Netezza Skimmer Data Warehouse and Analytic Appliance
Extending Analytics Throughout the Enterprise
The Netezza Skimmer™ is a powerful platform that packs the performance and simplicity of Netezza's unique architecture into a compact footprint.
An extremely versatile appliance, Skimmer can power small to mid-sized data warehouses, serve as an "edge" appliance in larger hub-and-spoke deployments or as a test and development system in conjunction with its enterprise-class high-performance family member – the Netezza TwinFin™. Skimmer is an ideal platform for building industry-specific application appliances that integrate Business Intelligence (BI) applications with the data warehouse in a very easy to deploy and administer system.
The Netezza Skimmer offers your company fast time to value for small-scale BI applications, whether they sit at the core or edge of the organization. At a time when markets are increasingly complex and companies need to be as agile as possible, an uncomplicated, easy to install system that is purpose-built for entry-level data warehousing makes a lot of sense.
Key Product Highlights:
- Affordable scalability – From 100's of gigabytes to terabytes
- Versatility – Ideal for small to mid-sized production data warehouses, edge appliances, application appliances and test and development systems
- Dramatically faster performance at a fraction of the cost of competitive offerings
- Blade-based architecture – Industry-leading, multicore Intel-based blades, implemented in combination with commodity disk storage and Netezza's patented data filtering using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)
- Platform for advanced analytics – fast performance and simplified deployment of complex analytics
- Fully feature-compatible with Netezza's enterprise-class TwinFin high-performance appliance
- Industry-standard interfaces (SQL,ODBC, JDBC, OLE DB)
- Full interoperability with market-leading BI tools, applications and infrastructure
- Appliance simplicity – No indexing or tuning; minimal ongoing administration
- Green – Low power and cooling requirements in a compact footprint
