FRx Software Announces Partnership With Symix Systems; Symix and FRx Deliver Visual Financial Reporting to Midmarket Manufacturers.

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 1999--FRx Software Corp., leaders in financial integration and reporting applications for the enterprise, today announced a partnership with Symix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SYMX).

Symix will provide Visual Financial Reporting(TM) from FRx(R) to every Symix SyteCentre(TM) customer. SyteCentre is Symix's new enterprise application suite for midmarket consumer-oriented manufacturers. Symix bundles an FRx Report Server to deliver a simplified approach to complex financial reporting with electronic distribution from a single application.

"We are excited to partner with Symix, which has become a leader in the manufacturing market by delivering market-driven applications and a customer-centric product line. The delivery of high-end financial reporting capabilities is consistent with this leadership role," said Robert Rohan, vice president of strategic alliances for FRx. "With the scalable FRx Report Server configuration that Symix is bundling, SyteCentre customers will enjoy ease of use and distributed processing power to meet their financial reporting requirements."

Symix customers will deploy FRx to create comprehensive, detailed, timely, financial reports for electronic distribution throughout the enterprise. Symix customers can perform in-depth financial analysis using FRx's DrillDown Viewer to access general ledger data from account to transaction levels.

"We are committed to providing our customers with the business applications they need to succeed in the manufacturing midmarket," said John Mansour, director of SyteCentre and APS product marketing at Symix. "A key part of that commitment and strategy is to identify and team with vendors who can deliver true market-leading innovation and products. We have partnered with FRx, a leader in financial reporting, to deliver some of the most powerful financial reporting and analysis available today."

About Visual Financial Reporting

Visual Financial Reporting from FRx empowers finance and accounting professionals to create timely, sophisticated financial reporting using flexible and visual spreadsheet-like design techniques. FRx applications feature the automatic creation of complex financial reports with rollups through multiple reporting hierarchies. The hierarchies are structured with reporting trees that provide effective dating capability to manage organizational restructuring and consolidation of multiple cost centers, business units and companies, even when data resides in different accounting systems or has different charts of accounts or fiscal years.

Using Visual Financial Reporting, financial executives can integrate data from multiple general ledger sources, as well as non-GL sources, such as spreadsheets, all without the use of a data warehouse. Consequently, reports can provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date view of a company's financial performance, which includes both posted and unposted data. Visual Financial Reporting supports exception and multi-currency reporting.

FRx's Report Server allows for the rapid production and secure, electronic distribution of financial reports to users company-wide who can then utilize FRx's DrillDown Viewer to access general ledger data from account to transaction level. Reports can also be exported to worksheets or printed with presentation quality.

About FRx Software Corp.

Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Denver, FRx Software Corporation produces advanced Visual Financial Reporting software that interfaces directly with more than 30 leading client/server financial systems and is used in over 65,000 sites worldwide. FRx is recognized by Accounting Today as one of the Top 100 Software Companies. FRx Software products are designed by and for CPAs and other financial professionals to build and maintain complex financial reports that support Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). For information about FRx Software's product offerings call 1-800-379-8733 or visit them on the Web at www.frxsoftware.com.

About Symix Systems, Inc.

Symix Systems, Inc. develops, markets and supports integrated enterprise management systems that meet the unique needs of midsize manufacturers. Symix is the originator of Customer Synchronized Resource Planning (CSRP), which extends Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to incorporate customer needs into manufacturers' central planning processes. CSRP helps manufacturers achieve a competitive advantage by providing value-added, customized products and services to their customers. Every day, over 3,500 customers use Symix software, including its SyteLine enterprise software suite for industrial products markets. Founded in 1979 and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Symix markets its products through sales and service offices in Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim, as well as through independent software and support business partners. Symix company and product information is available at http://www.symix.com.