Boston, Mass. — Netezza User Conference — September 20, 2006 — Netezza Corporation, the global data warehouse appliance market leader and Headstrong, a global consultancy, today announced that Headstrong has joined Netezza’s Systems Integrator Partner Program. Headstrong and Netezza will jointly concentrate on providing high-performance data warehousing and business intelligence solutions for the financial services industry, more specifically in the capital markets space.

As part of the agreement, Headstrong and Netezza will deliver high-performance data solutions to help financial services providers manage extreme data volumes. Using the Netezza Performance Server® (NPS®) system as a part of the solution, Headstrong would allow its financial services customers to integrate and manage massive volumes of data from multiple disparate sources, thus enabling an improved and more complete view of customer activity.

“With Netezza’s continued growth and success in the marketplace, our systems integrator partners are critical to supporting our user and prospect community,” said Kim Strayer, director of Channel Sales at Netezza. “We are pleased to add Headstrong to our expanding list of system integrator partners who serve the financial services industry and, together, we look forward to generating new joint prospects and creating analytic applications for capital markets clients.”

According to Nicki Mehra, Headstrong’s managing director for Corporate Strategy, “This partnership is an integral part of Headstrong’s thrust to be recognized as the chosen provider of best-in-class applications and services for the financial services industry. The partnership will bring together Netezza’s innovative data warehouse appliance with Headstrong’s deep financial services domain experience for the world’s biggest and best-known securities companies.”

The Netezza Performance Server system is the market-leading data warehouse appliance, built specifically to analyze terabytes of detailed data 10 to 100 times faster than existing data warehouse options, at half the cost. 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.

About Netezza Corporation
Netezza, the global data warehouse appliance market leader, enables enterprises to make all of their data actionable – quickly, simply and affordably. The Netezza Performance Server family of products delivers breakthrough performance, unmatched ease of deployment and operation, and innovative flexibility and scalability at a fraction of the cost of traditional data warehouse solutions. By architecturally integrating database, server and storage within a single appliance, the NPS system delivers 10 to 100 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.

About Headstrong
Headstrong, Inc. is a global consultancy and financial solutions company that delivers expertise across business processes, management consulting, and technology within Financial Services, Public Sector, and Service industries. Headstrong helps its clients realize value from their business and technology initiatives while leveraging a steadfast heritage (as James Martin + Co) of strong methodologies and global program management. With Global Delivery Centers (GDC) in two of the leading outsourcing destinations -- India and the Philippines - and a global resource pool of qualified advisors, Headstrong can deliver a full range of integration services, including strategic assessment, design and implementation, and application development and maintenance both onshore and offshore. With 25 years track record of proven results, Headstrong's client base includes many of the world's most respected companies. Headstrong is headquartered near Washington D.C., with a global presence across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. For more information, visit www.headstrong.com or e-mail us at information@headstrong.com.

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