Netezza Launches Partner Program

Fast-Growing Partner Program for Ground-Breaking Netezza Performance Server System Already Includes MicroStrategy, SPSS and Infogain

NEW ORLEANS—TDWI World Conference, Booth #114—February 10, 2003—Netezza Corporation today unveiled the Netezza Advantage Program—a comprehensive partner program that provides joint development, support and sales initiatives to maximize the benefits of the Netezza Performance Server (NPS) system and partners business intelligence (BI) software and service offerings.

Already three top business intelligence solution providers—MicroStrategy, SPSS and Infogain—have joined the program to support the NPS system, the worlds first purpose-built, tera-scale data appliance for Fortune 1000 companies and other data-intensive organizations that need faster, more sophisticated BI. The program includes specific offerings for both Technology and Solution deployment partners.

An explosion of data and increased, time-sensitive business pressures require additional firepower for companies business intelligence strategies," said Jit Saxena, co-founder and CEO of Netezza Corporation. Netezzas go to market strategy ensures that our partners are successful in expanding their own product and service offerings. The end result is that both our partners, and their end customers, have a competitive edge in their respective marketplaces."

Infogain helps companies increase their ability to capture, merge and synthesize data from across the enterprise into actionable information," said Gary Butler, CTO at Infogain Corporation. With technology from Netezza we are able to significantly increase the flow and value of information that drives revenue and decreases operational expenses. Whats more, Netezza has proven their commitment to our partnership by working closely with us to streamline delivery of services."

BI experts interested in joining the program should visit http://www.netezza.com/partners/ for an online application.

By marketing our products together, MicroStrategy and Netezza are capitalizing on the synergy that exists between the MicroStrategy 7i software and the Netezza Performance Server—together we offer customers significant performance enhancements on the business intelligence activities that are critical to their business," said Jeffrey A. Bedell, CTO of MicroStrategy Incorporated. Netezzas open standards-based appliance easily integrates with the MicroStrategy 7i platform enabling customers to get up and running in an efficient manner."

The NPS appliance delivers 10 to 20 times the performance for large, complex and constantly growing BI efforts at half the cost of existing systems. Netezza started with a clean sheet of paper and designed a breakthrough architecture. The NPS system combines servers, storage and database into a single powerful and scalable appliance created from the outset to process queries faster—and enable complex data analysis that was not previously possible because of large and fast-growing data sizes. This new architecture shatters traditional performance benchmarks and many of the technical roadblocks that paralyze todays patchwork of general-purpose offerings.

Initial Program Participants

—MicroStrategy Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software. MicroStrategy 7i, the Companys flagship product, is an integrated business intelligence software that combines reporting, analysis and information delivery capabilities into a single platform.

—SPSS Incorporated. (Nasdaq: SPSS), a worldwide provider of predictive analytics. SPSSs open, standards-based platform enables customers to perform comprehensive data mining and analysis on ever-growing amounts of data.

—Infogain Corporation, a leading provider of CRM, ERP, integration and business intelligence services, turns customer data into strategic knowledge that positively affects the entire enterprise. The Business Intelligence Solutions Team helps organizations optimize the efficiency of information technology.

About Netezza Corporation

Netezza has created the worlds first purpose-built, tera-scale data appliance that enables real-time Business Intelligence (BI). The NPS appliance runs ad hoc and complex queries in a fraction of the time of existing solutions, delivering fast and affordable BI to data-intensive organizations in financial services, retail, communications and other markets. Based on a patent-pending architecture, the NPS system delivers faster, more sophisticated analysis while allowing companies to leverage their existing infrastructure. Founded in 2000 and based in Framingham, Mass., Netezza is led by an experienced management team from several leading technology companies. The Company is financed by Matrix Partners, Charles River Ventures and Battery Ventures. Please visit Netezza on the Web at www.netezza.com or call Netezza toll free at 1.866.Netezza.

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