Framingham, Mass.—February 20, 2006—Netezza Corporation, the data warehouse appliance market leader, today announced that in 2005 the Company more than doubled its customer base and now lists over 50 organizations on its client roster. These data-intensive companies selected the Netezza Performance Server® (NPS®) system after validating its ease of use and price/performance advantage over traditional systems from IBM, Oracle, Teradata and others. Additionally, through significant global expansion of its technology, reseller and systems integration partnerships, Netezza’s selling presence now spans North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Solidifying its market leadership, Netezza substantially increased its customer base by adding over 30 new organizations to its list of global customers in 2005. Catalina Marketing, Classmates Online, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Debenhams, iBasis, Restoration Hardware and The Carphone Warehouse are among the new customers that are now leveraging the performance, value and simplicity of the NPS appliance for strategic data warehouse initiatives. Additionally, Netezza continued to generate significant repeat business from many of its existing customers including CNET Networks and Rogers Wireless.

“As the world’s largest mobile phone vendor, keeping pace with customer demands, an advancing product portfolio and numerous business acquisitions is paramount,” said Dave Parfett, Head of Business Intelligence CoE at The Carphone Warehouse. “The performance and simplicity of the Netezza data warehouse appliance allows us to run fast analyses on more data across more areas of our business. From core telco records to revenue assurance, the NPS system underpins some of our most critical business strategies.”

Netezza began shipping its NPS system in early 2003 and is now on its third generation of the NPS family of products. The Company has shipped over 100 systems to telecommunications, retail, outsourced analytics, financial services and healthcare organizations around the world.

“Netezza pioneered the modern data warehouse appliance approach and it is clear that this market has found a following and is growing,” said Dan Vesset, research manager, Analytics and Data Warehousing, IDC. “For organizations struggling with gaining Business Intelligence from ever-mounting volumes of data, technology investments in purpose-built data warehouse appliance offerings like Netezza’s are presenting attractive price/performance characteristics.”

In addition to significantly growing its customer base, Netezza expanded its global footprint in 2005 by establishing numerous relationships with resellers and distributors across the globe. International Netezza resellers now include:

• Etica Software: with operations in both Spain and Brazil, is a Business Intelligence consultancy and integration company highly regarded in particular for its expertise in data warehousing ETL solutions;
• ICare: an Italian technology consultancy that provides a wide range of skills and services covering every phase of a Business Intelligence project lifecycle;
• Keyrus: a French company specializing in the consulting and integration of Business Intelligence and e-Business solutions;
• KEYSOFT Solutions: an India-based data warehousing and Business Intelligence specialist; and
• Nihon Unisys Group: a Japanese IT consulting company.

The Company also increased the number of systems integration organizations that have been certified on the NPS system. This group of experts includes hundreds of professionals across dozens of boutique, regional and national companies, further extending Netezza’s global presence.

“In 2005, we strengthened our market leadership position and value proposition by adding dozens of new customers, securing significant repeat business from existing customers and forming partnerships with worldwide BI and data warehousing technology leaders,” said Jit Saxena, CEO and co-founder, Netezza Corp. “We attribute our momentum and year-over-year growth to the fact that we provide organizations with a true data warehouse appliance that delivers unmatched performance and lowest cost of ownership. Our appliance has transformed the data warehousing industry.”

About Netezza Corporation
Netezza is the market-leading provider of enterprise-class data warehouse appliances that deliver breakthrough performance and ease of use at a fraction of the cost of traditional data warehouses. The Netezza Performance Server system enables Fortune 1000 customers with terabytes of dynamic, detailed data to dramatically simplify even the most complex Business Intelligence (BI) initiatives. By architecturally integrating database, server and storage within a single appliance, the NPS system delivers 10 to 50 times the performance at half the cost of existing systems. Customers who have recognized the performance benefits of Netezza’s approach include Ahold USA, Amazon.com, Cingular Wireless, CNET Networks, Epsilon, Orange UK, Premier, Inc., Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation, The Carphone Warehouse and The TJX Companies. Based in Framingham, Mass., Netezza has offices in Washington, DC, the United Kingdom and Asia Pacific. The Company is backed by leading venture capital firms, including Matrix Partners, Charles River Ventures, Battery Ventures, Orange, Sequoia Capital and Meritech Capital Partners. For more information about Netezza, please visit www.netezza.com.

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