Netezza Positioned In The "Leaders" Quadrant Of The Magic Quadrant For Data Warehouse Database Management Systems

Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Netezza Corporation (NYSE: NZ), the global leader in data warehouse and analytic appliances, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the “Leaders” quadrant of the “Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems.”

The Gartner Magic Quadrant evaluates a vendor’s ability to execute and completeness of vision. According to the Gartner report, “The data warehouse DBMS market has evolved from an information store supporting traditional BI platforms to a broader analytics infrastructure supporting operational analytics, corporate performance management and other new applications and uses (such as operational BI and performance management). Organizations are adding additional workloads with online transaction processing (OLTP) access, and data loading is moving to intra-day — approaching continuous loading.”

“Netezza believes its position in the ”Leaders“ quadrant demonstrates a strengthened position – both in Execution and Innovation – over last year,” said Jim Baum, president and CEO of Netezza. “We feel this report reaffirms our continued success in the data warehouse appliance market with the introduction of the TwinFin™ appliance, and our progress in delivering powerful in-database analytics and advanced workload management capabilities at the enterprise level.”

The Netezza® TwinFin family of commodity blade server and storage-based data appliances enable organizations to process enormous amounts of captured data at exceptional speeds. In addition to the company’s flagship TwinFin appliance, Netezza also recently announced the Netezza Skimmer™ appliance, a highly versatile appliance with a compact footprint that can power development groups and data marts or serve as a platform for “application appliances” that are very easy to deploy and manage.

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2010 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner’s analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the “Leaders” quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Netezza Corporation

Netezza Corporation (NYSE: NZ) is the global leader in data warehouse and analytic appliances that dramatically simplify high-performance analytics across an extended enterprise. Netezza’s technology enables organizations to process enormous amounts of captured data at exceptional speed, providing a significant competitive and operational advantage in today’s data-intensive industries, including digital media, energy, financial services, government, health and life sciences, retail and telecommunications. Netezza is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts and has offices in Northern Virginia, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Korea, Australia and Singapore. For more information about Netezza, please visit www.netezza.com.

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