Actuate and Webalo Make BIRT Mobile

 

Actuate to Deliver Mobile BIRT Output Using Webalo’s Mobile Dashboard and Actuate iServer

 

San Mateo, Calif. – May 14, 2008 – Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTU), the leader in delivering Rich Internet Applications Without Limits™, and Webalo today announced that the two companies will combine efforts to deliver BIRT output to mobile devices.

Actuate and Webalo are working to improve data access for very large enterprises by enabling Mobile Dashboard users to efficiently "pull" highly personalized information on demand from BIRT reports running on iServer Express and iServer Enterprise.  Both Actuate and Webalo believe that getting data to the right person at the right time is paramount to ensuring that individuals have the information they need to maximize efficiency and thereby maximize corporate performance.

Actuate is the only provider of comprehensive deployment support for BIRT (the Eclipse Foundation Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools project) which is fast becoming the most popular open source BI technology. All Actuate BIRT-based products can be run within iServer Express and iServer Enterprise server deployments, making them appropriate for projects of any size, both inside and outside the firewall. iServer continues to provide unrivaled, benchmark-proven scalability to ensure that both mobile and desktop based end-users receive critical business information rapidly and reliably, regardless of the size of user population.

The Mobile Dashboard offers a unique point-and-click interface that permits even non-programmers or end users to quickly set up access from the handheld of their choice to corporate data, websites, and other assets, in a matter of hours – not the months typically required. Webalo's Mobile Dashboard can be run in hosted mode or as an appliance installed inside the enterprise, providing end-to-end capabilities without custom programming or middleware. Mobile workers can then interact with their backend applications and data, sending as well as receiving information.

“Many of our customers strive to address the issue of making information and analysis available to as many decision makers as possible to improve corporate performance,” said Nobby Akiha, senior vice president of Marketing at Actuate Corporation.  “Personalized information delivered to mobile devices is the next step in ensuring users have accurate, actionable information at their fingertips.  We’re excited to extend our integration with Webalo to include BIRT output and feel that working with Webalo will deliver great value to our combined customer bases.”

”We believe that the future of Business Intelligence is to have complete access to all information regardless of the device on which it is being viewed and processed,” said Peter Price, Webalo president and CEO.  “This alliance is an important step in realizing that vision as it leverages the ubiquity and openness of BIRT the most popular open source reporting paradigm for mobile content.”

About Webalo

Webalo technology transforms enterprise applications and data to make them compatible with mobile devices. This eliminates the need for traditional custom programming, reducing the deployment of mobile applications from weeks or months to, in most cases, less than a day. The resulting "anywhere, any time, on-demand" availability of enterprise data on handheld devices turns such devices into viable alternatives to desktop, laptop, and palmtop computer hardware, and lets mobile employees work more productively — on the spot — to solve problems, answer questions, monitor operations, close sales, and make informed decisions.

The Webalo Mobile Dashboard Service — available both as a hosted service and as a behind-the-firewall appliance — lets non-IT business administrators securely specify the content of mobile-accessible information, and the companion Webalo Proxy Server configures it, in seconds, to conform to the native user interface of any BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Palm, Symbian, or Java-enabled smartphone. Webalo's technology transforms the role of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) into a User Oriented Architecture, enabling Web services to communicate with users as effectively as they communicate with other system services.

Software vendors and system integrators such as Actuate, IBM, Nokia, and RIM are working with Webalo to enhance both their service oriented business applications and their mobile devices. Los Angeles based, Webalo is privately held and was founded in 2000. For further information, visit www.webalo.com.

Actuate - the people behind BIRT

Actuate founded and continues to co-lead the Eclipse BIRT open source project. BIRT is the premier development environment for Rich Information Applications that present data in compelling and interactive ways via the web on any device. Actuate and its people are dedicated to making BIRT the best environment for our customers to develop Web 2.0 applications that drive revenue through higher customer satisfaction/loyalty and improve operational performance. The people of Actuate continually participate in and provide resources for the vibrant open source community that has emerged around BIRT. Anybody can participate in the BIRT movement by visiting www.birt-exchange.com.

Actuate offers value-add BIRT products and services that speed the development process and bring additional functionality, interactivity and enterprise scalability to BIRT-based Rich Information Applications. Actuate has over 4,500 customers globally in a diverse range of business areas including financial services and the public sector. Founded in 1993, Actuate is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with offices worldwide. Actuate is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol ACTU. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.actuate.com.

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