Actuate Corporation (Nasdaq:ACTU), the world leader in Enterprise Reporting and Performance Management Applications that empower 100% of users to achieve breakthrough corporate performance, today announced that an independent research report by Ventana Research has named Actuate as tied for first place in the "Understand" step of the research firm's PerformanceCycle Methodology. The 2006 Ventana Research Performance Management Vendor and Product Scorecard ranked Actuate as a top vendor based on the maturity of the company and the company's products, as well as their appropriateness for the methodology and process of Performance Management.

In the Ventana Research 2006 Performance Management Vendor and Product Scorecard, Actuate scored 96% in the Understand Category. The original research has reviewed over 30 companies and hundreds of products over the last five years. The 2006 report includes 15 vendors that provide technology for enabling Performance Management. The companies are ranked based on their fit with the three steps of Ventana's PerformanceCycle methodology: Align, Optimize, and Understand.

"The report provides a baseline of knowledge that organizations can use to determine the right level of requirements they need to improve performance by aligning business and IT," said Mark Smith, CEO & Executive Vice President of Research at Ventana Research. "Only through applying information technology efficiently can organizations effectively connect their people and processes to manage performance."

Enterprise Reporting and Performance Management Applications based on Actuate technology deliver intuitive, personalized and timely information to help each person in an organization drive breakthrough corporate performance. The Actuate platform allows companies to deploy scalable and reliable Enterprise Reporting and Performance Management applications that integrate disparate data sources in a timely fashion to provide a 360 degree view of the business.

"Actuate's goal is to provide information to every part of the organization in order to improve corporate performance," said Nobby Akiha, VP of worldwide marketing for Actuate. "We are very pleased to have Ventana Research validate our ability to provide actionable information that enables companies to better understand the underlying business metrics that impact their organization's performance."

About Actuate Corporation

Actuate Corporation is the world leader in Enterprise Reporting and Performance Management Applications that empower 100% of users to achieve breakthrough corporate performance. Actuate provides the most scalable, reliable, flexible and high-performing reporting capabilities for every application in the enterprise. Customers use Actuate to deliver information in context to users inside and outside the firewall as Performance Management and Customer Self-Service applications, managed spreadsheet applications and Java reporting applications.

Actuate has over 3,500 customers globally in a range of industries including banking, insurance, manufacturing, communications, and government. Founded in 1993, Actuate has headquarters in South San Francisco, Calif., with offices worldwide. Actuate is listed on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol ACTU. For more information on Actuate, visit the company's Web site at www.actuate.com.

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