Decision support and Executive Information Systems outfit Brio Technology Inc is the latest company to climb aboard the intranet bandwagon, announcing a three-level strategy to include support for the location and viewing of pre-built reports through a Web browser, interactive analysis of pre-executed query data via Brio’s on-line analytical processing BrioQuery Enterprise and an interactive querying of the data warehouse via the intranet. The first part of the strategy will roll out in the third quarter on Windows NT. The Palo Alto, California firm says it has been stung into announcing intentions after numerous questions from its existing customer base about its intranet plans. Competitors include Business Objects SA and Cognos Inc. Meantime, Brio has opened its first wholly-owned European subsidiary Brio Technology Ltd, based in Middlesex, UK. The UK unit has eight staff and will oversee distribution of Brio products in eight European countries including France, Germany and Ital y. Its BrioQuery Enterprise is being integrated with IBM Corp’s information analysis server, Intelligent Decision Server. It is due in the fourth quarter.
