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Led by Hugh Macfarlane, founder of Math Marketing and author of The LeakyFunnel, the session willdiscuss the emerging customer-centric sales andmarketing strategy that is changing the way businesses organize and manage theircombined sales and marketing funnel. Sponsored by Minnesotas only professional organization dedicated exclusively tothe needs of business-to-business marketing professionals, the event will beheld at the University of Minnesotas Coffman Memorial Union located at 300Washington Ave S.E in Minneapolis The program will run from 6:00 p.m to 7 p.m with registration beginning at5:30 p.m. About Hugh MacfarlaneHugh Macfarlane has trained over 500 senior B2B marketers from 20 countries, andbuilt plans for over 250 growth projects. In addition to his widely-read bookThe Leaky Funnel, Hugh has published over one hundred articles on funnelmanagement, and shared his experience via many seminars, board-roompresentations, ebooks and webinars For more information, please visit

About Business Marketing AssociationBusiness Marketing Association is the leading professional resource forbusiness-to-business marketers and communicators. The organization develops anddelivers services, information, skill enhancement, and networking opportunitiesthat help its members grow, develop and succeed throughout their marketingcareers. For more information on the BMA-Minnesota, visit Risdall McKinney Public RelationsEva Keiser, Copyright Business Wire 2009. Netezza Position Based on the Companys Completeness of Vision and Ability toExecuteMARLBOROUGH, Mass.(Business Wire)Netezza Corporation (NYSE Arca: NZ), the global leader in data warehouse andanalytic appliances, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. The Gartner Magic Quadrant evaluates a vendors ability to execute andcompleteness of vision. Thesevendors lead the market in data warehousing by consistently demonstratingcustomer satisfaction and strong support, as well as longevity in the datawarehouse DBMS market, with strong hardware alliances. "In our opinion, our position in the Leadersquadrant not only demonstrates the growth of the data warehouse appliancemarket, but also marks Netezzas entrance into the mainstream.

We feel thishonor affirms the companys market leadership and dedication to deliveringinnovative, high-performance analytics across the enterprise." The Netezza data warehouse appliance is built specifically to analyze terabytesof detailed data significantly faster than existing data warehouse options, at amuch lower total cost of ownership. It stores, filters and processes terabytesof records within a single unit, analyzing only the relevant information foreach query. Netezza has placed the CPU power next to the data, allowing itsappliances to speed through processes that would occupy most data warehousesystems for hours or even days, thereby enabling dramatic increases inproductivity across all organizations. Netezza continues to receive significant praise from the industry. In 2008,Intelligent Enterprise named Netezza one of the "Intelligent EnterpriseDozen"an elite list of 12 companies that will have the most impact on thetechnology community. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certainvendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner.Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the MagicQuadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendorsplaced in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as aresearch tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action.

Customers who have realized the benefits ofNetezza appliances include Ahold, Amazon , CNET Networks, Debenhams,Department of Veterans Affairs, Epsilon, Nationwide, Neiman Marcus, Orange UK,Premier, Inc., Ross Stores, Ryder System, Inc., The Carphone Warehouse andVirgin Media. Based in Marlborough, Mass., Netezza has offices in Washington,DC, the United Kingdom, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. For more informationabout Netezza, please visit Netezza, Netezza Performance Server and NPS, are trademarks of NetezzaCorporation Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Schwartz CommunicationsPayal Cudia, Copyright Business Wire 2009. What an awkward time for the University of Kansas. The football team is getting more press than its No.