Actuate 6 Delivers Information from mySAP.com e-Business Platform Throughout the Enterprise and Beyond

Actuate Delivers Dynamically Personalized Reporting from SAP Solutions and Other Enterprise Data Sources to Users Inside and Outside the Firewall

South San Francisco, CA, November 25, 2002 - Actuate Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTU), the Information Delivery market leader, today announced the immediate availability of the Actuate e.Reporting Suite 6.0 (Actuate 6) for use with the mySAP.com e-business platform, including SAP-certified integrations with mySAP Technology and mySAP Business Intelligence. Actuate 6 dynamically personalizes report information retrieved from SAP solutions and other enterprise data sources and securely delivers individually formatted views to tens-of-thousands of users inside and outside the firewall. SAP customers are able to maximize their ROI by integrating all enterprise information and distributing it in a variety of interactive, cross-functional web-based formats to employees, customers, prospects and business partners using Actuate’s highly scalable and efficient Information Delivery platform.

As the amount and types of corporate data have grown exponentially, so too has the need to deliver the right information into the hands of business users. The solution for obtaining a single, seamless view of enterprise data with custom formatting, dynamic personalization and integrated security features remains very important. Organizations deploying enterprise applications need to deploy more flexible reporting out to the widest number of enterprise users, often beyond the firewall, and at a reasonable cost. The ultimate goal of organizations using SAP solutions is to boost user productivity, which can be accomplished by faster visibility into corporate data through a format personalized to each user’s preference.

"The integration of Actuate 6 with mySAP.com will give us the ability to use our investment in Actuate to access SAP solution-based data and integrate it with other enterprise data sources," said Steve Needham, vice president of IT-Client Reporting, Deutsche Asset Management London. "This will only enhance Actuate’s position within DeAM and Deutsche Bank as a leading supplier of Information Delivery software."

"A recent META Group survey of 'SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) software best practices' at Global 2000 enterprises identified a continuing need for more robust reporting," explains Aaron Zornes, senior vice president at META Group. "Specifically, our research pointed to pent-up demand for solution alternatives that access the valuable data that has been cleansed, aggregated, and stored in SAP BW. This represents a huge after-market opportunity as our research confirms that SAP BW has the largest installed base of any full spectrum data warehouse product in the world, with over 5,500 installations in less than 3 years."

Actuate 6 for the mySAP.com e-business platform enables organizations to quickly create customized Web Reports that distribute cross-functional information through interactive websites, self-service portals, and executive dashboards as fully-functional Excel spreadsheets, PDF documents, XML streams and DHTML web pages. Actuate’s unique technology allows customers to use one report to meet the needs of tens-of-thousands of users by dynamically personalizing the content and format based on user roles, permissions and personal preferences. Actuate information applications are end-user friendly with drill-down functionality that does not require any training or additional downloads. Actuate 6 for mySAP.com helps organizations improve employee productivity, reduce costs, strengthen corporate controls and accountability, meet regulatory requirements, and improve customer satisfaction. A lower total cost of ownership is achieved by maximizing the use of human, financial and system resources.

"Actuate 6 for the mySAP.com e-business platform makes enterprise-wide information integration and distribution finally possible, which is a key factor for organizations striving to operate their enterprises in real-time," said Rich Guth, senior director of solutions marketing at Actuate. "Whether organizations are trying to cut costs, manage expenses, report to clients, optimize supply chains, or implement KPI and performance management initiatives, companies need to present a unified view of the business throughout the extended enterprise."

Actuate 6 Integration with mySAP.com Solutions (SAP Certified) - Using Actuate 6 for the mySAP.com e-business platform, report developers can dynamically browse and access data in all mySAP.com solutions, including mySAP Customer Relationship Management, mySAP Financials, mySAP Human Resources, mySAP Supply Chain Management, mySAP Supplier Relationship Management and mySAP Product Lifecycle Management. Developers can access other enterprise data, merge it with SAP solution data and deliver it to end-users through a variety of interactive, personalized reports. By leveraging SAP BAPI interfaces, Actuate insulates reports from SAP application changes and upgrades, and eliminates the need to program when selecting data sources.

Actuate 6 Integration with mySAP Business Intelligence (SAP Certified) - Actuate 6 simplifies SAP solution-based report creation from SAP BW by allowing report developers to dynamically browse meta data and access Master data and InfoCubes. Developers can maintain multi-dimensional data source hierarchies during the design, which enables more intuitive report development. Multi-dimensional query development is simplified by the use of auto-generation of MDX queries from the Actuate visual design product. Additionally, Actuate reduces the number of data instances by creating reports from SAP BW without creating additional InfoCubes, warehouses or data marts. Actuate 6 can also access SAP BW Operational Data Store (ODS) data, although this functionality has not yet been certified.

Actuate 6 Supports Portal and Security Technology - Actuate 6 integrates with any enterprise portal, enabling organizations to utilize all of Actuate’s interactive web-based reporting capabilities and deploy Actuate Reportletsä. Actuate 6 simplifies user logon with single sign-on authentication and simplifies security administration by directly accessing third-party security models including LDAP. SAP customers can leverage Actuate’s portal and security technology support within their implementations of SAP solutions.

Pricing and Availability
Actuate 6 for the mySAP.com e-business platform is immediately available and includes flexible pricing options for both processor-based and named-user licensing. Special service packs are available to SAP customers to get up and running quickly with reusable components and to easily migrate existing SAP solution-based reports to the Actuate platform with conversion utilities.

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 structured data and content 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 such as, interactivity, content transformation 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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