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Netezza (pronounced Ne-Tease-Ah) designs and markets high-performance data warehouse appliances and advanced analytics applications for uses including enterprise data warehousing, business intelligence, predictive analytics and business continuity planning. Founded in 1999 by Foster Hinshaw, Netezza was purchased by IBM in 2010 for $1.7 billion. Netezza and Hinshaw are credited〔(Infostor » Introducing 'data warehouse appliances' )〕〔(TDWI » Still Another Data Warehouse Appliance Is Coming! )〕 with creating the data warehouse appliance category to address consumer analytics efficiently by providing a modular, scalable, easy-to-manage database system that’s cost effective. This class of machine is necessary to manage the "data-intense" workloads of modern analytics and discovery that are not well handled with legacy technologies, most of which are designed around traditional "computer-centric" workloads. Netezza's implementation is characterized by (a) data-intelligent shared-nothing architecture, where the entire query is executed on the nodes with emphasis on minimizing data movement; (b) use of commodity FPGA's to augment the CPU's and minimize network bus traffic; and (c) embedded analytics at the storage level. Netezza is based in Marlborough, Massachusetts, with 19 offices in more than 12 countries, including the UK, Japan, China and Germany.〔("Netezza 10-Q," SEC Filing, August 9, 2010 )〕 As of August 2010, Netezza had a workforce of 469 employees.〔 The company opened a new development lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts in August 2010.〔("Netezza sees explosive growth in Q2," "The Register," August 27, 2010 )〕 Netezza is widely credited for either inventing or bringing renewed attention to the data warehouse appliance category, depending upon whether one regards long-time data warehouse technology vendor Teradata as having been in the data warehouse appliance category all along.〔("Teradata decides to compete head-on as a data warehouse appliance vendor," "DBMS2," September 15, 2008 )〕 ==History== Netezza was founded in 1999 by Foster Hinshaw. In 2000 Jit Saxena joined Hinshaw as co-founder. The company was incorporated in Delaware on December 30, 1999 as Intelligent Data Engines, Inc. and changed its name to Netezza Corporation in November 2000. Netezza announced the industry's first "data warehouse appliance" in 2003 to meet the industry's need to make use of the rapidly increasing ability to collect consumer data. In July 2007, Netezza Corporation had its initial public offering under the ticker “NZ” on NYSE Arca.〔(SEC filing on EDGAR database )〕〔(TheRegister.co.uk article about the IPO )〕 Netezza was an early player in recognizing the exploding market for Big Data and the business value in real time analytics and discovery. Hinshaw coined the term "data warehouse appliance"〔(Infostor » Introducing 'data warehouse appliances' )〕〔(TDWI » Still Another Data Warehouse Appliance Is Coming! )〕 to describe a new architecture of shared nothing parallel nodes specifically targeted for high data volumes for modern data analytics. Jim Baum was appointed CEO of Netezza in January, 2008 after co-founder Jit Saxena announced his retirement. Baum started at Netezza as COO in 2006. Prior to joining Netezza, Baum was president and CEO of Endeca in Boston for five years.〔("Netezza CEO Baum guides data storage firm through downturn," "Mass High Tech," August 30, 2010 )〕 IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Netezza Corporation (NYSE: NZ) on September 20, 2010 announced they entered into a definitive agreement for IBM (advised by Eric Mandl & John Metzger) to acquire Netezza in a cash transaction at a price of $27 per share or at a net price of approximately $1.7 billion, after adjusting for cash.〔("IBM to Acquire Netezza," IBM Press Release, September 20, 2010 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Netezza」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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