ACNIELSEN TO DELIVER PRESENTATION ON THE POWER OF UNCONSTRAINED DATA ANALYSIS

ACNielsen CIO Will Present at Gartner Business Intelligence Summit 2006, Chicago

Who:		Mary Gendron, CIO, ACNielsen
What:		At the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit, ACNielsen will present “The Power of Unconstrained Analysis.” As the world’s leading marketing information company, ACNielsen provides the most advanced analytic capabilities for its customers, leveraging breakthrough data warehouse technology. In this session, ACNielsen will discuss the power of unconstrained data analysis – free from the limitations of time, data volume, query complexity or ad hoc capabilities. ACNielsen will talk about the value this capability brings to its customers, and highlight how the Netezza Performance Server® data warehouse appliance plays a key role in powering in-depth analytics.
When:		Wednesday, March 8, 2006 from 2:45-3:15PM Central
Where:		Gartner Business Intelligence Summit 2006 Hyatt Regency Chicago – Chicago, IL

Gartner Business Intelligence Summit, March 6-8, 2006 is specifically designed to guide organizations in developing or fine-tuning a high impact Business Intelligence strategy — one that can seamlessly span the IT and business sides of an organization, resulting in improved performance and innovation. The summit offers customized, unbiased advice from renowned Gartner experts and provides face-to-face interaction with industry leaders and peers.

As part of the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit’s Solution Provider Sessions, Mary Gendron of ACNielsen will discuss how they are leveraging Netezza’s innovative data warehouse appliance technology to offer their data-intensive customers faster, more comprehensive, unconstrained analysis at a lower cost.

For more information about the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit, please visit http://www.gartner.com/us/bi.

For media inquiries, please contact Amanda Munroe, SHIFT Communications, at 617-681-1216 or via email at netezza@shiftcomm.com.

About ACNielsen
ACNielsen, a VNU business, is the world’s leading marketing information provider. Offering services in more than 100 countries, the unit provides measurement and analysis of marketplace dynamics and consumer attitudes and behavior. Clients rely on ACNielsen’s market research, proprietary products, analytical tools and professional service to understand competitive performance, to uncover new opportunities and to raise the profitability of their marketing and sales campaigns. For more information, please visit www.acnielsen.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. Based in Framingham, Mass., Netezza has offices in Washington, DC, the United Kingdom and Asia Pacific. The Company is backed by leading venture capital firms, including Matrix Partners, Charles River Ventures, Battery Ventures, Orange, Sequoia Capital and Meritech Capital Partners. For more information about Netezza, please visit www.netezza.com.