Neteeza

[Steve Bennett]

News, views and insights about Neteeza appliances.

[Steve Bennett]

FYI,

I went last week to a presentation by the vendor. It was very interesting to hear why their technology can be so much faster than 'traditional' BI.

Now I know.

I can't seem to post it to the forum, but I have a copy I can send anyone interested. Just email me at sbennett@tbig.net.au.

The only question I now have is: Why aren't more people using this?

Steve

[zeyadsweidan]

I think first reason for not adopting the BI appliance for many companies is fear of the "unknown" as well as "non traditional" approach, kind of I don't want to play by myself or start something new which not that many people know about. No(or maybe handful) resources in the market who know about Netezza.

I attended one of the session for Netezza and I believe that it is a matter of time until the companies start adopting these technologies. The obvious reason is cost (total cost of ownership) and faster than traditional solution.

The most interesting thing I liked about Netezza was the reduction of Database administration effort. Yet to be verified, but the claim of easy implementation with no indexes (I think!) and no major work to partition database, tablespace, memory and all the rest of time consuming activities (in traditional DB like Oracle) will be gone(I think!).

I would like to hear from a client in Australia who implemented Netezza. Or if we can have a real comparison between Netezza and a traditional DW suite. That will be great.

[Jane B]

Interesting thread. I'm just a humble Cognos user and I've been in the industry for several years - but I've never met anyone directly involved in the use of any BI appliance. I've never even heard of anyone doing this in Aust or NZ.

Have I led too sheltered a life?

Calling all Neteeza users!

Do you exist in this universe

(apologies to BOBJ universe designers!)

[Doug Heywood]

Hi Jane,

So no replies to your call to Neteeza users to identify themselves? Does that mean there are none? Or are these forums still too small?

I spoke to Mark, one of the founders of the CORTEX, and he explained that membership is still building and that it "is still early days."

I hope not as I find it pretty difficult getting contact with local BI people. I'll keep reading if people keep posting!

Doug
A former BOBJ Universe Designer

[Steve Bennett]

That's right Doug - the CORTEX is in beta mode as we trial the concept. We are adding new forums and functions each month.

Over 150 people have now registered so keep on coming back and I for one will keep posting!

We hope to go gold beofre Christmas 2008 and Release 1.0 of the CORTEX should be live in the New Year - but maybe not January 1st. We are planning on having a hangover that day

[admin]

Business Wire, Published: September 2, 2009

Company Continues to Bolster Its Fit into the Business Intelligence Ecosystem via Compatibility with OBI EE and Associated Packaged Analytic Application ComponentsMARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- Netezza Corporation (NYSE: NZ), the global leader in data warehouse and analytic appliances, continues to fulfill its strategy to certify with numerous Oracle applications across the spectrum of data integration, data analysis and business intelligence/reporting.The Oracle Business Intelligence Packaged Application is made up of components that were formerly available from Siebel Systems as Siebel Business Analytics Applications, augmented with new capabilities and third party applications. Netezza's support of this packaged application was enabled via collaboration with Oracle on interoperability with its components, including Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBI EE), Data Warehouse Administration Console (DAC), Business Analytics Warehouse (BAW) and a third party data integration engine."Oracle is clearly the de facto standard in many large organizations and our strategy has always been to work with - not disrupt - our customers' environments," said Jim Baum, president and CEO of Netezza. "We are collaborating with Oracle to develop technology that will facilitate the connectivity and interoperability between our respective products, allowing organizations that have chosen to standardize on Oracle to benefit from Netezza technology in a much more transparent way. Our support for OBI EE is the major deliverable in our compatibility roadmap."From the beginning, Netezza has recognized and embraced the importance of building systems that are enterprise ready and have proven to the industry that as Netezza's product family grows - along with its leadership for price performance - so has Netezza's breadth and depth of integration with the technologies that run today's enterprises. This tradition continues with the recent introduction of the new Netezza[R] TwinFin[TM] appliance and the new Oracle certifications announced today. Netezza's unique ease of use and groundbreaking performance make it the perfect complement to existing enterprise technologies including those from Oracle. For more information on Netezza's compatibility solutions, please visit www.netezza.com.About Netezza CorporationNetezza 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, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, France, Japan, Korea, Australia and Singapore. For more information about Netezza, please visit www.netezza.com.Netezza[R], TwinFin[TM] and the Netezza logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Netezza Corporation. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.