What is going on here?
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The Canadian DataMining Newsletter
Nov 24 1998
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mailto:echarter@vianet.on.ca
* We told you before that we would track the new growth industry
surrounding the software suppliers to the new and free emerging
Unix standard for PC's, Linux. Applix has a an acceptable office
suite that runs in the graphical user interface, X-, on Linux
operating systems. The Linux system had 500K users in 1995 and
now may have as many as 9 million. We view growth opportunities
in software connected to Linux to have a future.* -CMN
"Investors" in Linux include, Corel, Netscape, IBM, Intel, Oracle
and others.
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"FutureLink Partners With Applix to Offer Flexible Office Automation
Solutions"
"Applix Selects FutureLink As Its First Application Service Provider"
CALGARY: FutureLink Distribution Corp., FNLK/NASD OTC BB,
the World's First Computer Utility Company, today announced that it
has reached an agreement to host Applix's Java-enabled Office Anyware
Suite. Applix, APLX/NASDQ, is a leading provider of Java-enabled
office automation products to large corporations in Canada and the
United States.
This agreement allows FutureLink to offer monthly pricing for both
applications and networks to current and potential Applix clients. As
well, Applix resellers can now offer their traditional software packages as part of a bundled solution that now includes network support from FutureLink. With this new relationship, FutureLink and Applix solidify their leading roles in the new Application Service Provider industry.
Applix's Anyware Office Suite offers a true thin-client alternative
that is ideal for network and webtop computing. Comprised of word
processing,spreadsheet, business graphics and e-mail, Anyware Office
provides powerful office automation and decision-support solutions for
corporate Intranets and the Internet. Its open architecture enables users to integrate a broad range of third-party applications including
databases, calendaring, project scheduling and faxing.
With Applix providing office automation for our multi-platform,
Thin-client networks, customers have immediate access to the most current enterprise applications through the FutureLink Computer Utility(TM) model, said Cameron Chell, FutureLink's, CEO. We believe the FutureLink/Applix agreement provides a solution that gives businesses the most flexible, productive and reliable networks possible. Having been chosen by Applix as their first Application Service Provider, FutureLink now has a greatly expanded potential for reaching new clients.
"I am delighted with this ground-breaking leasing arrangement with
FutureLink, offering our Java-enabled office suite", said Jay Waldron, President and COO of Applix. "The inauguration of this service allows FutureLink customers access to Decision Support and Office Automation applications from anywhere in the world, through a browser. We hope to initiate other agreements with FutureLink that involve our Enterprise customer relationship management application, Applix Enterprise, and TM-1 analytical application. Applix has been a pioneer in developing Internet-related software products, and we continue to see a strong growth area as web-centric application deployment moves into mainstream use."
About Futurelink Distribution Corp.
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FutureLink is the world's first computer utility company. FutureLink
provides small and medium sized businesses with an economic solution for their computing needs through the use of thin client computers and
networked PC's. FutueLink's information technology services cater to
businesses with 10 to 1000 employees. On a subscription basis,
FutureLink offers its customers a full service, multi-year computing
solution, which includes hardware, software, training and maintenance.
About Applix, Inc.
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Applix, Inc. (NASDAQ: APLX), headquartered in Westboro, MA, is a
leading provider of Internet front-office business applications
that allow organizations to better access, analyze, and act on customer and market information. Applix Enterprise is an Internet-centric customer relationship management solution which received the Editor's Choice Award from Call Center Solutions Magazine in 1998; Applix TM1 is an online analytical processing solution for decision support and real-time business analysis, and Applix office solutions include Applix Office for UNIX(R), Linux(R), and Windows NT, and Anyware Office for Java-based desktops. Applix customers include Sun Microsystems, Ericsson, Edward Jones, General Motors, Upjohn, Eastman Kodak, and Boeing. Applixware clients include Bank of Boston, Chase Manhattan Corporation, Morgan Stanley, NASD, Wells Fargo and Westinghouse.
FutureLink
Troy Cleland,
1-888-543-5511,
mailto:invrel@futurelink.net,
Applix: Pat Riemits
1-508-870-0300
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