Netezza and Keyrus Deliver Unprecedented Enterprise Business Intelligence Capabilities to La Capitale General Insurance.

Data Warehouse Appliance Leader Provides Insurer with Unmatched Simplicity for Business Intelligence (BI) Analytics

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. and MONTREAL -- Netezza, the global data warehouse appliance leader, and Keyrus, a BI consultancy and systems integrator, today announced that together they have provided La Capitale General Insurance, one of Quebec's largest insurers, with an enterprise business intelligence platform that will enable the rapid execution of complex queries on all of their corporate business intelligence. With this platform in place, La Capitale is now able to launch a cross-enterprise BI strategy.

La Capitale chose Netezza because the Company was impressed with the Netezza Performance Server[R] system's ability to provide increased performance while eliminating the need for tuning. "With Netezza, queries that used to take hours can be run in under twenty seconds. It is a dream to think that we can now run all of our reports without any tuning," stated Stephane Dodier, senior director of the project management office at La Capitale. "Because of the complexity of our data models, running queries on the data in our previous Oracle environment required much tuning, and was often impossible to complete. Because of the performance benefits and ease of use that we have experienced with the Netezza system, our administrative efficiency has more than doubled and we plan to run our entire corporate business intelligence analytics on Netezza."

Keyrus Canada, a consulting and systems integration firm that has partnered with Netezza in both Canada and Europe, introduced La Capitale to the technological benefits of Netezza. Yvan Dupont, vice president of technology at Keyrus said, "We felt that Netezza would be the perfect fit for La Capitale's analytic needs because of its ability to easily accommodate mixed workloads while delivering amazing performance results." La Capitale's Dodier adds, "Partnering with Keyrus to assist us and advise us on the best possible option for our needs made all the difference in this project."

"It is very exciting to see our customer base with Keyrus expanding," stated Joe Napoli, director of international sales at Netezza. "Developing relationships with strategic partners like Keyrus allows Netezza to offer the benefits of our data warehouse appliance to new markets and continuously expand our footprint across the globe."

The Netezza Performance Server system is the market-leading data warehouse appliance built specifically to analyze terabytes of detailed data significantly faster than existing data warehouse options, at a much lower total cost of ownership. The NPS system stores, filters and processes terabytes of records within a single unit, analyzing only the relevant information for each query. Netezza has placed the CPU power next to the data, allowing the NPS system to speed through processes that would occupy most data warehouse systems for hours, or even days, thereby enabling dramatic increases in productivity across the organization. Customers who have recognized the benefits of Netezza's approach include Ahold, Amazon.com, Cingular Wireless, CNET Networks, Debenhams, Epsilon, Orange UK, Premier, Inc., Ryder System, Inc., Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation, The Carphone Warehouse and The TJX Companies.

About La Capitale

La Capitale General Insurance, who was celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2006, ranks amongst the 5 largest insurers in Quebec. Furthermore, in 2006, the company was awarded the title of Best Employer for the second time in four years, within the context of the Best Employer Challenge, in the large organizations category. La Capitale General Insurance employs close to 800 individuals, providing services through a network of 22 branches throughout Quebec, as well as through a large and exclusive network of affiliated agents. Including their wholly-owned subsidiary, L'Unique General Insurance, their total written premium volume now reaches 425 million dollars, placing La Capitale General Insurance as a sizeable leader in the damage insurance industry.

About Netezza

Netezza, the global data warehouse appliance market leader, enables enterprises to make their critical data actionable - quickly, simply and affordably. The Netezza Performance Server[R] (NPS[R]) family of products delivers breakthrough performance, unmatched ease of deployment and operation, and innovative flexibility and scalability at a much lower total cost of ownership than traditional data warehouse solutions. Based in Framingham, Mass., Netezza has offices in Washington, DC, the United Kingdom and Asia Pacific. The Company is backed by leading venture capital firms, including Matrix Partners, Charles River Ventures, Battery Ventures, Orange, Sequoia Capital and Meritech Capital Partners.

About Keyrus Canada Inc.

Founded in 1997, Keyrus Canada is a consulting and systems integration firm recognized by clients and partners alike as a leader with unparalleled expertise in end-to-end Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing. Keyrus consultants specialize in releasing the intelligence of information systems, resulting in enhanced performance management and a better competitive positioning. Keyrus Canada is the North American division of the Keyrus Group, an international and major player in decision support information systems consulting and integration that currently employs more than 1300 people in nine countries. Listed on the Eurolist (Euronext) Paris stock exchange since July 2000, Keyrus is approved by the ANVAR label and is a target company for innovation mutual funds. In Canada, Keyrus has grown to a team of more than 100 experts in Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing based in Montreal and Toronto.