Sixth Annual Awards Ceremony Celebrates New England’s Most Innovative Technology Achievements

Marlborough, MA — July 29, 2009 — Netezza Corporation (NYSE: NZ), the global leader in data warehouse and analytic appliances, announced it was selected as a winner in the category of Sector Impact for the 2009 MITX Technology Awards. The annual awards program recognizes achievements in the development and implementation of innovative technologies. Winners were announced in 10 categories, as well as several “Best of” awards and the new PricewaterhouseCoopers Promise Awards, at a sold-out ceremony attended by more than 350 industry professionals held recently at the Copley Westin in Boston, Massachusetts.

“We are very pleased to receive this recognition from MITX,” said Jim Baum, president and CEO of Netezza. “As companies strive to do more with less these days, it’s vital that we provide technology that enables them to get the most business value from their data. We will continue to push the boundaries in the data analytics arena, especially as data volumes continue to grow exponentially.”

“This year’s award winners represent some of the most innovative thinkers in the world of technology. These companies and individuals help solve real-world challenges and help push the use and adoption of technology,” said Kiki Mills, president of MITX. “MITX is proud to be the foundation for New England’s vibrant digital community and to recognize and help our local talent receive the recognition they deserve, being at the forefront of innovation.”

For the complete list of winners and other information, please visit www.mitxawards.org.

The Netezza data warehouse appliance is built specifically to analyze terabytes of detailed data significantly faster than existing data warehouse options, at a much lower total cost of ownership. It 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 its appliances to speed through processes that would occupy most data warehouse systems for hours, or even days, thereby enabling dramatic increases in productivity across organizations.

About MITX

Established in 1996, The Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX) is the region's premier professional organization for the Internet business & marketing industry. Reaching more than 7,500 professionals in New England, MITX is the community for thought leadership, building business relationships and professional training and development. Members of the MITX community take advantage of events, sponsorships, speaking opportunities and networking to make business connections and exchange ideas. With more than 70 events annually, MITX provides its members with the opportunity to promote their companies to targeted audiences and provides a valuable forum for networking to source potential business leads, partnerships, ideas, funding and other likeminded peers in the industry. MITX is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. For more information please go to mitx.org.

About Netezza Corporation (NYSE: NZ)

Netezza (NYSE: NZ) is the global leader in data warehouse and analytic appliances that dramatically simplify high-performance analytics for business users across the extended enterprise, delivering significant competitive and operational advantage in today’s information-intensive marketplaces. The Netezza family of appliances brings appliance simplicity to a broad range of complex data warehouse and analytic challenges. Customers who have realized the benefits of Netezza appliances include Ahold, Debenhams, Department of Veterans Affairs, eHarmony, Epsilon, iBasis, Nationwide, Neiman Marcus, Orange UK, Premier, Inc., Ross Stores, Ryder System, Inc., The Carphone Warehouse and Virgin Media. Based in Marlborough, Mass., Netezza has offices in Washington, DC, the United Kingdom and the Asia Pacific region. For more information about Netezza, please visit www.netezza.com.

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