I recently read an article by Ryan Tate larry-ellison-cant-be-bothered-with-the-facts. We really do need to look at the brilliance behind the marketing that built a company that is almost 30 billion dollars and left customers burdened with trying to make the software meet the expectations that were set by Oracle.
 
With the recent passing of the anniversary of Exaggerdata and now Oracle has announced version 2 , the idea of mixing operational and analytic processing on the same infrastructure for me just does not seem like something a technologist would want to do. What technologist in their right mind would ever deploy the business critical life blood operational systems of the enterprise on one appliance that also supported business intelligence and analytics? If you know that person tell him/her that this isn’t really the best time to be in the unemployment lines. Is this what Oracle means when they say OLTP and Data Warehouse? Can someone please clarify for me exactly how they see Exaggerdata being used?  

 
This is the problem I have with Oracle as I mentioned in this be-all-that-you-can-be-but-can-you-be-everything-to-everybody Oracle has some great technology with some very smart people but it just comes down to SMP not cutting it for analytics on BIG data. Even Teradata got that part right.  Listen again as  Mark Saponar from IBasis says it very clearly “Oracle Exadata is OK for those who don’t know any better ” IBasis-discusses-the-benefits-of-moving-from-oracle-to-Netezza.
 
The FACT is that since the announcement of Exaggerdata Netezza has added FIFTY new customers who were all using Oracle for  analytics and realized that Netezza is a much better solution that reduces cost and dramatically improves analytic processing capabilities allowing these firms to gain a competitive advantage. 

What I can say without equivocation about Netezza is that they are by no means perfect, and of course I will remind everyone that I am an employee, but only because I recognized the value the Netezza technology brings to the market and wanted to be part of it. We deliver what we advertise and I am proud to be associated with the technology and the company. Netezza takes pride in maintaining the highest level of customer satisfaction and referenceability.
 
Now in the spirit of the data liberation movement I will ask the audience and please leave your comments . Would it be of value to have an indecently run benchmark designed specifically for analytic and DW activity? Would Teradata and Oracle be willing to participate? We need to insist on fair onsite testing, full transparency, clear simple pricing, ease of doing business and full disclosure.

First Liberated