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1Actuate Corporation © 2009

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Pimp your BIRT Reports

Actuate BIRTThe Platform for a New Generation of

Rich Information Applications

Pimp your BIRT Reports

Actuate BIRTThe Platform for a New Generation of

Rich Information Applications

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“[Competitive advantage is vital] …

we are all one big competitive family”

Drive Loyalty

Why Use BIRT for RIAs?

Drive New Revenues

“We need to improve customer experience to

retain clients…”

“We know clients are leaving and taking

business to competitors because of

our poor information presentation and UI”

“We want to grow our business customers by up-selling additional

products, like interactive dashboards.”

Maintain Parity and Competitive Advantage

“We are far behind our competitors in this area and this release is about catching up”

“Our application contains everything…

unlocking that information is what we

need to do…”

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BIRT-based Rich Information Applications

Any Data• Information in context of task

• multiple, complex sources

Any Transformation • Highly personalized functionality

• Robust Integration

Any Visualization• Zero end-user training

• Very high user appeal

• Simple, guided interaction

Any Audience• High scale

• Embed anywhere

• Used by the masses

Any Data• Information in context of task

• multiple, complex sources

Any Transformation • Highly personalized functionality

• Robust Integration

Any Visualization• Zero end-user training

• Very high user appeal

• Simple, guided interaction

Any Audience• High scale

• Embed anywhere

• Used by the masses

Rich Information ApplicationsRich Information Applications

Deliver a Rich Information Application…Deliver a Rich Information Application…

My Yahoo to Track Stocks vs. DIY Excel to track StocksMy Yahoo to Track Stocks vs. DIY Excel to track Stocks

Don’t deliver a Tool to the end consumer…Don’t deliver a Tool to the end consumer…

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Discover The Possibilities…

Based on The Information Workplace concept by Erica Driver and Connie Moore, Forrester

CollaborativeCollaborativeQuickQuick

VisualVisual

InteractiveInteractiveEverywhereEverywhere

Principles of Rich Information ApplicationsPrinciples of Rich Information Applications

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VISUAL

Content must be engagingand readily understandable

VISUAL

Content must be engagingand readily understandable

DEMO

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Visual BIRT Content Engages Users

Highly Visual

• Draws user in

• Zero training

• Simplifies information

• Joy to use

Powered by BIRT

• 100% Web-based

• Built-in graphics

• 266 Flash objects included

• Lightweight and reusable

Highly Visual

• Draws user in

• Zero training

• Simplifies information

• Joy to use

Powered by BIRT

• 100% Web-based

• Built-in graphics

• 266 Flash objects included

• Lightweight and reusable

Animated Visualizations

Information is Compelling

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INTERACTIVE

Answer the questionthat has not yet been asked

INTERACTIVE

Answer the questionthat has not yet been asked

DEMO

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Content Must be Interactive

Interactive & Engaging

• Encourages users to seek new perspectives

• Save their changes

• Leverages their ideas

• Creates self-sufficient users

Fully controlled by IT

• 100% Secure

• Components are reusable

• Use changes to drive requirements

Interactive & Engaging

• Encourages users to seek new perspectives

• Save their changes

• Leverages their ideas

• Creates self-sufficient users

Fully controlled by IT

• 100% Secure

• Components are reusable

• Use changes to drive requirements

…when users become smarter, they change their questions…when users become smarter, they change their questions

When presented with information, users become smarter…When presented with information, users become smarter…

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COLLABORATIVE

Break traditional barriers between developers and end users

COLLABORATIVE

Break traditional barriers between developers and end users

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Traditional Development Models Do Not Work

IT

“I can’t give you the data until you tell me what you want.”

“Fill out the business justification form.”

Deployments stall and become expensive

End Users

“I can’t tell you what I want until I see the data.”

“They’re not responsive, I’ll do it myself.”

Iteration and change are discouraged and become expensive

IT and Power User tools create silos that prevent collaboration

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COLLABORATIVE

Break traditional barriers between developers and end users

COLLABORATIVE

Break traditional barriers between developers and end users

DEMO

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IT Producers Content ConsumersIT Producers Content Consumers

BIRT Creates a Common, Collaborative Application Framework

BIRT Studio

Power Users & Business UsersPower Users & Business Users

Web-based ad-hoc

BIRT Designers

Application Developers, Data Architects & Report Designers

Application Developers, Data Architects & Report Designers

Client/Server web 2.0 content development

• Skills-matched environments for every user & consumer

• Progressive development model encourages change

• One BIRT design, endless possibilities

Common BIRT Design

Casual Users, Customers & PartnersCasual Users, Customers & Partners

Dashboards

BIRT Interactive Viewing

PrintWeb-based personalization

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QUICK

Create highly functional, integrated applications rapidly

QUICK

Create highly functional, integrated applications rapidly

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Quick to Find Experts:Huge Developer Community

Thriving BIRT Community

Eclipse.org• >1,000,000 downloads per

quarter• Developer & commercially

friendly license• Sponsors must build

commercial products

BIRT-Exchange.com• Professionally staffed experts• Extensive contributions• Marketplace applications

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More than 8 million downloads through 2009

BIRT Biannual Downloads

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Simplicity BIRT PowerSimplicity BIRT Power

Simplicity that makes simple

tasks easy

Simplicity that makes simple

tasks easy

Power to create very complex applications

Power to create very complex applications

• Easy, web-centric visual design• Component-based development• Multiple data sources & data sets• Programmatic control with Java &

JavaScript• Wide-ranging API’s

• Easy, web-centric visual design• Component-based development• Multiple data sources & data sets• Programmatic control with Java &

JavaScript• Wide-ranging API’s

Visual Designer, Engine and Viewer

PROVEN POWER• > 1 million downloads per quarter• Community-vetted features, quality

ROCK-SOLID SUPPORT• Growing ecosystem• Complementary products & services

PROVEN POWER• > 1 million downloads per quarter• Community-vetted features, quality

ROCK-SOLID SUPPORT• Growing ecosystem• Complementary products & services

Quick: World Class DevelopmentMaintain very high levels of developer productivity

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Quick: Deployment Flexibility

BIRT + Flash Widgets + IVBIRT + Flash Widgets + IV

Implement security &

management

Publish rich Scorecards and

Performance Management apps

Publish rich apps outside the firewall

Secure and support millions

of users

Scale, performance,

reliability, security

EmbeddedApplications

Engage users and let them

drive rich apps

BIRT + iServer Express + ViewsBIRT + iServer Express + Views

DepartmentApplications

BIRT + iServer EnterpriseBIRT + iServer Enterprise

EnterpriseApplications

BIRT Open Source + JavaScript

+ SQL

BIRT Open Source + JavaScript

+ SQL

Free OpenSource Tools

Other Open Source VendorsOther Open Source Vendors

ActuateActuate

Traditional BI VendorsTraditional BI Vendors

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Quick To Trust: Actuate iServer is Industry Leader in dependability & Scalability

iServer supports high availability & scalability for mission-critical applications with large user communities

High-availability

Automatic clustering

Job control

Load balancing

Automatic failover

Multi-project support

BIRT iServer Enterprise

Global standard for scale, performance, reliability and security

Information Objects & CachesApplication Scheduling & Management

Security & Application Integration Performance Management

Web Services APIsAlerts & Distribution

Clustering & High Availability Information Console

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EVERYWHERE

Place the content where your users are

EVERYWHERE

Place the content where your users are

DEMO

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Seamlessly Integrated Within Environment

All Data Secured• Multi-layered security model

• Standard and JavaScript portlets

• Seamlessly integrates user security

Any Format • Brochure-quality PDF

• Live Excel, PPT, etc…

• Live documents & spreadsheets

• Mobile devices like iPhone & Blackberry

Invisible• Supports your branding

• Integrate Marketing & Upsell opportunities

• Simple, guided interaction & help

All Data Secured• Multi-layered security model

• Standard and JavaScript portlets

• Seamlessly integrates user security

Any Format • Brochure-quality PDF

• Live Excel, PPT, etc…

• Live documents & spreadsheets

• Mobile devices like iPhone & Blackberry

Invisible• Supports your branding

• Integrate Marketing & Upsell opportunities

• Simple, guided interaction & help

Present Content Seamlessly…

…in the palm of

your hand

…in customer portals

…even in blogs

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CollaborativeQuick

Visual

InteractiveEverywhere

Discover the Possibilities…

How can we make these possibilities a reality?How can we make these possibilities a reality?

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Actuate BIRT Technology FamilyComplementing and Extending Eclipse BIRT

Deployment Tools

Deployment Tools

High-Scale DistributionHigh-Scale Distribution

Development Tools

Development Tools

User Interactivity

User Interactivity

Engage users with rich, interactive

content

Engage users with rich, interactive

content

Skill-specific tools for developers

and users

Skill-specific tools for developers

and users

Manage, schedule, secure, run and

distribute

Manage, schedule, secure, run and

distribute

Load-balanced, high availability

for 100,000sof users

Load-balanced, high availability

for 100,000sof users

Eclipse BIRTEclipse BIRT

Meet core requirementsMeet core

requirements

BIRT Interactive Viewer

Actuate BIRT Viewer

Actuate BIRT Designers

iServer Express

iServer Enterprise

Deployment Kits

Actuate BIRT Studio

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Q&AQ&A

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APPENDIXAPPENDIX

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BIRT Technology Family

open source open source from from

eclipse.org eclipse.org

Development Tools

Eclipse BIRT DesignersOpen-source desktop development tools

Actuate BIRT DesignersPower users & professional developers

Actuate BIRT StudioWeb tool for ad-hoc access

by business users

Deployment Options

Eclipse BIRT EngineOpen-source runtime report & charting

engines

Actuate Java ComponentsCommercial BIRT runtime components

Actuate BIRT for iServerQuickly run and view BIRT content

Actuate Interactive Viewer for iServerExplore and customize BIRT content

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Actuate BIRT Designers for Developers

Actuate BIRT DifferencesActuate BIRT Differences• 266 Flash Objects266 Flash Objects• Faster Actuate ViewerFaster Actuate Viewer• Interactive ViewerInteractive Viewer• Information Object DesignerInformation Object Designer• Commercial data Commercial data

connectorsconnectors• BIRT doc as data sourceBIRT doc as data source

EclipseBIRT All in One

Eclipse BIRT RCP

Fundamental to all Actuate designers• Multi-source & multi-dataset • Component reuse• Programmability• Page-Level Security • Role & task specialization• One button publishing

Fundamental to all Actuate designers• Multi-source & multi-dataset • Component reuse• Programmability• Page-Level Security • Role & task specialization• One button publishing

Brochure-qualityMulti-format outputBrochure-qualityMulti-format output

Web-based designEasy to use

Web-based designEasy to use

Java & JavaScriptExtensible APIs

Java & JavaScriptExtensible APIs

Open Source Designers & Java EngineOpen Source Designers & Java Engine

Commercial Designers & Java EngineCommercial Designers & Java Engine

BIRT Designer Pro

BIRT Designer

Easy installGreat documentation

Powerful IDE for RIAs

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BIRT AdvantagesProduce Reports in the Form Users Want

Output to Multiple Formats• HTML web pages• PDF documents• Excel spreadsheets• Word documents• PowerPoint files• … and more

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Improve communication• Common design • Reduces requirements gathering• Supports agile development

practices

Reduce development costs• Reuse improves productivity• Assemble reports from libraries

of components, themes and templates

• Designs can be saved and opened in any BIRT Designer

Collaborative ArchitectureBIRT-driven design sharing drives RIA evolution

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Actuate BIRT Spreadsheet for Excel Users

Free Designer• Spreadsheet design metaphor

• Multi-source & dataset

• Live, analysis-ready spreadsheets

• Supports all Excel functionality

Data-Driven Layout • Server-based generation

• Dynamically adjusts to data

Scalable Deployment• SmartSheet Security

• Embed engine to iServer Enterprise

• Scales to 10’s of 1,000’s

Free Designer• Spreadsheet design metaphor

• Multi-source & dataset

• Live, analysis-ready spreadsheets

• Supports all Excel functionality

Data-Driven Layout • Server-based generation

• Dynamically adjusts to data

Scalable Deployment• SmartSheet Security

• Embed engine to iServer Enterprise

• Scales to 10’s of 1,000’s

Automated SpreadsheetsAutomated Spreadsheets

The only complete platform for designing, automatically generating and distributing Excel spreadsheets over the

web to any size user community

The only complete platform for designing, automatically generating and distributing Excel spreadsheets over the

web to any size user communityPure Excel. No plug-ins. No FussPure Excel. No plug-ins. No Fuss

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• Time and event-based scheduling

• Automated email distribution of reports

• Report management, versioning and control

• Restrict access to individual pages of reports

• Web-based UI to run, view and share reports

• Performance tuning• Clustering & HA features

Actuate iServerPublish reports for secure, scalable access

Server that schedules, distributes and manages BIRT reports

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BIRT Product Line from Actuate

BIRT iServer and BIRT iServer ExpressGlobal standard for scale, performance, reliability and security

BIRT Performance

Scorecard

BIRT OnPerformance

e.Reports

BIRT Studio

BIRT Smartsheet SecurityBIRT Page Level Security

BIRTDesigners &

Viewer

BIRTInteractive

Viewer

Eclipse BIRT Designers and Engine

BIRTSpreadsheets

BIRT Mobile BIRT Mobile

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Content Anywhere—Actuate Integration APIs

• Standard development languages (Java, SQL, VB, JavaScript, PHP)

• Fully standards-compliant (SOAP, XML, HTTP, JSR-168)

• Componentized, modular reporting services – View, Factory, Info Mapping Services, Message Distribution Service…

• Web Services API has 60+ calls to iServer functions

• Reporting & Spreadsheet Calculation Engine as a Service

• JavaScript API & reportlets for presentation

• Interactive Viewer & Parameter APIs

• Open Data Access

JSAPI places BIRT content anywhereJSAPI places BIRT content anywhere

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iServeriServer iServeriServer

Rich Information Application Platform

DataData SourcesSources

DataData SourcesSources

RDBMS Flat FilesSAP, PeopleSoft Mainframe/Legacy Web ServicesXML

<XML>Databases Warehouses Marts ODS Legacy Systems

Enterprise Information Integration Services

Information AccessInformation Access Common Driver Framework, ODBC, JDBC, Web Services

Information AccessInformation Access Common Driver Framework, ODBC, JDBC, Web Services

Metadata & Data TransformationMetadata & Data Transformation Transform Calculate Query SecurityMetadata & Data TransformationMetadata & Data Transformation Transform Calculate Query Security

Information Information ConsoleConsole Information Information ConsoleConsole

Portals Portlets Scorecards JSAPI Personalized Content iPhone Dashboards Blackberry

BIRT InteractiveBIRT InteractiveViewerViewer

BIRT InteractiveBIRT InteractiveViewerViewer Analysis VIewerAnalysis VIewerAnalysis VIewerAnalysis VIewerBIRT StudioBIRT StudioBIRT StudioBIRT StudioScorecardScorecardScorecardScorecard

DHTML PDF XLS AJAX Reportlets

CSV TXT DOC XML PPT

Encyclopedia

LDAPSecurityIntegration

• User Management• Usage Logging• Design Publishing• Versioning• Scheduling• Archiving

Centralized Administration

Content Generation Services

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BIRTBIRTSpreadsheetSpreadsheet

BIRTBIRTAd-hocAd-hocBIRTBIRT

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DesignTools

e.Reporte.ReportDesignerDesigner

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DesignerDesigner

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