Actuate adopts open-source approach to BI
The firm is using an open-source business model to make it easier for developers to evaluate its software.
With open-source adoption in business intelligence (BI)accelerating, Eclipse has established a dominant position among Java development platforms. Actuate initiated the Eclipse Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) project in September 2004 to create an open-source reporting system for web applications, especially those based on Java and J2EE.
The company now leads the project-management committee for Eclipse BIRT, which recently surpassed one million downloads.
A survey sponsored by Actuate indicated that 24 percent of enterprises are currently using open-source BI, while 31 percent are likely or very likely to consider using open-source BI.
