South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority Leverages the Actuate Performancesoft Suite for Performance and Programme Management

Bracknell, Berkshire, UK – September 18th, 2006 – Performancesoft Inc., a division of Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTU), and a leading provider of Performance Management solutions, announced today that South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority has selected the Actuate Performancesoft Suite to facilitate its Performance and Programme Management initiatives. South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority operates 23 fire stations across the county, with just under 900 firefighters.

Utilising the functionality of the Actuate Performancesoft Suite, which includes Views and Track, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority will be able to define the key metrics critical to the success of its organisation, and align the activities of all stakeholders to these metrics to provide complete visibility into organisational strategy and execution.

“South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority is evolving to improve public safety and meet the ever changing demands of a modern fire service,” said Steve Swarbrick, Deputy Chief Fire Officer. “The Actuate Performancesoft Suite offers the tools we need to manage that change, identifying areas that require improvement as well as those in which we are excelling as a Service. With the software, we can ensure we are providing the excellent service our community expects.”

“We are delighted that South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority has selected the Actuate Performancesoft Suite as its Performance Management solution,” said Steve Fluin, Vice President, Global Sales, Performancesoft Inc. “By defining and managing its strategic metrics and aligning organisational activities to them, the Authority will benefit from knowing that its resources are being utilised efficiently, and that its employees are focusing on the tasks that are critical to strategy.”

About South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority
The South Yorkshire Fire and Civil Defence Authority was established in 1986 following the abolition of South Yorkshire County Council. From April 1st, 2005, the Authority's name was changed to the South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority, as decreed by the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. With 23 fire stations across the county, and just under 900 firefighters, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority offers a variety of services to the communities it protects. For more information, please visit: www.syfire.gov.uk.

berformancesoft Inc., a division of Actuate Corporation, helps high performing organisations drive strategy at all levels, improve decision making and ensure better operational performance and execution. Organisations have benefited from Performancesoft solutions to achieve better results utilising a number of private and public sector Performance Management frameworks, including but not limited to: the Balanced Scorecard, EFQM and Six Sigma. Performancesoft’s unique offering of leading edge software, rapid time to value and Performance Management Thought Leadership makes it the solution of choice for today’s performance driven organisations, which include in the UK: Essex Fire and Rescue Service, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service, North Wales Fire and Rescue Service, DEFRA, the Ministry of Defence and many more. For more information, visit: www.performancesoft.com.

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Actuate Corporation is the world leader in Enterprise Reporting and Performance Management Applications that empower 100% of users to achieve breakthrough corporate performance. Actuate provides the most scalable, reliable, flexible and high-performing reporting capabilities for every application in the enterprise. Customers use Actuate to deliver information in context to users inside and outside the firewall as Performance Management and Customer Self-Service applications, managed spreadsheet applications and Java reporting applications.

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