Enterprises and Customers Gain Deeper Insight from Data Queries Across Disparate Sources

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. and San Mateo, Calif.—April 13, 2010— Netezza Corporation (NYSE: NZ), the global leader in data warehouse, analytic and monitoring appliances, and Composite Software, the leading data virtualization middleware provider, today announced that they are working together on data federation offerings that simplify, accelerate and optimize integration of enterprise data stored on the Netezza® TwinFin™ appliance and other data sources.

“Composite Software’s agile integration approach is consistent with Netezza’s strategy for solving complex enterprise-wide challenges including global federation,” said Phil Francisco, vice president, Product Management and Product Marketing at Netezza. “Together we are working towards offering solutions for high-value data integration projects to benefit from the performance customers have come to expect from Netezza.”

Both companies expect to demonstrate enhanced data federation offerings at Netezza’s Enzee Universe User Conference in June 2010.

“Our large enterprise customers are choosing Netezza appliances to manage their data warehouses and data marts,” said Robert Eve, executive vice president of Marketing at Composite Software. “Composite’s data virtualization middleware integrates Netezza-managed data with other data sources giving users an enterprise view of their information with none of the risks, high costs and delays associated with monolithic enterprise data warehouse projects.”

“Netezza and Composite are best in class in their adjacent domains,” said Philip Howard, director, Data Management Research, Bloor Research. “Closer collaboration and new offerings will bring significant value to their customers and further their market leadership.”

Composite Software, Inc.

Composite Software, Inc. is the only company that focuses solely on data virtualization. Global organizations faced with disparate, complex data environments, including ten of the top 20 banks, six of the top ten pharmaceutical companies, four of the top five energy firms, major media and technology organizations as well as government agencies, have chosen Composite’s proven data virtualization platform to fulfill critical information needs, faster with fewer resources. Scaling from project to enterprise, Composite’s middleware enables data federation, data warehouse extension, enterprise data sharing, real-time and cloud computing data integration. Founded in 2002, Composite Software is a privately held, venture-funded corporation based in Silicon Valley. For more information, please visit http://www.compositesw.com.

About Netezza Corporation

Netezza Corporation (NYSE: NZ) is the global leader in data warehouse, analytic and monitoring 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, Japan, Korea, Australia and Singapore. For more information about Netezza, please visit www.netezza.com.

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Netezza®, TwinFin™ and the Netezza ‘N’ logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Netezza Corporation. Composite Software® is a registered trademark of Composite Software, Inc. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.