Released on = July 31, 2006, 9:05 am

Press Release Author = Netezza Corporation

Industry = Computers

Press Release Summary = Customers Can Now Seamlessly Leverage the Breakthrough
Performance of the Netezza System Alongside SAP NetWeaver BI

Press Release Body = Netezza, the global data warehouse appliance leader, today
announced that its Netezza Performance Server (NPS®) system has achieved "Certified
for SAP NetWeaver®" status. This certified connectivity with the SAP NetWeaver 2004
platform leverages the NPS system's standard JDBC driver and the Universal Data
Connect interface capabilities of SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (SAP NetWeaver
BI).

By enabling transparent access between SAP NetWeaver and the NPS system, this
certified integration allows customers to query the data contained in Netezza's data
warehouse appliance through the same front-end SAP NetWeaver BI tools and
application infrastructure they use today. This lets customers run complete business
intelligence analyses within the SAP NetWeaver BI environment by seamlessly
combining data distributed across SAP NetWeaver BI and the NPS system. In addition,
customers can also leverage the unique price/performance benefits that Netezza
offers to store and quickly analyze deep, detailed historical data sets for
effective analysis.

"The SAP NetWeaver platform delivers a valuable business intelligence
infrastructure," said Richard Winter, president of WinterCorp, an independent
consulting firm that specializes in large-scale data warehousing. "Combining the
performance benefits of the Netezza Performance Server system with the existing
strengths of the SAP platform promises that customers can add to their BI
capabilities and gain a significant competitive advantage in the data-driven
economy."

"Our certification with SAP NetWeaver means the SAP user community can now leverage
the Netezza data warehouse appliance to improve BI operations," said Jit Saxena, CEO
and co-founder at Netezza. "We remain committed to delivering seamless integration
with leading third-party applications to ensure that our customers worldwide can
easily benefit from the power of the NPS system."

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. Customers who have recognized the
performance benefits of Netezza's approach include Ahold, Amazon.com, Cingular
Wireless, CNET Networks, Debenhams, Epsilon, Orange UK, Premier, Inc., Shoppers Drug
Mart Corporation, The Carphone Warehouse and The TJX Companies.

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.


Netezza Performance Server and NPS are registered trademarks of Netezza. SAP, SAP
NetWeaver and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their
respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in
several other countries all over the world.


Web Site = http://www.netezza.com

Contact Details = Dawn Sullivan or Lisa Astor
Tel: 781-684-0770
Email: netezza@schwartz-pr.com