Vertica Systems Named One of InfoWorld's Top Tech Startups for 2008

Vertica recognized for enabling new business analytic possibilities against terabytes of data with shared-nothing column-oriented database

ANDOVER, Mass., May 28 -- IDG's InfoWorld, the leading integrated media brand for IT decision makers, has selected Vertica Systems as one of InfoWorld's Top Tech Startups for 2008, Vertica announced today. This honor is part of InfoWorld's Top Tech Startups special feature available at www.infoworld.com.

"InfoWorld's Top Tech Startups for 2008 is an honor roll of 10 young companies whose business-oriented technologies should be on your radar screen," said Eric Knorr, editor in chief of InfoWorld. "We've focused on the metric we at InfoWorld know best: great technology."

Vertica's shared-nothing, grid-based, column-oriented database allows companies to analyze many terabytes of data 50x-200x faster than other solutions, while running on low-cost, highly scalable "green grids" of industry-standard hardware. Using the Vertica Analytic Database gives more people the freedom to analyze more data in more ways, faster, so they can out- innovate the competition. Vertica also offers the most flexible and easiest deployment options: as software-only to run on hardware of the customer's choice; pre-packaged with hardware as an analytic appliance; or on a pay-as- you-go basis hosted on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2).

"Tera-scale databases are now becoming the norm, and many companies rely on 30-year-old database technology that wasn't built to accommodate that much data," said Vertica CEO Ralph Breslauer. "The Vertica Analytic Database delivers the high performance and easy scalability companies depend on to gain a competitive advantage. We are honored to have been named one InfoWorld's Top Tech Startups for 2008 based on that innovation."

About InfoWorld Media Group

InfoWorld Media Group helps IT Decision Makers choose the right technology, within the context of a cohesive strategy for business impact at their organizations. InfoWorld identifies and promotes emerging technology segments that add unique value for the organizations that implement them, as well as the vendors that provide those solutions. Using an integrated communications approach including online, events, research, and a continued investment in an independent Test Center, InfoWorld analysts and editors provide hands-on analysis and evaluation, as well as expert commentary on issues surrounding emerging technologies and products. Visit InfoWorld at http://www.infoworld.com/.

About International Data Group

International Data Group (IDG) (http://www.idg.com/) is the world's leading technology media, events, and research company. IDG's online network includes more than 450 web sites spanning business technology, consumer technology, digital entertainment and video games worldwide. IDG also publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers in 85 countries. IDG's media brands include CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, and PC World. IDG's lead-generation service, IDG Connect, matches technology companies with an audience of engaged, high-quality IT professionals, influencers, and decision makers.

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About Vertica

Vertica Systems is the market innovator for high-performance analytic database management systems that run on industry-standard hardware. Co-founded by database pioneer Dr. Michael Stonebraker, Vertica has developed grid-based, column-oriented analytic database technology that lets companies of any size store and query very large databases orders of magnitude faster and more affordably than other solutions. The Vertica Analytic Database's unmatched speed, scalability, flexibility and ease of use helps customers like JP Morgan Chase, Verizon, Mozilla, Comcast, Level 3 Communications and Vonage capitalize on business opportunities in real time. Vertica is headquartered in Andover, Mass. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.vertica.com/.