Actuate Corporation Announces Migration Package for Crystal Decisions Customers.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)--May 6, 2002 Automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. Conversion Utility Speeds Migration to Enable Customers to Take Advantage of Robust Actuate Server 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 a migration package for Crystal Decisions customers. The package enables customers who switch from Crystal to Actuate to add enhanced report development and deployment functionality while reducing Total Cost of Ownership for their Information Delivery solution. "Actuate is responding to an increasing number of customers whose Information Delivery projects have `hit the wall' with Crystal reports," said Actuate vice president of e.Services Matt Kuckuk. "To date more than 300 reports designed with Crystal have been converted using the Actuate migration package, the majority of which were done in less than one hour. Overall we expect that using the Actuate Crystal Report Conversion service, with the productivity tools we use, can reduce the report migration effort by over 70 percent." In purchasing the Crystal Reports Converter (1) A device that changes one set of codes, modes, sequences or frequencies to a different set. See A/D converter. (2) A device that changes current from 60Hz to 50Hz and vice versa. package customers retain Actuate e.Services personnel to convert Crystal reports into Actuate e.Reports and Excel spreadsheets using an automated conversion utility. These reports can be further changed and extended using Actuate's object-oriented authoring tools such as e.Report Designer Professional and e.Spreadsheet Designer. By consolidating report functions within the Actuate environment, customers will achieve a more efficient use of resources for developing and maintaining their Information Delivery systems. The Actuate Server is the most powerful and robust Information Delivery solution available, with industry leading scalability, application integration and end-user report creation capabilities. Actuate has improved the end-user experience by adding the delivery of high-value business information in the form of Excel spreadsheets over the Web, to all information consumers inside and outside the organization. Actuate simplifies report development while meeting the needs of IT and line-of-business managers requiring highly scalable solutions that integrate easily with existing infrastructure such as corporate portals An internal Web site (intranet) that provides proprietary, enterprise-wide information to company employees as well as access to selected public Web sites and vertical-market Web sites (suppliers, vendors, etc.). and sales force automation Automating the sales activities within an organization. A comprehensive SFA package provides such functions as contact management, note and information sharing, quick proposal and presentation generation, product configurators, calendars and to-do lists. systems. To assure success in converting Crystal reports, Actuate will deploy a certified See certification. consultant and e.Services project manager to lead the engagement. Skilled Actuate e.Services personnel will greatly reduce implementation and deployment risks, while enabling the transfer of knowledge to the customer's development team. Actuate has introduced a fixed pricing plan for this five-day engagement, which can be extended on a time and materials labor and materials (time and materials) n. what some builders or repair people contract to provide and be paid for, rather than a fixed price or a percentage of the costs. basis. The Crystal Reports Converter package was originally developed to help customers using PeopleSoft applications quickly and easily migrate to Actuate. For information on how to take advantage of the Crystal Converter program, customers should contact Actuate at 800/914-2259 or info@actuate.com. About Actuate Corporation Actuate Corporation is the leading provider of Information Delivery solutions for Global 2000 companies and packaged application software vendors. Actuate provides the most effective platform for retrieving business information from corporate databases and delivering interactive Web pages and Excel spreadsheets to customers, partners and employees. Its infrastructure software is the foundation for applications such as 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. , and e-Procurement. Actuate content is seamlessly integrated into corporate Web sites and packaged applications and can be printed and used to exchange data with other applications. By instantly delivering personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. content to 100,000s of end users -- without downloads -- companies using Actuate can increase revenue, reduce costs and improve customer service. Actuate has over 1,700 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 almost thirty percent of the Fortune 1000. 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. Note to Editors: Actuate is a registered trademark of Actuate Corporation. e.Reporting and e.Spreadsheet are trademarks of Actuate Corporation. Other company names and trademarks are trademarks of their respective companies. |
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