Brio Technology Chosen as Finalist for 1999 Intelligent Enterprise Dozen Award.

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 1998--

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Enterprise -- Identify Companies 'Shaping the Intelligent Enterprise'

Brio Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRYO), today announced that it has been chosen as a finalist for the 1999 Intelligent Enterprise Dozen Awards. The awards, sponsored by technology publication Intelligent Enterprise, continue the tradition of the DATABASE Programming & Design "Database Dozen" awards honoring companies shaping the intelligent enterprise.

The 1999 Intelligent Enterprise Finalist Award is the latest in a series of prestigious awards for Brio Technology, including: -0-

--   1998 Silicon Valley Technology Fast 50: Brio ranked as the 13th
     fastest growing technology company in this notable award
     sponsored by Deloitte & Touche and Joint Venture: Silicon Valley
     Network.

--   1998 DM Review Readership Award: Brio's business intelligence
     product received the 1998 DM Review Magazine Readership Award for
     Query and Reporting -- and was chosen over 38 contenders as the
     number No. 1 choice based on quality and value to the enterprise.

--   1998 TDWI Best Practices in Data Warehousing Solution Provider:
     Two Brio customers -- Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Federal
     Employees Program of Washington, D.C. and Quantum Corp. of
     Milpitas, CA -- were selected as Best Practices in Data
     Warehousing Winners by The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI). As
     an integral part of the successful solutions, Brio was identified
     by TDWI as a "1998 Best Practices in Data Warehousing Solution
     Provider."

--   Top 10 Products of 1997: The Brio Enterprise suite of business
     intelligence products was named one of the "Top 10 Products of
     1997" in ComputerWire's Data Warehouse Tools Bulletin. Over 50
     data warehouse products were considered for this sought-after
     industry award.

--   Crossroads '98 A-List Award: Brio Technology won the coveted Open
     Systems Advisors' Crossroads '98 A-List Award for Knowledge

     Management. Brio was awarded an "AA" rating, meaning its products
     are currently in production for enterprise wide, extranet and/or
     mission-critical use.

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In making the 1999 Dozen finalist announcement, Intelligent Enterprise Editor-in-Chief David Stodder noted, "Better, faster, cheaper -- the mantra of technology vendors still drives product development and marketing. But now a new word must be added: integrated. This year's Intelligent Enterprise Dozen offers testament to the importance of application integration. Today, vendors find that customers have the parts; now they want the whole. Best-of-breed products must adhere to industry standards; packages must work together; and productivity tools, such as decision support, must become closed-loop solutions."

Other finalists for the 1999 Intelligent Enterprise Dozen Awards include Brio partners EMC Corp., IBM, Informatica, Information Advantage, Microsoft, NCR, Oracle, SAP AG, SAS Institute and Sun Microsystems.

About Intelligent Enterprise

Intelligent Enterprise is a major technology publication specializing in business-critical applications such as business intelligence (data warehousing, data mining, and decision support), ERP (enterprise resource planning), scalable e-commerce, and enterprise information and knowledge management.

These applications form the backbone of corporate information supply chains that deliver information to business decision makers. Intelligent Enterprise serves an audience of more than 100,000 IT and business leaders who create and manage the information supply chain. Visit http://www.IntelligentEnterprise.com for more information.

About Brio Technology

Brio Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRYO), 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 (NYSE:HWP), IBM (NYSE:IBM), Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT), Netscape (Nasdaq:NSCP), Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL) and Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW). 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 800/879-BRIO.