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By enabling transparent access between SAP NetWeaver and the NPS system, thiscertified integration allows customers to query the data contained in NetezzaÂ's datawarehouse appliance through the same front-end SAP NetWeaver BI tools andapplication infrastructure they use today. This lets customers run complete businessintelligence analyses within the SAP NetWeaver BI environment by seamlesslycombining data distributed across SAP NetWeaver BI and the NPS system. In addition,customers can also leverage the unique price/performance benefits that Netezzaoffers to store and quickly analyze deep, detailed historical data sets foreffective analysis.
 The SAP NetWeaver platform delivers a valuable business intelligenceinfrastructure, said Richard Winter, president of WinterCorp, an independentconsulting firm that specializes in large-scale data warehousing.  Combining theperformance benefits of the Netezza Performance Server system with the existingstrengths of the SAP platform promises that customers can add to their BIcapabilities and gain a significant competitive advantage in the data-driveneconomy.Â
 Our certification with SAP NetWeaver means the SAP user community can now leveragethe Netezza data warehouse appliance to improve BI operations, said Jit Saxena, CEOand co-founder at Netezza.  We remain committed to delivering seamless integrationwith leading third-party applications to ensure that our customers worldwide caneasily benefit from the power of the NPS system.Â
The Netezza Performance Server system is the market-leading data warehouseappliance, built specifically to analyze terabytes of detailed data 10 to 100 timesfaster than existing data warehouse options, at half the cost. The NPS systemstores, filters and processes terabytes of records within a single unit, analyzingonly the relevant information for each query. Netezza has placed the CPU power nextto the data, allowing the NPS system to speed through processes that would occupymost data warehouse systems for hours, or even days, thereby enabling dramaticincreases in productivity across the organization. Customers who have recognized theperformance benefits of NetezzaÂ's approach include Ahold, Amazon.com, CingularWireless, CNET Networks, Debenhams, Epsilon, Orange UK, Premier, Inc., Shoppers DrugMart Corporation, The Carphone Warehouse and The TJX Companies.
About Netezza CorporationNetezza, the global data warehouse appliance market leader, enables enterprises tomake all of their data actionable  quickly, simply and affordably. The NetezzaPerformance Server family of products delivers breakthrough performance, unmatchedease of deployment and operation, and innovative flexibility and scalability at afraction of the cost of traditional data warehouse solutions. By architecturallyintegrating database, server and storage within a single appliance, the NPS systemdelivers 10 to 100 times the performance at half the cost of existing systems. Basedin Framingham, Mass., Netezza has offices in Washington, DC, the United Kingdom andAsia Pacific. The Company is backed by leading venture capital firms, includingMatrix Partners, Charles River Ventures, Battery Ventures, Orange, Sequoia Capitaland Meritech Capital Partners. For more information about Netezza, please visitwww.netezza.com.
Netez za Performance Server and NPS are registered trademarks of Netezza. SAP, SAPNetWeaver and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as theirrespective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and inseveral other countries all over the world.
