Netezza Acquisitions Focus on Bringing Analytics to the Data Warehouse

This eWeek article reports on Netezza’s deepening of analytics through recent acquisitions including NuTech Solutions and Intelligent Integration Systems.

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Netezza Expands to Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Netezza Corporation (NYSE Arca: NZ), the global leader in data warehouse appliances, is further developing its business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and now has a German subsidiary headed by regional manager Bernard Doering. Following its acquisition of NuTech Solutions in May 2008, Netezza now has a total of 15 employees in Germany, based in Munich and Dortmund. NuTech Solutions will continue to operate as an independent organization within Netezza.

Since it was founded in 2000 in Boston, Mass., Netezza has been a pioneer in the data warehouse appliance market. The Netezza Performance Server® (NPS®) system consists of database, storage and server integrated into one appliance which allows terabytes of data to be analyzed more quickly and easily and at a lower total cost of ownership than would be possible with conventional solutions. More than 170 companies throughout the world are using the Netezza Performance Server appliance to efficiently analyze constantly growing data volumes.

Dave Kloc, vice president, European operations at Netezza, says, “Organizations in a wide range of industries including telecommunications, financial services, e-commerce and government have to meet increasingly demanding and complex requirements for data analysis and, therefore, we believe that the market for data warehouse appliances will grow exponentially. The growth of Netezza GmbH is intended to accommodate this trend.”

Bernard Doering, Netezza country manager, DACH region, explains, “The Netezza Performance Server appliance is designed for high-end, storage-based data analysis which offers an optimum price/performance ratio. We believe that we are ideally positioned in the data mart and data warehouse markets to successfully develop our business in German-speaking countries.”

The company’s first customers in this region include IHA-GfK AG and The Phone House.

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Netezza Acquires NuTech Solutions

We are pleased to announce that NuTech Solutions was acquired by Massachusetts based Netezza Corporation (NYSE Arca: NZ), the global leader in high-performance data warehouse and analytic appliances used by enterprises globally to achieve competitive and operational advantages.

“We’re excited by the possibilities that will result from joining two companies whose philosophies are firmly rooted in promoting the power of analytics and helping our customers better compete on analytics. We look forward to working with the outstanding team at NuTech to show the world the power of business analytics 2.0.” - Jim Baum, President and COO, Netezza.

Bud Whitmeyer, CEO of NuTech Solutions, added, “The synergy between our organizations is very strong. We believe that Netezza will strengthen our global market presence and open new opportunities to take advantage of our respective high performance technology platforms.”

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