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MicroStrategy Wins 2003 Software Business Industry Award for Best Product Development
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that it has been awarded the 2003 Software Business Industry Award for Best Product Development.
McLean, Va., (September 24, 2003) –
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that it has been awarded the 2003 Software Business Industry Award for Best Product Development. Software Business Magazine’s Third Annual Software Industry Awards recognize software companies that have displayed industry-wide leadership with their initiatives and products, distinguishing their brands and strategies from a pool of nominations submitted by many successful companies.
“Growing in popularity, we received hundreds of nominations for this year’s software industry awards, making for fierce competition,” said John G. Cargile, Managing Editor of Software Business. “We selected MicroStrategy for Best Product Development because MicroStrategy’s Business Intelligence Platform(TM) has consistently stood out as an industry-leading solution. MicroStrategy’s business intelligence platform is the only platform flexible enough to suit every business need.”
“MicroStrategy is extremely proud to win this prestigious award from Software Business Magazine,” said MicroStrategy’s COO Sanju Bansal. “This represents additional independent validation of our technological leadership and success. We take pride in developing industrial-strength business-intelligence technology offerings, exceptional reporting features, outstanding Web deployability, superior data and user scalability, and powerful analytics.”
The 2003 Software Industry Award winners were featured in the September/October 2003 issue of Software Business Magazine.
About MicroStrategy Incorporated
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are integrating MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength software into virtually all facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities — excellent scalability, powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.
MicroStrategy has over 2,200 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Best Buy, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and JD Edwards. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at www.microstrategy.com.
This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.
MicroStrategy is a registered trademark of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Marc Brailov
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 770-1670
mbrailov@microstrategy.com
Source: MicroStrategy
Kent School District Chooses MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform as Enterprise Reporting Standard
MicroStrategy Chosen Over Business Objects, Cognos, Other Competitors
McLean, VA (September 23, 2003) –
The Kent School District in the state of Washington has selected MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, to provide its school system with an enterprise reporting solution to improve district-wide school performance. MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) will be the Web-based reporting and analytical foundation for the district to measure the effectiveness of the public school system and comply with the federal mandate No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Kent School District plans to roll out its MicroStrategy reporting application to 1,600 users across its 40 schools. Teachers, principals and school administrators will access reports online to measure progress and performance data by student, classroom and teacher, and use the performance data to promote educational accountability and academic achievement. The administrator, for example, will be able to identify a school’s exceptional performance in order to emulate its success, or uncover problems in the school system in order to correct them.
“We chose MicroStrategy as our enterprise reporting standard because we’re committed to using the best business intelligence technology to monitor academic achievement and determine where there is room for improvement,” said Janet Moore, Director of Applications at the Kent School District. “The resulting insight will guide educators in our district to solve problems before they become widespread as well as duplicate best practices throughout our schools.”
“This deal represents a significant technology win for MicroStrategy,” said MicroStrategy COO Sanju K. Bansal. “The district’s academic performance tracking system exemplifies the increasing significance of business intelligence in the education industry. Once deployed, it will also demonstrate the unique capabilities of MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength platform — scalability, Web deployability to thousands or more, and superior analytical strength — in seeking ways to improve academic performance.”
About Kent School District
Don Hall is the Executive Director of the Information Technology Department of the Kent School District, whose administrative offices are located at 12033 SE 256th St., Kent, WA 98030. The district has an enrollment of 26,000 students, with 33% receiving free and reduced lunch. The per student technology budget is $330. The Kent School District strives for equitable learning opportunities for its students, and views technology as one way to achieve this goal. Through its unique programs, the district strikes a balance between supporting its educational technology pioneers and promoting equity in terms of learning opportunities.
About MicroStrategy Incorporated
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are integrating MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength software into virtually all facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities — excellent scalability, powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.
MicroStrategy has over 2,200 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Best Buy, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and JD Edwards. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at www.microstrategy.com.
This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.
MicroStrategy is a registered trademark of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Marc Brailov
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 770-1670
mbrailov@microstrategy.com
Source: MicroStrategy
Major U.S. Retailer CSK Auto Successfully Deploys MicroStrategy Platform for Reporting & Analysis
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Phoenix, Ariz.-based CSK Auto Corporation (NYSE: CAO) is successfully using the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform� for enterprise reporting and analysis
McLean, Va. (September 16, 2003) –
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Phoenix, Ariz.-based CSK Auto Corporation (NYSE: CAO) is successfully using the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) for enterprise reporting and analysis. CSK Auto Corporation is the parent company of CSK Auto, Inc., the largest specialty retailer of automotive parts and accessories in the Western United States and one of the largest such retailers in the United States, based on store count.
“We chose MicroStrategy because it had the lowest cost of entry with all the user-friendly reporting features and performance our users wanted,” said David Waxberg, Director of Business Intelligence at CSK Auto Corporation. “Having access to MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength platform allows us to enhance our business performance and that of our vendors.”
Approximately 50 CSK Auto employees use the MicroStrategy platform to run loss prevention and vendor performance reports against a 500-gigabyte IBM® DB2® data warehouse. Company employees are able to perform shrink analysis and track changes in inventory movement by region and product category. They also analyze product performance by vendor and store to enable them to more effectively manage vendors toward profitability. The user community will expand to 300 employees by the end of 2003, and the data warehouse is expected to grow to 2 terabytes in one year.
“We’re proud to count CSK Auto Corporation as a MicroStrategy customer benefiting from our industrial-strength platform,” said MicroStrategy COO Sanju Bansal. “Leading retailers like CSK Auto Corporation are adopting MicroStrategy’s business intelligence platform to build high-value, user-friendly applications against large and growing data warehouses.” Seven of the top ten global retailers are MicroStrategy customers, using MicroStrategy for such key areas as store operations, merchandise management, loss prevention, marketing analysis and category management.
About CSK Auto Corporation
CSK Auto Corporation is the parent company of CSK Auto Inc., a specialty retailer in the automotive aftermarket. As of May 4, 2003, the Company operated 1,108 stores in 19 states.
About MicroStrategy Incorporated
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are integrating MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength software into virtually all facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities — excellent scalability, powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.
MicroStrategy has over 2,200 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Best Buy, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and JD Edwards. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at www.microstrategy.com.
This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.
MicroStrategy is a registered trademark of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Marc Brailov
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 770-1670
mbrailov@microstrategy.com
Source: MicroStrategy
MicroStrategy Brazil Ranked #1 in Business Intelligence Market by ComputerWorld Brazil
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that ComputerWorld Brazil has awarded MicroStrategy Brazil its number-one ranking among business intelligence companies in the Brazilian market.
McLean, Va., (September 11, 2003) –
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that ComputerWorld Brazil has awarded MicroStrategy Brazil its number-one ranking among business intelligence companies in the Brazilian market. MicroStrategy won this top ranking as part of ComputerWorld Brazil’s annual Top 100 IT Companies’ listing. This is the second consecutive year that MicroStrategy Brazil has appeared on the list.
This listing provides in-depth information on the best companies of each segment, using an internationally recognized methodology, which enables potential users to select their suppliers based on financial and market performance information.
“This top ranking by ComputerWorld Brazil further showcases the strength, dedication and viability of our global operations,” said MicroStrategy COO Sanju Bansal. “We’re very pleased that MicroStrategy Brazil has received such high recognition from a leading Brazilian IT publication.”
In 2002, MicroStrategy Brazil’s sales volume reached approximately R$ 18 million, an approximately 30 percent increase over the previous period. With headquarters in São Paulo, and offices in Rio de Janeiro and Brasília, MicroStrategy Brazil employs 35 people. To remain competitive in the Brazilian market, the company has gone beyond direct sales and expanded its portfolio of partners and channels to include MV Sistemas, Gemco and Teknisa.
About MicroStrategy Incorporated
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are integrating MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength software into virtually all facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities — excellent scalability, powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.
MicroStrategy has over 2,200 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Best Buy, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and JD Edwards. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at www.microstrategy.com.
This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.
MicroStrategy is a registered trademark of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Liz Kelley Smeds
MicroStrategy
703-714-1066
lsmeds@microstrategy.com
Source: MicroStrategy
Groundbreaking New Premier-U.S. Health & Human Services Project Will Harness MicroStrategy Technology
Quality Reporting Expected to Improve Hospital Performance Nationwide
McLean, Va., (September 08, 2003) –
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) is providing critical support for an important new project between Premier, Inc. and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to improve hospital performance nationwide. Premier, Inc. is a strategic U.S. healthcare alliance owned by 200 of the nation’s leading not-for-profit hospital and healthcare systems.
MicroStrategy’s platform supports Premier’s data applications, such as Perspective Online(TM). Premier’s data solutions help its healthcare system clients make informed decisions on clinical quality and patient safety, business and market strategy, clinical resource utilization, operational performance and productivity. More than 400 of Premier’s clients now use the MicroStrategy platform through the Perspective Online (TM) tool to monitor and measure their clinical and cost performance.
U.S. HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson recently announced a new joint project between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Premier to use financial incentives to encourage hospitals to continuously improve the quality of their inpatient care. Hospitals that participate in the project will be eligible for increased Medicare payments for delivering high quality care to patients that are being treated for specific clinical conditions: heart bypass surgery, heart attack, congestive heart failure, hip & knee replacement, and community acquired pneumonia.
Premier will track hospitals’ performance through its Perspective Online (TM) database, the most comprehensive patient-level clinical data repository in the nation. Participation is voluntary. Hospitals will be scored on quality measures related to each condition. Hospitals in the top 10 percent for a given condition will be provided a 2 percent bonus on their Medicare payments. Hospitals in the second 10 percent will be given a 1 percent bonus. All hospitals performing in the top 50 percent within each clinical condition will be publicly recognized for their quality.
“MicroStrategy’s business intelligence software will support this important new demonstration project and the ongoing applications we need,” said Premier’s Director of Applications Development Todd Wilkes. “Premier has spent many years establishing a capability on a scale required for this project as well as our clients’ need. We rely on many partners, including MicroStrategy, to help us create a comprehensive solution for the industry.”
“Improving healthcare quality while keeping costs minimized is at the top of the nation’s agenda,” said MicroStrategy COO Sanju Bansal. “We’re very proud that MicroStrategy technology will play an important role in this new project between Premier and the federal government, and in Premier’s vital services to many of the nation’s hospitals.”
About Premier
Premier, Inc., is a strategic alliance in U.S. healthcare, entirely owned by 200 of the nation’s leading hospital and healthcare systems. These systems operate or are affiliated with nearly 1,500 hospital facilities across the nation and hundreds of other care sites. Premier provides an array of resources supporting health services delivery in the key areas of supply chain improvement and group purchasing, comparative data and benchmarking, and insurance. Premier is headquartered in San Diego, CA, with offices in Chicago, IL; and Charlotte, NC. Advocacy and policy offices are located in Washington, DC. For more information, visit www.premierinc.com.
About MicroStrategy Incorporated
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are integrating MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength software into virtually all facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities — excellent scalability, powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.
MicroStrategy has over 2,200 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Best Buy, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and JD Edwards. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at www.microstrategy.com.
This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.
MicroStrategy is a registered trademark of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Marc Brailov
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 770-1670
mbrailov@microstrategy.com
Source: MicroStrategy
MicroStrategy and FirstBI Sign OEM Deal with China’s Largest Independent Software Company UFsoft
Alliance Brings MicroStrategy Technology to Over 300,000 Customers
McLean, Va., (September 02, 2003) –
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software and its Master Distributor in Greater China, FirstBI (China) Limited have signed an OEM agreement with UFsoft Co. Ltd. (Shanghai Stock Exchange code: UFsoft – number code: 600588). As China’s largest independent software firm, UFsoft has been devoted to the development, marketing and servicing of enterprise software since 1990.
Under the terms of the agreement, UFsoft will add MicroStrategy’s technology and Data Analysis Module to UFsoft’s flagship Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) package to provide Chinese companies with data analysis and reporting capabilities, helping them optimize business operations, enhance efficiencies and improve customer relations. Brett Ho, CEO of UFsoft Co. Ltd. commented, “This OEM agreement commences a new era in China’s software industry as business intelligence (BI), reporting, and advanced analytical needs become mainstream and are offered to a new broader segment of the market.” He continued, “We are pleased to be working with industry leaders MicroStrategy and FirstBI to significantly advance this industry.”
“Our technologies will create a compelling BI solution for small and mid-size Chinese enterprises,” notes Dr. Wentoh Liao, Chairman, FirstBI (China) Limited. “This well positions MicroStrategy for new opportunities and leadership in the Chinese market.”
“UFsoft, the largest vendor of management software and ERP solutions in China, is being widely used in government, manufacturing, retail and finance industries,” said MicroStrategy’s COO Sanju K. Bansal. “By leveraging UFsoft’s vast customer base, this agreement increases MicroStrategy’s reach throughout the Chinese market while helping small and mid-size enterprises to realize significant return-on-investment through increased operational efficiencies.”
About UFsoft Co. Ltd.
China’s Largest Independent Software Firm: UFsoft Co., Ltd. has been devoted to the development, marketing and servicing of enterprise software since 1990. Its market success allowed UFsoft to be stock listed in May of 2001 in the Shanghai Stock Exchange (codes: UFsoft / 600588) as the first firm in its category to do so. Its focus on branding and developing high-quality products and services earned the firm’s trademark “UF” in 2002 the “Famous Trademark” distinction in China.
According to the prestigious CCID market research institution, UFsoft gained in 2001and maintained in 2002 the largest market share in China for the categories of management software, financial software, and ERP. Today, the firm’s products have become the main application software propelling the formation of financial management in China. In 2001, UFsoft implemented a successful strategy of “upgrade completely, develop towards expansion,” and launched two new product lines — U8 and NC — which where very well received by the market.
The company now has 27 subsidiaries, 2 being overseas, 9 holding subsidiary companies, and 3 share subsidiary companies. At the same time, it possesses 15 offices across China with more than 3,000 employees of which more than 600 persons are in software development. UFsoft has 300,000 clients.
About FirstBI (China) Limited
The first Business Intelligence team in Greater China: Founded after a merger with Lan Feng Technologies, and chaired by Dr. Wentoh Liao, FirstBI Limited has now four offices and close to 40 fully dedicated MicroStrategy experts in Greater China in what the firm describes as “the strongest human BI support infrastructure in Greater China.” The Beijing, Taipei, Guanzhou and Shanghai offices are complemented by a network of affiliates that have signed deals with top Chinese corporations such as China Telecom, China Construction Bank, China Netcom, Netease or Bao Steel. As the Master Distributor in China, the company’s single focus is to provide localized MicroStrategy products and solutions to end users and partners.
About MicroStrategy Incorporated
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are integrating MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength software into virtually all facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities — excellent scalability, powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.
MicroStrategy has over 2,200 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Best Buy, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and JD Edwards. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at www.microstrategy.com.
This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.
MicroStrategy is a registered trademark of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Liz Kelley Smeds
MicroStrategy
703-714-1066
lsmeds@microstrategy.com
Source: MicroStrategy
Shaw Industries Selects MicroStrategy as Enterprise Business Intelligence Reporting Standard
1,000 Employees Will Assess Sales & Marketing Operations
McLean, Va., (August 18, 2003) –
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Shaw Industries, Inc. has selected the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) as its enterprise-wide reporting standard. Shaw Industries, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B), is the world’s largest manufacturer of carpeting.
“After an in-depth evaluation of many of the competing products in the industry, we selected the MicroStrategy platform for its flexible, user-friendly reporting features, its enterprise scalability and superior analytical capabilities,” said Jim McCormick, Director of Sales Administration & Market Research, Shaw Industries, Inc. “With the MicroStrategy platform, we’re able to anchor applications that help us gain better insight into our sales and marketing operations to enhance efficiency and improve productivity.”
Approximately 1,000 Shaw employees, including sales, marketing and accounting personnel, will perform reporting and analyses of sales and marketing information against a Teradata® data warehouse. The company will also be able to more effectively monitor and manage inventory levels in order to improve product sales and profitability.
“Shaw Industries’ adoption of MicroStrategy is another example of how critical business intelligence software has become to the success of large corporations,” said MicroStrategy’s COO Sanju K. Bansal. “The MicroStrategy platform is enabling Shaw’s decision makers to gather more timely and accurate information, thus improving marketing and sales operations.”
About Shaw Industries, Inc.
Headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, Shaw Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is the world’s largest manufacturer of carpeting, selling carpeting and rugs for residential and commercial applications throughout the United States and exports to most markets worldwide. For more information, visit www.shawinc.com.
About MicroStrategy Incorporated
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are integrating MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength software into virtually all facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities — excellent scalability, powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.
MicroStrategy has over 2,200 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Best Buy, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and JD Edwards. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at www.microstrategy.com.
This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.
MicroStrategy is a registered trademark of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Marc Brailov
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 770-1670
mbrailov@microstrategy.com
Source: MicroStrategy
Charming Shoppes Makes MicroStrategy’s BI Platform Integral to Operations
Encompassing Financial & Sales Analysis, Reporting & Information Delivery
McLean, Va., (August 12, 2003) –
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Charming Shoppes, Inc. has deployed the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(tm) enterprise-wide, deploying it in a wide range of its operations. Charming Shoppes is the largest plus-size specialty women’s apparel retailer in America, with over 2,240 stores nationwide.
Charming Shoppes extensive use of the MicroStrategy platform generates daily and weekly reports on an array of company activity. These highly detailed reports encompass merchandise sales and inventory analysis; assessments of the history of customer traffic in and out of stores; analysis of point-of-sales transaction details and promotion history; evaluations of transaction and promotion history for identified customers; HR/payroll reviews of store payroll hours and budget data; and analysis of accounts payable, the general ledger and fixed asset information.
These applications, run against a 1.5 terabyte Teradata data warehouse, involve each division headquarters and store operations’ field office and over 800 Charming Shoppes employees, a number that is expected to grow.
“We’ve made MicroStrategy our business-wide standard because it has fully met our wish list requirements,” said Charming Shoppes’ project manager Jack Dougherty. “MicroStrategy provides a true enterprise reporting solution, it’s easy to use and flexible, 100-percent Web-based, highly scalable for large databases and offers powerful analytics and robust security. With MicroStrategy’s superior technology, we’re obtaining more valuable insight into nearly all aspects of our business, making more proactive decisions and being a more customer-responsive company.”
About Charming Shoppes, Inc.
Charming Shoppes, Inc. is a family of retail apparel companies serving the fashion needs of women in her many roles and lifestyles. Charming Shoppes is the largest plus-size specialty women’s apparel retailer in America, with 2,240 stores nationwide. The company offers a variety of fashion choices by expanding its family of brands that cater to this diverse customer group. Charming Shoppes serves the plus-size woman through three distinct brands: Lane Bryant®, Fashion Bug® (including Fashion Bug Plus®) and Catherine’s Plus Sizes®. Through varied fashion concepts, the company offers budget to moderate price points, classic to trendy fashion tastes and mall, strip center and e-commerce shopping venues for a wide range of ethnically diverse women. The company also serves the fashion apparel needs of the misses and junior customer through its Fashion Bug brand. In addition to providing apparel, Charming Shoppes, Inc. is committed to women and their communities, addressing their issues through education and awareness. Charming Shoppes, Inc. is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol CHRS. For more information about Charming Shoppes, Inc., please visit www.charmingshoppes.com.
About MicroStrategy Incorporated
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are integrating MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength software into virtually all facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities — excellent scalability, powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.
MicroStrategy has over 2,200 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Best Buy, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and JD Edwards. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at www.microstrategy.com.
This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.
MicroStrategy is a registered trademark of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Marc Brailov
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 770-1670
mbrailov@microstrategy.com
Source: MicroStrategy
DoubleClick Becomes MicroStrategy Global Distribution Partner
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that DoubleClick Inc. (NASDAQ: DCLK), a leading provider of tools for advertisers, Web publishers and direct marketers, will resell the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Pla
McLean, Va., (August 07, 2003) –
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that DoubleClick Inc. (NASDAQ: DCLK), a leading provider of tools for advertisers, Web publishers and direct marketers, will resell the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) throughout North America as well as distribute it globally as a value-added component of its Ensemble(TM) campaign management solution.
DoubleClick Inc., with headquarters in New York City and offices around the world, provides a powerful marketing automation solution that, once integrated with the MicroStrategy platform, will allow direct marketers and agencies to more effectively plan and execute their customer acquisition and retention programs from a single, easy to use interface. The combined solution is currently being implemented at existing DoubleClick Ensemble customers including a leading Web publisher and a mid-sized furniture retailer.
DoubleClick Ensemble, integrated with the MicroStrategy platform, will provide a sophisticated value-added solution for marketers seeking to increase response rates to marketing campaigns. “We’re very excited about partnering with MicroStrategy,” said Court Cunningham, DoubleClick’s senior vice president of Marketing Automation. “The combination of MicroStrategy’s and DoubleClick’s proven offerings will help our advertisers, direct marketers and Web publishers reach consumers more effectively, thereby deepening customer relationships. This partnership demonstrates our commitment to maintain an open system and integrate with best-in-class partners of analytics tools, in addition to further enhancing our ability to provide world-class customer and prospect intelligence to our customers.”
“This alliance validates MicroStrategy’s technology as the business intelligence platform of choice for those businesses wanting to empower marketers to act upon customer insight and campaign data,” said MicroStrategy COO Sanju Bansal. “The joint DoubleClick Ensemble and MicroStrategy solution will enable smart marketers and leading organizations to identify consumers most likely to respond to marketing offers and measure campaign results in real time.”
About DoubleClick Inc.
DoubleClick is the leading provider of tools for advertisers, direct marketers and web publishers to plan, execute and analyze their marketing programs. DoubleClick’s online advertising, email marketing and database marketing solutions help clients yield the highest return on their marketing dollar. In addition, the company’s marketing analytics tools help clients measure performance within and across channels. DoubleClick Inc. has global headquarters in New York City and maintains 21 offices around the world.
About MicroStrategy Incorporated
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are integrating MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength software into virtually all facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities — excellent scalability, powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.
MicroStrategy has over 2,200 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Best Buy, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and JD Edwards. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at www.microstrategy.com.
This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.
MicroStrategy is a registered trademark of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Liz Kelley Smeds
MicroStrategy
703-714-1066
lsmeds@microstrategy.com
Source: MicroStrategy
Wet Seal Expands MicroStrategy Deployment Enterprise-Wide to Assess Sales Trends
Producing Detailed Reports for over 600 Stores
McLean, Va., (August 05, 2003) –
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that The Wet Seal, Inc. (NASDAQ: WTSLA) has expanded its deployment of the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) enterprise-wide to assess sales trends. The MicroStrategy applications will encompass over 600 stores and about 1000 employees, including executives, store managers and corporate analysts.
The Wet Seal, Inc., currently operates a total of 624 stores in 47 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, including 490 Wet Seal stores, 103 Arden B. stores and 31 Zutopia stores.
Wet Seal will utilize MicroStrategy’s system to analyze extensive transactional data to glean insight on sales trends of its products by specific regions, demographics and stores. This detailed analysis will be converted into personalized reports, generated through the MicroStrategy platform, for managers in 600 stores. The MicroStrategy applications will be run against a 1-terabyte Oracle® data warehouse.
“MicroStrategy is providing the complete solution for Wet Seal’s exacting needs,” said Wet Seal’s CIO Michael Relich. “MicroStrategy offers exceptional user-friendly reporting features, superior scalability for large databases, outstanding Web deployability, and powerful analytics for the most granular-level data. MicroStrategy is a top-of-the-line system for bottom-line results.”
“Our growing relationship with Wet Seal is further demonstration of our expanding leadership in the retail sector,” said MicroStrategy’s COO Sanju K. Bansal. “Seven of the top ten global retailers are MicroStrategy customers. MicroStrategy is allowing retailers to enhance and help drive key business areas, including overall store operations, merchandise management, marketing analysis, market-basket analysis, category management and loss prevention.”
About The Wet Seal, Inc.
Headquartered in Foothill Ranch, California, The Wet Seal, Inc. is a leading specialty retailer of fashionable and contemporary apparel and accessory items. The company currently operates a total of 624 stores in 47 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, including 490 Wet Seal stores, 103 Arden B. stores and 31 Zutopia stores. The company’s products can also be purchased online at www.wetseal.com or www.ardenb.com
About MicroStrategy Incorporated
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are integrating MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength software into virtually all facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities — excellent scalability, powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.
MicroStrategy has over 2,200 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Best Buy, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and JD Edwards. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at www.microstrategy.com.
This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.
MicroStrategy is a registered trademark of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Marc Brailov
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 770-1670
mbrailov@microstrategy.com
Source: MicroStrategy