Brio Technology Selected by Leading French Retailer Carrefour to Exploit its Distributed Data
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Brio Technology Inc. has announced that it has been chosen by Carrefour, a leading French retailer, for the implementation of its business intelligence project in France. Extending Carrefour's data warehouse to end users throughout France, Carrefour employees will be able to process data and generate standard reports using a push button interface.

During the first phase of implementation, the Brio Enterprise software presents and analyzes sales, customer, and logistics data. Phase two of the implementation will expand to include analysis of sales operation, pricing and market information.

Carrefour was looking for a solution that was both easy to use and administer, yet would also meet the needs of the company's wide range of data warehouse users. After evaluation, Carrefour determined that Brio Enterprise was the best web solution on the business intelligence market. In addition, Brio's continued commitment to its international versions, partners and customers is in line with their needs and future course of development. "Carrefour represents an important step for Brio Technology - a name that is now associated with the most innovative enterprises in this sector," emphasized Bruno Saint-Cast, general director of Brio France. "Brio Technology is strongly committed to the success of the Carrefour business intelligence project. Carrefour's data warehouse takes advantage of the two principal strengths of Brio's Internet offering: mass deployment and ease of use. Carrefour's decision is further evidence of Brio's technology leadership."

About Carrefour

Founded in 1963, Carrefour is a leading provider in the French retail market. The company is present in 16 countries, with 133 stores in France and 220 throughout the entire world. Based in Paris, Carrefour employs more than 50,000 people in France and 125,000 worldwide. For more information, please visit Carrefour's website at http://www.carrefour.com.

About Brio Technology

Brio Technology, Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise business intelligence software. Brio develops, markets and supports software products that improve the ability of business professionals to make timely, fact-based business decisions. Available in five languages on ten platforms, the Brio Enterprise suite of products is used by businesses in more than 20 countries. Brio products are available through direct sales and services organizations located in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Australia, and worldwide through VARs, resellers and distributors. Brio has commercial relationships with Access Graphics, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Netscape, Oracle and Sun Microsystems. Brio Technology is based in Palo Alto, California, and can be reached on the World Wide Web at http://www.brio.com, or by calling 1-800/879-BRIO.