Researchers are impatient to reap the benefits of the explosion of data generated by the human genome discovery. But the constraints of today's computing capabilities are limiting the realization of the genetic code's potential. And biologists and clinicians don't want to deal with a hodge-podge of supercomputer farms, storage area networks, and software applications. They want a system that is as easy to own and use as their other scientific appliances, yet is capable of processing highly complex and comprehensive queries on data strings.

The Netezza Performance Server® (NPS™) system is the first biology-aware, tera-scale data warehouse with the addition of data types specific to bioinformatics. And the NPS system is the first to deliver SQL-BLAST™ analysis, integrating sequence analysis using BLAST with a SQL relational database. With the NPS system, you can now:

• Replace the patchwork of computer farms, file servers, storage arrays and database servers with one powerful, easy-to-manage system
• Realize fastest "time to discovery" with breakthrough hardware and software capabilities
• Combine BLAST searches with SQL database capabilities and easily search multiple organisms
• Achieve increased search capabilities (incremental BLAST searches, extensive protein searches) with less complex programming