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Actuate and Maximo Discover the Possibilities
Ash NandaOEM and Partner Sales Manager, ActuateJoachim JärnegrenCTO, Reportsoft
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Agenda
• Background on Actuate, IBM and BIRT
• Actuate BIRT Demo
• Case Studies
• Resources
• Q&A
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The Company
Actuate is the company, that develops the BIRT Platform
BIRT is the Brand
Over 5000 top-tier accounts in banking, insurance, securities, government, health care, energy, utilities and high tech
Distributor of all Actuate products in Scandinavia and Benelux.
Our partner Simcorp´s customers worldwide.
Providing: Coaching, Training, Implementation and Support
Intellectual Property: iSender – workflow report distribution engine
50 clients
Offices in Denmark and Holland.
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Actuate/ReportSoft Customers
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IBM Maximo and Actuate HistoryOEM Relationship
Dec 2001 to 2002 2002 Jun 2003 to
Aug 2005March 2005 to Jun 2008 Jun 2008 Jun 2011
Maximo5.0 and 5.1
Maximo5.2
Maximo 5.2Patches 1-5
Maximo6.0 to 6.2.1
Maximo7.1
Maximo7.5
Actuate 5 Actuate 7 Actuate 7 Actuate 8 Actuate 9 -------
iServer
eReports
Page Level Security
Active Portal
iServer
eReports
Page Level Security
Active Portal
iServer
eReports
Page Level Security
Active Portal
Query
eSpreadsheet
iServer
eReports
Page Level Security
Active Portal
Query
eSpreadsheet
iServer
eReports
Page Level Security
Active Portal
Query
eSpreadsheet
150 Eclipse BIRT
Provides QBR for simple, ad-hoc queries
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Open Source BIRT IS Actuate
• Open source initiative as part of the Eclipse Foundation
• Professional open source: founded, organized and led by Actuate
• Other members
Why Open Source?• Build community of developers and users• Drive high quality via community feedback• Create buzz and generate awareness
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Actuate BIRT Enhances Maximo Reporting
QBR Actuate
User creation of simple listing report
Grouping with totals and sub-totals
Support for complex filtering
User specified sort sequence
BIRT report design can be shared with others
User modification of published reports
Add calculated columns to a report
Easy-to-use “drag & drop” design paradigm
Parameters visible on final report
Incorporate data from other systems in a report
Add graphs & charts via wizard-driven interface
Full live Excel Output
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Actuate Extends BIRTMeet enterprise requirements
Deployment Tools
Deployment Tools
High-Scale DistributionHigh-Scale Distribution
Development Tools
Development Tools
User Interactivity
User Interactivity
Eclipse BIRTEclipse BIRTEngage users
with rich, interactive
content
Engage users
with rich, interactive
content
Skill-specific tools for developers
and users
Skill-specific tools for developers
and users
Manage, schedule, secure, run and
distribute
Manage, schedule, secure, run and
distribute
Meet corereporting requirements
Meet corereporting requirements
Load-balanced, high availability
for 100,000sof users
Load-balanced, high availability
for 100,000sof users
BIRT Interactive
Viewer
Actuate BIRT Viewer
Actuate
BIRT Studio
Actuate BIRT Designers
iServer Enterprise
Deployment Kits
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Complete Suite of Development and Deployment Offerings
Actuate iServerGlobal Standard for Scale, Performance, Reliability, Security
Actuate iServerGlobal Standard for Scale, Performance, Reliability, Security
BIRT Report Studio
ad-hoc web reports
ActuateBIRT Reports & Dashboards
BIRT Interactive
Viewer
BIRTEclipse Standard for RIA Development
BIRTEclipse Standard for RIA Development
e.SpreadsheetOperational e.Reports
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Actuate’s Value Add to Maximo
• Reduce the costs & risks of upgrading to Maximo v7• Continue using Actuate e.Reports, e.Spreadsheet • Add enhanced BIRT reports as desired
• Enable ad hoc reporting by Maximo users• Report personalization and sharing with BIRT Interactive Viewer• Ad-hoc reporting with BIRT Studio
• Deliver integrated BIRT Dashboards, KPIs and Operational Reports
• Combine Maximo data with data from other systems
• Deliver asset information to non-Maximo users
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Actuate BIRT Demo
Joachim JärnegrenCTO, ReportSoft
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Actuate Maximo Case Studies
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Maximo Case StudyNorth Star BlueScope Steel
• Industry: Manufacturing (Steel Mill)• Location: Delta, OH• Employees: 500• Private Co: 50-50 joint venture between BlueScope Steel and
Cargill Inc. (Cargill is America’s 2nd largest private company)• Maximo: Used 13 yrs, eReports/iServer 10 yrs, BIRT 18 mos
(low touch). 350 Maximo users.• Main KPIs: Safety, Quality, On-time Delivery & Customer Sat
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Maximo Case StudyNorth Star BlueScope Steel
Challenges: • Data exists in silos - in Maximo and other mission critical systems
• Reporting is time consuming, error-prone and manual
• Decision making and analysis is not timely and lacks data integrity
• Moving to Maximo 7
Wants: • Give users the right tools to do their job efficiently
•Integrate data from the following systems: - IBM Maximo - Intelex Safety Mangmt - Plant Machine Control Data - Custom ERP Application - Electricity costs via real-time feed
• Common reporting platform and framework
• Rapid time to value
• Visual, interactive and easy to use dashboards and ad hoc reporting
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Maximo Case StudyNorth Star BlueScope Steel
• Added rich customizable BI to Maximo• Interactive dashboards with metrics• KPIs• Cross Application Operational reports• Ad hoc reporting
• Provided one BI platform for Maximo and all applications
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Maximo Case StudyATCO Electric
• Industry: Electricity Distribution• Location: Alberta, Canada• Employees: 2600• Customers: 213,000• Maximo: Maximo 6 with 90 extensively customised e.Reports• Main Objective: Smooth Transition to Maximo 7
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Maximo Case StudyATCO Electric
Challenges: • Ensure a smooth transition from IBM Maximo Asset Management 6 to Maximo 7
• Maintain consistent reporting functionality and performance while upgrading
•Save money and time while keeping current reports functional and up to date
Wants: • Continued support for existing reports
• Consistent functionality - Writeback for viewing and approving labor reports
• Avoid users having to switch reports in the middle of a major upgrade
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Maximo Case StudyATCO Electric
• Supported e.Reports and BIRT from the One Server
• Uninterrupted service for Maximo reporting
• Significant cost and time savings: 40 hours per report – worth more than $500,000
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Actuate BIRT Resources for Maximo
Ash NandaOEM and Partner Sales Manager, Actuate
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Maximo
BIRT Compatibility iServer
MaximoData
Core Users of Maximo Application
BIRT Compatibility iServer
e.Reports, e.Spreadheets, BIRT Reports
KPI, Dashboard, EIS, Balance Scorecard
Ad Hoc, OLAP Cubes
Analysis
Uptime
• 1000• 2000
Down Time
• 2000• 3000
Total
• 3000• 5000
Other Data
Other Data
Consumers of Maximo Information
Maximo Portal
Multiple Data Sources
Reduced Maximo Licenses
No Datamart Needed
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BIRT Compatibility iServer Subscription Offer
The subscription provide full access to all your users for Actuate reports in Maximo 5, 6 and 7.
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BIRT Compatibility iServer Value to You
• Avoid redesigning e.Reports to BIRT during Upgrade• Report redevelopment estimated at 40 hours per report by customers • 70 Custom e.Reports redevelopment estimated at USD 500k by ATCO
• Eliminate reporting risk to your Upgrade go live• Custom report redesign difficult to estimate• Inconsistent reporting functionality and output a big issue for users
• Deliver Enhanced Functionality to Users• Rich Interactivity and dashboard analytics for user productivity
• Combine Maximo data with data from other systems• Cross application reporting for one Business view
• Increase the Return on Your Maximo Investment • Deliver asset information to non-Maximo users
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Actuate Support & Training
• Actuate Support for Maximo Users• Support existing Actuate v8 and v9 software in current deployment• Provide software patches, fixed and updates • Enable continued use of Actuate reports with Maximo 7• Allow access to self help customer support portals and forums
• Courses & Cerification• Working with BIRT Designer (4 days)• Beyond Open Source: Using Actuate BIRT (2 days)• Developing a Customized BIRT Studio Environment (1 day)• Managing the iServer System (3 days)
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IBM Maximo and BIRT Resourceson BIRT Exchange
• Maximo-dedicated Forum for posting questions
http://www.birt-exchange.org/org/forum/index.php/forum/18-using-birt-with-maximo/
• Maximo-dedicated DevShare for sharing reports, code samples, documents
http://www.birt-exchange.org/devshare/using-birt-with-maximo
• Maximo Reporting Wiki for interfaces including ERI
http://www.birt-exchange.org/org/wiki/index.php?title=Using_Actuate_BIRT_and_IBM_Maximo
• Actuate and BIRT Reporting Subscription Offer for Maximo Users
http://www.birt-exchange.com/be/info/maximooffer/
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Summary
• Actuate extends Maximo reporting• Actuate IS BIRT• The only Server for e.Reports, e.Spreadsheet and BIRT• Extends BIRT with Dashboards and Interactivity
• BIRT Compatibility iServer• e.Reports, e.Spreadsheets, BIRT, Dashboards, Interactivity, …• Perpetual licensing on CPU Core basis• Annual subscription licensing on Named User basis• Full support from Actuate
• http://www.birt-exchange.com• Maximo Forums, Maximo DevShare• Case Studies
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Q & A
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