MARLBOROUGH, Mass., March 29, 2010 -- Netezza Corporation (NYSE: NZ), the global leader in data warehouse, analytic and monitoring appliances, today announced the SAS/ACCESS® interface engine for the Netezza® TwinFin™ data warehouse appliance. The TwinFin appliance combined with the SAS/ACCESS interface engine provides a global advanced analytics platform to the enterprise by delivery of custom, high-performance connectivity between SAS and Netezza.

“Organizations of all sizes and markets are looking for advanced analytics solutions that will enable them to make better, faster decisions throughout the enterprise,” said Keith Collins, SAS vice president and chief technology officer. “Our joint customers are able to be more competitive by leveraging advanced analytics and gaining better, deeper insights into their customers and business operations. With Netezza’s TwinFin appliance, we are able to empower organizations with actionable data that will improve their business operations.”

The SAS/ACCESS interface engine is an out-of-the-box solution that provides integration between SAS and the Netezza TwinFin appliance. This engine is the foundation of SAS’ Enterprise Data Integration capabilities and is able to read, write and update data in a way that makes data appear native to SAS. The SAS/ACCESS interface engine for the Netezza TwinFin appliance allows customers to treat data as a generally available resource that can be viewed and used by SAS regardless of its format.

“SAS’ leading business analytics solutions, coupled with Netezza’s expertise in the appliance market, makes this partnership a natural fit,” said Justin Lindsey, CTO for Netezza. “Netezza has a strong partnership with SAS and the availability of the SAS Access engine for Netezza’s platform allows customers to leverage SAS to meet their growing needs and best utilize SAS solutions and analytics across all industries.”

The Netezza TwinFin family of appliances is built specifically to analyze petabytes of detailed data significantly faster than existing data warehouse options, at a much lower total cost of ownership. SAS/ACCESS for the Netezza TwinFin appliance provides direct secure access, improved connection performance and reduced data traffic on the network.

About SAS

SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through innovative solutions delivered within an integrated framework, SAS helps customers at more than 45,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Since 1976 SAS has been giving customers around the world THE POWER TO KNOW®.

About Netezza Corporation (NYSE: NZ)

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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