Applix Announces First Applix Interactive Planning Customers, Multiple Global Customer Orders for Applix Integra, Applix iTM1WESTBOROUGH, MA, Jan. 13, 2003 -- Applix, Inc., (NASDAQ: APLX), a global provider of enterprise-wide Business Performance Management (BPM) solutions, today announced that Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio and Visa USA have selected its analytic application, Applix Interactive Planning. With a fourth consecutive quarter of more than 60 new customer orders, the Company also announced five new orders for Applix Integra and 29 new orders for Applix iTM1. Separately, Applix announced a change in its Netherlands channels strategy. Applix Interactive Planning, which runs on the Applix Integra platform, is a solution that enables companies to plan, analyze, and adapt their strategic goals and objectives for improved predictability and heightened Business Performance Management. Applix Interactive Planning unifies financial targets and plans with real-time collaboration, enterprise-wide deployment, and the flexibility to reflect a company's unique business processes. Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio (LSS) is a non-profit, multi-service agency, based in Columbus, Ohio. The agency was recognized by Business First of Columbus in 2001 as the second largest non-profit organization in Central Ohio. LSS serves over 5,500 people each day throughout Central and Southeast Ohio through food pantries, emergency shelters, housing services, continuing care retirement communities and a host of other services that uplift families and strengthen communities. "We chose Applix Interactive Planning over Adaytum, Cognos, FRX, Hyperion, OutlookSoft, and SRC for the combination of its flexibility, ease of use, low total cost of ownership, and its robust analytical engine to perform real-time calculations," said Randy Demyan, LSS Chief Financial Officer and VP for Finance. "This application would increase the visibility of budgets to top management for faster and more efficient review, would eliminate the need for multiple spreadsheets, bring greater control and integrity to our budget process and would provide powerful analysis over the Web." Applix Reports 5 New Applix Integra Orders In addition to the Applix Integra/Applix Interactive Planning orders with Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio and Visa USA, Applix reported its first German Applix Integra order with Innsbrucker Kommunalbetriebe AG, a municipal department, who will use the solution for financial planning and cost accounting. Additional Applix Integra orders include E.ON Hungaria RT., Printronix, Inc., and Saint-Gobain Isover Polska Sp. z. o.o., bringing the total number of Applix Integra orders in this quarter to eight. Company Reports 29 New Customers for Applix iTM1 Applix also reported new global customer orders for Applix iTM1, its industry-leading analytical engine, primarily in the European financial services, automotive and telecommunications sectors. New orders secured through Applix partner Aexis International N.V. include ABN Amro, Bayard Presse, CHR du Val de Sambre, CHS Clinique Notre Dame des Anges, Dutchtone, J Van Breda & Co, Proximus-Belgacom Mobile, SACCEF, and Toyota Europe. Other Applix iTM1 orders include Australian Geographic, Daimler Chrysler (Taiwan), OMV Deutschland GmbH, Foxtel, Hobara Town (Japan), InterCom Rt., Jahnel-Kestermann Getriebewerke GmbH, Janssen Cilag Pty Ltd., Mayne Hospitals, New South Wales Cancer Council, Playcore, Porsche Lizing es Szolgaltato Kft, Shio Town (Japan), Simsmetal Ltd., Target Australia (a division of Coles Myer), and ZF Lemforder Elastmetall AG & Co KG. "Competitive companies are demanding greater insight into their business performance," said Alan Goldsworthy, Applix President and CEO. "These wins demonstrate Applix's ability to deliver that insight with solutions that provide the best performance and flexibility in the market today." Aexis International N.V. Becomes Applix's BPM Solutions Distributor in The Netherlands In addition, Applix announced the sale of its Netherlands subsidiary Applix B.V. to its European partner Aexis International N.V., a software and services company specializing in IT solutions for advanced business intelligence. Aexis will sell and support Applix solutions from the North Sea to the Mediterranean. "We have expanded our successful relationship with Aexis for an improved channel strategy to support the sales of Integra and BPM solutions, thereby increasing our proven solutions across Europe." About Applix Interactive Planning Applix Interactive Planning enables enterprises to plan, forecast and measure performance in real time to drive greater profitability. With real-time collaboration and enterprise-wide deployment provided via Applix Integra, Applix Interactive Planning unifies financial targets and plans, streamlining planning, budgeting, forecasting, consolidations, reporting and analysis. Built around best practices, the solution includes multi-channel escalations and alerts for tracking the budget progress, creating and validating plans, and responding quickly to changes. It ensures timely decision-making by escalating key events and alerts. Users can review and agree on plans, focus on volatile sections of the business, view the status information, and quickly identify plan ownership. About Applix Integra Applix's Integra platform integrates business planning, performance management and operational data to enable companies to quickly stabilize operational fluctuations and take advantage of new opportunities, optimizing business effectiveness and customer interaction. Companies can rapidly adapt Integra solutions to their unique business models and perform real-time planning and analysis with the embedded Applix iTM1, the industry's fastest analytical tool. Applix Integra also enables companies to manage the complexities of a distributed collaborative environment effectively with Web deployment and process workflow, notification and escalation. Applix, its global partners and end users develop Business Performance Management solutions based on the Applix Integra platform. For more information about Applix Integra, please visit http://www.applix.com/solutions/default.asp?content=integra. About Aexis International Aexis International N.V., a software and services company specializing in IT solutions for advanced business intelligence. More than 450 companies and organizations in Belgium, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg have been relying on Aexis' experience for 25 years to improve their decision-making process. The Company has offices in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Sri Lanka. For more information, visit www.aexis.com. About Applix Applix (NASDAQ: APLX) is a global provider of enterprise-wide Business Performance Management solutions. These solutions enable the continuous management and monitoring of performance across the financial, operational, customer and organizational functions within the enterprise. More than 2,600 customers worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 500, use Applix's adaptable, scalable and real-time solutions, delivered by Applix and by a global network of partners, to manage their business performance and respond to the marketplace in real time. Headquartered in Westborough, MA, Applix maintains offices in four countries in Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim. For more information about Applix, please visit www.applix.com. This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated. Refer to the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2002 under "Risk Factors" for a further discussion of these risks and uncertainties. Applix does not undertake - and specifically declines any obligation - to publicly release the result of any revision that may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events. (C)2003 Applix, Inc. All rights reserved. Applix is a registered trademark of Applix, Inc., and Applix Integra, Applix Interactive Planning, and Applix iTM1 are trademarks of Applix, Inc. All other trademarks and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
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