1 Actuate Corporation © 2007 Actuate Report Factory Ash Nanda VP Actuate Professional Services

2 Actuate Corporation © 2007 Provide higher quality and lower cost reporting application development Enable greater focus on report specification Provide Actuate managed pool of certified resources Provide higher quality and lower cost reporting application development Enable greater focus on report specification Provide Actuate managed pool of certified resources Objectives…

3 Actuate Corporation © 2007 The Enterprise Reporting Gap… Mandated Input Data Sources Limited Output “80% of IT Backlog is Reporting”

4 Actuate Corporation © 2007 Closing The Enterprise Reporting Gap… Printed reports Ad-hoc web reports Brochure-quality reports Analytic reports Spreadsheet reports Dashboards & scorecards Actuate Report Factory

5 Actuate Corporation © 2007 Actuate Managed Reporting Application Development Custom Report Development – small/large batch Ongoing Report Maintenance Customer reporting infrastructure and ongoing requirements It is NOT an Actuate hosted reporting service Actuate Managed Reporting Application Development Custom Report Development – small/large batch Ongoing Report Maintenance Customer reporting infrastructure and ongoing requirements It is NOT an Actuate hosted reporting service Actuate Report Factory?

6 Actuate Corporation © 2007 Actuate Report Factory - Process

7 Actuate Corporation © 2007 From Data to Killer Reports... Actuate Report Factory Support User Acceptance Production Deployment Ongoing Maintenance Analyse Usage Analysis Gap Analysis Report Consolidation Design Information Analysis Report Design Test plans Data Specify Specification Company Report Catalogue Professional Presentation

8 Actuate Corporation © 2007 Business critical Advisor Dashboard Application Development at Actuate Report Factory coordinated by onsite consultants Model supported Ameriprise need to transition from Data Heavy to Reporting Heavy projects “Did NOT work earlier when Actuate development was outsourced to an Ameriprise Partner” Business critical Advisor Dashboard Application Development at Actuate Report Factory coordinated by onsite consultants Model supported Ameriprise need to transition from Data Heavy to Reporting Heavy projects “Did NOT work earlier when Actuate development was outsourced to an Ameriprise Partner” Actuate Report Factory - Ameriprise Case Study

9 Actuate Corporation © 2007 Direct accountability of offshore resources to Actuate Professional Services  With this comes with the highest standards and expectations around quality. Onshore management (scope, delivery, coordination) by seasoned Actuate integrator  Liaison role is critical to project success. Experience (and cost) can be shared across multiple projects Significant cost savings 1  Over 40% compared to onsite consultants (and no T&E) or internal, non-certified developers Resource pool flexibility  Ramp up and down with little or no impact. Multi-thread projects more easily. Quick turnaround  No training. Knowledgeable resources are more efficient. Business model = management transparency  Risk and leadership is managed by Actuate. 1 based on 2007 actual expense through May 2007 Direct accountability of offshore resources to Actuate Professional Services  With this comes with the highest standards and expectations around quality. Onshore management (scope, delivery, coordination) by seasoned Actuate integrator  Liaison role is critical to project success. Experience (and cost) can be shared across multiple projects Significant cost savings 1  Over 40% compared to onsite consultants (and no T&E) or internal, non-certified developers Resource pool flexibility  Ramp up and down with little or no impact. Multi-thread projects more easily. Quick turnaround  No training. Knowledgeable resources are more efficient. Business model = management transparency  Risk and leadership is managed by Actuate. 1 based on 2007 actual expense through May 2007 Benefits as Stated by Phil Marquis Ameriprise

10 Actuate Corporation © 2007 Actuate Report Factory - OLM Case Study – ( by Sanjay Dodhia ) Who are OLM systems - Leading supplier of Social Care System to the government sector. OLM Customer specific requirement of 100 custom reports, with a tight delivery time. Actuate Report Factory enabled OLM to deliver to budget despite changes in requirements and resulting rework. Quick turn around and Significant cost savings (at least 50% compared to Onsite resource )

11 Actuate Corporation © 2007 Actuate Report Factory - OLM Case Study – ( by Sanjay Dodhia ) Model : Onsite Reports Conductor – Managed and Liaised with off- site resource. Off Site Resource – Flexible Certified Actuate resource. (Can Ramp up or Ramp Down). Key information – clear requirement specifications for the Factory.

12 Actuate Corporation © 2007 Actuate Report Factory - OLM Case Study – ( by Sanjay Dodhia ) End to end Model : On Site Reports Conductor O L M Reports Factory OLM Customer Off Site

13 Actuate Corporation © 2007 Faster Technology – scalable reporting platform Experience – quicker turnaround and proven success Expertise – Certified and Actuate managed resources Better Best Practices – Output quality and design Methodology – Specification, Information Objects Company Report Catalogue – Reusable at Report level Lower Cost & Higher Value Offshore Centre of Excellence Onshore Coordination Faster Technology – scalable reporting platform Experience – quicker turnaround and proven success Expertise – Certified and Actuate managed resources Better Best Practices – Output quality and design Methodology – Specification, Information Objects Company Report Catalogue – Reusable at Report level Lower Cost & Higher Value Offshore Centre of Excellence Onshore Coordination Summary…

14 Actuate Corporation © 2007 Actuate Report Factory “The Route to the Right Reports for Your Business”