NETEZZA APPOINTS FRANCIS “FRAN” DRAMIS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Industry Veteran Brings Wealth of Technology and Business Experience to Data Warehouse Appliance Leader

Marlborough, Mass. — June 4, 2008 — Netezza Corporation (NYSE Arca: NZ), the global leader in data warehouse and analytic appliances, today announced that it has named Francis “Fran” Dramis as a member of its Board of Directors.

Mr. Dramis is currently Chief Executive Officer of F. Dramis, LLC, a technology consulting company, a position he has held since February 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Dramis was Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, E-Commerce & Security for BellSouth Corporation, a telecommunications company based in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Dramis held a variety of positions at BellSouth, which he joined in December 1998. Mr. Dramis is also a director of Avocent Corporation and Ditech Networks, Inc. and serves on the boards of several private companies.

“We are pleased to welcome Fran as a member of the Netezza Board of Directors,” said Jit Saxena, chairman and CEO of Netezza. “With his distinguished career and extensive leadership experience in the telecommunications and financial services sectors, Fran brings valuable experience and strategic insight to Netezza.”

“Netezza’s data warehouse appliance delivers tremendous performance and value to customers across many sectors, including customers in the telecommunications and financial services sectors,” said Dramis. “I am excited to join the Netezza Board of Directors and look forward to helping Netezza continue to build and grow its business.”

Outgoing Board member, Ted Dintersmith of Charles River Ventures, has served on the Netezza Board of Directors since 2000, providing valuable insight and support during the company’s early growth through its successful IPO in July 2007.

“We thank Ted for his active role on the Netezza Board over the past nine years,” said Jit Saxena. “Ted’s leadership, experience and dedication have contributed greatly to the success of our business.”

About Netezza Corporation
Netezza (NYSE Arca: NZ) is the global leader in analytic appliances that dramatically simplify high-performance analytics for business users across the extended enterprise, delivering significant competitive and operational advantage in today’s information-intensive marketplaces. The Netezza Performance Server® (NPS®) family of streaming analytic™ appliances brings appliance simplicity to a broad range of complex data warehouse and analytic challenges. Customers who have realized the benefits of Netezza appliances include Ahold, Amazon.com, CNET Networks, Debenhams, Department of Veterans Affairs, Epsilon, Nationwide, Neiman Marcus, Orange UK, Premier, Inc., Ross Stores, Ryder System, Inc., The Carphone Warehouse, The Sherwin-Williams Company and Virgin Media. Based in Marlborough, Mass., Netezza has offices in Washington, DC, the United Kingdom and Asia Pacific. For more information about Netezza, please visit www.netezza.com.

Netezza, Netezza Performance Server, NPS and streaming analytic are trademarks of Netezza Corporation. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.