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Value of Business Intelligence Soars AtDelta Air Lines With Brio
Enterprise
December 1, 1998 02:59 PM
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 1998--
Delta Chooses Web-based Brio Enterprise as Corporate Standard for Up to
2,000 Business Intelligence Users
Brio Technology, Inc. BRYO today announced that Delta Air Lines, the world's
most flown airline, has chosen the Brio Enterprise suite of business intelligence
products as its corporate standard for information access and analysis. Having
completed rollout of several production systems, Delta anticipates bringing up
to 2,000 business users online with Brio capabilities.
"With nearly five terabytes of capacity, our warehouse is very large," said Brent
Lautenschlegar, director of Data Services for Delta Technology, Inc., Delta's
wholly owned information technology subsidiary. "We need a business
intelligence suite that is a good general-purpose tool, easy-to-use, accessible
through a web browser, and allows for quick creation and maintenance of
decision support applications."
Designed as an enterprise-wide analytical environment, Delta's data warehouse
is built on an NCR Teradata database and is focused on analytical applications
that deliver value to a number of different departments at the airline. Members of
Delta's Pricing & Revenue Management group, for example, use Brio Enterprise
to assess the impact of scheduling changes and analyze revenue generated on
any of thousands of different routes. Business analysts in Delta's Consumer
Marketing department use Brio Enterprise to analyze the effectiveness of
frequent flyer programs, and can now use the data warehouse to correlate
frequent flyer activity with revenue generation.
Known in the industry for innovative and savvy use of technology in its business
operations, Delta took a close look at competing products before choosing Brio
Enterprise. "In addition to feedback from employees who were familiar with Brio
and other leading providers, we obtained information from analysts at the
Gartner Group and META Group. Again, our major requirements were for
ease-of-use on the business side, capability for full-function utilization through a
web browser, and ease-of-development and maintenance for our IT staff,"
continued Lautenschlegar.
"Enabling our users to access corporate data over the web was crucial," added
Lautenschlegar. "Brio's Web-based business intelligence products were easy
for our business users to learn. What's more, Brio's Web products give us the
same functionality as their client/server tools, completely eliminating our
software distribution and upgrade problems -- helping conserve space and
resources on our client machines."
About Brio Technology
Brio Technology, Inc. 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 HWP , IBM
IBM , Microsoft MSFT , Netscape NSCP , and Sun Microsystems SUNW . Brio
Technology is based in Palo Alto, California, and can be reached on the World
Wide Web at brio.com, or by calling 1.800.879.BRIO.
The matters contained in this news release that are not purely historical are
"forward looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, without limitation, any
statements included herein regarding Brio's future product development and
commercialization, product sales and other revenues, market opportunities,
beliefs, expectations, goals, financial performance and future strategies, all of
which are dependent on certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed in these or any other forward
looking statements made by or on behalf of Brio. These risks and uncertainties
include such factors, among others, as the potential for fluctuations in Brio's
quarterly operating results, Brio's dependence upon its direct sales force, Brio's
ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, Brio's lengthy product sales
cycle and the other risk factors listed in the Company's Prospectus dated April
30, 1998, its Annual Report of Form 10-K and in other filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
Brio Technology, BrioQuery, BrioQuery.Server, Brio.Insight and Brio.Quickview
are trademarks of Brio Technology. Other trademarks used throughout this
document are trademarks of their respective holders.
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