10 New UK Local Authorities Select Actuate's performancesoft pbviews in 2005.TORONTO -- performancesoft Inc., a division of Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ACTU ACTU Australian Council of Trade Unions ACTU AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri) ACTU Association of Catholic Trade Unionists ACTU Australian Capital Territory Union ), and the leading provider of Performance Management solutions, is pleased to announce that ten new Local Authorities selected performancesoft pbviews in 2005 to manage and improve their performance. In total across the UK, more than 20 Local Authorities are currently using pbviews as their preferred solution to deliver key performance information to: central government, internal stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. and the communities they serve. performancesoft pbviews, the most widely deployed Performance Management solution, gives Local Authorities a means to respond to Comprehensive Performance Assessment framework requirements and deliver the information needed for performance improvement initiatives. With its market-leading functionality and robust deployment options, pbviews affords Performance Management teams the ability to provide service heads with the information they need to better manage all aspects of the council's service delivery. In addition, pbviews' intuitive interface and out-of-the box functionality means that councils can be up and running with their Performance Management application in a matter of weeks. Among the ten Local Authorities who have recently selected performancesoft pbviews as their Performance Management solution of choice are: Nottinghamshire County Council, Powys County Council Powys County Council (Welsh: Cyngor Sir Powys) is the governing body for Powys, one of the Principal areas of Wales. It has three shire committees — one for each of Brecknockshire, Radnorshire and Montgomeryshire to which the , Salisbury District Council, Lancashire County Council Lancashire County Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England. It currently consists of 84 councillors, and is controlled by the Labour Party, who have 44 councillors, versus 31 Conservative councillors, 6 Liberal Democrats and one , Spelthorne Borough Council, Stratford-on-Avon Council and Weymouth & Portland Borough Council. "Our Local Government customers have in common a commitment to continuous improvement and we are pleased to be working with them across the UK to support their efforts towards improved Performance Management and service delivery," said Steve Fluin, vice president Global Sales, performancesoft Inc. "Given the rigorous software selection processes in UK Local Government, I see the momentum we have built in this space as a great endorsement of the functionality, ease of use and overall quality of our market-leading product, pbviews." About performancesoft Inc. Founded in 1993, performancesoft, a division of Actuate Corporation, is the acknowledged leader in the Performance Management and Balanced Scorecard Balanced Scorecard A performance metric used in strategic management to identify and improve various internal functions and their resulting external outcomes. The balanced scorecard attempts to measure and provide feedback to organizations in order to assist in implementing categories, with the richest, most intuitive and easiest to use product, and the largest number of successful deployments worldwide. Its state of the art software, practical expertise and unparalleled customer support make pbviews the solution of choice for today's performance driven Local Authorities such as: Ashford Borough Council, Bedfordshire County Council and Newport City Council Newport City Council is the governing body for the city of Newport in South Wales. It consists of 50 councillors, representing the city's 20 wards. The council is currently controlled by the Labour Party and is led by Cllr. Bob Bright. , among others. For more information on how performancesoft helps Local Authorities reach the next level of performance excellence, visit: www.performancesoft.com. About Actuate Corporation Actuate Corporation is the world leader in Enterprise Reporting With the dramatic expansion of information technology, and the desire for increased competitiveness in corporations, there has been an increase in the use of computing power to produce unified reports which join different views of the enterprise in one place. and Performance Management Applications that empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems 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 A software application that allows a user to obtain information or complete a business transaction on the computer that has traditionally required the help of a human representative. Voice response systems and Web sites are widely used for self-service applications. See kiosk. , managed spreadsheet applications and Java reporting applications. Actuate has over 3,500 customers globally in a range of industries including banking, insurance, manufacturing, communications, and government. Founded in 1993, Actuate has headquarters in South San Francisco South San Francisco, city (1990 pop. 54,312), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1908. South San Francisco has several industrial parks; its manufactures include medical supplies and equipment, foods, paint, paper products, consumer goods, and clothing. , Calif., with offices worldwide. Actuate is listed on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol ACTU. For more information on Actuate, visit the company's Web site at www.actuate.com. Copyright(C) 2006 performancesoft, Inc. All rights reserved. performancesoft, pbviews, Actuate and the Actuate and performancesoft logos are registered trademarks of Actuate Corporation and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and certain other countries. All other brands, names or trademarks mentioned may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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