Actuate Signs Strategic OEM Agreement With BroadVision; BroadVision Expands Self Service Applications through Integration of Actuate Information Delivery Solution.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2002

Actuate Corporation (Nasdaq:ACTU), the Information Delivery market leader, today announced the signing of a strategic OEM agreement with BroadVision, Inc. (Nasdaq:BVSN), the leading provider of enterprise self-service applications. According to the agreement, BroadVision plans to offer the Actuate e.Reporting Server for use with its e-commerce applications.

Actuate's flagship server-based e.Reporting solution is built around the e.Reporting Server which offers a centralized means for generating, managing and securely delivering e.Reports via the Web. e.Reports can access data from any enterprise data sources (RDBMS, Data Warehouse, Enterprise Applications, Business Logic), format information precisely and deliver it to users in an interactive form, enabling them to quickly access and understand information that drives their business.

Actuate will help BroadVision customers to deliver a deeper range of relevant business information to a wider group of constituents and in so doing, increase both the value of BroadVision(R) applications and the value of the customer's business. For example, BroadVision applications will now have the ability to provide information such as Periodic Transaction Activity Reports, Pending Open Order Reports and online bills and invoices. These are natural extensions of the BroadVision application suite that can be fulfilled through the partnership with Actuate.

"After evaluating a variety of Web reporting and Information Delivery vendors, we chose Actuate because the reporting features of their product are clearly the best fit for BroadVision's personalized self-service applications," said Pete Ma, VP-Technology Alliances of BroadVision. "The Actuate e.Reporting Server will assist BroadVision's enterprise customers in accessing, formatting, and truly understanding the critical business information collected by our applications."

"With over 1,000 customers, BroadVision is a recognized leader in enterprise e-commerce sales and marketing applications," said John Bow, vice president of the Actuate's e.Business Application Partners business unit. "As they continue to execute on the vision of enterprise self-service, we view this relationship as a tremendous validation of Actuate's unique ability to deliver highly-personalized business information to an enterprise audience and empower the user population to be self-sufficient."

More than 200 e-Business and independent software vendors embed Actuate solutions in products such as Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Financial Applications. These industry leaders choose Actuate because its software scales to 100s of thousands of users, provides a simple, flexible, end user experience in addition to integrating seamlessly with existing application infrastructures. Further, Actuate's commitment to industry standards including Java, LDAP and XML ensures its product will be compatible with today's most prevalent e-Business applications.

About BroadVision

BroadVision's (Nasdaq:BVSN) (Neuer Markt:BDN) enterprise self-service applications create immediate business value by transforming the way organizations do business -- moving relationships to a personalized, self-service model that enhances growth, reduces costs and improves productivity. Leading global companies use BroadVision to power their enterprise self-service initiatives -- using the web and wireless devices to unify and extend an enterprise's applications, information and business processes to serve its employees, partners and customers in a personalized and collaborative way.

For more information about BroadVision, Inc., call 650/261-5100, email [e-mail] or visit www.broadvision.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, 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.

Note to Editors: Actuate is a registered trademark of Actuate Corporation. e.Reporting is a trademark of Actuate Corporation. Other company names and trademarks are trademarks of their respective companies. BroadVision, is a trademark or registered trademark of BroadVision, Inc. in the United States and other countries.