The Big BangTheory

Gathered in the parking lot of San Jose's venerable Hayes Conference Center on an early April evening were the big dogs of Prism Solutions Inc.'s sales force--all the domestic reps and the cream of the international team. They were fresh from the opening day of their two-and-a-half day, twice-yearly meeting with the senior executives of this growing data warehousing firm, the 12th fastest growing company in Silicon Valley.