Framingham, MA — September 19, 2006 — Netezza Corporation, the global data warehouse appliance market leader, today announced that the American Red Cross has purchased the Netezza Performance Server® (NPS®) data warehouse appliance to analyze chapter volunteer data for individual chapters, service areas and national headquarters. Over three thousand data warehouse users employ the NPS system to perform volunteer analysis focused around turnover, targeted mailing lists, volunteer skill sets and yearly activity.

Red Cross chapters use the Netezza system to analyze data in a matter of minutes and learn which volunteers, by expertise, are available to service chapter needs. The NPS system also provides analysis of resource information so when future events arise the organization can better understand volunteer preferences, aiding in the assignment of resources to cover chapter needs.

“When you are dealing with event planning and needs for volunteers, an incomplete picture based on partial or fragmented data can have significant consequences,” said Jit Saxena, CEO and co-founder, Netezza Corp. “By providing a system to analyze detailed data significantly faster than existing data warehouse options at half the cost, the Red Cross can fulfill its mission better, faster and more cost-effectively.”

The Netezza Performance Server system is the market-leading data warehouse appliance, built specifically to analyze terabytes of detailed data 10 to 100 times faster than existing data warehouse options, at half the cost. The NPS system stores, filters and processes terabytes of records within a single unit, analyzing only the relevant information for each query. The system's advantage is in its patent-pending Intelligent Query Streaming™ design: Netezza has placed processing power next to the data so data analysis occurs at the source at streaming speeds, enabling dramatic increases in productivity across the organization. Customers who have recognized the performance benefits of Netezza’s approach include Ahold USA, Amazon.com, Catalina Marketing, Cingular Wireless, CNET Networks, Epsilon, Neiman Marcus, Orange UK, Premier, Inc., Ryder System, Inc., Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation and The TJX Companies.

About Netezza Corporation
Netezza, the global data warehouse appliance market leader, enables enterprises to make all of their data actionable – quickly, simply and affordably. The Netezza Performance Server (NPS) family of products delivers breakthrough performance, unmatched ease of deployment and operation, and innovative flexibility and scalability at a fraction of the cost of traditional data warehouse solutions. By architecturally integrating database, server and storage within a single appliance, the NPS system delivers 10 to 100 times the performance at half the cost of existing systems. Based in Framingham, Mass., Netezza has offices in Washington, D.C., 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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