Fletcher Allen Health Care Makes Healthy Choice with Netezza for Complex Data Analytics

Netezza Corporation (NYSE: NZ), the global leader in data warehouse and analytic appliances, today announced that premier health system Fletcher Allen Health Care has selected the Netezza data warehouse appliance with Business Objects to build their data warehouse and drive clinical informatics. Vermont-based Fletcher Allen, in alliance with the University of Vermont College of Medicine and College of Nursing and Health Sciences, strives to be a national model for the delivery of high quality academic health care in a rural region.

Running Cerner Corporation’s clinical information application, Netezza’s platform will sit at the core of Fletcher Allen’s system and extract information from disparate servers. With all of the information in one consolidated system, the Netezza appliance will enable Fletcher Allen to conduct more detailed analysis and targeted reporting.

"Netezza’s data warehouse appliance will enable us to reinforce the quality and cost-effectiveness of care and to quickly draw conclusions for treatments and patient care,” said Chuck Podesta, CIO of Fletcher Allen. "As a true regional health system, we need a database appliance that can rapidly and effectively handle this critical data. Netezza is our platform of choice for this major undertaking that will set the stage for the future of health care IT.”

The Netezza data warehouse appliance is built specifically to analyze terabytes of detailed data significantly faster than existing data warehouse options, at a much lower total cost of ownership. It 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 its appliances to speed through processes that would occupy most data warehouse systems for hours, or even days, thereby enabling dramatic increases in productivity across health care systems such as Fletcher Allen.

"Information technology in the health care industry has risen to the level of national importance, and access to information can sometimes be the difference between a positive and negative medical outcome,” said Jamie Wyatt, health & life sciences general manager at Netezza. "Netezza is helping Fletcher Allen excel in its role as a health system and as a participant in Regional Health Information Organizations, using health information technology to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care and the electronic exchange of information between medical professionals according to nationally recognized standards.”

About Fletcher Allen

Fletcher Allen Health Care, together with our partners at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, is Vermont’s academic medical center. Our mission is to improve the health of the people in the communities we serve by integrating patient care, education and research in a caring environment. Fletcher Allen serves as a regional referral center – providing advanced care to approximately one million people in Vermont and northern New York – and as a community hospital for approximately 150,000 residents in Chittenden and Grand Isle counties. With more than 30 patient care sites and 100 outreach clinics, programs and services throughout the region, Fletcher Allen is committed to being a national model for the delivery of high-quality academic health care for a rural region. For more information about Fletcher Allen, visit our Web site at www.fletcherallen.org.

About Netezza

Netezza Corporation (NYSE: NZ) is the global leader in data warehouse and analytic appliances that dramatically simplify high-performance analytics across an extended enterprise. Netezza’s technology enables organizations to process enormous amounts of captured data at exceptional speed, providing a significant competitive and operational advantage in today’s data-intensive industries, including digital media, energy, financial services, government, health and life sciences, retail and telecommunications. Netezza is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts and has offices in Northern Virginia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Poland, Japan, Korea, Australia and Singapore. For more information about Netezza, please visit www.netezza.com.

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