Actuate 7 is an Information Application
Platform that enables organisations to build solutions that empower 100% of
their users with the right enterprise information in a secure, timely and
cost-effective manner. Actuate 7 provides a flexible platform for building a
broad variety of Information Applications including information portals,
dashboards, business analytic applications, and reporting applications. Actuate
7 consists of: A comprehensive environment to develop the core data access and
reporting infrastructure for Information Applications, and to integrate
Information Applications with the rest of the enterprise IT infrastructure.
(e.Report Designer Professional and Information Object Designer) A server to
manage the generation and secure distribution of reporting and analytic content
to large numbers of users (Actuate iServer) A set of products that extend Web
pages and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to empower 100% of users with enterprise
information in interactive and intuitive formats of their choice. (e.Report
Option, e.Report Designer, e.Spreadsheet Option, e.Spreadsheet Designer,
e.Analysis Option, Actuate Query) Actuate 7’s key benefits include: Reduced
hardware and maintenance costs for serving the information needs of large
numbers of users thanks to the industry’s most scalable information server
Increased user satisfaction and reduced support and training costs thanks to a
zero-training analysis and reporting experience for users that leverages their
existing expertise and skill sets Reduced IT workload, tight security and higher
user productivity by empowering users in a controlled fashion with access to
enterprise information from all applications Flexibility to meet all user
requirements thanks to powerful, programmatically extensible tools for
developers Reduced development and maintenance costs thanks to the industry’s
only true object-oriented development framework Reduced technology costs thanks
to a platform that is flexible enough to support the development and deployment
of a wide variety of Information Applications Reduced hardware administration
costs through broad platform support Flexibility to integrate with any available
or best-of-breed software infrastructure thanks to the industry’s most complete
Web Services API All these benefits result in the industry’s lowest Total Cost
of Ownership for empowering 100% of the user population with the right
enterprise information, at the right time, and in the right format.