BILLERICA, Massachusetts, July 8 /PRNewswire/ --

Italian software developer, Nevis, has developed a new kind of data
analytics tool, called NFactum that combines Vertica's high-performance
analytic database with its own parametric modeling software to analyze
terabytes of multidimensional data in seconds. The software allows executives
to gain better, more immediate insight into profitability and other key
performance through NFactum's easy-to-use dashboard.

The company chose the Vertica Analytic Database to power the NFactum
software due to its ability to answer business intelligence queries faster
than competitors while running on low-cost, standard hardware. The NFactum
system is designed to give business managers a simple but complete view of
their companies' performance by analyzing all the relevant data driving their
businesses. It includes point-and-click analytic modules for sales,
marketing, geo-marketing, purchasing, production, distribution and
administration performance. The Vertica-powered NFactum system is used by
dozens of companies in the fashion, transportation, manufacturing, travel and
food industries, as well as government organizations. For example, a world
famous winery uses NFactum to optimize production and sales for 15 million
bottles a year composed of 50 different labels. And an Italian shoe maker is
using the technology to analyze terabytes of consumer data to determine which
new markets to enter.

"Our customers could not get an accurate view of how their businesses
were performing because the volume of data had far outstripped the
capabilities of their traditional ERP systems. We built NFactum to give them
high quality business intelligence capabilities at much less cost than
traditional systems. We needed a very high performance database that could
crunch terabytes of data with ease, and scale as our customer base and needs
grow. We evaluated a number of data warehouse appliances, but Vertica
outperformed them all and at significantly lower cost," said Enrico Grisello,
president of Nevis.

The Vertica Analytic Database relies on a unique columnar, MPP
architecture and pioneering data compression to reduce storage requirements
for the NFactum data warehousing and BI software by as much as 90 percent,
dramatically cutting hardware overhead and energy consumption so customers
can analyze larger amounts of data at a fraction of the cost. The Vertica
Analytic Database can operate directly on that compressed data, delivering
query results 50 to 200 times faster than other databases.

"NFactum is a great example of how highly advanced database technology
can be made extremely easy to use. Business managers can now pose complex
questions to vast quantities of data with the ease of a mouse click and
receive responses in seconds," said Dave Menninger, vice president of
marketing and product management at Vertica Systems.

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
column-oriented analytic database technology with an MPP architecture 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 is available as software only, as a hardware based
appliance, as a virtual appliance on VMware or online as a cloud computing
solution. The technology'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 Billerica, Mass. For more information,
visit the company's Web site at http://www.vertica.com.