MCI Consultants, the leading distributor for Applix's TM1 product in South Africa, today announced the latter's Applix 9.1, which enhances performance management across the enterprise for improved operational visibility and greater agility in the market.
New features of Applix 9.1 enable businesses to perform reporting from the Web, more easily configure planning applications, and create their own custom dashboards and scorecards - all while taking advantage of Applix's strengths in rapid deployment, ease-of-use and rapid query response benefits.
"Understanding that businesses need to work more nimbly than ever, we assessed the Applix platform over this past year. The Applix 9.1 release adds many features to help a company set a broader, more strategic vision," commented Ben Plummer, vice-president, worldwide marketing, Applix, Inc.
"Now an enterprise can optimise performance of all departments - with a single platform that reaches farther, deploys easier, and reacts faster than any solution in the market today."
Reaching further
A key component of this release, Applix's self-service Executive Viewer now provides enhanced support for accessing Applix databases as well as other data sources for faster, more comprehensive views into business performance. When designing their own Web-based reports, Executive Viewer users have one-click access to dynamic sets of data, such as 'Top 10 products' or 'non-profit organisations,' as well as links from reports to related SQL data sources.
This version also introduces new features that permit organisations to extend the value of Applix's applications to their custom applications and portals. Users can plug and play Applix documents such as planning templates, reports, and charts within corporate portals such as Microsoft's SharePoint or custom Web applications. Applix's Websheets, dashboards, PDFs, and Microsoft Office documents can all be integrated into Applix 9.1 Web applications. For even greater flexibility, IT departments can easily configure complete Web applications for business analytics using the new robust .NET interface.
Deploying easier
Applix 9.1 also boosts the capabilities of Applix Web applications to new heights. With wizards, users can rapidly design and deploy Web applications as well as set up personalised home pages with navigation to reports and templates for planning and analytical applications.
Applix 9.1 Guided Web Applications navigate occasional users through personalised templates, forms, and reports required to complete their performance management tasks. This version now empowers end users to perform data maintenance activities, such as adding a new project or creating new 'sandbox' planning scenarios, with buttons that draw context from current worksheets.
Reacting faster
Designed to service enterprise-grade applications, this release offers features that improve stability and scalability as well support levels for greater numbers and kinds of users. Version 9.1 provides both IT and Applix administrators with improved transparency into the performance and health of server operations. Applix 9.1 technology also enables high levels of concurrent activity for both read-write and read-only users, which translates to a greater number of different users tapping the solution simultaneously, with faster response times - critical to businesses focused upon nimbleness in their markets.
For further information, please contact Aliki Droussiotis, MCI: telephone (011) 454 3420, fax (011) 454 3417, e-mail aliki@mci.co.za.
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Applix is a global provider of business intelligence and business performance management solutions. These solutions enable the continuous management and monitoring of performance across the financial, operational, customer and organisational functions within the enterprise. More than 2000 customers worldwide use Applix's adaptable, scalable and real-time solutions, delivered by Applix and by a global network of partners, to manage their business performance and respond to the marketplace in real-time. Headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, USA, Applix maintains offices in four countries in Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim. For more information about Applix, please visit www.applix.com.
MCI Consultants
MCI Consultants is a South African-based business information systems consulting firm specialising in providing software solutions to the business community, specifically to the financial services and personnel recruitment industries.
It offers a complete solution, which can include project management, consulting services, installation, training and support, packaged software implementations, product development including e-commerce solutions, hardware supply, installation and design services.
The company's approach is to continuously provide solutions to meet clients' changing requirements. It takes pride in delivering excellent customer service and building lasting partnerships with clients.
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