Brio technology Inc has formed a joint marketing alliance with Sand Technology Systems International Inc, that will result in the creation of a query and reporting exploration data warehousing product. Brio will combine its Brio Enterprise suite of business intelligence products with Sand’s Nucleus Exploration product suite. The companies will combine their products and marketing efforts. The companies claim the combination of their products will create a powerful exploratory tool for looking at information residing in data warehouses and data marts.