LOS GATOS, Calif., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Red Brick(R) Systems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: REDB), The Data Warehouse Company(TM), today announced its
participation in the Brio Partner Enterprise Program, a comprehensive set of
programs designed to develop and support data warehouse partnerships
worldwide.
    The Brio Partner Enterprise combines business intelligence technology with
comprehensive sales, solutions, marketing and support programs to drive the
delivery of data warehouse solutions and ensure customer success.  The
combination of Red Brick and Brio products and services will help partners and
customers meet their business objectives.
    Red Brick brings world-class data warehouse technology and expertise to
the Brio Partner Enterprise Program with its flagship product, Red Brick
Warehouse, the only relational database designed from the ground up to support
data warehouse applications.  Red Brick will deliver a complete, integrated
data warehouse platform including data transformation, relational database,
data staging utilities and a metadata facility in the first half of 1998, as a
result of its recent acquisition of Engage Technologies products.  This
platform, in conjunction with Brio's leading query and analysis products, will
enable business users to analyze multiple terabytes of highly complex
data and get quick results.
    Red Brick's success today is built on the fast-time-to-market and
performance advantages its technology and expertise bring to its customers in
retail, financial services, telecommunications, healthcare and manufacturing.
    "We're delighted to be a part of Brio's Partner Enterprise Program," said
Anthony Layzell, vice president of marketing at Red Brick.  "Brio has
established itself among our customers as a high performer in terms of both
product and service quality.  We believe Brio and Red Brick have the same goal
in mind for our data warehouse customers -- bottom-line business success."
    "Brio is a PaVER Gold(TM) member of Red Brick's partner program, and we
are very glad to have Red Brick as a charter member of the Brio Partner
Enterprise program," said Jannell Wei, director of channel and partner
marketing at Brio.  "The two companies have worked together diligently over
the years to optimize our products for maximum performance together.  In
combination they give our joint customers a great data warehouse solution."

    About Brio Technology, Inc.
    Based in Palo Alto, California, Brio Technology provides leading edge
business intelligence solutions for organizations worldwide.  The Brio
Enterprise product family provides a balanced, comprehensive solution that
uniquely and affordably delivers data warehouse information throughout the
enterprise and beyond.  By combining the power of distributed client/server
architecture with the flexibility of Web-enabled information delivery, Brio
Enterprise products provide a complete solution for delivering business
intelligence throughout the enterprise.
    Brio's products, available in four languages and on seven platforms, are
sold directly in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Australia
and through a global network of distributors, systems, integrators and VARs.
Brio has strong technical partnerships with the leading suppliers of data
warehouse solutions, databases, high-performance hardware, and web technology.
Brio Technology is a privately held, venture-based corporation with more than
4,000 customers in over 19 countries.  Brio can be reached by visiting
its World Wide Web site at http://www.brio.com, or by calling 650-856-8000, or
faxing 650-856-8020.

    About Red Brick
    Red Brick Systems, Inc., based in Los Gatos, Calif., is a leading provider
of comprehensive, integrated, high-performance products for data warehousing.
Its flagship product, Red Brick Warehouse 5.0, 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.
    Information about Red Brick is available on the World Wide Web at
http://www.redbrick.com.  News releases and corporate background information may also
be retrieved by fax.  For an index of available materials, call 800-758-5804,
and enter PIN #105756.
    NOTE:  Red Brick and the Red Brick logo are registered trademarks, and The
Data Warehouse Company and Performance is Everything are trademarks of Red
Brick Systems, Inc.  All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the
property of their respective holders.

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