HyperAnalytics™ to Correlate and Analyze 27 Terabytes of Call Data and other Vital Customer Information in Near Real Time

PHILADEPHIA, PA, and FRAMINGHAM, MA, May 3, 2005 (TeleStrategies' Billing and OSS World 2005, booth 1325)—Vibrant Solutions and Netezza today announced they have secured a multi-million dollar contract with a Tier 1 North American wireless carrier. The carrier will deploy Vibrant Solutions’ HyperAnalytics™, a breakthrough technology solution that leverages the Netezza Performance Server® (NPS®) data warehouse appliance, to bolster the carrier’s reciprocal compensation billing application.

This 27-terabyte HyperAnalytics system will manage reciprocal compensation and identify opportunities for cost reductions. It will also serve as the foundation for several other business intelligence applications.

“HyperAnalytics gives carriers an edge in a changing marketplace,” said Jim Pagos, CEO of Vibrant Solutions. “Our customers can access operational data and manage queries across billions of records faster than ever before. Business decisions enabled by these applications create significant competitive advantage for our customers.”

“We’re excited to partner with Vibrant Solutions to deliver a breakthrough BI solution that solves many of the long-standing analytics challenges faced by large telcos,” said Jit Saxena, CEO and Co-Founder of Netezza. “The value of our joint solution is clear from the repeat business and momentum we are seeing in the telecom market.”

Vibrant Solutions’ HyperAnalytics application enriches and summarizes call detail records in near-real time, supporting complex analytics and sophisticated queries for deeper business insight and informed decision-making. The Netezza Performance Server system is the market-leading data warehouse appliance, built specifically to analyze
terabytes of detailed data 10 to 50 times faster than existing data warehouse options, at half the cost. The combination of Vibrant Solutions’ software with Netezza’s appliance gives carriers an unprecedented ability to analyze usage data and other vital customer information.

In this application, the customer will now have increased visibility into network and customer transaction data, allowing them to improve the cycle time and quality of business analysis for applications such as:

· Least cost routing (LCR)
· Access and dispute management
· Network optimization
· New product introductions and promotions
· Customer segmentation and behavior
· Fraud and arbitrage
· Law enforcement and CALEA support.

HyperAnalytics helps carriers answer important questions such as:

· How can I win in the marketplace by having visibility into my customers’ calling patterns and behaviors?
· How can I acquire and retain high-value customers?
· Am I capturing all the revenue I should be, or are there revenue leaks I can plug?
· Can I lower costs through better network optimization and access negotiations?

The NPS system stores, filters and processes terabytes of records within a single unit, analyzing only the relevant information for each query. Netezza has placed the CPU power next to the data, allowing the NPS system to speed through processes that would occupy most data warehouse systems for hours, or even days, thereby enabling dramatic increases in productivity across the organization. Customers who have recognized the performance benefits of Netezza’s approach include Ahold USA, Amazon.com, Cingular Wireless, CNET Networks, Orange UK, Premier, Inc., Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation and The TJX Companies.

See Vibrant Solutions at booth 1325 at TeleStrategies’ Billing and OSS World 2005, which is being held from May 4-6 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

About Vibrant Solutions
Vibrant Solutions has delivered business performance solutions to over 40 Tier 1 and Tier 2 wireless and wire line carriers. The company has repeatedly been first-to-market with both software and services designed to address and improve telecommunications carriers' performance. Vibrant Solutions' software and services have generated over one billion dollars in savings for its customers. Vibrant Solutions is headquartered in Fairfax, VA, with locations throughout the U.S. and Europe. Vibrant Solutions is privately held and funded by Bessemer Venture Partners, Columbia Capital and Grotech Capital Group. For more information on Vibrant Solutions, please visit www.vibrantsolutions.com.

About Netezza Corporation
Netezza is the market-leading provider of enterprise-class data warehouse appliances that deliver breakthrough performance and ease-of-use at a fraction of the cost of traditional data warehouses. The Netezza Performance Server system enables Fortune 1000 customers with terabytes of dynamic, detailed data to dramatically simplify even the most complex Business Intelligence (BI) initiatives. By architecturally integrating database, server and storage within a single appliance, the NPS system delivers 10 to 50 times the performance at half the cost of existing systems. Founded in 2000 and based in Framingham, Mass., Netezza has offices in Washington, DC, the United Kingdom and Asia Pacific. The Company has raised more than $68M from leading venture capital firms, including Matrix Partners, Charles River Ventures, Battery Ventures, Orange Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Meritech Capital Partners. For more information about Netezza, please visit www.netezza.com.

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