Madrid, 17 November, 2005—Through a new partnership with specialist BI and data warehousing reseller Etica, Netezza today announced its presence in Spain. The Netezza Performance Server® (NPS®) data warehouse appliance, which architecturally integrates database, storage and server in a single system, is already in use across Europe by customers such as The Carphone Warehouse and Center Parcs. The two companies now plan to leverage Etica’s track record with large BI and data integration projects, as well as its expertise in data warehousing ETL solutions to the benefit of its impressive corporate customer portfolio.

Oscar Jacynycz, General Manager at Etica explained, “It’s an exciting time for us to introduce such an innovative data warehouse option into Spain. It complements our projects perfectly and fills a vital gap involving the speed at which organisations are able to analyse customer and operational data.”

The NPS system is the market-leading data warehouse appliance, built specifically to analyse terabytes of detailed data 10 to 50 times faster than existing data warehouse options, at half the cost. It stores, filters and processes terabytes of records within a single unit, analysing 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 organisation.

Joe Napoli, Regional Sales Director for Netezza Southern Europe added, “Etica is held in particularly high regard for its expertise in data warehousing solutions for major organisations in Spain such as Telefónica, BBVA, El Corte Inglés and Cortefiel. By adding our appliances to its portfolio of solutions, Etica is well placed to deliver a significant competitive advantage to its customers.”

The NPS system works hand in hand with BI applications and tools, without requiring any modifications. Most leading BI applications run seamlessly with the NPS system and Netezza has partnered with market leaders in that space.

The new partnership between Etica and Netezza will be formally marked with a launch event in Madrid on 18th November.

About Etica
Etica Software, created in 1998, is a business intelligence solutions consultancy and integration company highly regarded in particular for its expertise in data warehousing ETL solutions for major accounts such as Telefónica, BBVA, El Corte Inglés and Cortefiel. In 2002, following one of its main clients to Brazil, it created a subsidiary, Etica Software do Brasil, to offer the local market the know-how in data warehousing project management that it had acquired in Europe. The subsidiary was instantly successful and now has some excellent client references, including Brazil Telecom, HSBC, ABN Amro, Banco Real and Philipps, and more than sixty decision support technology integration experts and consultants. Etica Software do Brasil has won new contracts in South America in 2005: Nextel (Argentina) and Colfondos (Colombia), and in future will be the KEYRUS group’s business intelligence development platform in South America. The Etica Software group is the certified integrator partner of several business intelligence solution publishers, such as Sunopsys, ETI, MicroStrategy, Netezza and SAS, and currently employs nearly ninety people. For the 2004 financial year (ending 31st December), it generated annual turnover of about €3m with an operating profit of 10%.

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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