BIRT Deployment Options
There are multiple BIRT deployment options to execute and generate BIRT reports on an ongoing basis.

Eclipse BIRT Report Engine and Java APIEclipse BIRT Report Engine and its APIs offer report execution, generation and viewing services for reports created by the BIRT Designers. Eclipse BIRT Report Engine and APIs can be implemented as a component in a Web Application Server or deployed in an application.
Actuate Java Components
Actuate offers components that bundle the Eclipse BIRT Engine and its APIs into a package with additional end-user experience features. These include BIRT Viewer, BIRT Interactive Viewer and BIRT Studio.
BIRT Deployment Kit
BIRT Deployment Kit is a lightweight J2EE report repository with a web front-end for users to browse, select, and run BIRT reports on demand. It embeds the Eclipse BIRT Engine and its APIs. It can be implemented stand alone as an End User Reporting Portal or embedded in an application.
BIRT iServer ExpressBIRT iServer Express is a report server that deploys, manages, schedules, secures, runs and distributes BIRT reports. It embeds the Eclipse BIRT Engine and Java APIs. It eliminates the burden of manually fulfilling user requests for reports. It can be implemented stand-alone or as a reporting service for other applications.
BIRT iServer Enterprise
BIRT iServer Enterprise includes all the features of BIRT iServer Express, with additional facilities for high availability and scalability to meet the needs of large numbers of concurrent users in a mission critical application environment.