BT Consolidates Reporting Across The Enterprise With Actuate.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 British Telecommunications plc (BT) has deployed Actuate's Enterprise Reporting Application Platform. BT will use Actuate as its information delivery mechanism across its lines of business, consolidating its enterprise reporting onto a single framework. Actuate's Enterprise Reporting Application Platform was chosen for its scalability and flexibility. The system will potentially be accessed by over 100,000 BT employees, as well as being used by partners and customers, and will underpin diverse business processes including project management, network reporting and customer services. BT has worked with Actuate's platform for reporting in a limited capacity in its business groups for two years now, and this enterprise-wide rollout underlines the success of the technology. One way in which BT is using Actuate is to improve information delivery to customers by enabling all areas of the company to deal with a customer query in just one call. Departments that used to have to consult other lines of business in order to respond to customer calls can now access the information themselves. "Previously, a customer would contact the specific part of BT it was dealing with about any service problems, but it would be another part of BT that had access to the relevant information," said Gareth Williams Gareth Williams may be:
Actuate makes near real-time reports securely available over the Internet, strengthening partner relationships and enabling better customer service for their customers. "Large organizations with diverse operations often operate as discrete stand-alone entities, with separate pools of information," said Pete Cittadini, 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 President of Actuate Corporation. "The benefits of consolidating business intelligence are well recognized. BT is now reaping those benefits, and is able to pass them on to its customers." Cittadini went on to add, "Actuate is an expert at enabling its customers to develop Enterprise Reporting Applications that pull data from disparate sources and make information accessible to every target user in the format that they prefer. It is in this way that we deliver 100% adoption of critical business information to enable organizations to achieve breakthrough corporate performance." About BT BT Group plc is the listed holding company for an integrated group of businesses providing voice and data services in the UK and overseas, particularly in Europe, but also in the Americas and the Asia Pacific region. British Telecommunications plc, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of BT Group plc, holds virtually all businesses and assets of the BT group. BT is one of Europe's leading providers of telecommunications services In telecommunication, the term telecommunications service has the following meanings: 1. Any service provided by a telecommunication provider. 2. . Its principal activities include local, national and international telecommunications services, higher-value broadband and internet products and services, and IT solutions. In the UK, BT serves over 20 million business and residential customers with more than 29 million exchange lines, as well as providing network services to other licensed operators. BT consists principally of three lines of business: --BT Retail, serving businesses and residential customers and including BT Openworld, one of the UK's leading ISPs. --BT Wholesale, providing network services and solutions within the UK, including ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line , conveyance The transfer of ownership or interest in real property from one person to another by a document, such as a deed, lease, or mortgage. conveyance n. , transit, bulk delivery of private circuits, frame relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. and ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. connections. --BT Global Services, BT's managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality and solutions provider, serving multi-site organisations worldwide. Its core target market is the top 10,000 global multi-site organisations with European operations. There are a number of other businesses within the BT group, including BT Exact, an internationally renowned centre of excellence in IT and networking technologies. It is also BT's technology and research and development business. In the year ended 31 March 2004, BT's turnover was GBP GBP In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the British Pound. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 18,519 million with profit before goodwill amortisation, exceptional items and taxation of GBP 2,016 million. For more information, visit www.bt.com 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 2,800 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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