Applix — Skating to Where the Puck is Going
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2003 iTM1 Midwest User Group Meeting March 28, 2003
2003 iTM1 Midwest User Group Meeting March 28, 2003
Chris IlacquaDir Product Management
Agenda
Corporate Overview & Strategy The Company The BI & BPM Markets Our Products and Solutions Architecture Demonstrations Invitation to Boss May 2003
Summary
Company Overview – (NASDAQ:APLX)
• 2002 Revenue of $36M(70% Analytics)
• Founded in 1983
• 140 Employees
• Strong financial position
• Over 1,600 customers
• Over 200 New Customers in 2002
• Customers are passionate about TM1
• Global reach
• Worldwide partnerships
Applix Office Applix Distributor
Representative list of customers
Examples of Over 200 Analytics Deals in 2002
•Air France•Fuji Photo Film•Fujitsu•CBS Television City•Visa International•World Bank•People’s Bank
Generated 30% year-over-year increase in analytics revenue
•Mercedes Benz Accessories•Nautica•Nippon Chemical Industrial•Phillips Electronics•U.S. Department of Defense•Walt Disney International•Zurich Financial Services
Evolution of Business Intelligence (BI) to Corporate Performance Management (BPM)
Reactive - Historical Orientation, “What Happened”
Time Delayed – Analysis happens after the fact using aggregated and detailed data.
Back Room – Small number of power users.
Stand alone & Disparate – little integration with operational systems or among various systems or among various BPM systems.
Proactive – Predictive future orientation including planning and modeling in addition to reactive.
Real Time – analysis and alerts of detailed data while event is occurring in addition to time delayed.
Analysis Everywhere – analysis is extended to a much wider user base.
In-line, Unified – Analysis systems closely coupled with operational systems and each other so that each informs the other.
BIBI BPMBPM
Applix BPM definition
Corporate Performance Management (BPM) is the continuous management and monitoring of Financial, Operational, Customer and Organizational performance across the enterprise
BPM solutions have the following capabilities to facilitate the proactive steering of business direction
• Monitoring of Key Performance Indicators
• Continuous and real-time review and refinement
• Interactive decision making
Deployment across all levels of the enterprise
Product Portfolio
Platforms TM1 - OLAP Engine Integra – BPM Development Environment
Applications: Applix Interactive Planning – Planning, budgeting & forecasting Applix Service Analytics – Analytics for CRM service data
Note: Applix Confidential Information subject Nondisclosure agreement
Applix Product Strengths
Performance Fastest load times Fastest recalcs
Best multi-user write-back
What-if capabilities
Best Excel add-in
Ease of deployment
Sophisticated modeling
Fully integrated, enterprise-wide workflow & collaboration
Multiple languages, currencies, global support
Applix TM1 DifferentiatorsPer Independent “OLAP Survey”*
Fastest rollout time: 82% of sites implemented within 6 months
Best performance: 12x faster than Essbase, 8x over Oracle
Most loyal customers: 75% of our customers will buy more
#1 in ease of use: A reason 67% of our customers bought iTM1
Quickest proof of concept: A reason 50% of our customers bought iTM1
Quickest data load/builds: 12x faster than Essbase and Microstrategy
* Per The OLAP Survey, an independent survey authored by renowned OLAP expert Nigel Pendse, which documents 644 OLAP users’ responses worldwide.
Product Releases
Recent Releases
Applix Integra 1.0/TM1 8.0 July, 2002
Applix Interactive Planning October, 2002
Applix Service Analytics December, 2002
Applix Integra 1.2/TM1 8.1 January, 2003
Note: Applix Confidential Information subject Nondisclosure agreement
A Short History of TM/1
First Release – 1984
Hypersparsity - 1987
Client / Server – 1989
Cube Rules – 1992
Stargate Optimization - 1996
Object Orientated Interface / Multithreading - 1998
Turbo Integrator (ETL) / In-Spreadsheet Browser - 2000
Server 8.0 / Integra - 2002
TM1 New Features in Version 8
Server Administration
Dynamic Subset & Views
Engine Overhaul
New Dimension Editor
Rules Tracer
Deferred Updates
Drill Through
ETL Improvements
Security Revamp
64 bit
Miscellaneous
Integra: Object-based BPM Development Environment
• Structured development environment
• Built on TM1 views (ease of maintenance…can change view structure in iTM1 Architect without rebuilding web form)
• Reusable objects across across multiple applications and dashboards (build once use many times)
• Higher level objects that allow users to assemble business data models. (Rapid development)
Integra Object Management
Integra XML Support
Object definitions saved as XML
Can use 3rd party version control
Can generate/process XML (wireless, voice, text messaging)
Integra Personalization
Applix Interactive Planning
Capabilities: Planning and budgeting application that enables any Global 2000 company company to plan, analyze, and adapt their strategic goals and objectives
Benefits: Improved predictability and heightened business performance management.
Features: Unifies financial targets and plans with real-time collaboration, business workflow management, enterprise-wide deployment, including dynamic reporting and analysis, business process management and data entry, and the flexibility to reflect a company’s unique business processes
Layered on the Applix Integra platform
Applix Interactive Planning(based on TM1 & Integra)
A solution for enterprise-wide, continuous planning Real-time, collaborative
planning• Top-down target setting• Allocations• Forecasting• Bottom-up planning
Business workflow management• Notification and alerts• Process automation• View into the process
User-driven configuration
Service Analytics Benefits
Call Center Operational KPIs Number New and Closed Calls Calls Per Rep Average Time to Call Closure Closed on first Call Call Movement
• Group to Group• Rep to Rep…
Profitability KPIs Average Cost per Call Customer Profitability Service Level Agreement (SLA)
performance Rate of Maintenance Contract
Renewals
Reduced Call Volume Find and fix source of calls
Increased Efficiency Focus on profitable customers Headcount reduction Better call routing
Greater Customer Satisfaction Customer retention Maintenance renewals
GoalsGoals Return on InvestmentReturn on Investment
Applix Service Analytics(based on TM1 & Integra)
Open Call Analysis
Closed Call Analysis
Call Movement Tracking
Service Contracts Monitor
Service Contracts Actuals
Top 10 Active Accounts
Rep Productivity Review
Call Volume Trends
Call Spot Rate
Applix Service Analytics
Predictive modeling adjusts call-center headcount based on trends and what-if analysis
Applix Architecture
Development ObjectivesMaximize value – Avoid the hype
Provide low cost of entry and immediate ROI
Provide support for ad hoc queries, reports
Provide support for ad hoc modeling and analysis
Support growth to enterprise scale
Support industry standards
Provide COTS applications
Overall Architecture
3rd PartyRDBMS
TM1MOLAP Engine
IntegraBusiness Process Automation Engine
WebClients
Network EnabledNative Windows Clients
COTSApplications
PartnerApplications
CustomApplications
TM1 MOLAP Architecture
Patented memory based technology
Optimized for fast loading
Optimized for ad hoc queries
Easily handles high dimensionality and sparse data
Efficient multi-user write-back
Scales from laptop to data-center
Supports synchronization and replication
TM1Memory Based Computation Engine
Turbo IntegratorProgrammatic Model Loading
ArchitectMeta Data Editor
ExcelClient
Integra Process Automation Engine Architecture
Simple procedural workflow
Tight integration to Oracle and SQL server
Time, calendar and event based alerting
Work group enabled
Portal enabled
Integration API’s
Extensible and adaptable by IT personnel via Developers studio
DevelopersStudio
ReportingEngine
FormEngine
WorkflowEngine
AlertingEngine
Web PortalIntegration Engine
Application ProgrammingInterfaces
TomCatServeLet
ExecBEA
WebLogicIIS
…J2EE
Demonstrations
Summary
Pure play analytical software company
Strong financials
Loyal & growing customer base
TM1 offers unique BI capabilities
Targeting BPM market through applications
Boss 2003
• Applix’s Annual North America User Conference
• May 13 – 15, 2003
• Westin Hotel, Providence, Rhode Island