NetZero Builds 50-Terabyte DW Using Oracle Solution

Oracle Corp, one of the largest providers of software for e-business, announced that NetZero Inc, a leading provider of advertising and commerce-supported Internet access, is powering their 50-terabyte data warehouse using the Oracle Intelligent WebHouse solution. The massive Oracle data warehouse, one of the largest in the U.S., supports the data mining and research capabilities of NetZero's recently formed CyberTarget division, which offers marketers and advertisers mass-scale, online market research and measurement services.

"Our Oracle data warehouse is an absolutely critical cornerstone of our strategy. With CyberTarget, we intend to become the leader in providing advertisers, marketers and market research firms with a wealth of aggregated information regarding consumers' preferences, while enabling consumers to voluntarily provide their feedback on products and services," said Mark R. Goldston, NetZero chairman and chief executive officer. "We are confident that our Oracle data warehouse will easily and reliably scale far beyond its current 50-terabyte size."

NetZero became an Oracle customer in 1998, basing its business operations on Oracle database technology due to Oracle's strength in online transaction processing and strong commitment to the Internet. The Oracle system consistently meets NetZero's need to manage millions of users and process large volumes of transactions.

This August, NetZero achieved gross margin profitability for the first time in its history, reporting a gross margin of 4.7 percent in the June 2000 quarter. The company also added more than 900,000 registered users in the June quarter, bringing its total registered user base to nearly five million at its fiscal year end-representing a more than 315 percent increase during the past year.

"By leveraging Oracle's Intelligent WebHouse solution, NetZero is demonstrating the ability to generate numerous revenue streams beyond the traditional banner ad," said Michael Howard, vice president of Oracle's warehouse program office. "Oracle is providing the expansion headroom necessary to deliver mass-scale online market research. With Oracle as a foundation, NetZero is expanding its ability to offer a broad range of interactive marketing, research and measurement solutions."

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Contact Sally Huchingson of Oracle Corp, 650-633-8277, sally.huchingson@oracle.com or Barbara Hoyt of The Stephenson Group, 805-815-0219, bhoyt@stephensongroup.com.