIRT plug-in to provide maximum flexibility for engineers familiar with Eclipse.
• Actuate BIRT Designer: Enables report developers to build high-quality, interactive enterprise reports ready for direct deployment to users or to create composite report design templates for BusinessReports. The Actuate BIRT Designer is an easy-to-use, drag-and-drop report builder that offers the power of BIRT in a single, rich client package.
• BusinessReport Studio: Enables business analysts and power users to craft ad hoc web reports by using pre-defined BIRT Report templates reports and optional Information Objects. BusinessReport Studio is the ad hoc reporting centerpiece of the Collaborative Reporting Architecture.
• Interactive Viewing: Allows each report consumer to think beyond the current structure of the report and personalize it into his or her own perspective. AJAX-powered interactivity lets these users have the flexibility to modify and save report views, reducing the number of reports that need to be created. This flexibility rewards end-user initiative with fast results and the insight to drive corporate performance.

Collaborative Reporting is for Every Type of Reporting Deployment

Collaborative Reporting Architecture can be deployed and configured to address the needs of almost any type of reporting project.

• iPortal Workgroup Deployments: iPortal hosts Actuate BIRT, BusinessReport Studio and Interactive Viewing, and can be deployed independently for small workgroups or in conjunction with the Actuate iServer when enterprise caliber capabilities are required, including scale, access to Information Objects and multi-project support. JSR-168 portlets are also available to deploy content in standards-based portal environments.
• Embedded Java Reporting: iPortal, BIRT and BusinessReport can be embedded within larger Java applications to add on-demand and ad hoc reporting features to the application without creating a custom report architecture.
• iServer Enterprise Deployments: Enterprise reporting infrastructures rely on iServer to provide high scale, performance, reliability and security. iServer can also: supply Information Object metadata and data integration capabilities to reporting projects, schedule and manage report generation processes, scale to reach and support millions of users, host multiple Collaborative Reporting projects and provide corporate IT extensive capabilities such as archiving, logging management and integration interfaces.
• Actuate Information Objects: Enables data architects to leverage Actuate's Enterprise Information Integration (EII) - powered metadata to supply reusable data objects across the product line.

Source: For more information, please visit http://www.actuate.com/products/enterprise-reporting/interactive-web-reporting/key-features.asp

Actuate BI Products - Enterprise Reporting

Enterprise Reporting - Actuate Business Intelligence Products

Business Intelligence Gets Adopted When it is Delivered in an Application ExperienceActuate provides a complete set of products to meet the Business Reporting and analysis needs of any user in the organization, any partner and any customer - within the context of a business-specific application experience.

Featured DemoActuate 9 BusinessReports Watch this demo to learn more on Actuate's new ad-hoc web reporting environment View demo

People want Business Intelligence that supports the way they work today. They want relevant information delivered with the Enterprise Reporting and analysis functionality appropriate to their task. Successful Business Intelligence implementations deliver:

• A full line of BI and reporting tools accessible within a single interface
• On-demand Enterprise Reporting information delivered over the web in an intuitive portal
• An interface that adapts to the familiar look-and-feel of existing applications
• Limitless data presentation formats

Interactive Web Reports Reports developed, designed and personalized by everyone involved in reporting, from IT professionals and report developers to business analysts and end-users.

Brochure-Quality Reporting Meets the needs of even your most demanding user with precision formatting that remains consistent whether in print or online.

Spreadsheet Reporting Automatically generates Excel spreadsheets from enterprise data sources complete with formulas, formatting and cell-locking for compliance.

Business Analytics Full cube-based OLAP analytics with multi-dimensional modeling.

Dashboards Visualize operational indicators in real-time as they happen in order to proactively drive performance.

Scorecards Visualize performance against key metrics and goals within a specific time period to assess operational effectiveness and adjust plans for the future.

Source: For more information, please visit http://www.actuate.com/products/enterprise-reporting/index.asp

Actuate - Business Intelligence Solutions

Actuate - BI Solutions

Actuate offers a portfolio of Business Intelligence products to meet 100% of your Enterprise Reporting, Performance Management and Java Reporting needs. The Actuate product line assures that 100% of users—customers, partners and employees—get the information they need to drive prompt, effective action. Whether you wish to make better decisions, implement stronger customer relationships or manage to performance goals, Actuate provides a variety of intuitive, personalized and easy-to-use formats that present data integrated from all relevant sources. Our flexible deployment options and world class scalability support all of your projects, no matter how small or large.

Actuate Portfolio of ProductsLearn why Actuate can meet the requirements of any user, any data and any deployment.

Enterprise Reporting A complete suite of Enterprise Reporting products that provide interactive web reports, brochure-quality reporting, business analytics, spreadsheet reporting and ad-hoc query.

Performance Management Engage the entire organization in improving performance with visibility to the key metrics and day-to-day activities that drive performance.

Java Reporting Development API-driven, embeddable Java components for reporting and spreadsheet processes delivered within a Java application server or desktop application.

Data Integration Access data in multiple data warehouses, transactional applications, and custom legacy data sources. Efficiently deliver it to end users in meaningful ways while adhering to corporate standards.

Flexible Deployment Options A diverse set of deployment architectures to meet the reporting needs of a specific application, small workgroup or department, or large number of enterprise users, including customers and partners outside the firewall.

All Products View a complete index of Actuate's family of products.

Source: For more information, please visit http://www.actuate.com/products/index.asp

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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