Yankee Group Reports That Netezza `Turbocharges' Data Analysis for Telecommunications Carriers

[Netezza via BizWire]

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2004--

Highlights How Netezza Data Warehouse Appliance Enables Previously
Impossible or Financially Impractical Analysis of Information
Resources

The Yankee Group has profiled the Netezza Performance Server(TM)
(NPS(TM)) appliance and its ability to help telecommunications
carriers profit from data they would have otherwise moved offsite or
discarded. In the Billing & Payment Application Strategies Research
Note, titled "Netezza Turbocharges Reporting and Analysis for
Telecommunications Carriers," Yankee Group Analyst Jason Briggs
commends Netezza for enabling information analysis that "previously
would have been either impossible or financially impractical."
Yankee highlighted the NPS appliance's ability to help carriers
realize business value by quickly and easily analyzing data-intensive
information such as Call Data Records (CDRs). "The CDR stream
represents the lifeblood of a communications carrier's information
system and is an undeveloped natural resource," writes Briggs.
"Allowing business unit owners such as engineering, finance, marketing
and customer service access to this information reduces the demand on
the corporate data warehouse and gives the business users better
access to data."
"Telecommunications companies operate some of the largest data
warehouses in the world and struggle to get their arms around
information vital for current and new business initiatives," said
Netezza CEO Jit Saxena. "This Yankee report continues the landslide of
praise for Netezza's groundbreaking data warehouse solution, which is
used by some of the largest carriers in the world to easily and
affordably access and analyze oceans of information contained in call
records and click streams."
Since its introduction last year, the Netezza Performance Server
data warehouse appliance has been deployed by leading companies in
telecommunications, retail, the life sciences and other industries to
power their business intelligence efforts. AT&T Wireless, Orange UK
and Caudwell Communications are among Netezza's telecommunications
customers. Additional worldwide customers include: The TJX Companies,
Epsilon and Premier, Inc.

About The Yankee Group

The Yankee Group is the global leader in communications &
networking research and consulting. The company helps businesses
understand the opportunities, risks and competitive pressures of
developing, deploying and consuming products and services that drive
communication or information exchange. Now in its fourth decade, the
Yankee Group is based in Boston with offices throughout North America
and Europe.

About Netezza Corporation

Netezza is a fast-growing provider of enterprise-class data
warehouse appliances that deliver breakthrough performance and
ease-of-use at a fraction of the cost of traditional data warehouses.
The Netezza Performance Server(TM) (NPS(TM)) system enables Fortune
1000 customers with terabytes of dynamic, detailed data to
dramatically simplify even the most complex Business Intelligence (BI)
initiatives. By architecturally integrating database, server and
storage within a single appliance, the NPS system delivers 10 to 50
times the performance at half the cost of existing systems. The NPS
appliance is being used by data-intensive organizations in
telecommunications, financial services, retail, the life sciences,
government and other markets to enable faster, more sophisticated
analysis while allowing companies to leverage their existing
infrastructure. Founded in 2000 and based in Framingham, Mass., the
Company has raised more than $53M from leading venture capital firms,
including Matrix Partners, Charles River Ventures, Battery Ventures,
Orange Ventures and Sequoia Capital.

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