[January 14, 2013]

Actuate Strengthens Presence in Asia Pacific through Alliances with Australia's Carrington Associates and Singapore's NuVista Technologies

Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ: BIRT), The BIRT Company™ - delivering more insights to more people than all BI companies combined, today announced two alliances in the region with Carrington Associates Asia Pacific Pty Ltd in Australia, a boutique software service business, that sources and manages IT solutions for organizations, and NuVista Technologies Pte Ltd in Singapore, a leading provider of integrated outsourcing and consulting services in IT, engineering, human resources, Cloud ERP and BI solution.

These alliances will create new market opportunities for Actuate (News - Alert) and stimulate further expansion across the Asia Pacific region where the demand for BI solutions is rapidly growing. "Actuate's alliances with Carrington Associates and NuVista Technologies will strengthen our presence in the region by delivering more holistic solutions with high-performance business analytics to a larger base of customers across Asia Pacific," said James Conway, Regional Director Asia Pacific of Actuate. "These alliances will also benefit our customers with better integration with their business, driving greater productivity."

The alliance with Carrington Associates will see Actuate support and enhance Carrington Associates' ERP offerings with its enterprise solutions, open-source model and BI specialization. Carrington Associates' strength in Manufacturing, Education, Utilities, and Banking and Finance, and Actuate's BI capabilities has made this partnership a right fit to deliver tailored offerings to customers.

Carrington Associates will drive Actuate's overall services, maintenance and training for Australia, New Zealand and the rest of Oceania, giving Actuate more of a local presence. Aligning itself with customer needs, Carrington Associates will provide Actuate's solutions as a SaaS (News - Alert) model by hosting it in the Oceania region, which is more compliant and comfortable to local businesses.

"We are very excited to be collaborating with Actuate. Working together we can reach new horizons in the region. We can complement each other in serving businesses with the right technology and services with a better value proposition in the comfort of their backyard," said Sachin Khisti and Sai Paravastu Directors of Carrington Associates.

The alliance with NuVista Technologies will enable Actuate to leverage NuVista Technologies' rich knowledge in key industries including Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) as well as the Government Sector to better integrate its solutions for businesses in these industries.

NuVista Technologies has built a trusted presence in Singapore through it long-term relationships, a reputation for putting clients first, and the extensive experience of working with SMBs, Government agencies and Fortune 500 companies. Having access to Actuate's next generation busines analytics solutions propels NuVista Technologies to deliver a more comprehensive suite of solutions for customers in the market.

"We are pleased to be working with a BI vendor known for its innovation and industry-specific solutions. Our expertise in selling value-added solutions across different industries, such as the BFSI and Government sector, will also provide an advantage to Actuate and their next-generation BI solutions," shared Vijay Bareja, Managing Director of NuVista Technologies.

Actuate - The BIRT Company™

Actuate founded and co-leads the BIRT open source project, which is used by more than 2 million developers around the globe and serves as the foundation of the ActuateOne^® platform. Applications built on ActuateOne deliver more business and consumer insights to more people than all BI companies combined - ensuring organizations are ready for the exponential growth of Big Data and the proliferation of touch devices.

The ActuateOne platform empowers developers to rapidly develop custom, BIRT-based business analytics and customer communications applications. ActuateOne applications built with one BIRT design can access and integrate any data, including unstructured sources. They provide one user experience regardless of skill level and are supported by one platform for any cloud, hybrid, on-premise, web or touch device deployment.

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Actuate has over 5,000 customers globally in a diverse range of business areas including financial services, technology and the public sector. Actuate is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol BIRT. For more information, visit www.actuate.com or engage with the BIRT community at www.birt-exchange.com.

NuVista Technologies Pte Ltd

NuVista Technologies is a specialist in Technology, Engineering and Outsourcing Services in HR & Procurement.

Leading organizations from SMEs to MNCs - including Fortune 500 companies - to government agencies have chosen NuVista as their trusted strategic outsourcing partner. NuVista forges a partnership in discovering hidden synergies, where a mutual complement between our capabilities and an organization's unique strengths is leveraged for operational efficiency and added business performance.

NuVista's relevant expertise, strong track record and consistent performance ensure we deliver value to our customers every time.

Carrington Associates Asia Pacific Pty Ltd

Carrington Associates is a boutique software services business since 2005, with a focus on ERP services.

Understanding the information technology needs of Australian businesses, Carrington sources and manages IT solutions which not only solve customer business needs, but also save time and money. Carrington has established reliability and trustworthiness by being simple and convenient in operations with clients. Carrington is also an Oracle (News - Alert) Gold Partner and on the panel with many large to medium sized organisations across the country.

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