Corporate Express US Chooses Netezza Data Warehouse Appliance to Power New Online Service for More Than 10,000 Users

Business Wire, July 31, 2007

Leading Global Office Supply Provider Selects Netezza for Performance and High User Concurrency

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Netezza Corporation (NYSE Arca: NZ), a leading provider of data warehouse appliances, today announced that Corporate Express US (NYSE: CXP), part of the Dutch-based Corporate Express NV and a supplier of essential office and computer products and services, has chosen the Netezza Performance Server[R] (NPS[R]) data warehouse appliance to drive its new online reporting service. The service will allow more than 10,000 Corporate Express customers to quickly and simply run reports and analyze data related to their office supply purchases.

Designed to provide access to existing and new reports to Corporate Express customers via the Web, the online service will allow users to view procurement data using at-a-glance dashboards, standard reports and by drilling down to transaction-level data for more detailed investigation. While developing the solution, Corporate Express selected Netezza for its high performance and ability to handle mixed workloads.

"We set out to develop an online service that would enable our customers to have simple and intuitive access to the intelligence related to their office supply purchases," said Matt Schwartz, director of Business Analysis for Corporate Express US. "And after evaluating numerous data warehouse solutions, including Teradata, we chose Netezza for this essential customer-focused initiative due to Netezza's ability to power our needs for rapid response and performance when thousands of users could be accessing the service."

"More and more companies around the globe are developing online services that enable their customers to harness the power of their data," said Jit Saxena, CEO and co-founder of Netezza. "Solutions like Netezza help drive these initiatives, making it simple and efficient for both businesses and its customers to utilize all of the intelligence at their disposal."

The Netezza Performance Server system is a market-leading data warehouse appliance built specifically to analyze terabytes of detailed data 10 to 100 times faster than existing data warehouse options. The NPS system stores, filters and processes terabytes of records within a single unit, analyzing only the relevant information for each query. This allows 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 for customers like Corporate Express.

About Corporate Express

Corporate Express provides customers with a single source of business products and services, so that they can focus their resources, energy and time on their core business. Corporate Express helps organizations to save time and maximize their productivity.

Headquartered in the Netherlands, Corporate Express NV generated 2006 annual sales of EUR 6.3 billion. The Company has a widespread global distribution network spanning North America, Europe and Australia, has close to 19,000 employees, and operations in 20 countries. Corporate Express is listed on Euronext Amsterdam (Euronext: CXP) and in New York (NYSE: CXP). For more information, please visit www.CorporateExpress.com.

About Netezza Corporation

Netezza is a leading provider of data warehouse appliances. The Netezza Performance Server data warehouse appliance integrates database, server and storage platforms in a purpose-built system to perform detailed queries and analyses on large volumes of stored data. Recognizing the limitations of traditional data warehouse solutions, Netezza designed its NPS family of data warehouse appliances specifically for analysis of terabytes of data 10-100 times faster than traditional solutions, with a lower total cost of ownership and greater ease of use. Based in Framingham, Mass., Netezza has offices in Washington, DC, the United Kingdom and Asia Pacific. For more information about Netezza, please visit www.netezza.com.

Netezza and Netezza Performance Server are registered trademarks of Netezza Corporation. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.