Vertica Systems Earns Computerworld Accolade

Third Annual Horizon Award Judges Choose Vertica Database for Its Speed, Ease of Use and Affordability

ANDOVER, Mass., Aug. 28 -- Vertica Systems, Inc. today announced that IDG's Computerworld, the premier source of IT industry news and analysis, selected Vertica as a recipient of its third annual Computerworld Horizon Awards Program distinction for cutting-edge technologies. The Vertica Database -- a column-oriented database that enables organizations to query large databases much faster than traditional systems at a fraction of the cost -- was chosen by a panel of nine independent technology experts from a pool of 255 applicants.

"The Horizon Awards recognize companies developing innovative, promising technologies which hold the potential to significantly affect enterprises in the near future," said Don Tennant, editor in chief of Computerworld. "Our panel of senior IT executives evaluated submissions from leading corporations, universities and research labs. Vertica earned an honorable mention because it has turned the relational database paradigm on its head, making databases faster, easier to use and more affordable to deploy and operate. All of the award winners are demonstrating leadership in IT management and innovation in their industry sectors."

The Vertica Database was designed specifically to address the needs of companies analyzing large volumes of data to make better, faster decisions on the fly -- something 30-year-old online transaction processing (OLTP) databases are struggling to do. The Vertica Database features the latest advances in database technology for read-oriented applications -- a column architecture, aggressive data compression, automatic database design, automatic fault tolerance and recovery as well as the ability to run natively on large grids/clusters of industry standard servers with open source Linux.

The Vertica Database enables businesses to cost-efficiently retain much more historical information and access this information with significantly better performance than other systems. Because Vertica is self-optimizing and self-healing, database administrators save valuable time and energy otherwise spent constantly tuning the database for query and load performance, and maintaining caching mechanisms such as materialized views and bitmap indices. Access and integration to the Vertica database is via industry standard SQL which dramatically simplifies integration with existing business intelligence infrastructure and applications.

"This distinction is strong validation," said Andy Palmer, co-founder and CEO of Vertica Systems. "Vertica is committed to delivering innovative products to the database market which help our customers deliver more value to their end users at a lower total cost of ownership. The Vertica database delivers unprecedented query freedom to end users and low total cost of maintenance to IT organizations."

The Horizon Award winners are profiled in a special report in the August 20th issue of Computerworld.

About the Horizon Awards

The Computerworld Horizon awards were established in 2005 to inform readers of the most cutting-edge technologies that are "on the horizon" from research labs and private companies. The program is accompanied by a special report in Computerworld magazine and online at http://www.computerworld.com/horizon. The feature will look at this year's winning technologies, which include G.Ho.st's Global Hosted Operating System; Cleversafe Inc.'s Dispersed Storage(TM) Software; Stanford University's EyePoint; Symantec Corporation's Symantec Identity Initiative; ZINK Imaging, LCC ZINK; HP's Memory Spot; Northwestern University and NEC Labs America CRAMES: Compressed RAM for Embedded Systems; Eleksen Group plc Wearable Display Module; Linguistic Agents Ltd. Streaming Logic; and The University of Southern California's Streaming Logic.

About Computerworld

Computerworld is the leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide. Computerworld's award-winning Web site (www.computerworld.com), weekly publication, focused conference series and custom research form the hub of the world's largest (40+ edition) global IT media network. In the past five years alone, Computerworld has won more than 100 awards, including Folio Magazine's 2006 Gold EDDIE Award for the best technology/computing magazine, the 2004 and 2006 Magazine of the Year Award, and 2006 Best Overall Web Publication from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). In addition, in 2007 Computerworld's editor-in- chief Don Tennant received the prestigious Timothy White Award from American Business Media. Computerworld leads the industry with an online audience of over 2 million unique monthly visitors and a print audience of 1,252,000 readers each week (IntelliQuest CIMS Fall 2006).

About International Data Group (IDG)

International Data Group (IDG) 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 publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers in 85 countries including 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.

IDG is a leading producer of more than 750 technology-related events including Macworld Conference & Expo, LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, Entertainment for All Expo (E for All), DEMO, and IDC Directions. IDC, a subsidiary of IDG, is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events. Over 900 IDC analysts in more than 90 countries provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends.

Additional information about IDG, a privately held company, is available at http://www.idg.com/.

About Vertica

Vertica Systems is the market innovator for affordable, high-performance database management systems. Co-founded by database research and technology pioneer Dr. Michael Stonebraker and startup veteran Andy Palmer, Vertica has developed ultra-fast database technology for storing and querying very large databases using industry-standard hardware. With its unmatched scalability, flexibility and ease of use, Vertica's solution will bring corporate database architectures into the 21st century. Vertica is headquartered in Andover, Mass., and has raised $23.5 million in financing from Bessemer Venture Partners, Highland Capital Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and New Enterprise Associates. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.vertica.com.