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Applix Inc. was a computer
software
Software is a set of computer programs and associated documentation and data. This is in contrast to hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work.
At the lowest programming level, executable code consists ...
company founded in 1983 based in
Westborough, Massachusetts
Westborough is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 21,567 at the 2020 Census, in over 7,000 households. Incorporated in 1717, the town is governed under the New England open town meeting system, headed ...
that published
Applix TM1, a multi-dimensional
online analytical processing
Online analytical processing, or OLAP (), is an approach to answer multi-dimensional analytical (MDA) queries swiftly in computing. OLAP is part of the broader category of business intelligence, which also encompasses relational databases, repo ...
(MOLAP) database server, and related presentation tools, including Applix Web and Applix Executive Viewer. Together, Applix TM1, Applix Web and Applix Executive Viewer were the three core components of the Applix Business Analytics Platform. (Executive Viewer was subsequently discontinued by IBM.)
On October 25, 2007, Applix was acquired by
Cognos
Cognos Incorporated was an Ottawa, Ontario-based company making business intelligence (BI) and performance management (PM) software. Founded in 1969, at its peak Cognos employed almost 3,500 people and served more than 23,000 customers in over 1 ...
. Cognos rebranded all Applix products under its name following the acquisition. On January 31, 2008, Cognos was itself acquired by
IBM.
Prior to OLAP industry consolidation in 2007, Applix was the purest OLAP vendor among publicly traded independent
business intelligence
Business intelligence (BI) comprises the strategies and technologies used by enterprises for the data analysis and management of business information. Common functions of business intelligence technologies include reporting, online analytical pr ...
vendors, and had the greatest growth rate.
TM1 is now marketed as
IBM Cognos TM1; version 10.2 became publicly available on September 13, 2013.
Products and technology
Applix TM1 is enterprise planning software used for collaborative planning, budgeting and forecasting, as well as analytical and reporting applications. Data in TM1 is stored and represented as multidimensional cubes, with data being stored at the "leaf" level. Computations on the leaf data are performed in real-time (for example, to aggregate numbers up a dimensional hierarchy). IBM Cognos TM1 also includes a data orchestration environment for accessing external data and systems, as well as capabilities designed for common business planning and budgeting requirements (e.g. workflow, top-down adjustments).
See also
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Applixware
References
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External links
IBM Cognos TM1 Web Site
Companies established in 1983
Companies disestablished in 2007
Defunct companies based in Massachusetts
Defunct software companies of the United States
Online analytical processing
1983 establishments in Massachusetts