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Third Annual Actuate Open Source Software Survey Underway and Already Surpassing Last Year's Response Rate
SAN MATEO, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTU), the leader in delivering Rich Internet Applications Without Limits(TM), today announced that its 2008 Open Source Software Survey is underway and has exceeded response rates from previous years, just days after its initiation. Business and IT professionals from the UK, USA, France and Germany have been invited to participate and provide insights and perspectives into how open source software is perceived, its benefits and inhibitors and how organizations plan to harness the technology in the future. This year's survey has been extended in scope to include France, making it one of the broadest surveys of its kind into Open Source Software; and therefore an invaluable insight into global Open Source trends.
The survey is now in its third year and is gathering a significant response rate from the financial services market, a key focus for all four of the participating regions; public sector which is a focus for the US and UK; and the manufacturing sector which is being targeted in France and Germany. Once again, this global survey concentrates on three key areas within open source software; awareness and adoption levels, benefits and barriers to adoption; and the evolution of open source Business Intelligence. This unique snapshot will offer valuable and timely insight into the similarities and differences in open source software adoption between the vertical industries and their regions.
This Actuate Open Source Survey is highly regarded amongst industry analysts and global publishers as a solid benchmark of global open source trends. Findings from the research have consistently achieved widespread coverage from many influential IT and business publications worldwide that are increasingly focused on the considerable growth in open source software awareness and adoption.
The 2008 Actuate Open Source Survey promises to provide fresh, timely insights into how financial services, public sector and manufacturing organizations in the UK, USA, France and Germany use and plan to use open source technology and will be made available to journalists and editors through registration with Actuate's PR contact, listed with this release.
Nobby Akiha is Actuate's SVP of Marketing and is driving this worldwide research initiative. "It is testament to the reputation and influence that the survey has garnered, coupled with its unique insights, that we have surpassed last years total response rate in just the first week of issuing the survey." Nobby continues, "Not only does this valuable research help our customers and Eclipse BIRT developers to understand the broader trends within their market, it helps Actuate to further refine and build upon its hybrid business model of combining the best of open source technology with the highest quality value-added commercial offerings."
To view the 2007 Actuate Open Source Survey please visit: http://www.actuate.com/2007_Open_Source_Survey.
About Actuate Corporation
Actuate Corporation is dedicated to increasing the richness, interactivity and effectiveness of enterprise data, for everyone, everywhere. Actuate delivers the next generation RIA-ready information platform for both customer and employee-facing applications. The Actuate platform boasts unmatched scalability, high-performance, reliability and security. Its proven RIA capabilities and highly collaborative development architecture are backed by the world's largest open source information application developer community, grounded in BIRT, the Eclipse Foundation's only top level Business Intelligence and reporting project.
Global 9000 organizations use Actuate to roll out RIA-enabled customer loyalty and Performance Management applications that improve customer satisfaction and employee productivity. The company has over 4,200 customers globally in a diverse range of business areas including financial services and the public sector, many of which have a long history of deploying Actuate-based solutions for dozens, or even hundreds of their mission-critical applications.
Founded in 1993, Actuate has headquarters in San Mateo, 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.
Copyright (R)2008 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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