Actuate CEO to Present at Gartner Tech Investor Summit on November 12.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

Gartner Tech Investor Summit

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 2003

Actuate Corporation (Nasdaq:ACTU), the world leader in scalable Business Intelligence Applications, today announced that Pete Cittadini, chief executive officer and president of Actuate, will present at the upcoming Gartner Tech Investor on November 12 at the Hyatt Grand Central in New York City.

During the session, Cittadini will address the current market landscape for enterprise software and business intelligence, business strategies to maintain leadership in these markets, and growth opportunities for Actuate in the business intelligence market. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session moderated by Howard Dresner, a vice president and distinguished analyst in Gartner Research.

The presentation will begin at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Interested investors may listen to the presentation via a live webcast, which will be accessible in the investor relations section of Actuate's website at http://www.actuate.com/. A webcast replay of the presentation will be available at the same location until Wednesday, November 19, 2003.

About Gartner Tech Investor Summit

Gartner Tech Investor Summit is designed to meet the needs of investors ready to move forward with confidence and clarity, and investment banks and other major organizations in the investment world looking to re-engage with their most important customers. The Summit format and agenda is driven by independent research and strictly regulated company presentations from more than 65 major and emerging technology companies. Gartner Tech Investor Summit is an invitation-only event designed for North America's leading institutional investors. Additional information is available at http://www.techinvestorsummit.com/.

About Actuate Corporation

Actuate Corporation is the world leader in scalable Business Intelligence applications. Actuate's Information Application Platform is the foundation on which Global 9000 organizations (companies with annual revenues greater than $1 billion) and packaged application software vendors create reporting and analytics applications that scale to empower 100 percent of their user community inside and outside the firewall. These Information Applications include Business Performance Management (BPM) dashboards, Information Portals as well as business analytic, enterprise reporting and spreadsheet reporting applications. Information Applications built with Actuate enable companies to increase their business agility, improve customer and partner relationships, adhere to corporate governance policies, and increase revenues while leveraging existing technology assets. When tested against other business intelligence products, Actuate's Information Application Platform has been proven to offer industry-leading scalability, the best performance, lowest Total Cost of Ownership. Actuate has over 2,200 direct customers and 300 OEM partners in a range of industries including financial services, pharmaceuticals, insurance, and distribution services, as well as the government sector.

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 http://www.actuate.com.

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