This once a 40 dollar stock is ready to go off ,, observing it last few days ..
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APPLIX INC (NASD: APLX) ....http://www.applix.com
PH: (508) 870-0300....CEO: Jitendra S. Saxena
Applix, Inc., (NASDAQ:APLX - news) headquartered in Westboro, MA, is a leading provider of Internet front-office business applications for the enterprise, 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 a 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.
With thousands of customers around the world - including such companies as Blockbuster Video, MTV, Motorola, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, AT&T, Sony, Harrah's, New Holland N.A., Kaiser Permanente, SmithKline Beecham, Bristol-Myers Squibb, British Airways, Reuters, VISA International, Deutsche Bank, Siemens, Chase Manhattan Bank, Credit Suisse, Daimler Benz, Singapore Telecom, U.S. Army, and the U.S. Department of Energy - Applix leads the way in delivering Internet-centric enterprise applications for today's globally distributed companies.
Revenues ($mil): 50.4/1998 48.5/1997 51.2/1996 32.3/1995 18.5/1994
Working Capital ($mil) 22.9 22.6 21.1 18.3 15.8
Shares Outstanding (000): 10252.........Float: 8.60
Shares Held by Institutions (%): 11.1........No. Institutions Holding Shares: 29
PE: 27.9.......Book Value: 2.77......Cash Per Share: 1.87
Chart: Showing major accumulation..coming of the bottom...uptrend with stochs turning up
Insider buying by CEO:
Date Name Action Shares Type Price Value
31-Jul-98 SAXENA JITENDRA S Bought (P) 10,000 Common 3.63 $36,300
29-Jul-98 HANOVER ALAIN J Bought (P) 8,500 Common 3.75 $31,875
28-Jul-98 SAXENA JITENDRA S Bought (P) 15,000 Common 3.81 $57,150
28-Jul-98 HANOVER ALAIN J Bought (P) 10,000 Common 3.75 $37,500
27-Jul-98 HANOVER ALAIN J Bought (P) 2,500 Common 3.75 $9,375
24-Jul-98 SAXENA JITENDRA S Bought (P) 10,000 Common 3.75 - 3.81 $37,920
Partial List Of Partners/Customers:
Sun Microsystems, Bloomberg, Compaq, DEC, Ericsson, HP, CPQ, IBM, Informix, Lotus,
Netscape, Oracle, Silicon Graphics, Sybase, MSFT, CS, Alcatel, Hallmark, Sepracor, MTV, Motorola,
Benz, VISA, Smithkline Beecham, AT@T, Sony, Blockbuster Video, Harrah's, Bristol Myers,
British Airways, Reuters, Siemens, Deutsche Bank, Chase Manhatten Bank, US Army,Credit
Suisse and many more......
Recent News:
TODAY AFTER MARKET.....Tuesday November 17 7:00 PM ET
Linux looks to the office: It's not just for nerds anymore
By Lisa M. Bowman, ZDNet
LAS VEGAS -- At first, it's hard to tell why some of the center aisles in the out-of -the-way Sands Expo at Comdex are so crammed with people.
Then you spot the penguins.
The symbol of the alternative OS, Linux, penguins grace nearly every booth of the crowded cluster of companies that make up the Linux Pavilion. The large pavilion features only about a dozen booths, but on Tuesday morning each was chock-filled with people looking to learn the latest about the OS.
Linux puts its best face forward
The crowds are a change for Linux. Not the most user-friendly OS on the market, it is still mostly the domain of geeks and tech enthusiasts. But several companies are showcasing Linux-based office applications suites in the hopes of luring passers-by to at least think about dropping their Microsoft habits. Applix Inc., S.u.S.E., and Pacific HiTech are all demonstrating such applications, and many look surprisingly similar to their Microsoft counterparts.
Applix's Applixware lets users write documents and work within spreadsheets, as they can in Office. Users can also export and import Word and Excel documents, so they can function in a Microsoft-dominated world. Such office applications are a key to getting the consumer introduced to the wacky world of Linux, by putting a friendly face on the techie-geared OS.
Linux lets users escape Microsoft
Linux has been a boost to Applix, which has seen the market for other Unix products shrink in recent years. Plus, anything that nips at Microsoft is a good thing, said Richard Manly, director of product management for Applix.
"I've gotten letters from people saying, 'Thank you Applix, I can finally delete the Microsoft partition from my drive,' " Manly said.
But he can't help feeling that Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) is using Linux as a pawn in its ongoing war with government trustbusters. "They see it as an opportunity to defend themselves against the government," Manly said.
Linux is a force to be reckoned with resonated in Silicon Valley the past year as vendors, one after another, hopped on the Linux bandwagon.
INTEL is planning to use this techonoly for its XEON chip!
Netscape is committed to porting all its server products to Linux....
But maybe even more importantly, it is being heard in Redmond, Washington, causing even Microsoft to take notice and call Linux one of the biggest threats to Windows NT.
Prescott Pratt, who runs the computer system for the Snow College library in Snow College, Utah, said he came to the Linux Pavilion in search of low-cost technology. "I'm wondering if maybe I can find a better platform for our kids," he said. Pratt is going home with several versions of the OS -- which he bought for between $1 and $15 per CD. He'll try each and decide if Linux is for him.
Linux gains loyalists
Karl Fukushima, an IT manager for Bell South subsidiary Honolulu Cellular, said he's considering adding more Linux technology to his company's mish-mash of operating systems because he likes its reliability and power. "We're trying to keep an open mind," said Fukushima, whose company also runs on several flavors of Unix. "We're thinking of using it as a Web server or for intrusion detection," he said. Plus, he said, he hates the "blue screen of death" that appears when Windows NT conflicts with software that's already on a machine.
Even the University of Denver has found itself in the center of the Linux movement -- although by accident. The school -- which is touting its distance learning program at Comdex -- was late to secure a booth. So it ended up being jammed in among the Linux companies.
That's not so bad, said college spokesman Wesley Lawton. "There's been great foot traffic, and a good flow of people coming through," he said. "We've gotten some leads because of it."
Applix offers OLAP for Linux
By Erich Luening Staff Writer, CNET News.com
November 11, 1998, 12:30 p.m. PT
Linux continues to receive support in the form of more and more product lines that work with the open source operating system.
Business tools and applications maker Applix today rolled out Applix TM 1 OLAP for Linux, an OLAP package for financial decision support and analysis on the open source operating system platform that is gaining more momentum and acceptability in the marketplace.
TM1 OLAP for Linux is the latest version of Applix TM1's portable OLAP environment that uses the Applixware Spreadsheet interface, providing a tool for developing real-time analysis and decision support applications.
Applix joins a growing group of software makers that have endorsed Linux and are providing products that support the operating system. Among the group are such major industry players as Netscape, Corel , Oracle, and Intel.
"I haven't seen any other vendors in the OLAP market providing this yet," said Giga Information Group analyst Teresa Wingfield. "If the demand for it is there, it makes sense," for them to provide the tool.
Applix is betting on the more than 7 million customers using Linux to use the TM1 OLAP for Linux to gain multidimensional views of their business with the new product.
Built on top of the RAM-based OLAP model, TM1 OLAP for Linux includes distributed system and real-time calculation features, as well as a browser facility.
Linux's popularity is being fueled by a number of factors.
The main reason is that initial adopters of the system--students and information system workers at universities, followed closely by Internet service providers--have entered the mainstream and brought the system with them. Many have installed the platform in clandestine sites within their new corporate homes. It's only now that corporations are coming forward or even finding out that Linux is running in their operations.
But in a strange catch-22, part of the reason these companies are coming forward is that their mainstream vendors are supporting the system.
The realization that Linux is a force to be reckoned with resonated in Silicon Valley the past year as vendors, one after another, hopped on the Linux bandwagon. INTEL is planning to use this techonoly for its XEON chip!!!!!!!!! But maybe even more importantly, it is being heard in Redmond, Washington, causing even Microsoft to take notice and call Linux one of the biggest threats to Windows NT. |
