Actuate Customers Build Business Intelligence Applications to Maximize Value from ERP Solutions.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)--July 16, 2003 Ventana Research Recommends that Organizations Focus on Performance Management Initiatives that Facilitate Business Effectiveness 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 world leader in scalable Business Intelligence Applications, today announced that many customers including Henry Jackson Several notable persons have been named Henry Jackson:
A July 2003 Ventana Research study titled 'Operational Performance Management" recommends that organizations look beyond the possible consolidation of transactional application vendors such as Oracle and PeopleSoft and gain a competitive advantage by implementing Performance Management initiatives. The study clearly showed that organizations are shifting towards implementing business intelligence technologies from leading companies such as Actuate to maximize existing ERP investments. "Ventana Research recommends organizations should take this opportunity to begin building and deploying Performance Management and insulating (not necessarily disassociating) themselves from the activities of Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards See J.D. Edwards. and any additional consolidation in the transactional applications market. Competitive advantage does not come from transactional automation or the latest EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) Refers to various techniques used to share data and business processes in large enterprises. When companies acquire another organization, disparate information systems have to be made to work together. infrastructure offerings. Instead it comes from leveraging data assets from the transactional systems into actionable information to improve Performance Management." Source: Intelligent Enterprise, Oracle-PeopleSoft Circus Provides Invaluable Opportunity, Mark Smith, SVP SVP S'il Vous Plaît (French: Please) SVP Senior Vice President SVP Schweizerische Volkspartei (Swiss People~s Party) SVP Society of Vertebrate Paleontology SVP Social Venture Partners SVP St Vincent de Paul Research of Ventana Research - July 11, 2003. "We see our customers create tremendous value by leveraging their existing investments in ERP systems," said Pete Cittadini, 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. of Actuate Corporation. "Our core business is to enable Global 9000 companies to transform transactional data into valuable information. Imperative to achieving this goal is applying Business Intelligence capabilities to ERP systems through scalable Information Applications that allow a broad set of audiences to respond quickly to a dynamic business environment." "We use PeopleSoft as the standard for financial management, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , benefits, payroll and alumni and donation systems," said Luana Jursza, Director of Information Technology Services, York University. "But the report lifecycle for just the financial suite of management reports took seven days. The process was not automated and the report security was not flexible. By leveraging Actuate's Business Intelligence technology solution, we are able to deliver critical business reports, such as operating statements for financial and staff resources in a timely, secure manner via the web." "Our current PeopleSoft Financials application allows doctors nationwide to have trouble-free access to budget and expense data to manage grants," said P.J. Clark, Director of IT Operations for Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine The Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF) is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to investigate any malady that can affect United States military personnel and their dependents. , Inc. "Now, with Actuate's integration to our existing PeopleSoft investment, we are able to provide doctors with immediate access and visibility into data such as project summaries, expenses, open purchase orders and requisitions in a timely manner as reports via the Web. As a result, doctors are now able to manage their projects with added efficiency and stay within budget." 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 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 spreadsheet reporting applications. Information Applications built with Actuate enable companies to increase their business agility, improve customer and partner relationships, adhere to corporate governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. 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, and lowest Total Cost of Ownership. Actuate has over 2,000 direct customers and 300 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 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. 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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