Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
Actuate Corporation:
We consent to the use of our report dated March 12, 2009, with respect to the consolidated balance
sheets of Actuate Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related
consolidated statements of income, stockholders equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows
for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2008, and the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, incorporated herein by
reference.
Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers to the adoption of the provisions of
Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation (FIN) No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in
Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, effective January 1, 2007.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Mountain View, California
June 11, 2009