Brio Technology and Prism Solutions offer first integrated solution for seamless access to meta data and business information; Brio's BrioQuery 3.5 and Prism Directory Manager 2.0 provide user access to data warehouses.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 1995--Brio Technology, Inc. and Prism Solutions, Inc., today announced a strategic marketing and development partnership that has resulted in the first solution to provide seamless user access to meta data and business information. Until now, users have not been able to take full advantage of the combination of front-end access tools and meta data navigation products. As a result of this partnership, Brio's BrioQuery(TM) 3.5 and Prism Directory Manager(TM) 2.0 share a dynamic link that provides users with a single, unified view of their data warehouse. Specifically, the integration of these two industry leading products gives users the ability to launch BrioQuery by simply clicking on an icon directly from Prism Directory Manager. This provides users a better understanding of the data being analyzed an·a·lyze tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. 2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of. 3. for decision making purposes because the user can identify what the data means and then easily retrieve the data for analysis. "Brio (Brio Technology, Palo Alto, CA, www.brio.com) A software company founded in 1989 and acquired by Hyperion Solutions Corporation in 2003 that specialized in enterprise analysis and reporting programs that run on several platforms. has validated our meta data standard for the data warehouse," said Jim Ashbrook, president of Prism Solutions. "Customers are witnessing a watershed watershed, elevation or divide separating the catchment area, or drainage basin, of one river system or group of river systems from another system or group of systems. The term is also often used synonymously with drainage basin. moment in the data warehouse market evolution as vendors combine their strengths to provide an integrated solution for meta data management and data access in the data warehouse." "This is a perfect marriage of two leading technologies in the industry," said Katherine Glassey-Edholm, Brio's executive vice president of products and marketing. "We believe users will benefit from this optimal product architecture which combines the best of Prism's navigation capabilities with Brio's desktop analysis." About BrioQuery BrioQuery is the complete, all-in-one query solution that features Anytime, Anywhere Analysis(TM). Designed specifically to maximize the value of data warehouses, BrioQuery is based on a distinctive, open architecture that eliminates redundant meta data and minimizes IT installation and support efforts. Its unique design satisfies the four most important requirements of a modern client/server information delivery system. BrioQuery: -0- -- Minimizes total implementation cost with the industry's easiest installation, lowest support requirements and shortest time-to-answer. -- Works the way users think by providing an all-in-one solution for integrated access, analysis and reporting. BrioQuery supports online/offline analysis through a built-in, persistent data Data that exists from session to session. Persistent data are stored in a database on disk or tape. Contrast with transient data. See persistent name. engine. -- Supports next generation information delivery systems, yet requires no new infrastructure. BrioQuery connects to any database, works identically on all desktops, features open meta data access and provides optional Data Warehouse Direct Connect. -- Maintains system integrity through appropriate controls including ADR ADR - Astra Digital Radio for automatic report distribution and version control with repository-based administration. -0- BrioQuery is the first query solution to focus on the analysis of data, not just the production of reports. BrioQuery users can work anywhere, anytime because BrioQuery includes a desktop-based multi-dimensional analysis engine that works even when disconnected from the database and network. Through its trend-setting, interactive "DataPivot(R)-style" interface, unique to BrioQuery, users are able to gain insight into information quickly and with confidence. BrioQuery is available in three configurations: Designer, Explorer and Navigator See Netscape Navigator, Netscape and Norton Navigator. Navigator - Netscape Navigator , each in identical versions for Windows, Windows 95, Macintosh, Power Macintosh See Power Mac. (computer) Power Macintosh - Apple Computer's personal computer based on the PowerPC, introduced on 1994-03-14. Existing 680x0 code (both applications and device drivers) run on Power Macintosh systems without modification via a Motorola 68LC040 emulator. and Motif. BrioQuery ships pre-configured to access a wide variety of databases with native connections to Oracle, Sybase, Red Brick Warehouse and Informix. It also provides access to more than 50 other databases via SequeLink, EDA/SQL, DAL and ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. . About Prism Directory Manager Prism Directory Manager allows users to build, store and navigate an integrated Information Directory of the meta data in a data warehouse. Similar to the card catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. at a library, Prism Directory Manager assists users in finding relevant information for analysis by providing both business and technical views of what data is in the warehouse, where it came from, how it was transformed and how it has changed over time. Users can also create their own customized views of the meta data to fit their particular requirements. Prism Directory Manager imports meta data from several sources, including the technical meta data collected by Prism Warehouse Manager during warehouse development, as well as business meta data from CASE tools and flat files. It offers a choice of server databases for the Information Directory, including DB2, Oracle, Sybase and Watcom, and supports OS/2 and Windows as the client operating system See desktop operating system. . About Prism Solutions Prism Solutions is the leader in data warehouse management software for building, maintaining and navigating data warehouses. Prism Solutions' products and services provide the foundation for a variety of IT and business projects, such as building decision-support systems, implementing client/server architectures An environment in which the application processing is divided between client workstations and servers. It implies the use of desktop computers interacting with servers in a network in contrast to processing everything in a large centralized mainframe. See client/server. , migrating and converting data between different computing platforms See platform. and reengineering legacy applications and business processes. Prism Solutions' customers include leading companies in the finance, health care, insurance, manufacturing, public utilities, retail, telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , transportation and technology industries. Prism Solutions' corporate headquarters are located at 1000 Hamlin Court, Sunnyvale, CA 94089; tel: 408/752-1888; fax: 408/752-1875. About Brio Technology Brio Technology was a San Francisco Bay area software company cofounded in 1984 by Yorgen Edholm and Katherine Glassey. It made money early on by doing contract work for Metaphor Corporation and performing contract programming. , Inc. Based in Mountain View, Calif., Brio Technology, Inc. provides desktop software solutions that support knowledge-based decisions. Brio's products and services are uniquely architected to anticipate the needs of evolving information delivery systems, today and in the future. A technology innovator, Brio pioneered the first graphical "drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. " query tool, created the first commercial multi-dimensional analysis product and today provides the most refined, well-architected and usable products for end user access to databases. Brio's products and services are sold directly and through over 20 distributors, systems integrators and VARs worldwide. Sales offices are located in Mountain View, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Raleigh and the United Kingdom. Brio is a privately held, venture-backed corporation whose investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Novus Ventures. -0- Note to Editors: Brio and DataPivot are registered trademarks, and BrioQuery is a trademark of Brio Technology, Inc. All other trademarks are acknowledged. Prism Directory Manager and Prism Warehouse Manager are trademarks of Prism Solutions, Inc. CONTACT: Brio Technology, Inc. Katherine Glassey-Edholm, 415/961-4110 or Prism Solutions, Inc. Debbie Benoit/Cynthia Schmidt, 408/752-1888 or The Horn Group Bonnie bon·ny also bon·nie adj. bon·ni·er, bon·ni·est Scots 1. Physically attractive or appealing; pretty. 2. Excellent. Snow, 415/579-6400 |
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