Applix Expands Partnership with CPM Enterprise Solutions into United States.

WESTBOROUGH, Mass. -- Leading Reseller to deliver TM1-based Business Intelligence and Performance Management Solutions throughout North America 

Applix, Inc. (Nasdaq: APLX), a global provider of single platform solutions for Business Intelligence (BI) and Business Performance Management (BPM) solutions, today announced the expansion of its relationship with CPM Enterprise Solutions (CPM) of Ontario, Canada, an Applix Solution Partner. In addition to providing expertise and service to Applix TM1 customers in Canada, CPM Enterprise Solutions will also work with Applix prospects and customers in the United States. Applix Solution Partners help enterprises address their business performance management needs through the consulting and implementation of Applix's TM1(R), the complete platform for planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analytics, including its accompanying modules, TM1 Planning Manager(TM) and TM1 Web(TM).

"CPM has extensive experience helping businesses leverage the strategic power of BI and BPM solutions," said Larry Piccioli, vice president, business development, Applix. "As more and more companies look to BI and BPM to help understand customer and product profitability, plan for and manage to metrics, and perform complex financial and operational modeling, they need strategic partners to help with these solutions and processes. CPM is one of a number of Applix Solution Partners that are expert resources for these businesses, and we're pleased to expand our relationship with CPM into a broader customer base."

Founded specifically to deliver Performance Management solutions, CPM's staff are experts in finance, management, reporting, systems implementation and project management. CPM will develop customized solutions that utilize Applix's TM1 software and enable companies to complete the ongoing budgeting, planning, forecasting and consolidation processes, to more efficiently and effectively analyze and report on core operational information, and to make more strategic business decisions based on up-to-date information on company performance and operations.

According to Michael O'Rourke, President of CPM Enterprise Solutions, LLC of Plymouth, MA, CPM's US division, "We are confident that this partnership will be highly successful due to our experience in this space and TM1's unique capability of providing a complete CPM solution to our customers. Applix's TM1 is a world-class planning, budgeting, and forecasting application that provides real-time analytics and reporting across the enterprise at a truly compelling price point."

Applix Solution Partners

Applix delivers software solutions through a number of channels, including Solution Partners, Distributors, OEMs and Value Added Resellers. Solution partners offer packaged and customized applications across a variety of industries, including banking and financial services, consumer goods/retail, healthcare, media, and more. (See www.applix.com/solutions/applications.asp). Value Added Resellers and OEMs bundle Applix software products within their application to provide valuable planning, reporting and analytic functionality. (For more information on the full array of Partner Solutions for TM1, see www.applix.com/partners/accountsearch.asp.)

About CPM Enterprise Solutions

CPM was founded specifically to deliver Corporate Performance Management (CPM) Solutions to customers to close the gap between management's corporate strategy model and transaction based systems like ERP. CPM's solutions provide immeasurable benefits as the solutions improve both an organization's effectiveness and efficiency. Comprised of associates with experience servicing Fortune 1000 companies across North America, CPM provides customers with a wealth of knowledge and experience, as well as an unparalleled level of service to add significant value to organizations. For more information, please visit www.cpmes.com.

About Applix

Applix (NASDAQ: APLX) is a global provider of Business Intelligence and Business Performance Management 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 (www.bpmstandardsgroup.org), and has been recognized by numerous industry analyst groups for its technical leadership and vision in the marketplace.

More than 1,900 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 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 www.applix.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this document are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements concerning future plans or results are only estimates and actual results could differ materially from expectations. Certain 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 under the heading "Risk Factors" and its most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q under the heading "Factors That May Affect Future Results." 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.

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