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To: Paul Hammon who wrote (892)10/19/1998 6:32:00 PM
From: let  Respond to of 1200
 
Hi Paul, I noticed the same thing. Hang in there til the Dec 15 earnings are out. We will be rewarded then if not sooner. At least today showed us that the most of the selling is over. Volume will make it move higher now.

Glad to hear u are making it thru chemo,
Let



To: Paul Hammon who wrote (892)10/19/1998 6:32:00 PM
From: let  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1200
 
BRYO is now profitable too:

Brio Technology, Inc. Reports Record Results; Company Achieves
Profitability

October 19, 1998 04:12 PM

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 1998--Brio Technology, Inc.
BRYO , the enterprise business intelligence company, today reported revenues of
$10.6 million for its second fiscal quarter ended September 30, 1998, an increase of
approximately 74% from $6.1 million reported in the comparable fiscal 1998 quarter.

The Company reported net income of $23,000, or $0.00 per share, compared to a
loss of $2.4 million, or a loss of $0.42 per share for the second quarter last year.

Revenues for the first six months of fiscal 1999 were $19.9 million, up 76%
compared to $11.3 million reported for the same period last year, while the net loss
for the same period was $577,000, or a loss of $0.04 per share, compared to a loss
of $4.9 million, or a loss of $0.87 per share for the corresponding period of fiscal
1998.

"This was a break-through quarter for Brio," commented Yorgen H. Edholm, Brio's
President and CEO. "Besides exceeding our revenue goals and reaching
profitability, we continued to make significant progress in all areas of the business.
During this quarter not only did the company release a major new upgrade of the
Brio Enterprise product family, we introduced a broad range of new services
offerings, and we expanded our relationships with key business partners including
being bundled as part of the IBM Visual Warehouse product offering."

The Company also announced that as of October 13th, it had signed a definitive
agreement to acquire MerlinSoft, Inc. of Saratoga, CA. With the purchase, Brio will
acquire technology, which upon completion of development, will be integrated into
the Brio Enterprise product family. In addition, Brio has hired all five members of the
MerlinSoft staff.

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.

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 four 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 , Oracle ORCL 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.

Brio Technology, BrioQuery, BrioQuery.Server, Brio.Insight and Brio.Quickview are
trademarks of Brio Technology. Other products or company names may be
trademarks of their respective owners.

BRIO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)

September 30, March 31,
1998 1998
---- ----
(Unaudited)

ASSETS

Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $24,327 $ 2,647
Short-term investments 5,321 --
Accounts receivable, net
of allowance 7,622 6,508
Inventories 327 361
Prepaid expenses and other
current assets 976 958
-------- -------
Total current assets 38,573 10,474
Property and Equipment, net 4,092 3,127
Other Assets 421 485
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$43,086 $14,086

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)

Current Liabilities:
Current maturities of notes payable $ -- $ 3,248
Accounts payable 1,620 2,140
Accrued liabilities --
Payroll and related benefits 2,217 1,422
Other 2,123 918
Deferred revenue, current 7,944 6,656
-------- -------
Total current liabilities 13,904 14,384
Notes Payable, net of current
maturities -- 189
Noncurrent Deferred Revenue 1,024 1,321
Other Noncurrent Liabilities 41 46
-------- -------
Total liabilities 14,969 15,940
-------- -------
Stockholders' Equity (Deficit):
Convertible preferred stock,
no par value -- 15,655
Common stock 47,240 1,131
Notes receivable from stockholders (284) (292)
Deferred compensation (371) (459)
Cumulative translation adjustment (26) (20)
Unrealized gains on short-term
investments 4 --
Accumulated deficit (18,446) (17,869)
-------- -------
Total stockholders' equity
(deficit) 28,117 (1,854)
-------- -------
$ 43,086 $ 14,086
======== ========

BRIO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
September 30, September 30,
1998 1997 1998 1997
------ ------ ------ -----
Revenues:
License fees $ 7,623 $ 4,531 $ 14,431 $ 8,481
Services 2,946 1,527 5,483 2,830
-------- ------- -------- --------
Total revenues 10,569 6,058 19,914 11,311
-------- ------- -------- --------
Cost of revenues:
License fees 421 219 701 429
Services 1,437 544 2,409 987
-------- ------- -------- --------
Total cost of revenues 1,858 763 3,110 1,416
-------- ------- -------- --------
Gross Profit 8,711 5,295 16,804 9,895
-------- ------- -------- --------
Operating Expenses:
Research and development 1,566 1,304 3,124 2,445
Sales and marketing 6,335 5,676 12,612 10,990
General and administrative 1,112 687 2,113 1,313
-------- ------- -------- --------
Total operating expenses 9,013 7,667 17,849 14,748
-------- ------- -------- --------
Loss from operations (302) (2,372) (1,045) (4,853)
Interest and other income
(expense), net 327 (18) 470 (80)
-------- ------- -------- --------
Net income (loss) before
taxes 25 (2,390) (575) (4,933)
Income taxes 2 -- 2 --
-------- -------- -------- --------
Net income (loss) $ 23 $(2,390) $ (577) $ (4,933)
======== ======= ======== ========

Basic net income (loss)
per share $ 0.00 $ (0.42) $ (0.04) $ (0.87)
======= ======= ======== ========
Shares used in computing
basic net income (loss)
per share 14,352 5,726 12,921 5,702
======== ======= ======== ========
Diluted net income (loss)
per share $ 0.00 $ (0.42) $ (0.04) $ (0.87)
======= ======= ======== ========
Shares used in computing
diluted net income
(loss) per share 15,374 5,726 12,921 5,702
======== ======= ======== ========




To: Paul Hammon who wrote (892)10/21/1998 3:55:00 PM
From: let  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1200
 
Paul, here is your news:

Sand Technology: FinancialInstitution Uncovers Key
Application Use for Nucleus -- NucleusProves Essential in
Marketing Financial Services to Customers

October 21, 1998 01:00 PM

MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 1998--A significant
financial institution has made use of Sand Technology Systems
International's SNDCF Nucleus Exploration Mart and Nucleus
Prototype Mart in Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
to bring about a newfound understanding of commercial
customer banking requirements. CRM gives the bank the ability
to quickly align the correct service for a specific customer
through an intimate understanding of its customer base, in
addition to improving overall customer satisfaction and
enhancing ROI to the financial institution. In one case, the bank
had nearly one hundred pages of history on a single corporate
customer. Using Nucleus Exploration Mart, the bank was able
to instantly assess this customer's requirements and past
usage of services relative to other customers in similar
industries and operating regions. In addition, the bank was able
to track commercial loan performances based on industry
types, geographic areas, and other factors such as seasonality,
to help minimize problem loan situations and optimize service
to each individual customer. Nucleus, running on a Unix
platform, allowed the bank to rapidly implement the mart, which
tracks over 250,000 accounts. "Using Nucleus Prototype Mart,
the data modeling took about two days, while creating the
complete system took about a week," according to the project
leader. "This seven-day effort becomes even more exceptional
when you consider that the entire Nucleus effort was
implemented by a single person who had no database
experience and who had other job responsibilities," he added.
The project leader explained that "Nucleus was chosen for its
simplicity and speed of implementation, allowing business
queries to be developed directly with the end users in the
organizational business units. Furthermore, the ability of
Nucleus Exploration Mart to allow any business questions to be
asked of the existing data structure, regardless of initial query
design, enabled the bank to adapt quickly to changing analysis
requirements without any changes to the data design or
indexing requirements. Overall, Nucleus exhibited a four-fold
query performance improvement over other, more expensive,
alternatives, and, most important, allowed the application to be
developed and run in production with a minimum of skilled
resources." Implementation was much simplified with Nucleus,
which in turn significantly reduced tasks related to the
administration of the database and query tools. This simplicity
carried over to the performance tuning tasks as well. Absolutely
no database or index turning is required with Nucleus which
increases the ability to answer oneto what literally used to take
days if a response was available at all. Furthermore, Nucleus'
unique capability to allow important business questions and
analysis to continue while updating and loading the system
allows the bank to easily handle changes in its data as part of
the daily cycle. The increased intensity brought about through
global competition and industry consolidation is driving
corporations to gain a better understanding of their customers.
"Simply stated, a company's ability to create a loyal customer
base is the cornerstone of its success", emphasized Mr.
Horigan, Executive Vice President, Sand. "The price of
miscalculating customer's needs and their specific behavioral
patterns are greatest within large vertical markets like financial,
insurance, retail and telecommunication and these are the
corporations leading the surge in CRM. With today's corporate
priority on solving Y2K issues, there is a vast shortage of
technical resources within corporations for implementing
important decision support systems like CRM initiatives.
Nucleus Exploration Mart and Nucleus Prototype Mart which
allow business organizations to quickly implement systems like
CRM without specialized technical resources are essential, as
this financial institution experienced", Mr. Horigan concluded.

About Sand Technology

Sand Technology Systems International Inc. provides high
performance, scaleable software solutions for data mining, data
marts, data warehouses and online analytical processing
(OLAP). Sand's Nucleus product suite brings patented
technology to the business user allowing for more timely and
accurate decision processings within the disconnected client,
desktop, workgroup, departmental and enterprise computing
environments. Sand Technology can be reached on the World
Wide Web at sandtechnology.com. All Rights
Reserved. Nucleus, Nucleus Server and N-Vector are registered
trademarks and Nucleus Exploration Mart and Nucleus
Exploration Warehouse are trademarks of Sand Technology
Systems.