I met with the Netezza folks this week, and their nutty marketing team updated me on all the stuff they're excited about doing in the next few months. Here's the low-down:

Over the next couple of weeks, keep your eyes peeled for the next issue of the Enzee Frenzy magazine. I'm sure the whole thing is going to be great... especially my own signature Brian Teasers cartoon at the back!

And I got a sneak preview of one of the big announcements that will be coming out in Frenzy -- instead of the annual Enzee Universe conference, Netezza is doing an Enzee Universe World Tour this year so people don't have to travel to them. So don't worry about missing out on the fun this year because your travel budget has been cut - Netezza is bringing the whole Universe to your doorstep! From what I understand, the tour will kick off at Netezza's base camp in Boston MA and then they'll travel to other cities around the US, followed by Europe and then out to Japan. And it gets even better - I get to join them for the entire World Tour! I better make sure my passport hasn't expired...

The other cool thing Netezza is doing for enzees is they're hosting a Netezza Partner Webinar series where, each month, a Netezza partner will talk about the cool stuff they're doing with Netezza and how it can help optimize NPS system performance, optimize business practices, and more. Very cool. All of the webinars will posted on the Enzee Events page on the enzee site, so check back there at least once a month!

One last thing - did you check out the Groups that have been added to this community site? Looks like they could be good places for subsets of the larger enzee community to exchange ideas about things they can all relate to.

Just throwing it out there... looks like they're just getting started but I'm sure they won't go very far without enzee participation!