ROSS STORES' SCOTT LINDBLOM TO PRESENT AT NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION ANNUAL CONVENTION

Lindblom to Discuss Leveraging Netezza’s Data Warehouse Appliance to Achieve Business Intelligence Success

In order for retail companies to stay ahead of the market, they are increasingly relying on actionable customer and purchasing data to generate revenue and drive efficiency. Unfortunately, many companies have invested in traditional data warehouse platforms that can’t keep pace with the growing volumes of customer and operational data. This prevents retail companies from accessing their data in real-time, forcing them to make critical strategic decisions on older data.

In this presentation, Lindblom will discuss how retail companies can leverage their actionable data to improve business intelligence, provide tools and techniques to evaluate their data analysis needs and detail technology available to achieve their goals. Lindblom will also highlight how the Netezza Performance Server® data warehouse appliance has allowed Ross Stores to process queries in hours rather than days and to gain visibility into information for all its business units by simplifying and consolidating data into a central repository.

Any media or analysts interested in speaking with Scott Lindblom or Netezza can contact Lisa Astor or Dawn Sullivan of Schwartz Communications at 781-684-0770 or Netezza@schwartz-pr.com.

About Ross Stores, Inc.
Ross Stores, Inc., a Fortune 500 and Nasdaq 100 (ROST) company headquartered in Pleasanton, California, is the nation's second largest off-price company with fiscal 2005 revenues of $4.9 billion. As of September 30, 2006, the Company operated 766 Ross stores and 26 dd's DISCOUNTS(R) locations in 27 states and Guam. Ross Stores offers first-quality, in-season, name brand and designer apparel, accessories, footwear and home fashions for the entire family at everyday savings of 20 to 60 percent off department and specialty store regular prices. dd's DISCOUNTS features a more moderately-priced assortment of first-quality, in-season, name brand apparel, accessories, footwear and home fashions for the entire family at everyday savings of 20 to 70 percent off moderate department and discount store regular prices. Additional information is available on the Company's website at www.rossstores.com.

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.

Who:		Scott Lindblom, vice president of applications, Ross Stores, Inc.
What:		Lindblom will present a session titled, “Data is the Difference in Retail Success”
When:		Tuesday, January 16, 2007 from 1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. EST
Where:		Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York, New York Room 1A06