Tera-Scale Data Appliance Broadens and Deepens Leading Wireless Telecommunications Carrier’s BI Efforts
Framingham, Mass. and Maidenhead, UK—August 18, 2003—Netezza Corporation today announced that Orange UK (LSE:OGE), the UK’s most popular mobile phone service, has chosen the Netezza Performance Server™ (NPS™) appliance. Netezza’s purpose-built, tera-scale data appliance enables real-time business intelligence (BI) for data-intensive businesses that need faster, more sophisticated data analysis.
“The NPS appliance was selected after a comprehensive technology evaluation,” said Maggie Pinfold, Head of Data Warehousing, Orange UK. With more than 13 million active customers, Orange UK, a member company of the Orange Group, holds a market leadership position in mobile communications in the UK. The Orange Group is one of the world’s largest mobile communications companies, with operations in 18 countries across Europe and beyond.
“As the market leader, Orange is at the forefront of mobile communications carriers’ efforts to develop programs that deliver targeted products and services to customers,” said Gary Butler, CTO of Infogain, Netezza’s systems integration partner. “Netezza’s data-warehouse-in-a-box enables carriers like Orange to analyze billions of Call Detail Records (CDRs) in a fraction of the time of other systems.”
“Orange’s technology review was extremely comprehensive,” said Jit Saxena, co-founder and CEO of Netezza Corp. “The need for thorough information on the success of customer programs is becoming increasingly important within the telecom industry, and companies like Orange can leverage the NPS system to ensure that data can be turned into actionable information.”
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, Asymmetric Massively Parallel Processing™ (AMPP™). It 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 today’s patchwork of general-purpose offerings.
About Infogain
Infogain is a uniquely qualified company delivering end-to-end solutions, which
start with strategic consulting and move through the design, development and
implementation. Infogain excels in execution and meeting customer requirements.
Infogain has over 400 personnel in its international operations, over 12 years experience in the industry and a client base, which includes many multi-national companies. With over a decade of OnTime/OnBudget experience, Infogain has built strong practices and worldwide delivery capabilities in CRM, Financial Solutions, HRMS & Payroll Solutions, ERP, EAI, and Business Process Integration.
For more details on Infogain’s range of services please visit www.infogain.com.
About Netezza Corporation
Netezza delivers the world’s first purpose-built, tera-scale data appliance
that enables real-time business intelligence (BI). The Netezza Performance Server
8000 Series delivers 10 to 20 times the performance for large, complex and constantly
growing BI efforts at half the cost of existing data warehouse systems. The
NPS appliance is being used by data-intensive organizations in telecommunications,
financial services, retail, outsourced analytic services and other markets to
enable 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 has raised more than $53M from leading venture capital
firms, including Matrix Partners, Charles River Ventures, Battery Ventures,
Orange Ventures and Sequoia Capital. For more information about Netezza, please
visit www.netezza.com.
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