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Applix unveils new features for greater interoperability with SAP and SAP business information warehouse

New Capabilities to be Showcased at Gartner's Business Intelligence Summit and CeBIT

WESTBOROUGH, Mass., March 8, 2006 -- Applix, Inc. (Nasdaq: APLX), a global provider of Business Performance Management (BPM) and Business Intelligence (BI) applications, is unveiling new features in its flagship application, TM1(R). TM1 offers greater access to and interoperability with data in SAP and SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW). The new features, including those announced in other press releases this week (http://www.applix.com), will be showcased at this week's Gartner BI Summit (booth #BB) in Chicago and at CeBIT (Hall 3, booth #C45) in Hanover, Germany.

"Applix TM1 is used by global companies for performing planned and ad hoc analysis, and for reporting on financial and operational information," said David Menninger, Applix vice president, worldwide product management and marketing. "Much of the raw data vital to this analysis and the corresponding decision-making process is generated by and stored in SAP applications. We've greatly enhanced our integration with SAP BW in order to give more functionality to our customers."

Applix Teams with syskoplan

Applix TM1 is already SAP certified and previously provided access to SAP information through ODBO interfaces. The new features announced today have been developed in conjunction with syskoplan AG, a systems integrator and consultancy headquartered in Gutersloh, Germany. Connecting via native SAP interfaces allows for significant amounts of data to be transported rapidly from SAP BW to TM1 where users can take advantage of TM1's flexible reporting, "what if" analysis, budgeting, planning and forecasting capabilities.

syskoplan AG specializes in business intelligence, customer relationship management, and supply chain solutions for SAP customers. In 2005, syskoplan was named by SAP as one of its exclusive NetWeaver Special Expertise Partners, one of many certifications and alliances syskoplan has with SAP.

"For our customers we clearly see a need for very flexible reporting solutions for business intelligence power users, as well as for flexible, high performance planning and business modeling capabilities," said Thomas Greutmann, senior vice president of syskoplan AG. "We are convinced that a combination of Applix and SAP BW is ideally suited to meet that demand, especially for customers that follow an SAP IT strategy. It offers end users additional high-end analytics capabilities while leveraging -- and even expanding -- investments into an SAP data warehouse infrastructure."

Applix customers worldwide are finding TM1 brings more value to their existing SAP applications. With TM1, organizations can perform rapid ad hoc query and reporting on SAP data, unlocking raw data vital to enterprise-wide performance management activities. Some examples include:

* A cargo airline uses TM1 with SAP for reporting, passenger cost center accounting and revenue management. The information extracted from SAP and analyzed in TM1 facilitates customer planning, customer profitability analysis, freight letter analysis, point-to-point parcel optimization and scheduling;

* A beverage manufacturer and retailer gets 'right time' updates from SAP and analyzes the data in TM1 for product and packaging profitability analysis, sales trends by packaging and distribution trends analysis for shelf and packaging optimization; and

* A worldwide film and digital camera equipment manufacturer relies on TM1 for its planning, reporting and performance analysis. The operational information is extracted from an SAP cost accounting system and TM1 is used to manage rolling forecasts and align actuals with performance targets.

Applix TM1

Applix's TM1 is a unified application, delivering business planning, budgeting, reporting and analytics for powering strategic analysis of financial, operational, transactional and other business data. The annual BPM Partners "Beyond the Hype" Webcast (http://www.bpmpartners.com/events_webinars.shtml) for 2006 recognized that Applix TM1 application customers had the highest level of satisfaction of any of the leading BPM solutions, suites, tools and vendors. The OLAP Survey 5 gave TM1 the highest marks for speed of query, deployment, and data load and precalculation, as well as the highest ranking for overall business benefits achieved and the lowest number of technical problems. Customers using TM1-based applications have won industry awards from several leading publications, including Start Magazine and Business Finance Magazine.

About Applix

Applix (Nasdaq: APLX) is a global provider of Business Performance Management and Business Intelligence applications, based on Applix's TM1. TM1 applications enable continuous strategic planning, management and monitoring of performance across the financial and operational functions within the enterprise. Applix is a founder of the BPM Standards Group (http://www.bpmstandardsgroup.org), and has been recognized by numerous industry analyst groups for its technical leadership and vision in the marketplace.

More than 2,200 customers worldwide use TM1 for its tight integration with Excel, real-time response, adaptability, and low total cost of ownership. Delivered by Applix and by a global network of partners, TM1-based applications help customers 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 http://www.applix.com.

Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects for the Company, including any statements containing the words "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements necessarily involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include without limitation, competitive pressures, changes in customer demands, adverse economic conditions, loss of key personnel, litigation, potential fluctuations in quarterly results, lengthy sales cycles, market acceptance of new or enhanced products and services, factors affecting spending by customers and other risks, uncertainties and factors including those described in the Company's most recent Form 10-K or 10-Q under the heading "Risk Factors"/"Factors That May Affect Future Results." In addition, the forward-looking statements provided by the Company in this press release represent the Company's views as of the date of this release. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause the Company's views to change. However, while the Company may elect to update these forward- looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so, and these forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company's views as of any date subsequent to the date of this release.

Applix and TM1 are registered trademarks of Applix, Inc., TM1 Financial Consolidations, TM1 Planning Manager, and TM1 Web are trademarks of Applix, Inc. All other trademarks and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.



Charlotte Locke           
     Applix                   
     (508) 475-2441           
     clocke@applix.com

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