New Appointments Address Leadership Roles in Execution of Company Growth
    Plans; Anthony Layzell Promoted to Senior Vice President of Sales and
      Marketing; Lawrence Howard Appointed Vice President of U.S. Sales

    LOS GATOS, Calif., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Red Brick(R) Systems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: REDB), The Data Warehouse Company(R), today announced executive
changes that are expected to further assist the company as it extends its
industry-leading product line in the transition to a data warehouse solutions-
oriented company.  The executive changes include the promotion of Anthony
Layzell to senior vice president of sales and marketing and the appointment of
Lawrence Howard to vice president of U.S. sales, effective immediately.  Alec
Wilson, vice president of worldwide sales for Red Brick, has resigned to
pursue other interests.
    "As Red Brick evolves to address solutions-based data warehousing, we are
strengthening our executive management skill to implement our plans in terms
of growth and market leadership," said Chris Erickson, president and CEO of
Red Brick.  "The creation of a senior vice president of sales and marketing
position was essential to the execution of these plans.
    "I am very pleased to announce the promotion of Anthony Layzell to this
position.  In the six months he's been at Red Brick as vice president of
marketing, he has demonstrated the leadership Red Brick needs to effectively
guide the integration of sales and marketing in order to execute on our
strategy.
    "In addition, I am excited to announce the appointment of Lawrence Howard
to vice president of U.S. sales.  Larry brings extensive executive sales
experience and an IBM-trained background to Red Brick.  His appointment gives
us a great opportunity to build on the successful sales organization we have
created over the years."
    Lawrence Howard, 54, will be responsible for Red Brick's U.S. sales
organization, reporting to Anthony Layzell.  Formerly president and CEO of
Orbitsoft, a year 2000 company, Mr. Howard brings strong leadership and
industry expertise to Red Brick.  Prior to Orbitsoft, Mr. Howard was senior
vice president of sales and marketing for Unify and vice president of sales
and marketing for Texas Instruments Information Technology Group.  Prior to
Texas Instruments, he had a successful sales and marketing tenure at IBM
Corporation.
    In his new role, Anthony Layzell will be responsible for Red Brick's
marketing strategy and its execution, as well as sales, marketing, business
development and international operations.  Mr. Layzell brings extensive
international and domestic management experience from executive sales and
marketing roles at Andersen Consulting, Texas Instruments and GE.
    Red Brick plans to announce the results of its fourth quarter ended
December 31, 1997 on January 15th, 1998, and anticipates that revenues and
earnings per share for the fourth quarter will be within the range of
analysts' expectations.

    About Red Brick
    Red Brick Systems, Inc., based in Los Gatos, Calif., is a leading provider
of comprehensive, integrated, high-performance software products and services
for data warehousing.  Its flagship product, Red Brick Warehouse, is the
world's fastest and most scalable relational database for data warehousing,
including data marts, online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining.
Red Brick helps businesses transform data into information for faster,
superior decision-making.

    Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters
discussed in this news release include forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties described from time to time in the Company's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  In particular, see "Risk
Factors" in the most recent Annual Report filed with the SEC on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1996, and the Form 10-Q for the three-month period
ended September 30, 1997.  These documents contain and identify important
factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those
contained herein.
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