ACTUATE: Actuate first-ever e.Reporting solution powers e.Business revolution.

M2 PRESSWIRE-15 June 1999-ACTUATE: Actuate first-ever e.Reporting solution powers e.Business revolution (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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* e.Reports liberate information for e.Businesses seeking to differentiate their services; Internet consultants laud Actuate e.Reporting Suite 4

Actuate*, the pioneer in e.Reporting* for e.Business, today unveiled its newest product, the Actuate e.Reporting Suite 4. Actuate 4 is the first-ever solution that automates the creation and delivery of structured, personalised content to meet the high-volume demands of customers and partners on an e.Business Web site. Actuate e.Reports* enable e.Businesses to differentiate their services by liberating application and database information, providing users with instant access to high-resolution content that seamlessly integrates with the look, feel and infrastructure of a company's e.Business Web site.

Favourable industry recognition for Actuate 4 already is widespread, with leading Internet consulting firms including Cambridge Technology Partners, Extraprise and Viant, all making a commitment to deploy Actuate 4 in forthcoming e.Business applications. Additionally, application service provider USInternetworking has agreed to provide a hosting service for Actuate 4 customers.

"The need to automate the creation of high-value business content to fully support the electronic business information needs of an organisation's customers, partners and employees is driving the market opportunity for e.Reporting solutions," commented David Yockelsen, Meta Group's vice president and service director of Electronic Business Strategies. "e.Reporting and its derivatives - presentment, consolidated statementing, decision support - will prove an essential element in companies' electronic business strategies."

"We are at the forefront of the e.Business revolution and seek to enlist the support of Internet companies that share our vision for a comprehensive, Web-enabled business operation," said Fred Winograd, managing director and chief technology officer for Banc of America Securities. "As the definitive leader of the e.Reporting market space, Actuate has been selected and deployed by Banc of America Securities to deliver, at Internet speed, individualised accounting content to our clients. Thanks to Actuate, these e.Reports can today be delivered in a secure, timely and accurate fashion within an environment that is familiar and accessible."

As Web sites transition from simple "brochureware" and e.Commerce transactions to more complex e.Business processes, companies must step-up their capabilities to meet the increasing expectations and high-volume demands of customers, partners and employees. To be most effective, an e.Business Web site must offer personalised and secure structured content; on-demand or previously scheduled cached information; scalability of users and reports; easy integration; and appear seamless to the user. Actuate 4 addresses each of these issues by offering an e.Reporting solution that is transparent within a company's Web infrastructure and brings content to life by providing users access to the most secure, personalised and complete information available. Actuate e.Reports enable e.Businesses to extend the value of information across the entire customer life-cycle, the result of which provides for a more loyal customer base and gives companies the edge in the ever-competitive e.Business world.

Specific features of Actuate 4 include:

* Users can search and navigate high-resolution, personalised content in e.Reports that are viewable in a pure browser via DHTML requiring no plug-ins and no Java download

* Developers can build e.Reports that access any data source, perform any calculation, compose any format and seamlessly integrate with any Web site

* Actuate e.Reports can be generated on demand and viewed immediately, or generated on schedule and cached, to be viewed later

* Actuate e.Reporting Suite's high performance architecture scales in linear fashion with 1,000,000/hits/day per CPU performance

* Actuate's patent pending page-level security scales to tens of thousands of named users by using a simple role-based model to protect valuable information and create personalised e.Reports

* Actuate integrates with a company's existing Web infrastructure

* Actuate's Open Server feature allows reports written in any language or tool to be accessed, distributed, managed and scheduled

"We are very proud to deliver Actuate e.Reporting Suite 4, the fastest, easiest and best way to add live and compelling structured content to Web sites," said Nico Nierenberg, CEO and chairman of Actuate. "Our customers, who are leading the e.Business revolution, require a new set of Web site development and content management tools to support today's e.Business transformation. This is exactly what Actuate 4 provides - the ability for companies to provide customers, partners and employees access to comprehensive, personalised business information at Web speed, which is critical to their e.Business success."

About Actuate

Actuate is based in Slough, and is the UK arm of Actuate Corporation, the pioneer in e.Reporting for e.Business. Actuate enables companies to differentiate their offerings by extending the value of information across the entire customer lifecycle, creating a more loyal customer base and giving them the edge in the ever-competitive e.Business world. The Actuate e.Reporting Suite 4 is the first-ever solution that automates the creation and delivery of structured, personalised content, providing tens of thousands of users with instant access to high-resolution, customised business information that is seamlessly integrated into a company's e.Business Web site.

Actuate's customers include the world's largest '.com', financial services, telecommunications, health care and media companies. Software vendors reselling Actuate solutions include Ariba, Ascend, Aspect Development, Clarify, PeopleSoft, Siebel, and Vantive. Founded in 1993, and headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., Actuate has offices worldwide. For more information on Actuate, visit the company's Web site at http://www.actuate.com.

CONTACT: David Freedman, Hill Murray Rogerson Tel: +44 (0)171 730 3999 Fax: +44 (0)171 730 0741 e-mail: davidf@hmrpr.co.uk Alan Hamilton, Actuate Software Tel: +44 (0)1753 708423 e-mail: ahamilton@actuate.com

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