Actuate combines the best of a strong, experienced enterprise software company with the agility, innovation of a disruptive open source company.

About five years ago Actuate observed a movement towards richer interfaces for web pages and the disruptive nature of open source. We took advantage of both by proposing the BIRT (Business Intelligence and Reporting Tool) project to the Eclipse Foundation and BIRT is now rapidly becoming the standard in open source BI technology with over 6.5 million downloads, with over 4 million of those in 2008.

Learn why BIRT is best for Rich Information Applications here.

At Actuate we redesigned our whole platform to enable BIRT based apps to be taken to the next level and beyond:

• Open Source BIRT - The Best Information Application Design Tool:
  If you are new to Actuate and open source, log on to BIRT-Exchange today, download the completely free BIRT Designers and get started without any cost to you.
  Open Source BIRT Report Designers
  
• Engage Your Audience With Interactivity and Data Visualizations Embedded in your Application:
  If you have been developing information apps on open source BIRT and want to bring interactivity, motion and the next level of data visualization to your clients of BIRT Designer Professional, this Version of BIRT Designer comes laced with extra features and support for Flash-based data visualization.. All your existing reports designed using the open source designers can be enhanced using this version from Actuate.
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• Secure Your Information and Expand Your Deployment to a Wider Audience:
  Want to expand the scope of your information application to manage, schedule,  run and distributes BIRT reports securely? Actuate has a host of solutions available to you to simplify your project. You can opt for the BIRT iServer Express which is the best in class application server for deploying information applications to the work group.
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• Enterprise Applications Inside and Outside the Firewall? We Are The Best In the Business
  For enterprise applications to be deployed to multiple departments and potentially millions of users outside the firewall, Actuate's time tested, industry leading BIRT iServer is the best possible option you can consider. Rich Information Applications (RIAs) that run on BIRT iServer Enteprise allow users to access Actuate BIRT, BIRT open source products,BIRT Spreadsheet reporting options, BIRT Performance Management, e.Report and Analytics products, and to create and deliver resulting reports via a web-based user interface. With BIRT iServer Enterprise, organizations can deploy the widest variety of reports, from simple lists to RIAs running inside and outside the firewall.
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While traditional BI vendors do not have the tools needed for developers starting out smaller projects or workgroup deployment, Actuate plugs that gap with its array of free open source offerings in BIRT. On the other front, the new generation open source BI vendors fall short when apps developed using their platform need to be securely deployed to a wider audience either inside or outside the firewall, while Actuate, with its time-tested array of application server offerings based on the BIRT iServer Enterprise, provides best-in-class deployment, security and performance.

Actuate is unique as an open source company. We are publicly traded, have a 13 year history, and we have created a robust product line that is well integrated. We have solutions ranging from open source to large, mission-critical, customer-facing applications. We see the disruptive nature of open source continuing for many years to come and believe that the rich dynamic interfaces for web pages will move from consumer sites to workplace applications. Actuate is well positioned to benefit from both of these trends.