SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jul 31, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Actuate Corporation (ACTU), the leader in Business Intelligence, Performance Management and Reporting Applications, today announced that version 7 of the Actuate Performancesoft Suite has added 283 customers to its customer base, predominantly in areas across the public sector, including 94 Local Government and Government Services organizations, 22 Federal Government Departments and Agencies and 18 State Governments and Education organizations.
The Actuate Performancesoft Suite includes Actuate Performancesoft Views, a robust Performance Management application that offers at-a-glance access to performance metric information; Actuate Performancesoft BI, a custom reporting application that enables drill down into record level detail for root cause analysis; and Actuate Performancesoft Track, an activity and initiative management application that provides executive level insight into the activities that drive organizational performance.
The Suite's ability to help communicate strategic objectives throughout an organization and link operational performance measures to strategy for improved alignment have earned it wide adoption as well as recent accolades such as a commendation from the UK Audit Commission, and a Santa Clara Valley Water District 'Sharing the Silver' Award.
"For two years running, the water district has received recognition from the California Awards for Performance Excellence (CAPE) which follows the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Program and annually recognizes organizations for continuous advancements and superior performance," said Tony Estremera, chairman of the Board at the Santa Clara Valley Water District. "Few public agencies have received such high acknowledgement for excellence and we could not have achieved this recognition without the support of our collaborators. Our deployment of Actuate Performancesoft Suite has helped the water district pursue its vision and goals."
The Actuate Performancesoft Suite's appeal within the public sector stems from the ability to help organizations to:
-- Perform better by transforming strategy into an actionable plan, aligned with day-to-day activities and communicated organization-wide
-- Move away from merely financial reporting to gain a more holistic view of organizational performance
-- Assign ownership to key metrics, increasing accountability and ensuring employees are focusing on tasks essential to strategy
-- Improve constituent and stakeholder confidence with enhanced clarity, transparency and accountability
-- Actively harvest best practices to provide a repository for performance information that can be leveraged throughout the organization
-- Make the management of performance a responsibility of the individual, from high level executives to lower level managers
-- "Do more with less" as public sector organizations focus on improving service levels with the lowest cost of ownership or maximizing existing IT resources
"The implementation of Performancesoft Views, which we acquired after seeing its success during a Malcolm Baldridge assessment in another naval command, has allowed us to manage performance across our organization's departments and divisions, and to zoom in on variances so that corrective action can be taken," said Dr. Roy E. Weisert, Strategic Operations Officer, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dam Neck. "Views, now used in such critical areas as Program Management and Customer Relationship Management, is flexible in that we can quickly insert emergent measurements required by the U.S. Navy's lean efforts. Lastly, one of the most valuable elements of this tool is that it has given us greater focus on what we measure. Now metrics are playing a much larger role in how we manage the business and our performance has improved significantly."
The Actuate Performancesoft Suite gives federal agencies an effective method of mobilizing mandated Performance Management initiatives such as The President's Management Agenda. The Agenda is designed to improve the services provided to citizens and outlines long-term goals to reform the way that the Federal Government conducts business and assesses results. The Actuate Performancesoft Suite can help federal agencies in recommended areas such as Strategic Management of Human Capital by giving managers timely performance insight that allows them to redeploy resources where they are most needed. Regardless of the framework, organizations that implement Performancesoft solutions are assured proactive planning, better management of activities, and more defined strategies across federal agencies.
Version 7 of the Actuate Performancesoft Suite has been built around real-world requirements, providing the features and functionality that organizations need to take their Performance Management initiatives to the next level. Version 7 offers all standard accessibility features including support for Section 508 of the US' Rehabilitation Act and the UK's e-Government Interoperability Framework (eGIF). In addition the Suite delivers comprehensive international language support in languages such as French, German and Arabic.
The latest version of Actuate Performancesoft Track has recently been enhanced to build upon a strong set of features introduced since its launch. Specifically, the latest version helps bridge the gap between performance metrics and organizational activities by providing some important new features including the ability to filter activities and export data for integration with third party tools.
"Today, public and private sector organizations alike seek ways to actively measure, manage and report on desired outcomes - to not only maximize program results but to provide increased accountability to constituents. With its proven track record worldwide in providing actionable information to decision-makers, the Actuate Performancesoft Suite continues to achieve large-scale adoption," said Steve Fluin, senior vice president, Performance Management Division, Actuate. "Actuate's success - and that of our customers - is the result of our unwavering efforts to address the unique needs of all organizations and deliver innovative and differentiated solutions and services offerings."
About Actuate Corporation
Actuate Corporation, the leader in Business Intelligence, Performance Management and Reporting Applications, enables organizations to develop solutions that optimize corporate performance. Applications built on Actuate's open source-based platform provide all stakeholders inside and outside the firewall, including employees, customers, partners and citizens with information that they can easily access and understand to maximize revenue, cut costs, improve customer satisfaction, streamline operations, create competitive advantage and make better decisions.
Actuate has over 4,000 customers globally in a diverse range of business areas including financial services and the public sector. Founded in 1993, Actuate has headquarters in South San Francisco, California, with offices worldwide. Actuate is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol ACTU. For more information on Actuate, visit the company's web site at
www.actuate.com.
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