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Exhibit 24.1
 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR


KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Director of International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Corporation”), which is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3, S-4, S-8, and/or other appropriate Form, for debt securities or warrants, or for shares of capital stock or other interests issuable upon the surrender of shares, or the exercise or surrender of any options or other interests, in each case assumed or exchanged by the Corporation, that were issued by Netezza Corporation, hereby constitute and appoint Samuel J. Palmisano, Robert C. Weber, Mark Loughridge, James J. Kavanaugh, Jesse J. Greene, Jr., Martin Schroeter and Andrew Bonzani, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act, together or each without the others, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, or cause to be signed electronically any and all of said Registration Statements (which Registration Statements may constitute post-effective amendments to registration statements previously filed with the SEC) and any and all amendments to the aforementioned Registration Statements and to file said Registration Statements and amendments thereto so signed with all exhibits thereto, and with any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney may only be revoked by a written document executed by the undersigned that expressly revokes this power by referring to the date and subject hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, have executed this Power of Attorney as of this 27th day of September 2010.
 
 

 
 
         
 
   
/s/  Alain J.P. Belda
 
 
   
Name:  Alain J.P. Belda
 
 
   
Title:    Director
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR


KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Director of International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Corporation”), which is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3, S-4, S-8, and/or other appropriate Form, for debt securities or warrants, or for shares of capital stock or other interests issuable upon the surrender of shares, or the exercise or surrender of any options or other interests, in each case assumed or exchanged by the Corporation, that were issued by Netezza Corporation, hereby constitute and appoint Samuel J. Palmisano, Robert C. Weber, Mark Loughridge, James J. Kavanaugh, Jesse J. Greene, Jr., Martin Schroeter and Andrew Bonzani, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act, together or each without the others, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, or cause to be signed electronically any and all of said Registration Statements (which Registration Statements may constitute post-effective amendments to registration statements previously filed with the SEC) and any and all amendments to the aforementioned Registration Statements and to file said Registration Statements and amendments thereto so signed with all exhibits thereto, and with any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney may only be revoked by a written document executed by the undersigned that expressly revokes this power by referring to the date and subject hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, have executed this Power of Attorney as of this 27th day of September 2010.
 
 

 
 
         
 
   
/s/  Cathleen P. Black
 
 
   
Name:  Cathleen P. Black
 
 
   
Title:    Director
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR


KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Director of International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Corporation”), which is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3, S-4, S-8, and/or other appropriate Form, for debt securities or warrants, or for shares of capital stock or other interests issuable upon the surrender of shares, or the exercise or surrender of any options or other interests, in each case assumed or exchanged by the Corporation, that were issued by Netezza Corporation, hereby constitute and appoint Samuel J. Palmisano, Robert C. Weber, Mark Loughridge, James J. Kavanaugh, Jesse J. Greene, Jr., Martin Schroeter and Andrew Bonzani, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act, together or each without the others, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, or cause to be signed electronically any and all of said Registration Statements (which Registration Statements may constitute post-effective amendments to registration statements previously filed with the SEC) and any and all amendments to the aforementioned Registration Statements and to file said Registration Statements and amendments thereto so signed with all exhibits thereto, and with any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney may only be revoked by a written document executed by the undersigned that expressly revokes this power by referring to the date and subject hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, have executed this Power of Attorney as of this 27th day of September 2010.
 
 

 
 
         
 
   
/s/   William R. Brody
 
 
   
Name:  William R. Brody 
 
 
   
Title:     Director
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR


KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Director of International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Corporation”), which is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3, S-4, S-8, and/or other appropriate Form, for debt securities or warrants, or for shares of capital stock or other interests issuable upon the surrender of shares, or the exercise or surrender of any options or other interests, in each case assumed or exchanged by the Corporation, that were issued by Netezza Corporation, hereby constitute and appoint Samuel J. Palmisano, Robert C. Weber, Mark Loughridge, James J. Kavanaugh, Jesse J. Greene, Jr., Martin Schroeter and Andrew Bonzani, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act, together or each without the others, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, or cause to be signed electronically any and all of said Registration Statements (which Registration Statements may constitute post-effective amendments to registration statements previously filed with the SEC) and any and all amendments to the aforementioned Registration Statements and to file said Registration Statements and amendments thereto so signed with all exhibits thereto, and with any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney may only be revoked by a written document executed by the undersigned that expressly revokes this power by referring to the date and subject hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, have executed this Power of Attorney as of this 27th day of September 2010.



 
 
         
 
   
/s/   Michael L. Eskew
 
 
   
Name:   Michael L. Eskew
 
 
   
Title:     Director
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR


KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Director of International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Corporation”), which is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3, S-4, S-8, and/or other appropriate Form, for debt securities or warrants, or for shares of capital stock or other interests issuable upon the surrender of shares, or the exercise or surrender of any options or other interests, in each case assumed or exchanged by the Corporation, that were issued by Netezza Corporation, hereby constitute and appoint Samuel J. Palmisano, Robert C. Weber, Mark Loughridge, James J. Kavanaugh, Jesse J. Greene, Jr., Martin Schroeter and Andrew Bonzani, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act, together or each without the others, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, or cause to be signed electronically any and all of said Registration Statements (which Registration Statements may constitute post-effective amendments to registration statements previously filed with the SEC) and any and all amendments to the aforementioned Registration Statements and to file said Registration Statements and amendments thereto so signed with all exhibits thereto, and with any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney may only be revoked by a written document executed by the undersigned that expressly revokes this power by referring to the date and subject hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, have executed this Power of Attorney as of this 27th day of September 2010.



 
 
         
 
   
/s/   Shirley Ann Jackson
 
 
   
Name:   Shirley Ann Jackson 
 
 
   
Title:     Director
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR


KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Director of International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Corporation”), which is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3, S-4, S-8, and/or other appropriate Form, for debt securities or warrants, or for shares of capital stock or other interests issuable upon the surrender of shares, or the exercise or surrender of any options or other interests, in each case assumed or exchanged by the Corporation, that were issued by Netezza Corporation, hereby constitute and appoint Samuel J. Palmisano, Robert C. Weber, Mark Loughridge, James J. Kavanaugh, Jesse J. Greene, Jr., Martin Schroeter and Andrew Bonzani, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act, together or each without the others, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, or cause to be signed electronically any and all of said Registration Statements (which Registration Statements may constitute post-effective amendments to registration statements previously filed with the SEC) and any and all amendments to the aforementioned Registration Statements and to file said Registration Statements and amendments thereto so signed with all exhibits thereto, and with any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney may only be revoked by a written document executed by the undersigned that expressly revokes this power by referring to the date and subject hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, have executed this Power of Attorney as of this 27th day of September 2010.



 
 
         
 
   
/s/   Andrew N. Liveris
 
 
   
Name:   Andrew N. Liveris 
 
 
   
Title:     Directror
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR


KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Director of International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Corporation”), which is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3, S-4, S-8, and/or other appropriate Form, for debt securities or warrants, or for shares of capital stock or other interests issuable upon the surrender of shares, or the exercise or surrender of any options or other interests, in each case assumed or exchanged by the Corporation, that were issued by Netezza Corporation, hereby constitute and appoint Samuel J. Palmisano, Robert C. Weber, Mark Loughridge, James J. Kavanaugh, Jesse J. Greene, Jr., Martin Schroeter and Andrew Bonzani, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act, together or each without the others, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, or cause to be signed electronically any and all of said Registration Statements (which Registration Statements may constitute post-effective amendments to registration statements previously filed with the SEC) and any and all amendments to the aforementioned Registration Statements and to file said Registration Statements and amendments thereto so signed with all exhibits thereto, and with any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney may only be revoked by a written document executed by the undersigned that expressly revokes this power by referring to the date and subject hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, have executed this Power of Attorney as of this 27th day of September 2010.



 
 
         
 
   
/s/   W. James McNerney, Jr.
 
 
   
Name:  W. James McNerney, Jr. 
 
 
   
Title:     Director
 


 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR


KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Director of International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Corporation”), which is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3, S-4, S-8, and/or other appropriate Form, for debt securities or warrants, or for shares of capital stock or other interests issuable upon the surrender of shares, or the exercise or surrender of any options or other interests, in each case assumed or exchanged by the Corporation, that were issued by Netezza Corporation, hereby constitute and appoint Samuel J. Palmisano, Robert C. Weber, Mark Loughridge, James J. Kavanaugh, Jesse J. Greene, Jr., Martin Schroeter and Andrew Bonzani, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act, together or each without the others, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, or cause to be signed electronically any and all of said Registration Statements (which Registration Statements may constitute post-effective amendments to registration statements previously filed with the SEC) and any and all amendments to the aforementioned Registration Statements and to file said Registration Statements and amendments thereto so signed with all exhibits thereto, and with any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney may only be revoked by a written document executed by the undersigned that expressly revokes this power by referring to the date and subject hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, have executed this Power of Attorney as of this 27th day of September 2010.



 
 
         
 
   
/s/   James W. Owens
 
 
   
Name:   James W. Owens
 
 
   
Title:     Director
 


 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR


KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Director of International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Corporation”), which is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3, S-4, S-8, and/or other appropriate Form, for debt securities or warrants, or for shares of capital stock or other interests issuable upon the surrender of shares, or the exercise or surrender of any options or other interests, in each case assumed or exchanged by the Corporation, that were issued by Netezza Corporation, hereby constitute and appoint Samuel J. Palmisano, Robert C. Weber, Mark Loughridge, James J. Kavanaugh, Jesse J. Greene, Jr., Martin Schroeter and Andrew Bonzani, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act, together or each without the others, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, or cause to be signed electronically any and all of said Registration Statements (which Registration Statements may constitute post-effective amendments to registration statements previously filed with the SEC) and any and all amendments to the aforementioned Registration Statements and to file said Registration Statements and amendments thereto so signed with all exhibits thereto, and with any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney may only be revoked by a written document executed by the undersigned that expressly revokes this power by referring to the date and subject hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, have executed this Power of Attorney as of this 27th day of September 2010.



 
 
         
 
   
/s/   Joan E. Spero
 
 
   
Name:   Joan E. Spero
 
 
   
Title:     Director
 


 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR


KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Director of International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Corporation”), which is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3, S-4, S-8, and/or other appropriate Form, for debt securities or warrants, or for shares of capital stock or other interests issuable upon the surrender of shares, or the exercise or surrender of any options or other interests, in each case assumed or exchanged by the Corporation, that were issued by Netezza Corporation, hereby constitute and appoint Samuel J. Palmisano, Robert C. Weber, Mark Loughridge, James J. Kavanaugh, Jesse J. Greene, Jr., Martin Schroeter and Andrew Bonzani, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act, together or each without the others, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, or cause to be signed electronically any and all of said Registration Statements (which Registration Statements may constitute post-effective amendments to registration statements previously filed with the SEC) and any and all amendments to the aforementioned Registration Statements and to file said Registration Statements and amendments thereto so signed with all exhibits thereto, and with any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney may only be revoked by a written document executed by the undersigned that expressly revokes this power by referring to the date and subject hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, have executed this Power of Attorney as of this 27th day of September 2010.



 
 
         
 
   
/s/   Sidney Taurel
 
 
   
Name:   Sidney Taurel
 
 
   
Title:     Director
 



 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF SAMUEL J. PALMISANO


KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Corporation”), which is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3, S-4, S-8, and/or other appropriate Form, for debt securities or warrants, or for shares of capital stock or other interests issuable upon the surrender of shares, or the exercise or surrender of any options or other interests, in each case assumed or exchanged by the Corporation, that were issued by Netezza Corporation, hereby constitute and appoint Robert C. Weber, Mark Loughridge, James J. Kavanaugh, Jesse J. Greene, Jr., Martin Schroeter and Andrew Bonzani, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act, together or each without the others, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, or cause to be signed electronically any and all of said Registration Statements (which Registration Statements may constitute post-effective amendments to registration statements previously filed with the SEC) and any and all amendments to the aforementioned Registration Statements and to file said Registration Statements and amendments thereto so signed with all exhibits thereto, and with any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may only be revoked by a written document executed by the undersigned that expressly revokes this power by referring to the date and subject hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, have executed this Power of Attorney as of this 27th day of September 2010.

 
 
 
 
         
 
   
/s/   Samuel J. Palmisano
 
 
   
Name:   Samuel J. Palmisano
 
 
   
Title:     Chairman of the Board, President and 
              Chief Executive Officer
 


 
 
 

 
 
 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF MARK LOUGHRIDGE


KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Finance and Enterprise Transformation, of International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Corporation”), which is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3, S-4, S-8, and/or other appropriate Form, for debt securities or warrants, or for shares of capital stock or other interests issuable upon the surrender of shares, or the exercise or surrender of any options or other interests, in each case assumed or exchanged by the Corporation, that were issued by Netezza Corporation, hereby constitute and appoint Samuel J. Palmisano, Robert C. Weber, James J. Kavanaugh, Jesse J. Greene, Jr., Martin Schroeter and Andrew Bonzani, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act, together or each without the others, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, or cause to be signed electronically any and all of said Registration Statements (which Registration Statements may constitute post-effective amendments to registration statements previously filed with the SEC) and any and all amendments to the aforementioned Registration Statements and to file said Registration Statements and amendments thereto so signed with all exhibits thereto, and with any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney may only be revoked by a written document executed by the undersigned that expressly revokes this power by referring to the date and subject hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, have executed this Power of Attorney as of this 27th day of September 2010.



 
 
         
 
   
/s/   Mark Loughridge
 
 
   
Name:   Mark Loughridge
 
 
   
Title:     Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer,
              Finance and Enterprise Transformation
 


 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF JAMES J. KAVANAUGH


KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Vice President and Controller of International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Corporation”), which is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3, S-4, S-8, and/or other appropriate Form, for debt securities or warrants, or for shares of capital stock or other interests issuable upon the surrender of shares, or the exercise or surrender of any options or other interests, in each case assumed or exchanged by the Corporation, that were issued by Netezza Corporation, hereby constitute and appoint Samuel J. Palmisano, Robert C. Weber, Mark Loughridge, Jesse J. Greene, Jr., Martin Schroeter and Andrew Bonzani, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act, together or each without the others, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, or cause to be signed electronically any and all of said Registration Statements (which Registration Statements may constitute post-effective amendments to registration statements previously filed with the SEC) and any and all amendments to the aforementioned Registration Statements and to file said Registration Statements and amendments thereto so signed with all exhibits thereto, and with any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney may only be revoked by a written document executed by the undersigned that expressly revokes this power by referring to the date and subject hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, have executed this Power of Attorney as of this 27th day of September 2010.



 
 
         
 
   
/s/   James J. Kavanaugh
 
 
   
Name:   James J. Kavanaugh
 
 
   
Title:     Vice President and Controller