Actuate Honors ABS Nautical Systems for Excellence in Business Intelligence

Prior to implementing BIRT, NS customers would routinely contract Nautical Systems for their ad-hoc report programming requirements. Wishing to free up valuable programmer time, and provide its customers more on-demand service, NS began looking for an open source information reporting tool it could leverage and seamlessly embed in its software -- one that would deliver for the company and its customers, both immediately and in the future.

"The BIRT open source platform gave us a great deal of flexibility in all of our stages of development and offered ease of integration into our NS solution," said Sandipan Bhattacharya, vice president application services for ABS. "The ability of BIRT and Actuate to scale and our visibility into Actuate's product roadmap gives us a number of options to assist ABS Nautical Systems in continuing to realize benefits such as increased timeliness to market, a broadening customer base and improved overall customer satisfaction."

ABS Nautical Systems offers a fully integrated, modular approach to managing the principal operational expenses associated with a vessel or offshore rig, ranging from maintenance and repair, to regulatory requirements, purchasing and inventory, and crew management and payroll. BIRT gathers data from these integrated modules and consolidates and extracts it data so users can create their own reports. Through the user-friendly interface, users can produce reports customized to their individual and departmental needs and preferences. "NS customers now have the ability to see the data presented the way they want to see it, without having to pay for custom development," said Bhattacharya.

"We are delighted to present the 2009 Actuate Excellence Award for OEM Innovation to ABS Nautical Systems, a shining example of BIRT's strength in delivering timely Web 2.0 Rich Information Applications that drive revenue through higher end-customer satisfaction and speed to market," said Nobby Akiha, senior vice president, Marketing, Actuate. "We look forward to many more years of working with NS and look forward to assisting the company in empowering their customers with flexible and interactive information applications."

2009 Actuate Excellence Award winners will be honored at the Actuate Customer Days held in San Francisco, October 28; New York, November 3; Frankfurt, November 10; London, November 12; and Paris, November 17. To keep up-to-date on all the Actuate and BIRT Customer Day activities via Twitter, follow Actuate at www.twitter.com/Actuate and the hashtag #ActuateBCD.

Actuate and BIRT Customer Day Registration

The Actuate and BIRT customer days are open to Actuate's licensed customers, resellers, certified partners and analysts, as well registered BIRT Exchange users. For more detailed agenda information, or to register for the conference, please visit www.actuate.com or email ABCD@actuate.com.

Actuate -- the people behind BIRT

Actuate founded and continues to co-lead the Eclipse BIRT open source project. BIRT is the premier development environment for Rich Information Applications that present data in compelling and interactive ways via the web on any device. Actuate and its people are dedicated to making BIRT the best environment for our customers to develop Web 2.0 applications that drive revenue through higher customer satisfaction/loyalty and improve operational performance. The people of Actuate continually participate in and provide resources for the vibrant open source community that has emerged around BIRT. Anybody can participate in the BIRT movement by visiting www.birt-exchange.com.

Actuate offers value-add BIRT products and services that speed the development process and bring additional functionality, interactivity and enterprise scalability to BIRT-based Rich Information Applications. Actuate has over 4,400 customers globally in a diverse range of business areas including financial services and the public sector. Founded in 1993, Actuate is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with offices worldwide. Actuate is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol ACTU. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.actuate.com.

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