The following list outlines the various Maximo Releases and embedded Actuate technology. The Actuate technology is licensed to generate report based only from data from your IBM Maximo Asset Management system. For more information on these products.

1. Rich Internet Applications Without LimitsTM Fact Sheet
Facts about IBM Maximo® Asset
Management and Actuate What you need
to know...
Highlights
Actuate products embedded within Actuate is the leading provider
and contributor of reporting
IBM Maximo® Asset Management solutions for Rich Internet
Applications and Eclipse™ BIRT.
The following list outlines the various Maximo Releases and embedded Actuate technology. We can help maximize your
The Actuate technology is licensed to generate report based only from data from your IBM Maximo investment to achieve :
Maximo Asset Management system. For more information on these products, please see the > Seamless integration with critical
Actuate product reference guide on page 4. data from other business applica-
tions with an upgrade to a full-use
Maximo Release 5.0 and 5.1 (Dec 2001 & 2002) Actuate license.
• Actuate 5 (iServer, eReports & Active Portal)
> Rapid Time to Value by creating
Maximo Release 5.2 (2002) Interactive Ad-hoc reporting and
• Actuate 7 (iServer, eReports & Active Portal) analysis with Maximo data.
> Enhanced Reporting and BI
Maximo Release 5.2, Patches 1 – 5 (June 2003 – August 2005) capabilities for IBM Maximo and
• Actuate 7 (iServer, eReports, Active Portal, Query & eSpreadsheets) Eclipse open source BIRT reports,
with Actuate’s commercial offerings
Maximo Release 6.0 – 6.2.1 (March 2005 – June 2005)
and resources.
• Actuate 8 (iServer, eReports, Active Portal, Query & eSpreadsheets)
> Skills for delivering and maintaining
Maximo Release 7.1 (March 2008) a world-class reporting platform
• Actuate 9 (iServer, eReports, Active Portal, Query & eSpreadsheets) with training and Support for
Actuate Reporting Tools and
• EclipseTM open source BIRT for new Maximo Release 7.1 clients
Eclipse BIRT.
• Existing Customers that upgraded from prior versions of Maximo will get 2 flavors
> Industry Specific pre-built KPIs,
of reporting, Actuate 9 technology or Eclipse BIRT or both.
dashboard & compliance reports
Maximo Release 8 onwards in less than 4 weeks.
• EclipseTM open source BIRT

2. Fact Sheet: IBM Maximo® Asset Management and Actuate
Actuate Technology in BIRT Technology in Maximo
Maximo today R7 and beyond
The Actuate products that come with your IBM The Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools
Maximo system are built on our world-class reporting (BIRT) Project is an open source software project
server allowing you to generate, schedule & manage that provides reporting and business intelligence
brochure-like reports & Excel spread sheets for capabilities for rich client and web applications,
thousands of users. However, the Actuate software based on Java and J2EE. BIRT is a top level software
embedded in Maximo is restricted to generating project within the Eclipse Foundation. IBM will start
reports only out of the Maximo database. providing BIRT-based reporting templates in Maximo
7.1, gradually phasing out commercial Actuate
Actuate 9 is the current release of Actuate, with
products.
Actuate 10 due out in the fourth quarter of 2008. Our
full use license, which is an upgrade from the OEM The Eclipse open source BIRT project is sponsored
license included in Maximo, allows you to incorporate & led by Actuate!
BIRT based templates and introduces ad-hoc web-
The BIRT project was first proposed and sponsored by
based reporting. It also allows you to incorporate
Actuate when Actuate joined the Eclipse Foundation
information outside of Maximo to provide more
as a Strategic Developer on August 24, 2004. The
comprehensive information delivered throughout
project was subsequently approved and became a
the organization. An Actuate full use license can help
top level project within the Eclipse community on
you leverage your current report technology and
October 6, 2004.
create more diverse reports to suit your varying user &
business needs. Today, the top project contributor community
includes Actuate and IBM, with Actuate continuing to
Actuate and our key partners have helped many
be the primary project sponsor. Actuate’s commercial
customers across different industries to tap into the
products fully leverage the BIRT technology and can
fullest potential of reporting key Maximo data.
be used to easily enhance the basic functionality
“Reporting House’s knowledge and development expertise provided by BIRT, as well as manage and support
was instrumental in helping us leverage Actuate’s powerful Open Source BIRT reports.
reporting capabilities with IBM Maximo to achieve our
reporting goals.” The reporting roadmap for IBM Tivoli revolves
- Doug Mills, CIO, The Mosaic Company around Eclipse open source BIRT - from shipping
Eclipse BIRT in Maximo 7 and beyond, to including
it across a wide range of Tivoli products (see our
other fact sheet on IBM Tivoli Common Reporting
Initiative)
With a full use Actuate license, your existing
investment in Maximo reports is protected, and still
allows you to take advantage of the new functionality
in BIRT and BIRT based technology – not only in
Maximo, but across the entire IBM software stack.
More information is offered on our Actuate BIRT
Exchange site: http://www.birt-exchange.com.
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3. Fact Sheet: IBM Maximo® Asset Management and Actuate
What we can do for you
Actuate and our premier partner, Reporting House, understand how important the information in your
Maximo database is to your company. We can help you derive even greater value out of the data. Some
of our value-added offerings include:
Actuate Upgrade for Maximo OEM Training on all Actuate Reporting
Upgrade from the embedded version of Actuate tools from Actuate University
Express Discovery
Package to a full use license of the latest Actuate 9 and Actuate University training delivered by our
get the following benefits: professional staff shortens the learning curve
and demonstrates best practices in report
Industry Specific pre-built KPIs, • Preserve your investment in your existing
design. This allows students to quickly develop
dashboard & compliance reports Maximo Actuate reports – they will continue
the skills needed to be more productive
based on BIRT in less than 4 weeks! to work and be supported!
Achieve Rapid Time to Value with our BI solution • Training can be delivered onsite, at one of
• Create new reports that combine Maximo
including a pre-built data model, scripts for our regional classrooms or remotely using
data with other business information
data loading, and interactive ad-hoc reporting Microsoft’s Live Meeting
• Get a jump on the latest technology for Rich
& analysis • Introductory & advanced training classes
Internet applications to use throughout your
• Package of Pre-built KPIs, dashboards, for the e.Report, e.Spreadsheet and BIRT
company.
compliance (EHSSox) and other reports reporting designers
• Leverage embedded BIRT reports in IBM’s
(different than Maximo standard reports) • Training for server administrators & web
software stack
based on various subject matter including developers on Actuate iServer & iPortal
Work Order, Asset, Labor, Resources, • Stay current on the latest releases and break applications
inventory, purchase etc. out of the OEM back level software versions
• Validation of your developers’ skills through
• Pre-built data model for reporting and • Get your support directly from Actuate our e.Report Designer & BIRT Certified
analysis Professional programs
Other Value-Added Report Offerings
• Pre-built scripts for loading data in the report
to maximize your IBM Maximo®
repository DB
investment
• Intuitive Ad-hoc Reporting and analysis • Discovery & analysis consultation to
- Simplified Data model for Ad-hoc determine your existing reporting needs Find out more about Actuate
reporting using BIRT with Maximo & plan an upgrade path to the University’s classes & training
- Interactive Reporting capabilities newest Actuate release & functionality http://www.actuate.com/services/education/index.asp
for BIRT reports
• Extend your embedded Eclipse BIRT reports Contact us directly about our training,
• Four weeks* of implementation consulting for through Value-added BIRT based products phone: (650)645 3966
- Discovery and analysis such as Actuate BIRT Report Designers. These Email: ActuateUniversity@actuate.com
- Installation easy to use visual report development tools
- Customization meet a comprehensive range of reporting
- QA requirements including rapid report
- Deployment deployment, spreadsheet reporting & ad-hoc
* Estimated Project Timeline according to end user reporting
customers’ unique requirements
• Provide mobile decision support for KPIs to
your field force via a Mobile Dashboard
• Implementation consulting for installation,
customization, QA & deployment
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4. Fact Sheet: IBM Maximo® Asset Management and Actuate
Actuate Product Actuate e.Report is a powerful tool designed
to leverage the report-processing power of the
Reference Guide Actuate iServer. e.Report enables developers and
The following Actuate technology products come power users alike to create, distribute, and maintain
embedded with IBM Maximo® Asset Management interactive, content-rich reports rapidly and easily,
in browser-based, Web formats. It can integrate
Eclipse BIRT (Business Intelligence Reporting Tool) seamlessly into existing applications.
is embedded within various IBM Maximo and Tivoli
products for the purpose of reporting. This free Actuate e.Spreadsheet is a powerful tool for
download is made available by Actuate (www. distributing critical business asset information as
actuate.com) allowing developers to integrate reports Excel spreadsheets. e.Spreadsheet enables business
into applications, such as Maximo and Tivoli. BIRT users to create and receive live data in the familiar
templates can be utilized by Actuate commercial spreadsheet format for immediate analysis and
products to create rich interactive dashboards, web action, with no need for training or support. Actuate
reports, and Excel spreadsheet for business users. e.Spreadsheet delivers all the live formatting, pivot
tables, filters, 3D charting and calculation capabilities
Actuate iServer is a scalable enterprise reporting users expect from spreadsheets, and with the Mobile
server for generating, managing and securely Dashboard technology, employees can receive critical
delivering reporting and analytic content to 100 asset information on their handsets while out in the field.
percent of an organization’s users. It is the industry’s
most complete and powerful infrastructure for
disseminating interactive, actionable business
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