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Brio Technology Signs Worldwide Reseller Agreement with IBM for Delivering Complete Business Intelligence Solutions for ERP Data
New Agreement Extends Successful Worldwide Marketing Relationship
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 1999-- Brio Technology (Nasdaq:BRYO - news), the enterprise business intelligence company, today announced that IBM (NYSE: IBM - news) will resell the Brio Enterprise product suite worldwide as part of DecisionEdge for Sales Analysis, SAP. With this agreement, IBM sales representatives can now better serve the needs of their customers by reselling Brio Enterprise for query, reporting and analysis as part of IBM's end-to-end business intelligence solution for sales analysis.
IBM will resell the Brio products under the terms of the Brio Technology logo and license agreement. This agreement expands the two companies' marketing relationship where IBM has been reselling Brio Enterprise as part of its Visual Warehouse family of decision support products. It also reflects IBM's confidence in Brio's business intelligence products and services, as demonstrated by IBM Corporate's selection of Brio Enterprise as an approved business intelligence tool for use within IBM.
To help companies access, analyze and share vital sales information, IBM is bundling Brio Enterprise with DecisionEdge for Sales Analysis, SAP, which includes hardware, software, consulting and services. DecisionEdge is an IBM solution for corporations seeking to better leverage the sales information captured in their SAP R/3 systems.
''DecisionEdge for Sales Analysis is a solution that allows companies to access sales information from SAP and other data sources, and to analyze that data to better understand customers' needs,'' said Ben Barnes, general manager, IBM Global Business Intelligence Solutions. ''Brio Enterprise within DecisionEdge is a catalyst for tapping into data and analyzing this vital information.''
''Companies that have standardized on SAP are looking for ways to maximize their return on that significant investment,'' said Yorgen Edholm, president and CEO of Brio Technology. ''DecisionEdge for Sales Analysis includes over 40 Brio Enterprise reports that cover the five most common types of sales analysis. But with the flexibility of the Brio Enterprise product suite, users can go far beyond these standard reports to perform custom and ad hoc analysis of their SAP sales data.''
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