Brio.Enterprise Newest Member in Microsoft's DWA 2000

Brio Technology Inc announced the qualification of Brio as a member in the Microsoft Corporation Data Warehousing Alliance (DWA) Program. The DWA is a premier consortium of enterprise solution vendors that collectively provide customers with a best-of-breed business intelligence solution that leverages the data warehousing capabilities of Microsoft SQL Server 2000. The program was established to identify and qualify alliances that successfully deliver tools and applications based on the Microsoft Data Warehousing Framework, an open architecture for building business intelligence and analytical applications.

Brio.Enterprise delivers on-demand analytics through integrated, enterprise-class business intelligence software. By leveraging business intelligence to glean critical, actionable information about market trends, customers, competitors, and other key categories, businesses of any model, size and focus can equip themselves with the information they need to be more competitive, customer-centric, and responsive to change.

"Microsoft has long been committed to the same concepts as Brio: empowering people through innovative software by offering easy-to-use, elegant solutions and exceptional customer service. It is an honor to be selected as a member of Microsoft's Data Warehousing Alliance Program," said Angela Culver, Manager, Partner Marketing for Brio Technology.

"Microsoft is pleased that Brio has stepped up to become a member in the Data Warehousing Alliance 2000," said Tracy Leonardo, Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Group Industry Manager for Microsoft Corporation. "Brio.Enterprise both tightly integrates with and provides compelling complementary analytical capabilities to SQL Server 2000."

Brio Technology Inc delivers a complete business analytic software solution that enables companies to use information -- inside and outside the firewall -- to be more competitive, customer-centric and responsive to the increasing demands of e-business. With Brio ONE, organizations have one integrated, scalable and easy-to-use solution to deliver business intelligence, enterprise reporting, enterprise information portals, and packaged analytic applications across B2E, B2B or B2C environments. Brio ONE helps companies derive higher business value from all of their enterprise information sources, including ERP, SFA and CRM applications, as well as data marts, data warehouses, and the Web. Brio products and services are available through direct sales and professional service organizations located in North and South America, Asia Pacific and Europe, and through worldwide VARs, resellers and distributors. Brio has commercial relationships with companies such as Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP and Sun Microsystems. Brio Technology headquarters is located in Santa Clara, California. More information can be found on Brio's Web site: www.brio.com or by calling 408-496-7400 or 1-877-289-BRIO.

Contact Mark Peterson of Brio Technology Inc, 408-496-7754, mark.peterson@brio.com.