Applix Partners with CPM Enterprise Solutions to Deliver TM1-Based Business Intelligence and Performance Management Solutions Throughout Canada.

WESTBOROUGH, Mass. -- Leading Canadian Reseller Joins Forces with Applix To Improve Operational Effectiveness for Organizations of All Sizes

Applix, Inc. (Nasdaq: APLX), a global provider of Business Intelligence (BI) and Business Performance Management (BPM) software solutions, today announced the addition of CPM Enterprise Solutions of Ontario, Canada to the company's growing list of solution providers. Applix Solution Partners are organizations that drive their consulting and implementation business through the sale of Applix's TM1(R) planning, reporting and analytics platform and its accompanying modules TM1 Planning Manager(TM) and TM1 Web(TM).

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

"To ensure our customers' successes, Applix continues to partner with the highest quality organizations that deliver significant value," said Larry Piccioli, vice president, business development, Applix. "CPM is exactly that kind of partner with its proven expertise in delivering both BI and BPM solutions at a world class level. CPM's understanding extends beyond the technology and into the business goals their customers want to achieve - enabling them to deliver real-world solutions, not just technology."

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 1,800 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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