# IBM Netezza vendor-specific interface · access · 2022

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.

0.2% of the full access layer.

[IBM Netezza vendor-specific interface](https://history.columnar.tech/technologies/access/vendor-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) | 30% | 0.2% |
| [IBM Netezza vendor-specific interface](https://history.columnar.tech/technologies/access/vendor-netezza.md) | 25% | 0.2% |
| [ODBC](https://history.columnar.tech/technologies/access/odbc.md) | 23.8% | 0.2% |
| [Other language/portable APIs](https://history.columnar.tech/technologies/access/other-api.md) | 11.3% | <0.1% |
| [Python DB-API (other drivers)](https://history.columnar.tech/technologies/access/python.md) | 10% | <0.1% |

## 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% | 0.8% |

[All percentages for 2022](https://history.columnar.tech/years/2022.md)

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