Actuate Offers Comprehensive Support for Linux; Companies Can Leverage Linux to Economically Deploy Enterprise Reporting Applications to Tens of Thousands of Users.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. -- 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 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. Applications, today announced that Actuate's Enterprise Reporting Application platform now fully supports the Linux operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . Linux, which is based on source code that is available to everyone, provides the functionality, adaptability and robustness that have positioned it as the main alternative for proprietary 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. . More than a decade after its initial release, Linux is increasingly being adopted worldwide as a server platform. Companies can now leverage the low cost of Linux as a high performance, secure, and reliable foundation to build and deploy strategic Enterprise Reporting Applications that meet the information needs of a broad set of users -- both inside and outside the corporate firewall. "Linux is increasingly being seen as a viable, economical alternative to proprietary operating systems," said Mark Smith, 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. and senior vice president of research at Ventana Research. "As companies continue to deploy a variety of enterprise reporting applications to a wider and wider group of users, both inside and outside the firewall, Linux's importance as a secure, low cost operating system will continue to grow." IT departments can more easily adhere to adhere to verb 1. follow, keep, maintain, respect, observe, be true, fulfil, obey, heed, keep to, abide by, be loyal, mind, be constant, be faithful 2. budget constraints A Budget Constraint represents the combinations of goods and services that a consumer can purchase given current prices and his income. Consumer theory uses the concepts of a budget constraint and a preference ordering to analyze consumer choices. , while meeting strict application performance security criteria by using Actuate's Enterprise Reporting Application platform in conjunction with Linux servers. Organizations can empower 100% of a target user community with mission critical reporting applications at lower cost by deploying Actuate's platform on Linux. In addition, companies can leverage the constantly evolving security benefits that the Linux community collectively works to improve within the Linux operating system. Actuate's comprehensive support for Linux includes: --Actuate e.Report: Generates web-based reports from a Linux server --Actuate e.Spreadsheet: Generates Linux server-based Excel spreadsheets --Actuate Analytics: Generates 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. data cubes from a Linux server --Actuate Query: Allows end-user ad-hoc queries on a Linux server --Active Portal: Presents a single entry point to all Actuate content on Linux --Actuate Page-Level Security: Allows personalized role-based access to reports and queries "Everyone within an organization can benefit from tailor-made enterprise reporting applications that require no training," said Nobby nob·by adj. nob·bi·er, nob·bi·est Fashionable; stylish. [From nob2.] Akiha, vice president of marketing at Actuate. "By supporting the Linux operating system, we are giving companies the building blocks to economically deploy secure reporting applications to all enterprise constituents and ensure 100% user adoption of these strategic, decision-making applications." Availability Actuate offers comprehensive support for Linux as part of Actuate 8. About Actuate Corporation Actuate Corporation is the world leader in Enterprise Reporting Applications that ensure 100% adoption by users. Actuate's Enterprise Reporting Application Platform is the foundation on which Global 9000 organizations (companies with annual revenues greater than $1 billion) and packaged application software vendors develop intuitive, Web portal-like reporting and analytic applications Analytic Applications are a type of business application software, used to measure and improve the performance of business operations. More specifically, Analytic Applications are a type of Business Intelligence solution. that empower 100% of users with decision-making information. These applications are deployed inside and outside the firewall to improve corporate performance across a range of business functions including financial management, sales, human resource management, and customer self-service. When tested against other business intelligence products, Actuate's Enterprise Reporting Application Platform has been proven to offer industry-leading scalability and the lowest Total Cost of Ownership. Actuate has 2,900 customers globally in a range of industries including financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , 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. 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) 2004 Actuate Corporation. All rights reserved. Actuate and the Actuate logo 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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