Applix, Inc. (Nasdaq: APLX), a global provider of single platform solutions for Business Performance Management (BPM) and Business Intelligence (BI), today announced a new partnership with SKYTEC AG, an IT consulting firm and service provider. With this partnership, Applix is further expanding its global partner network to meet the needs of firms using SAP.


SKYTEC, employing 150 staff in its Munich and Stuttgart, Germany, and Vienna, Austria offices, specializes in Business Intelligence -- from strategic consulting for data warehouse architectures to solution suites for business performance management, as well as implementation and customization services for SAP BW.


Applix TM1 is among the top five third-party software packages used as a front end to SAP, according to The OLAP Survey 51. Adding more complex and flexible analytics, TM1 enables SAP customers to gain more insight into their business through their SAP applications.


"The new partnership with Applix is an important addition to our solution portfolio on two levels: first, TM1 has achieved certified integration with SAP BW, and many of our customers deploy SAP BW," said Marco Kiernan, director of sales and consulting, SKYTEC. "Secondly, TM1 presents an extremely powerful, single application for all aspects of business performance management -- i.e., planning, budgeting, business modeling, analysis, and reporting -- which are becoming more important to all of our customers, and Applix is the only vendor of an OLAP-based solution offering such a complete package."


"SKYTEC is an ideal partner for Applix, with deep BI/BPM knowledge, experienced consultants, and the ability to leverage TM1's real-time, read/write environment to help extend the customer's SAP BW investment," said Hans-Georg Schieb, managing director, Applix GmbH. "Because TM1 is ranked the top solution for overall business benefits achieved in The OLAP Survey 5, it is a compelling choice for SKYTEC's prospects and customers."


Applix TM1


Applix's TM1 is a unified, multidimensional application, delivering business planning, reporting and analytics for powering strategic analysis of financial, operational, transactional and other business data. The 2005 OLAP Survey 5 (http://www.survey.com/olap) by independent analyst Nigel Pendse, gave TM1 the highest marks for speed of query, deployment, and data load and pre-calculation, as well as the highest ranking for overall business benefits achieved and the lowest number of technical problems. The annual BPM Partners "Beyond the Hype" Webcast (http://www.bpmpartners.com/events_webinars.shtml) named Applix the 2004 leader in the tools category and in 2005 recognized that Applix customers had the highest level of satisfaction of any of the leading BPM solutions, suites, tools and vendors. Customers using TM1-based applications have won industry awards from several leading publications, including Start Magazine and Business Finance Magazine.


Applix recently released TM1 Version 9.0 with its high performance Web solution for real-time business performance management and reporting across the enterprise. The company also offers TM1 Planning Manager(TM) to provide workflow and compliance capabilities for all TM1-based applications, TM1 Financial Reporting(TM) for rapid and easy reporting applications, TM1 Financial Consolidations(TM) to streamline journal entries, inter-company eliminations and other consolidation processes, and TM1 Web(TM), a Web-enabled front end for global and remote read/write capabilities of BPM and BI applications.


About Applix


Applix (Nasdaq: APLX) is a global provider of Business Performance Management and Business Intelligence solutions. These solutions, based on Applix's TM1 analytics platform, enable the continuous 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 2,100 customers worldwide use TM1 for business performance management because of 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 solutions 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.


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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.


Contact:


Charlotte Locke Kelley Kassa


Applix SparkSource, Inc.


(508) 475-2441 (781) 418-2406


clocke@applix.com kkassa@sparksource.com