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Successful Organizations Use Dashboards to Access KPIs

Oct 17, 2007 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

Study Reveals Successful Organizations Use Dashboards to Access KPIs iDashboards presents Aberdeenâ??s key results through visually rich, interactive dashboard technology

Troy, MI (October 17, 2007) –

iDashboards (www.iDashboards.com), the leader in Business Intelligence dashboard software, today announced that it has underwritten the development of a detailed business intelligence study by the Aberdeen Group. This landmark study, “Smart Decisions: The Role of Key Performance Indicators,” is the first of its kind to explore how organizations will “thrive or fail based on their ability to identify, define, track, and act upon Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).” iDashboards has taken the survey results one step further by embedding the survey data into a visually rich and interactive dashboard to help analyze and drill-down through the wealth of information.

To view the study results through a web-based, interactive dashboard visit: http://demo.idashboards.com/aberdeen/?guestuser=guest

For a complimentary copy of “Smart Decisions: The Role of Key Performance Indicators” visit: http://www.idashboards.com

The Aberdeen Group examined more than 350 enterprises in a diverse set of industry sectors for the study. The results show that businesses that embrace a KPI-based initiative are more likely to achieve Best-in-Class performance status, a label the report defines with six key performance criteria. Furthermore, the study reveals that 61% of Best-in-Class companies utilize technology tools such as dashboards to access KPI information, versus 49% of average companies and 37% of laggard companies.

“KPIs are the core of any performance management initiative and are a fundamental element in helping organizations prioritize the alignment of business activity with company activity. Organizations are increasingly utilizing dashboard technology, such as iDashboards, to easily leverage KPIs and act upon them in a timely and intelligent manner,” said David Hatch, research director of Aberdeen Group’s Business Intelligence Practice.

Exploring issues related to KPIs, the report delves into such topics as the process for KPI adaptation, the establishment of a culture of KPI use, the ability for technology enablers to access KPIs, and the use of KPI information to make better-informed business decisions. Finally, the study outlines step-by-step guidelines for companies in all stages of learning and development, from laggard to industry average to best-in-class, as to how to build an organization around a KPI strategy.

“We are pleased to be a part of this pioneering study for business management and decision makers who aspire to improve overall organizational performance,” said Shadan Malik, president and CEO of iDashboards. “By displaying the survey results within a dashboard, readers will better understand how effective data visualization will make the difference between information overload and information insight. Prompt access to KPIs will increase an organization’s ability to make timely and accurate decisions – ultimately increasing its chance for success.”

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About iDashboards
Through its award-winning engineering and patented software, iDashboards helps companies leverage information assets through visually rich, real-time and personalized business intelligence dashboards to analyze, track, and drill-down through a wealth of information. iDashboards’ global customer base consists of organizations ranging from large, Fortune 500 companies to small and medium-sized businesses, all of which are making well-informed business decisions more quickly with the help of iDashboards. The company is privately held and headquartered in Troy, Michigan. To find out more about iDashboards’ solutions, please call (248) 952-0840 or visit www.idashboards.com.

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MicroStrategy Named to Forbes 200 Best Small Companies List

Oct 15, 2007 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

Pure-Play Business Intelligence Software Vendor Receives High Marks for Sales Growth, Profit Growth, and Return on Equity

McLean, Va., (October 15, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that it has been named to the Forbes 200 Best Small Companies in America list.

The candidates for Forbes 200 Best Small Companies all had revenue of $5 million to $750 million and share prices above $5, as of October 1, 2007. Forbes judged the companies according to return on equity, as well as sustained sales and net profit growth over 12-month and five-year periods. MicroStrategy was ranked #63 on the list. MicroStrategy revenues were in excess of $327 million for the 12 months ended June 30, 2007.

MicroStrategy’s business intelligence software is used by thousands of companies, including industry leaders such as Lowe’s Companies, Porsche Cars North America, Netflix, Hallmark Cards, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Hard Rock International, Corporate Express, and Starbucks. Companies with vast amounts of data and large user populations rely on MicroStrategy to report on and analyze their data to make analytically-based business decisions.

“It is an honor for MicroStrategy to be recognized by Forbes,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “We take great pride in our company and our business intelligence technology, which provides world-class companies with actionable insights to improve operational efficiencies, reduce costs, and enhance business performance.”

About MicroStrategy
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a global leader in business intelligence (BI) technology. MicroStrategy provides integrated reporting, analysis, and monitoring software that helps leading organizations worldwide make better business decisions every day. Companies choose MicroStrategy for its advanced technical capabilities, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. More information about MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) is available at www.microstrategy.com.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform are either trademarks or registered trademarks 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.

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MicroStrategy Certifies MicroStrategy 8 with Oracle

Oct 09, 2007 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

Additional Performance Optimizations for Oracle Customers

McLean, Va., (October 09, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that it has certified MicroStrategy 8 with Oracle® Database 11g. MicroStrategy’s certification of the latest Oracle Database is part of MicroStrategy’s recent software release, which became generally available in September 2007.

With its certification of Oracle Database 11g, MicroStrategy continues its long-standing commitment to provide a high performance, highly-scalable BI platform. MicroStrategy has developed several query performance optimizations for Oracle Database 11g that are incorporated into MicroStrategy’s very large database (VLDB) driver for Oracle Database 11g. With these optimizations, MicroStrategy generates SQL that leverages Oracle’s query rewrite and materialized view features, uses Oracle’s date-based functions to perform more efficient date-based calculations, and enhances the efficiency of multiple table outer joins.

MicroStrategy customers have some of the largest and most sophisticated business intelligence applications in the world, and MicroStrategy continues to expand its query performance optimizations to meet its customers’ BI requirements. In the OLAP Survey 6, an independent survey compiling the real-world BI experiences of 1,679 organizations, MicroStrategy was a top performer in query performance when compared with its peer group.

“MicroStrategy has a proven track record of providing optimizations to support our customers’ enterprise-scale business intelligence deployments,” said Sanju Bansal, COO of MicroStrategy. “We are proud that our query performance continues to receive high marks, given the vast amounts of data that our customers analyze.”

About Oracle Database 11g
Oracle Database is the only database designed for grid computing. With more than 400 new features, 36,000 person-months of development, and 15 million test hours, Oracle Database 11g is making the management of enterprise information easier than ever; enabling customers to know more about their business and innovate more quickly. Oracle Database 11g delivers superior performance, scalability, availability, security and ease of management on a low-cost grid of industry standard storage and servers.

About the Oracle PartnerNetwork
Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of more than 19,500 companies who deliver innovative software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle’s premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork program provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today’s global economy. Oracle partners are able to offer their customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle’s position as the world’s largest enterprise software company. http://oraclepartnernetwork.oracle.com/.

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MicroStrategy Fall Symposium to Showcase Business Intelligence Best Practices

Oct 03, 2007 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

Event to Feature Speakers from McDonaldâ??s, Classic Residence by Hyatt, Things Remembered, Payless ShoeSource, Spartan Stores, and Quixtar

McLean, Va., (October 03, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that it will host its Fall Symposium in Chicago, Illinois, at The Westin Chicago River North on October 16-17, 2007. The event will offer a content-rich agenda of business and technology sessions to provide participants with practical tools to enhance business intelligence performance.

MicroStrategy product managers and engineers will lead the technical sessions and demonstrate advanced BI development techniques as well as proven strategies for optimizing BI application usage and performance. In addition, attendees will see demonstrations of the latest advances in the MicroStrategy platform, including MicroStrategy Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards(TM), MicroStrategy Mobile(TM), and MicroStrategy Integrity Manager(TM). Symposium participants can also schedule a one-hour complimentary consultation with a member of the MicroStrategy Technical Advisory Services Team to discuss their most challenging BI questions.

A highlight of the Fall Symposium will be the case study presentations from MicroStrategy customers who have successfully deployed enterprise BI applications to improve business performance. Some of the companies scheduled to present at the Fall Symposium in Chicago include McDonald’s, Classic Residence by Hyatt, Hallmark, Things Remembered, Payless ShoeSource, Spartan Stores, and Quixtar.

“The Symposia are excellent venues for learning new BI strategies, meeting with MicroStrategy experts, and hearing first-hand BI experiences from industry-leading companies,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “We have an outstanding line-up of speakers scheduled for the Fall Symposium and we look forward to another successful event.”

To find out more about the MicroStrategy Fall Symposium in Chicago, visit: www.microstrategy.com/ChicagoSymposium2007

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards, MicroStrategy Integrity Manager, MicroStrategy Mobile are either trademarks or registered trademarks 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.

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MicroStrategy Announces Availability of MicroStrategy Integrity Manager

Oct 02, 2007 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

Webcast Featuring MicroStrategy Integrity Manager Scheduled for October 18, 2007

McLean, Va. (October 02, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced the availability of MicroStrategy Integrity Manager(TM), a new product that tests the accuracy of BI applications by validating data and report integrity. Introduced as part of MicroStrategy’s latest software release in September 2007, MicroStrategy Integrity Manager automates the report comparison process and verifies the consistency of reports as changes are made to the BI ecosystem.

Despite the increasing importance of BI applications, BI support teams may fail to validate report and data integrity because the validation process is too labor intensive and time consuming. MicroStrategy Integrity Manager automates this process and identifies inconsistencies and errors, enabling business people to rely on the accuracy of their BI reports and analyses.

MicroStrategy Integrity Manager can detect, compare, and present inconsistencies in reports caused by changes in the BI environment. A BI system is composed of many technologies ranging from operational applications, ETL tools, DBMSs, BI tools, and server operating systems. These technologies are managed by different people including DBAs, ETL engineers, BI architects, BI administrators, BI developers, and system administrators. Any of these people can make a change that can cause an inadvertent error to be introduced in a report. With MicroStrategy Integrity Manager, data inconsistencies can be captured early in the development cycle, saving time in report testing, end user support, and issue resolution.

“MicroStrategy Integrity Manager reduces the need for resource-intensive manual testing, and automates regression tests for all planned changes in the entire BI ecosystem,” said Natalie Pikouliak, Business Intelligence Manager at Katz Group Canada.

“Integrity Manager goes beyond simple impact analysis, providing full regression testing for any number of potential system changes,” said Cindi Howson, founder of BIScorecard and author of Successful Business Intelligence: Secrets to Making BI a Killer App. “Integrity Manager will do before-and-after report comparisons to tell an administrator the impact of the change, warning if there are differences in the data values, if the SQL generated is different, or if the output format is affected. Not only will Integrity Manager tell you that there is a difference, it also highlights the differences in the numeric values, SQL, or display. Of leading BI vendors, MicroStrategy is first to market in providing such an important capability to managing enterprise-class BI.”

“MicroStrategy Integrity Manager reflects the company’s product strategy of providing industrial-strength business intelligence suitable for the entire enterprise,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “MicroStrategy Integrity Manager joins an array of other powerful administrative and security features within the MicroStrategy platform designed specifically to allow a small number of IS professionals to provide business intelligence to thousands of users across their company.”

MicroStrategy will host a Webcast on October 18, 2007, featuring demonstrations of MicroStrategy Integrity Manager and insights from industry analyst Cindi Howson. For more information on the Webcast, visit Click Here .

To find out more about MicroStrategy Integrity Manager, visit Click Here

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Integrity Manager are either trademarks or registered trademarks 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.

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MicroStrategy Mobile Delivers Business Intelligence to BlackBerry Smartphones

Oct 02, 2007 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

Webcast Showcasing MicroStrategy Mobile Scheduled for November 15, 2007

McLean, Va (October 02, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced the general availability of MicroStrategy Mobile(TM), a new product that delivers BI information directly to BlackBerry® smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM, TSX: RIM). MicroStrategy Mobile was included in MicroStrategy’s September 2007 software release.

MicroStrategy Mobile offers powerful features that enable business users to receive the same reports on their BlackBerry smartphone that they receive on their desktop, without the need for reformatting or retrofitting existing reports. Each user can design and save his own personal report preferences to ensure optimal viewing of even the largest reports on his BlackBerry smartphone. Reports can also be accessed while offline or when the BlackBerry smartphone is not within connectivity range.

“After evaluating building our own mobile solutions as well as other commercially available products, we found MicroStrategy Mobile to be intuitive and feature rich, and we plan to use it for a large deployment all the way up to our CEO,” said Len Nicolas, COO and CTO at Nygard International. “The fact that Nygard’s existing reports can be viewed on a mobile device without modification is a major advantage for both our Business Intelligence team and, more importantly, for the users. We are working on several different mobile applications for BlackBerry smartphones, and we anticipate that this will save us time and money. MicroStrategy has really set the standard on this one.”

“Today’s workers are on the go but they don’t want to leave their data behind,” said Wayne Eckerson, Director of Research at The Data Warehousing Institute. “Mobile BI technology is the next wave in advancing the delivery of analytical information to business users via wireless devices. Delivering interactive reports to BlackBerry smartphones and other mobile devices is the next step in making BI truly pervasive. MicroStrategy is on the forefront of this new wave with its latest release.”

MicroStrategy Mobile leverages the same security features of the MicroStrategy platform, as well as the security and connectivity infrastructure provided by the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server. MicroStrategy Mobile dynamically optimizes the use of network bandwidth, based on the quality of the signal and usage by other mobile applications.

“In the development of MicroStrategy Mobile, we focused on making the user interface highly intuitive so that no training would be required,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “We also paid close attention to underlying issues of efficient memory management, data compression, security, and network bandwidth optimization to ensure that MicroStrategy Mobile would work well for mission-critical applications at high scale.”

MicroStrategy plans to host a Webcast, “Introducing MicroStrategy Mobile: Supporting the Data Needs of a Mobile Workforce” on November 15, 2007. The Webcast will showcase MicroStrategy Mobile and include demonstrations, insights from MicroStrategy customer Nygard, and commentary from a RIM representative. For more information on the Webcast, visit Click Here .

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The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images, and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. RIM assumes no liability and makes no representation, warranty or guarantee in relation to third party products or services.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy Mobile are either trademarks or registered trademarks 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.

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MicroStrategy to Host Webcast Featuring Latest Breakthroughs in Information Dashboards

Sep 25, 2007 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

Webcast Will Feature Speakers from Corporate Express and The Data Warehousing Institute

McLean, Va. (September 25, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that it will host a Webcast on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 highlighting the latest breakthroughs in information dashboards. Dashboards provide valuable information at-a-glance to help companies monitor business performance and enhance decision making.

The one-hour Webcast, “8 New Dashboard Breakthroughs,” will feature next-generation advances in dashboards and demonstrations of MicroStrategy’s highly intuitive Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards, which became generally available in March 2007. Webcast participants will hear insights from Wayne Eckerson, Director of Research at The Data Warehousing Institute and author of Performance Dashboards: Measuring, Monitoring, and Managing Your Business. In addition, MicroStrategy customers Corporate Express and Hallmark will share their real-world experiences and the business benefits of using dashboards across their organizations.

There is no fee to participate in the Webcast, and it will be offered at four different times throughout the day to accommodate a global audience. For more information on MicroStrategy’s Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards and to register for the Webcast, visit www.microstrategy.com/DashboardBreakthroughs.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards are either trademarks or registered trademarks 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.

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MicroStrategy to Provide Enterprise Business Intelligence to Starwood Hotels to Enhance Customer Service and Loyalty Programs

Sep 18, 2007 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

MicroStrategyÂ® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has expanded its deployment of MicroStrategy for business intelligence reporting and analytics to enhance its customer relationships a

McLean, Va. (September 18, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has expanded its deployment of MicroStrategy for business intelligence reporting and analytics to enhance its customer relationships and loyalty programs. Starwood is one of the world’s leading hotel and leisure companies with approximately 870 properties in more than 95 countries and 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties.

MicroStrategy will enable Starwood personnel to analyze customer information to uncover purchasing patterns, identify profiles of loyal customers, and ensure that its customer service and Starwood Preferred Guest® program are closely aligned with customers’ preferences. Nearly 3,700 Starwood personnel will use MicroStrategy’s highly visual information dashboards and content-rich reports for valuable insights into its customers and key business areas, including revenue management, reservations, property management, and brand analysis. Starwood currently uses MicroStrategy for market performance analysis, owner relations, operations, strategic account management, and global sales analysis.

“We are embarking on a significant technology transformation to improve our quality and level of customer service, and MicroStrategy will provide us with important insights to help us build more meaningful, long-term relationships with our guests,” said Todd Thompson, Chief Information Officer of Starwood Hotels. “With MicroStrategy, our business users can create reports and disseminate them across the organization, enabling us to make strategic, data-driven decisions to improve the guest experience at our properties around the globe.”

“Industry leaders in the travel and hospitality sector choose MicroStrategy to analyze customer transactions and uncover customer behavior patterns to enable them to provide guests with personalized services based on their specific profiles and requirements,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy’s COO. “We are delighted that Starwood Hotels selected MicroStrategy to support its customer service initiatives. MicroStrategy’s platform provides scalability to thousands of users and terabytes of data, which is highly useful for global companies, like Starwood, who are interested in identifying key trends and opportunities to improve business performance and customer service.”

About Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with approximately 870 properties in more than 95 countries and 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, Sheraton®, Westin®, Four Points® by Sheraton, W®, Le Meridien® and the recently announced Aloft(TM) and Element(TM) Hotels. Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com

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Tata Consultancy Services Signs Global Consulting Agreement with MicroStrategy

Sep 12, 2007 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

TCS is India’s Largest Information Technology Consulting Organization

McLean, Va., (September 12, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced a global consulting agreement with Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS). TCS is a leading global information technology services company with headquarters in India and 2006-07 global revenues of $4.3 billion.

Under the new agreement, TCS plans to train and certify more than 200 of its consultants on the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) in the next 12 months. The agreement will enable TCS to use MicroStrategy software for development and demonstration purposes, and to promote MicroStrategy-based solutions to its enterprise customers. TCS operates in more than 45 countries and works with companies across a wide range of industries, including financial services, energy, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, retail, and telecom.

“TCS is delighted to partner with MicroStrategy,” said Akther Ahmed, VP Global Alliances and Strategic Business Development for Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. “The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform is an excellent choice for our global customers with volumes of data and thousands of employees. MicroStrategy’s dashboards, reports, and analyses provide valuable business insights that help enterprises make timely, data-driven decisions to improve corporate performance.”

“We are pleased to forge this new agreement with TCS,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy’s COO. “The agreement will broaden MicroStrategy’s reach into key vertical markets and enable us to leverage the breadth of TCS’ global IT experience.”

About Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS)
Tata Consultancy Services is a world leading technology consulting, services, and outsourcing organization with more than 89,000 associates operating in 47 countries, and serving over 1,000 clients, including seven of the U.S. Fortune Top 10. TCS reported consolidated revenues of $4.3 billion (U.S.) in the fiscal year 2006-2007.

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MicroStrategy Signs 50th OEM Partner in North America

Sep 06, 2007 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

MicroStrategy Technology Day Event to Feature OEM Track

McLean, Va., (September 06, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that it has entered into agreements with 50 OEM Partners since 2004. These OEM Partners are leveraging the MicroStrategy platform to augment their own products and solutions with dashboards, reporting, and analysis capabilities. By enhancing their product capabilities with business intelligence, OEMs can differentiate their products from competitors, increase customer satisfaction, and create new revenue streams.

MicroStrategy’s portfolio of OEM Partners includes a broad range of companies across vertical industries:

Blazent is a pioneer in automated solutions for aligning and analyzing IT and business-oriented functions. Using MicroStrategy technology, Blazent has created out-of-the-box guided analytics and business scenarios to support decision making for an organization’s financial, operational, and strategic goals, enabling organizations to leverage data to drive actionable business decisions.

InQuira, Inc. improves the quality of customer interactions through web sites and contact centers with integrated applications for intelligent search, knowledge management, analytics, and user experience. Using MicroStrategy, InQuira provides its customers with analyses on visitors and web site content, allowing them to adopt customer-centric business processes to manage critical customer interactions.

SchoolNet, Inc. provides Internet applications that help K-12 school systems improve efficiency and increase achievement. SchoolNet’s solutions are used by some of the nation’s largest school districts. SchoolNet’s Analyze product, incorporating MicroStrategy technology, will enable school district users to build dynamic reports and dashboards accessing school district data in key areas, including assessments, curriculum, attendance, human resources, operations, and finance.

Target Software, a division of Cegedim, offers value to pharmaceutical companies utilizing costly and inefficient paper-based processes. Target Software uses MicroStrategy to provide a hosted solution for analyzing field sales force ROI, promotional channel response, market share, competitor activity, and sampling.

MicroStrategy’s business intelligence platform provides integrated reporting and analytics, allowing OEM Partners to easily add reporting, dashboarding, analytical, and alerting applications to their existing software solutions. These new reporting and analytic components can be added with minimal development costs or resources. The MicroStrategy platform is engineered using an open standards-based architecture for reliability, scalability, security, and central administration, enabling seamless integration into an OEM’s application. MicroStrategy provides a Software Development Kit to its OEM Partners to allow them to deeply embed and white-label MicroStrategy within their own interfaces.

MicroStrategy’s flexible, affordable pricing options, including a Software-as-a-Service pricing model, allow OEM Partners to offer BI capabilities on a metered basis. MicroStrategy’s pricing flexibility, coupled with the strength of its technical architecture, enables MicroStrategy’s OEM Partners to offer solutions ranging from on-premise deployments for fewer than five users up to hosted solutions for thousands of users.

“We are delighted that even with a significant variance in the user counts of our customers’ implementations, MicroStrategy’s flexible pricing models enabled us to offer a comprehensive BI solution at a reasonable cost,” said Eric Keith, Vice President of Market Development for SirsiDynix. “With MicroStrategy, we only need one partner to meet the wide range of reporting and BI requirements across our entire customer base.”

“Using MicroStrategy as the embedded BI engine in our product has given us a significant competitive differentiator,” said Rod Bayless, Product Director at Activant Solutions. “We have a new and strategic revenue stream that we didn’t have before, plus we are seeing higher levels of customer satisfaction by offering MicroStrategy’s reporting and analytic capabilities.”

“With MicroStrategy’s multiple pricing options, including Software-as-a-Service and term licenses, we’re able to deliver our Rivermine Clarity module based on our customers’ individual reporting and analytics needs,” said John Shea, CMO, Rivermine. “This flexible pricing structure allows us to offer our customers a top-notch business intelligence tool that complements our market-leading telecom expense management solutions.”

MicroStrategy’s Technology Day event, to be held September 12, 2007 in San Francisco, will include a track for OEM Partners. The sessions will provide informative presentations targeted to prospective OEM Partners on how they can leverage the open MicroStrategy platform to add dashboards, reporting, analysis, and monitoring to their solutions. The OEM presenters include Mihir Choudhary, Chief Technology Officer of Fathom Online, and Rod Bayless, Product Director of Activant.

For more information about MicroStrategy Technology Day, visit www.microstrategy.com/TechDayOEMTrack.

For more information about MicroStrategy’s OEM Program, visit www.microstrategy.com/Partners/OEM/index.asp

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