# IBM Netezza · compute · 2016

Revision 1 (11 October 2026) · Modeled snapshot · through 8 October 2026.

All figures are research-informed estimates of analytical activity. Significant errors may remain; decimal places do not imply measurement precision.

3.15% of the full compute layer.

[IBM Netezza](https://history.columnar.tech/technologies/compute/netezza.md): historical names and annual shares.

First commercial shipments in February 2003. Estimated activity is separated from Other analytics. Includes IBM PureData for Analytics and Netezza Performance Server; separate from Db2.

Connections below describe the whole IBM Netezza engine. Access and storage mixes are estimated separately; they are not a joint interface-to-storage distribution.

## Access use within this engine

| Option | Share of engine activity | Share of full access layer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [JDBC](https://history.columnar.tech/technologies/access/jdbc.md) | 34.4% | 1.1% |
| [IBM Netezza vendor-specific interface](https://history.columnar.tech/technologies/access/vendor-netezza.md) | 28.2% | 0.9% |
| [ODBC](https://history.columnar.tech/technologies/access/odbc.md) | 26% | 0.8% |
| [Other language/portable APIs](https://history.columnar.tech/technologies/access/other-api.md) | 11.4% | 0.4% |

## Storage use within this engine

| Option | Share of engine activity | Share of full storage layer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [IBM Netezza native storage](https://history.columnar.tech/technologies/storage/native-netezza.md) | 100% | 3.2% |

[All percentages for 2016](https://history.columnar.tech/years/2016.md)

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