Actuate Reinforces Support of Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition --J2EE-- Via Interoperability With iPlanet Application Server.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

JavaOne 2002

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 2002

Actuate to Demonstrate Java(TM)-Based Information Delivery Solutions

at the JavaOne(SM) Developer Conference

Actuate Corporation (Nasdaq:ACTU), the Information Delivery market leader, today announced that they will provide customers a more tightly aligned set of solutions for building their e-Business applications by interoperating with the iPlanet(TM) Application Server from Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Actuate will be doing live demonstrations of its Java(TM) products at the JavaOne(SM) Developer Conference, which will be held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco on March 25 - 29, in booth number 1214.

As the leading provider of Information Delivery software, Actuate is well positioned to leverage the burgeoning application server market. Actuate's content creation and delivery capabilities meet the 100 percent pure Java certification standards and enables the Information Delivery solution to report against Enterprise JavaBeans(TM) (EJB) and other Java technology objects, and scale to include a larger user community -- a key differentiator between Actuate and its competition. Also, Actuate's expanded product line strategy, which includes a more cost-efficient Java technology development and deployment solution, provides for the sale of its Information Delivery solution into companies whose development environment is largely Java technology based.

"As a core component of the Sun(TM) Open Net Environment (Sun ONE), the iPlanet Application Server provides a strong foundation for Actuate's e-business solutions," said Wes Wasson, vice president of iPlanet product marketing at Sun. "The combination of Actuate's Information Delivery software with Sun's highly scalable, reliable and open application server platform provides a best-of-breed technology solution to address critical customer needs."

Tighter integration between Actuate and market-leading application server vendors is an important tenet of Actuate's e-Business platform partner strategy. Actuate's goal for this program is to secure strategic technology relationships with other e-Business platform players, while establishing itself as the Information Delivery provider most likely to be deployed with J2EE application servers. The e-Business platform is commonly regarded as a combination of Content Management, Application Server and Information Delivery solution, all sitting on top of a database. In particular, Actuate seeks to align itself with those e-Business platform companies that share its commitment to Java technology as 'the glue' for developing customized e-Business applications.

"Our support for the iPlanet Application Server is due to the increased significance of the J2EE environment as a key component to companies who are building e-Business applications," said Nobby Akiha, vice president of marketing at Actuate. "Application servers and Information Delivery solutions are two critical components of a company's e-Business architecture. Tighter integration between these technologies helps ensure customers can more quickly and effectively develop Java technology-based e-Business applications."

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, CRM, 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 content to 100,000s of end users -- without downloads -- companies using Actuate can increase revenue, reduce costs and improve customer service. Actuate has over 1,600 direct customers and over 200 OEM 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.

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