Brio Software Streamlines Research Data Reporting for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Brio to Empower Researchers with Easy Access to Data

SANTA CLARA, Calif., December 3, 2002 -- Brio Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRIO), a leading provider of next-generation business intelligence tools, today announced that Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has selected Brio Intelligence™, a key component of the Brio Performance Suite™, as its standard query and reporting solution alongside its Oracle research data repository storing data sourced from more than 20 disparate systems. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is a world leader in pediatric research and one of the busiest pediatric facilities in the United States. Researchers there are now relying on Brio and Oracle to help understand how a child’s clinical and genomic characteristics influence the outcome of care.

“Implementing Oracle and Brio dramatically improved our ability to gather and disseminate critical research data,” said Dr. John Pestian, associate professor, pediatrics, and director of pediatric informatics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. “We’ve moved from a manual, cumbersome process requiring knowledge of many source databases to an easily accessible central data repository. Spending less time accessing data means scientists are freed to spend more time on research.”

Cincinnati Children’s uses an internally developed system called the Discovery System to retrieve and integrate data from its disparate clinical and genome research databases into a centralized data repository. The Discovery System then converts the data to XML, and uploads it to an Oracle data repository. The nature of the research does not allow for many pre-determined reports; instead there is a great demand for ad hoc queries and reports. Brio works with the nation’s only supercomputer dedicated to this type of pediatric clinical-genomics research by creating a user-friendly tool for conducting these queries and reports. Brio was selected over Business Objects because of its unique ability to function in a multi-platform environment.

"In managing complex research and data points, it’s critical that technology components all work together in a cohesive manner," said Brian Gentile, executive vice president, Brio Software. "Cincinnati Children’s Hospital demonstrates how business intelligence translates into valuable knowledge, not only for businesses, but also for any organization working with large data sets, including the genome sequence."

About Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is a 373-bed institution dedicated to the pursuit of perfect health care. It is the only pediatric organization in the United States to receive the prestigious Pursuing Perfection grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation ranks third nationally among all pediatric centers in research grants from the National Institutes of Health. The Cincinnati Children's vision is to be the leader in improving child health, through patient care, research and education. Additional information about Cincinnati Children's can be found at www.cincinnatichildrens.org.

About Brio Software
Brio Software helps Global 3000 companies achieve breakthrough business performance with the industry’s most comprehensive collection of business intelligence tools. Widely recognized as one of the easiest-to-use and deploy solutions in the industry, the Brio Performance Suite combines Insight Server’s and Intelligence iServer’s advanced query and analysis technologies with powerful information delivery through Reports iServer (which is based on the industry-standard SQR reporting technology). Brio Metrics Builder provides an interactive, real-time metrics analysis environment that lets businesses define their own performance criteria and then measure progress against these pre-set metrics. Used by 75 of the Fortune 100 and more than 2 million people, Brio products empower individuals, workgroups and executives to turn enterprise information into actionable insight, resulting in superior decisions and business performance. Founded in 1989, and headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, Brio products and services can be found around the globe at www.brio.com.

The Brio Performance Suite, SQR, Insight Server, Intelligence iServer, Reports iServer, Brio Metrics Builder and DDO are trademarks of Brio Software. All other company and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

The statements in this press release regarding the Brio and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital relationship 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. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, changes in customer requirements, differences in customer implementations of Brio Performance Suite, changes in Brio’s business strategy, as well as Brio's future product direction and general economic conditions. For a more complete discussion of risk factors that could affect Brio's current and future operating results, see the discussions in Brio's reports filed with the SEC from time to time, including but not limited to Brio's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended March 31, 2002 filed with the SEC on June 5, 2002; Brio’s quarterly report on form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2002; and Brio’s quarterly report on form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002, filed with the SEC on November 14, 2002.