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Actuate Introduces Open Analysis for Enterprise Reporting

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Actuate Software Corporation, the leader in Enterprise Reporting, announced the introduction of Open Analysis to leading OLAP and analysis tools. This move provides Actuate's Enterprise Reporting customers with single-click integration of the Actuate Reporting System with complementary online analytical processing (OLAP) software tools from Microsoft, Cognos, Business Objects, Brio, and CorVu. This integration offers the widest choice of analysis products in the industry, giving enterprise customers the flexibility to deploy a variety of analysis solutions to meet the varying demands of their OLAP users.

Actuate's unique Transporter technology enables the company to offer a best-of-breed alternative to the more common "one size fits all" business intelligence suite. The Transporter technology gives Enterprise Reporting customers the ability to interactively extract select data from corporate reports and move this business-critical information to the OLAP environment of their choice with the click of a mouse.

Actuate's Open Analysis initiative extends the applicability of information to many OLAP and Excel 2000 users without requiring them to adopt a new tool. "Increasingly, enterprise reporting is the prevailing approach to reporting for companies that will deliver corporate information to employees, customers, and partners via the Web," said Jacqueline Sweeney, senior analyst at International Data Corporation.

The recent wave of integrated business intelligence suites has been criticized for limiting customers to a single product set, denying them choice and flexibility. In contrast, Actuate's Open Analysis offers an open, best-of-breed solution that can be tailored to the individual needs of its customers, both today and in the future.

"Our customers deploy Actuate's enterprise reporting system to thousands of users in a wide variety of job functions within large organizations," said Nico Nierenberg, CEO of Actuate Software Corporation. "It would be unrealistic to expect those performing analysis to all use the same OLAP tool. Open Analysis offers a best-of-breed combination - the scalability and flexibility of Actuate's web-based enterprise reporting solution, along with the best OLAP solution for their specific application."

Key Takeaways:

  • Actuate Software Corporation introduced Open Analysis, providing single-click integration of the Actuate Reporting System with complementary online analytical processing (OLAP) software tools from Microsoft, Cognos, Business Objects, Brio, and CorVu.
  • Actuate's unique Transporter technology enables the company to offer a best-of-breed alternative to the more common "one size fits all" business intelligence suite.
  • The Transporter technology allows Enterprise Reporting customers to interactively extract select data from corporate reports and move it to the OLAP environment of their choice with the click of a mouse.
  • Actuate's Open Analysis initiative extends the applicability of information to many OLAP and Excel 2000 users without requiring them to adopt a new tool.
  • The recent wave of integrated business intelligence suites has been criticized for limiting customers to a single product set, denying them choice and flexibility.
  • Actuate's Open Analysis offers an open, best-of-breed solution that can be tailored to the individual needs of its customers, both today and in the future.
  • The Actuate Reporting System allows organizations to rapidly develop, generate, and distribute reports throughout the enterprise via the Internet.
  • Actuate's Live Report Documents feature rich interactive capabilities that enable users to more effectively access information.
  • Actuate's adaptable environment allows developers to create reports from any data source and in any format required by users.

Statistics:

  • Actuate's Open Analysis provides single-click integration with 6 OLAP and analysis tools, including Microsoft, Cognos, Business Objects, Brio, and CorVu.
  • Transporter technology enables interactive extraction of select data from corporate reports with the click of a mouse.
  • Actuate's Live Report Documents feature offers rich interactive capabilities, enabling users to more effectively access information.
  • Actuate's adaptable environment allows developers to create reports from any data source and in any format required by users.
  • Actuate has 6,000 users worldwide, with deployments in a wide variety of job functions within large organizations.

Sources:

  • Actuate Software Corporation, press release, March 22, 1999.
  • International Data Corporation, quote from Jacqueline Sweeney, senior analyst.
  • Actuate Software Corporation, press release, March 22, 1999.
  • Actuate Software Corporation, web site, http://www.actuate.com.

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