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UST Global Partners with Netezza to Provide Data Hungry Enterprises With More Cost Effective, Domain-Specific Solutions

^{Published on 2008-12-10 10:36:26 - Market Wire}
 

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--UST Global^SM (UST), a leading provider of IT services and solutions for Global 1000 enterprises, announced a strategic partnership with Netezza Corporation® (NYSE Arca: NZ), the global leader in data warehouse and analytic appliances, to deliver competitive business solutions. UST will develop new analytic domain solutions in its Business Intelligence (BI)/Data Warehouse (DW) practice that will be designed on top of Netezza's data warehouse appliance for Global 1000 enterprises.

The partnership will be especially beneficial to companies in data intensive industries such as retail, healthcare, life sciences and online businesses, where there is an increasing demand to quickly convert vast data pools into competitive intelligence. The solutions developed by UST will help these companies address data warehousing challenges that arise as their data sets keep growing. Those challenges include:

• Faster turnaround. Large data sets require more complex analysis and often contain high-dimensional data sets, which delays users from getting the information they need to make intelligent decisions in a timely manner.
• Scalability. The ability to scale via an appliance reduces the implementation time.

Enterprises facing these challenges are looking for a cost-effective alternative that can keep pace with their analysis demands. Many of these enterprises are moving toward data warehouse appliances to augment or replace traditional solutions because data warehouse appliances speed up the acquisition of business intelligence.

Data warehouse appliances are far simpler to install and maintain than a typical database server that requires storage infrastructure. With a superior performance, reduced maintenance and lower total cost, data warehouse appliances are a viable and increasingly popular alternative.

"Organizations are looking to gain a competitive edge by accessing useful and timely intelligence from their ever expanding volumes of data," said Jit Saxena, chairman and CEO, Netezza Corporation. "By partnering Netezza's data warehouse appliance with UST Global's well-established Business Intelligence (BI) and data management practice, enterprises will have faster access to business value without having to worry about managing their data."

The partnership was initiated by several UST Global clients that needed faster data analysis and had expressed an interest in Netezza, the market-leading provider of enterprise-class data warehouse appliances that deliver breakthrough performance and ease-of-use at a fraction of the cost of traditional data warehouses. The Netezza Performance Server^® appliances enable Fortune 1000 companies with terabytes of dynamic, detailed data to dramatically simplify even the most complex BI initiatives.

"UST will be bringing new horizontal and domain solutions that will be built on top of the Netezza platform," said Lawrence I. Lerner, head of the BI/DW and Consulting practices at UST Global. "Client demands for BI/DW services are expanding and we look at this opportunity to be market makers."

As a result of the partnership with Netezza, UST Global is now able to better leverage its domain and solutions methods, giving enterprises quicker access to BI at a reduced cost.

About Netezza Corporation

Netezza (NYSE Arca: NZ) is the global leader in data warehouse and 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 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 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 ].

About UST Global

UST Global^SM is a leading provider of end-to-end IT services and solutions for the Global 1000 market. UST Global offers a client-centric Global Engagement Model that provides the optimal mix of senior local resources with the cost, scale and quality advantages of offshore operations for each client. The company is known for its relentless focus on clients, flexibility, and commitment beyond contract. Headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, UST Global has more than 6,000 employees operating on four continents. For more information visit: [ www.ust-global.com ].