Asera, Inc. announced the release of the Asera eBusiness Operating System 5.0, based on XML and J2EE 2. The latest release provides a unified framework that enables customers to model both process logic and user interactions in large, collaborative environments. Additionally, with 5.0, enterprises can now leverage Asera to compose and publish Web services from any legacy or packaged software, including SAP and Oracle. The latest release is also compliant with Web services standards including SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI. Actuate Corporation announced a strategic OEM agreement with Asera, provider of the Asera eBusiness Operating System. Asera will embed the Actuate e.Reporting Suite 5.0 solution within the Asera eBusiness Operating System 5.0 to give customers the ability to create enterprise reports and access them over the Web. Using the Asera Reporting solution, customers will have the ability to organize reports into categories and publish-subscribe to select report groups. Roles can be used to define access to reports within categories. Asera provides multi-lingual, out-of-the-box reports for frequently used data, and in addition, customers can create new reports using Actuate’s report development tools. www.asera.com, www.actuate.com