Actuate to Showcase BIRT Exchange at 2009 MySQL Conference

San Mateo, Calif. - Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTU), the leader in delivering Rich Internet Applications Without Limits™, today announced that it will be participating as a Gold sponsor of the 7th annual MySQL Conference & Expo through its BIRT Exchange community. The MySQL Conference & Expo is the largest gathering of MySQL developers, users, and DBAs worldwide, the event reflects MySQL’s wide-ranging appeal and capabilities. The conference runs from April 20-23, 2009 in Santa Clara, CA, at the Santa Clara Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Santa Clara.

At the MySQL Conference & Expo Actuate will be showcasing BIRT Exchange, a community site that offers developers the broadest single collection of resources for BIRT the leading open source information application development environment and a top-level Eclipse project founded and co-led by Actuate. Additionally, at the conference Rob Murphy, BIRT evangelist, Actuate will be hosting a session titled "Open Source Data Visualization with BIRT and MySQL” on Wednesday, April 22nd at 4:25 Pacific Time in ballroom H.

Conference Details:
Who: BIRT Exchange experts from Actuate
What: MySQL Conference and Expo
Where: Booth #516, Santa Clara Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Santa Clara
When: April 20-23
URL: http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2009/

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 4,400 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.