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The netezza FAST Engines Framework: A Powerful Framework for High-Performance Analytics

The Netezza Performance Server NPS performance multiplier effect is the result of a framework of FPGA-Accelerated Streaming Technology FAST Engines that leverage the embedded FPGA to provide performance acceleration advantages and functionality as rapidly as data can be read (or "Streamed") from the disk drive on each intelligent node. Netezza's...

Tags: Performance, High-performance, Netezza, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2008-02-01

Streaming Analytics With the netezza Performance Server Appliance: Bringing Appliance Simplicity to Advanced Analytics

As the pioneer in appliances for analytic processing, Netezza recognized years ago that operating at streaming speeds can be game-changing for data-intensive companies. The architecture of its Netezza Performance Server NPS system is based on this principle, improving performance by orders of magnitude. Netezza customers around the world and across...

Tags: Analytics, Server Appliance, Netezza, Financial Planning, Finance

White papers 2007-12-01

The Green Revolution in Data Warehousing: The Power, Cooling and Footprint Advantages of the netezza Analytic Appliance

The Netezza Performance Server NPS analytic appliance redefines energy efficiency in data warehousing, while providing cost-effective query performance beyond the reach of other systems. This paper examines the power crisis in the data center, and the environmental impact of general-purpose processor technology (web servers, email servers, OLTP servers, etc.). Today's...

Tags: Data Warehouse, Netezza, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Servers, Processors, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components

White papers 2007-09-01

Large Scale Use of the netezza Performance Server System

For a few years now everyone has been hearing about data warehouse appliances: a new class of products designed to make data warehousing simpler and less expensive. The Netezza Performance Server System NPS was the first of these products to be developed and has been available commercially since 2003. WinterCorp,...

Tags: Data Warehouse, Server, Netezza, Winter, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware

White papers 2007-01-09

Enabling New Clickstream Analytics with netezza's Easy-to-Use, High-Performance Data Warehouse Appliance

Don't just let your data sit there....make it actionable! Amazon.com replaced its existing clickstream database with a Netezza data warehouse appliance that now houses 25TB of data. The NPS system delivers improved quality of analysis, increased responsiveness, new analytic possibilities, enhanced administrative efficiency and, according to Amazon.com,...

Tags: High-performance, Amazon.com Inc., Netezza, NPS System, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware

Case studies 2006-07-01

How Data Warehouse Appliances Drive Down TCO

For decades, companies have scaled their business intelligence BI architectures by purchasing more and bigger servers, storage devices, and databases. But such general-purpose patchwork infrastructures are becoming painfully inadequate for the comprehensive analytical needs of today's terabyte-sized databases. This Netezza white paper explains why scaling traditional BI architectures to meet...

Tags: Data Warehouse, TCO, Netezza, Business Intelligence, Pricing, Roi/Tco, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Hardware

White papers

Data Warehouse Technologies: an Architectural Comparison

Netezza overcomes the limitations of traditional architectures adapted for data warehousing with a unique approach that delivers orders of magnitude improvements in performance, affordability and ease of use. The Netezza Performance Server system is a data warehouse appliance designed specifically for powering complex ad-hoc analysis of terabytes of dynamic, detailed...

Tags: Data Warehouse, Netezza, Netezza Performance Server System, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware

White papers

Answers at the Speed of Thought: Providing Real Time Information through Data Warehousing

Any time delay between a command initiation and when its effects begin is a threat in today's world, especially as speed is vital to stay ahead of fast-moving competitors. This time delay, known as latency, can plague the entire data warehousing experience. Data may take hours, or even...

Tags: Data Warehouse, Netezza, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware

White papers

Additional Resources

H-Store: Complete destruction of the old DBMS order?

Guest Post: Curt Monash reports from the front lines of a database revolution. Mike Stonebraker created much of the database management industry. Now he wants to blow it up. Via a project called H-Store [pdf file], he proposes to manage high-end OLTP databases entirely in...

Tags: Disk, DBMS, Brown University, OLTP, RAM, H-Store, I-Store, H-Store Team, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Curt Monash

Blog posts 2008-02-20

In the minds of $1 billion CIOs

Two CIOs with $1 billion yearly budgets shared their thoughts on their brand of IT with moderator Erik Keller of Wapiti during a panel at Software 2006 this week. Toby Redshaw, corporate vice president, Corporate IT Strategy, eBusiness & Business Development at Motorola, said he brought down his IT spend...

Tags: Toby Redshaw

Blog posts 2006-04-07

iBasis Reduces Data Warehouse Load Times, Eliminates Bottlenecks

As one of the world's largest providers for international telecommunications traffic, iBasis processes approximately 150 million transactions each day. For a number of years, iBasis operated a data warehouse running on the same RDBMS it used for transaction applications. However, this data warehouse became obsolete and could not respond effectively...

Tags: Data Warehouse, Oracle Corp., iBasis Inc., Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware

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