Brio Software Provides Motorola With Worldwide HR Reporting

Employees Worldwide Use Brio Intelligence to Transform Data Into Knowledge for Motorola HR

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 10, 2003 -- Brio Software Inc. (Nasdaq: BRIO), a leading provider of next-generation business intelligence tools, today announced that Motorola's global HR community has chosen Brio Intelligence(TM) to run and distribute the company's human resources reports worldwide. This expansion of Brio product usage into the Human Resources function enables Motorola managers to obtain a global view of data in order to make important management decisions. Motorola employs approximately 97,000 employees worldwide. In an organization of this size, an in-depth understanding of headcount and other key human resources indicators is critical to the bottom line.

"By moving from regionalized reporting to an integrated Brio Intelligence solution, Motorola saves money and time as reports built in one region or sector are now leveraged throughout the entire company," states Paul Killick, business analyst, HRIS, Motorola. "The real benefit is the value of the information as it is used to make informed decisions throughout the organization."

Over 1,200 employees all over the world from a broad cross section of HR functional areas such as finance, staffing, recruiting and training, use the 750 reports and templates contained in the Brio solution. Most reporting is employee demographics or payroll expense-related. In Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector (SPS), the Global Census Report is published weekly. Complete with charts indicating weekly headcount totals and quarterly trend data, recipients track headcount from sector summary to regions, divisions and locations. Another key report published in the SPS is the monthly Business Metrics Report. This critical report monitors performance against key HR operating metrics. All reports are customized with a few mouse clicks and provide summary level information, allow decision-makers to drill into detail as needed.

"Motorola's HR solution demonstrates how global organizations are leveraging enterprise-wide solutions to transform data into knowledge for complex personnel management decisions," said Brian Gentile, executive vice president, Brio Software. "Brio's ease-of-use empowers non-technical employees, like HR managers, with customized reports, giving them the information needed to effectively run their organizations."

About Motorola

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) is a global leader in providing integrated communications and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in 2002 were $26.7 billion. Motorola is a global corporate citizen dedicated to ethical business practices and pioneering important technologies that make things smarter and life better for people, honored traditions that began when the company was founded 75 years ago this year. For more information, please visit: http://www.motorola.com .

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 the easiest-to-use and deploy solution 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 http://www.brio.com .

Brio Intelligence, Brio Portal, Brio Reports, Brio Metrics Builder and Brio Performance Suite are trademarks of Brio Software. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

The statements in this press release regarding Brio Software and the Motorola customer implementation 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 strategies, 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.

                

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