Applix Announces iCustomerCommunity.com.WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 23, 1999-- iCustomerCommunity.com helps customers and partners move at Internet speed to establish e-business relationships across the entire value-chain Applix, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :APLX), announced today iCustomerCommunity.com, a web-based solution that allows e-businesses to deliver a professional level of service to their entire value-chain including customers and partners. As a result, e-businesses can quickly establish customer-facing services such as one-to-one marketing, interactive selling and self-service. The new website approach lets organizations establish virtual communities without the cost and time needed to build an e-business infrastructure. Organizations can plug-in to a world-class website that is secure and personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. . E-businesses can establish their own branding label and customize the options to meet their business requirements. The site provides benefits to the entire value-chain by enabling knowledge sharing and communication. Applix iCustomerCommunity.com brings together all the collaborative pieces that make your connection with the e-business world unique. Its `cascading' architecture lets a top-level organization host e-business for its partners and customers, and in turn partners can host e-business for their partners and customers. Whether you want to share ideas with your employees, engage in forums with your customers and partners, search a knowledge base or read up on product information, it all can be done through iCustomerCommunity.com. Users can access critical business information from a single point through customer-facing applications and tools. Companies can create profiles based on the needs of their customers, partners and employees, allowing them to interact on a personalized basis. Partners are able to offer their customers the ability to log inquiries and product requests, let customers engage in forums that can be restricted to the partner's community, or let them engage in wider discussions across the Web. "Since taking part in the Applix iCustomerCommunity.com we have been able to enhance communication with our iTM1 customers and improve their technical support," said Dan Bernatchez, Vice President of Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. of Revelwood Inc, a strategic member of the Applix Leadership Alliance Partner (ALAP) program. "With the help of Applix, we are now exploring the possibility of creating our own iCustomerCommunity.com as the foundation for improving communication with partners and customers for our own software products." "This new website goes beyond self-service portals," said Jit Saxena, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Applix. "It's a collaborative channel of communications. All the integrated processes within the customer relationship management applications are structured to provide information to our customers, who in turn, provide the same ability to their customers - putting the customer at the heart of business." About Applix Applix, Inc. (NASDAQ:APLX), headquartered in Westboro, Mass., develops, markets and supports web-based, front office business solutions, which allow organizations to improve decision-making and corporate productivity. The Front Office Business Solutions include a suite of thin-client Customer Relationship Management (iCRM) applications, which include the Applix iEnterprise and Enterprise Anyware product lines, and a set of real-time Business Intelligence applications, which include the Applix iTM1 product line. In addition to its Front Office Business Solutions, Applix also provides a set of Decision Support applications, consisting of Applixware and Applix Anyware products. The Company's products are available on a variety of software platforms, including Windows, Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and Linux environments. More information can be found at http://www.applix.com. About Revelwood Revelwood Inc. is a leading provider of software solutions that enable mid- to large-sized companies to conduct real-time collaborative planning and reporting on the Web. 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