Actuate and Astrea Systems Announce Strategic Technology and Marketing Agreement.Business Editors/High Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 2001 Wireless Web Vendor Astrea to Demonstrate Use of Information Delivery with Handheld Devices at Actuate International User Conference This Week in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , CA 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, and Astrea Systems Inc., the Wireless Web experts, today announced a strategic technology and marketing agreement to provide Wireless Web technologies for Actuate's Information Delivery solutions. The pact extends an existing technology partnership between the two companies, whose combined efforts will now include joint marketing to customers building Information Delivery powered applications for handheld devices. Astrea Systems will demonstrate the Actuate-Astrea Systems Wireless Web Information Delivery solution at the Actuate International User Conference starting today, here in San Diego, Calif. The presentation will highlight the use of Information Delivery technology on a variety of wireless handheld devices. Additionally, Astrea Systems will offer a market and applications-focused technical presentation on the use of Actuate XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. to develop and deliver Wireless Web reports at the conference. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. industry research firm Yankee Group (the Yankee Group, Boston, MA, www.yankeegroup.com) A major market research, analysis and consulting firm founded in 1970 by Howard Anderson. It provides general consulting and strategic planning in the computer and communications field. , wireless Internet access See how to access the Internet. is expected to grow to half a billion users in the next few years. Information Delivery solutions must be deployed and available to the mobile populations that depend on them to manage business data. Field force automation, clinical and critical healthcare data, and financial management applications are only the first wave of the mounting demand for these advancing technologies. Potential applications span the entire spectrum of business operations and the globe. Wireless Web technology adoption rates are accelerating at a rapid pace and already represent significant percentages of international and domestic market growth. Astrea Systems manufactures the Wireless eXchange Engine (WXE), an enterprise class Wireless Web application deployment vehicle, and provides design and application development services to enable Information Delivery via the Wireless Web. Actuate Information Delivery solutions help companies streamline supply chains and deepen customer relationships by utilizing the Internet to deliver relevant business information to their customers, partners and employees. "Astrea Systems is very pleased to enter into this relationship with a partner of the stature and reputation of Actuate Corporation. They will bring Astrea Systems' WXE technology deployment exposure and momentum that would have taken us years to develop independently as a young technology company," said Shaun Laughlin, Chief Marketing Officer and vice president of business development and strategic planning at Astrea Systems. "Additionally, we will be putting important resources at the disposal of Actuate's consulting group in terms of our Wireless Web expertise and an effective marketing tool in the hands of Actuate's sales and marketing organizations. With this much synergy, this is a powerful strategic relationship." "By partnering with Astrea Systems, Actuate is providing customers with an additional Information Delivery deployment option," said Nobby nob·by adj. nob·bi·er, nob·bi·est Fashionable; stylish. [From nob2.] Akiha, Actuate vice president of marketing. "The Actuate Information Delivery solution fits naturally into any e-Business application, by virtue of its ability to produce reports over the Web as well as on paper, in Excel spreadsheets, as XML streams, and on handheld wireless devices. The Actuate-Astrea partnership extends an already successful relationship and improves Actuate's ability to meet the needs of its customers." About Astrea Systems Inc. Astrea Systems Inc. integrates systems, provides professional services, and develops and deploys application technology that enables content delivery via the Wireless Web on a device, network, and protocol independent platform (the Wireless eXchange Engine -- WXE) to handheld instruments including wireless PDAs and WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. enabled phones. The technology can be delivered to an enterprise or service provider as a stand-alone platform or as an application package to 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 and distribution channels. For more information: mailto: slaughlin@astreasystems.com or contact the corporate office at 7951 Maplewood Ave., Suite 324, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, 720.922.1066. About Actuate Corporation Actuate Corporation is the leading provider of Information Delivery solutions for Global 2000 companies and packaged application software vendors. Actuate builds solutions for customer applications including 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. , e-Procurement and Net marketplaces. Actuate's Information Delivery solutions make it easy to extract operational data from disparate systems and publish secure, interactive and perfectly formatted content that is seamlessly integrated with the rest of a company's Web site. Actuate content can also be printed, exchange data with other applications and accessed using Excel spreadsheets. 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 1,300 direct customers and over 170 OEM partners including American Express, AT&T, Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. , BMC Software, Chase Manhattan Corporation The Chase Manhattan Corporation was a bank holding company formed as parent of the Chase Manhattan Bank. During its time as the parent company, it was led in succession by David Rockefeller, Willard C. Butcher, and Thomas G. Labrecque. , Clarify, Lucent Technologies, WorldCom, PeopleSoft and Siebel. Founded in 1993, Actuate has headquarters in 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., 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. |
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