SEPTEMBER 2008 - Innovative IT Company to create 65 high quality positions

Netezza to locate its European Operations Centre in Dundalk, Co Louth Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dermot Ahern T.D. today (Tuesday 23rd September 2008) announced that Netezza Corporation of Massachusetts, U.S.A., is to locate a European Operations Centre in Dundalk, Co Louth, with the support of IDA Ireland. The company will create 65 highly skilled positions over 5 years in a customer support and financial services operation to serve the European market. All the positions will require a third level qualification and some will require additional European languages, earning salaries of over €44k p.a.

"The European Operations Centre will act as a technical support hub for customers across Europe as well as a finance and administration support centre for the European operations. After an intensive location search, we decided on Ireland and Dundalk for our European Operation because it met all the requirements for our future development." Patrick J. Scannell, Jr., Senior Vice President & CFO of Netezza.

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