Actuate Announces Opening of International Headquarters in Switzerland.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 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.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2001 Actuate Vice President of International Operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. Olivier Gachot To Lead Continued Global Expansion of Information Delivery Market Actuate Corporation (Nasdaq: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 ), the Information Delivery market leader, today announced the opening of an office in Fribourg, Switzerland, to serve as the company's international headquarters. Now the central location for all of Actuate's international business affairs, Actuate Switzlerland will have as its main priorities the global expansion of the Information Delivery market and continued high-level support for the company's mounting worldwide customer base. The new office will employ as many as 100 people by 2006, and be directed by vice president of International Operations, Olivier Gachot. "In establishing an international headquarters, Actuate seeks to further capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. demand for Information Delivery technology outside the U.S.," said Pete Cittadini, Actuate president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Actuate revenue from sales to non-North America-based customers has increased from 22 percent in the second quarter of 2001 to 27 percent in the third quarter of 2001. What's more, Actuate has committed to growing sales outside the U.S. and Canada to 40 percent of total company revenue by mid-2003. To ensure continued momentum Actuate will lean on the experience of Mr. Gachot, his team and the strength of our powerful and popular Information Delivery solution." The opening of the Switzerland office will be completed in four phases. The first phase will be to deliver all international orders, invoices and product shipments to customers from the Fribourg office, instead of delivering from the U.S. The second phase will be to develop Actuate University, a separate facility to train customers and employees. Actuate will invite professors from the surrounding universities to participate in discussions about how Information Delivery technology can improve business processes. The third phase is to provide customer support 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This team will be multilingual and able to help customers from around the world. The fourth and final stage will be product localization Customizing software and documentation for a particular country. It includes the translation of menus and messages into the native spoken language as well as changes in the user interface to accommodate different alphabets and culture. See internationalization and l10n. . Presently the Actuate product is able to work with multiple international operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. as well as be translated into many different languages. In the future, these processes will be completed from the Fribourg office. "Switzerland is an ideal base from which high-technology companies such as ours can serve and grow their global markets," said Gachot. "We can draw from a productive workforce skilled in information technology and able to conduct business in multiple languages. From Fribourg we can communicate with a diverse group of customers and help them maximize the value of their Actuate Information Delivery investments. We are pleased with the cooperation of the Fribourg Development Agency, which was particularly helpful in finding us a location, securing all permits and otherwise facilitating our move into Switzerland." About Actuate Actuate Corporation is the leading provider of Information Delivery solutions for Global 2000 companies and packaged application software vendors. Actuate builds solutions for customer applications including client reporting, key performance indicators Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are financial and non-financial metrics used to quantify objectives to reflect strategic performance of an organization. KPIs are used in Business Intelligence to assess the present state of the business and to prescribe a course of action. , CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , e-Procurement and Net marketplaces. Actuate content is printable, accessible via Excel spreadsheets, and able to exchange data with other applications. Actuate's Information Delivery solutions make it easy to extract operational data from disparate systems and publish secure, interactive and perfectly formatted content that is seamlessly integrated with the rest of a company's Web site. By instantly delivering personalized content to 100,000s of end users -- without downloads -- companies using Actuate can increase revenue, reduce costs and improve customer service. Actuate has over 1,500 direct customers and over 200 OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners including American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. , AT&T, Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. , BMC Software, JPMorgan Chase, Clarify, Deutsche Bank, Lucent Technologies, WorldCom and Siebel. Founded in 1993, Actuate has headquarters in South San Francisco, Calif., and has offices worldwide. For more information on Actuate, visit the company's Web site at www.actuate.com. Actuate is a registered trademark of Actuate Corporation. e.Reporting is a trademark of Actuate Corporation. |
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