Data Warehouse Appliance Pioneer Wins Third Editors’ Choice Award by InformationWeek Business Technology Network’s Intelligent Enterprise

MARLBOROUGH, Mass.,—April 12, 2010— Netezza Corporation (NYSE: NZ), the global leader in data warehouse, analytic and monitoring appliances, today announced that it has been awarded the Editors’ Choice Award by InformationWeek Business Technology Network’s Intelligent Enterprise for the third consecutive year. Netezza ranks among the publication’s elite list of “The Dozen” most influential companies that will drive the intelligent enterprise in 2010, including Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft. In their description of Netezza, editors at the publication recognize the company for its product achievements with the Netezza® TwinFin™ and Netezza® Skimmer™ appliances, aggressive pricing model and strategic partnerships.

“Netezza is doing what’s necessary to stay in the thick of the data warehouse appliance market and ahead of a pack of alternative providers,” noted InformationWeek Business Technology Network’s Intelligent Enterprise. “Netezza is a leader in bringing analytics into the database through a large and active partner community.”

The TwinFin and Skimmer appliances are two in a family of next-generation appliances from Netezza that enable organizations to process enormous amounts of captured data at exceptional speeds. The commodity blade server and storage-based data appliance family includes TwinFin, announced in August 2009 and Skimmer, announced in January 2010.

“We are proud to once again receive this recognition of our leadership position in the data warehouse and analytics space,” said Jim Baum, president and CEO. “Netezza’s best-in-class solutions enable analytics for customers, partners and organizations of all sizes and business challenges. Netezza will continue to evolve its technology and analytic solutions, playing a significant role in accelerating business processes that allow more people to more deeply analyze more data.”

To see a list of “The Dozen,” please visit: Intelligent Enterprise Editors' Choice Awards 2010.

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About Netezza Corporation

Netezza Corporation (NYSE: NZ) is the global leader in data warehouse and analytic appliances that dramatically simplify high-performance analytics across an extended enterprise. Netezza’s technology enables organizations to process enormous amounts of captured data at exceptional speed, providing a significant competitive and operational advantage in today’s data-intensive industries, including digital media, energy, financial services, government, health and life sciences, retail and telecommunications. Netezza is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts and has offices in Northern Virginia, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Poland, Japan, Korea, Australia and Singapore. For more information about Netezza, please visit www.netezza.com.

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