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Belgacom Group Selects MicroStrategy as Enterprise Business Intelligence Platform

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Belgacom Group has selected MicroStrategy as its enterprise-wide platform for business intelligence. The Belgacom Group is a leading Belgian provider of integrated teleco

McLean, Va., (September 04, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Belgacom Group has selected MicroStrategy as its enterprise-wide platform for business intelligence. The Belgacom Group is a leading Belgian provider of integrated telecommunications services. The Belgacom Group and its subsidiaries Proximus, Telindus, and Skynet, provide a wide range of fixed and mobile network solutions.

In response to an increasingly competitive telecom market, Belgacom plans to use business intelligence to enhance its product offerings, grow the long-term value of its customer base, improve cost management, and increase market value. Belgacom selected MicroStrategy for its ability to deliver robust business intelligence applications that will be able to provide Belgacom users with greater insights to rapidly adapt to market conditions and implement market-leading business strategies.

Belgacom plans to deploy MicroStrategy across its entire organization. Belgacom expects its initial deployment will include management dashboards, sales reporting and analysis, campaign management, marketing intelligence, and an extranet billing reporting system.

“We are pleased that Belgacom has selected the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform for its BI initiatives,” said Sanju Bansal, COO of MicroStrategy. “MicroStrategy’s ease-of-use, sophisticated analytical capabilities, and scalability for thousands of users and terabytes of data, offer a powerful BI solution for dynamic companies like Belgacom.”

About Belgacom
Belgacom Group [Euronext Brussels: BELG] is the benchmark Belgian provider in the field of integrated telecommunications service. Underpinned by its experience as the country’s national operator, matched by a capacity to innovate, the Belgacom Group, through its strong brands (Belgacom, Proximus, Telindus and Skynet), provides a full range of offers, solutions and expertise in fixed and mobile networks. This is why Belgacom can ensure reliable, high-quality service for all its customers, regardless of whether they are private individuals, professionals, companies or institutions. For the fiscal year ending 31 December 2006, the Group posted a total revenue of EUR6,100 million and a net operating profit before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of EUR2,149 million, including non-recurrent items.

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, Incorporated
1-703-770-1646
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Gander Mountain Expands Use of MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Software

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that Gander Mountain Company (Nasdaq: GMTN) has expanded its use of MicroStrategyâ??s BI software. Gander Mountain is the nation’s largest retail network of stores for hu

McLean, Va., (August 28, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that Gander Mountain Company (Nasdaq: GMTN) has expanded its use of MicroStrategy’s BI software. Gander Mountain is the nation’s largest retail network of stores for hunting, fishing, camping, boating, marine and outdoor lifestyle products and services.

Gander Mountain recently expanded its use of MicroStrategy for sales and inventory management. Product managers, planners, allocators, buyers, and merchandise assistants at Gander Mountain use MicroStrategy for valuable insights into inventory, merchandise, and product sales across its network of retail stores. Using MicroStrategy on top of its Netezza data warehouse provides Gander Mountain users with the scalability and flexibility to analyze large volumes of transactional data.

“With MicroStrategy, we are able to produce consistent reports that help us to make timely and data-driven decisions,” said Kerry Graskewicz, VP Merchandise Planning and Replenishment of Gander Mountain. “MicroStrategy’s intuitive Web interface gives our users the ability to easily report on data across essential areas of the business.”

“MicroStrategy is an excellent fit for industry leading retailers like Gander Mountain,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy’s COO. “MicroStrategy’s scalable platform enables retailers to analyze vast amounts of data for vital intelligence into business areas such as sales trends, inventory management, store operations, and customer loyalty. We are delighted that Gander Mountain continues to achieve success using MicroStrategy.”

About Gander Mountain Company
Gander Mountain Company (Nasdaq: GMTN), headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota, is the nation’s largest retail network of stores for hunting, fishing, camping, boating, marine and outdoor lifestyle products and services. Since 1960, the Gander Mountain brand has offered an expanding assortment of competitively priced outdoor equipment, technical apparel and footwear, as well as gunsmith, archery, ATV and marine services. The stores feature national, regional and local brands as well as the company’s owned brands. Focused on a “We Live Outdoors(R)” culture, Gander Mountain dedicates itself to creating outdoor memories. There are currently 108 conveniently located Gander Mountain outdoor lifestyle stores in 22 states. For the nearest store location call 800-282-5993 or visit http://www.GanderMountain.com.

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, Incorporated
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wcover@microstrategy.com

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MicroStrategy to Provide Greeting Card Leader with Business Intelligence Software for Reporting and Analytics

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Hallmark Cards, Inc. has expanded its use of MicroStrategy software for enterprise-wide reporting and analysis. Hallmark, based in Kansas City, is known throughout the wo

McLean, Va., (August 22, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Hallmark Cards, Inc. has expanded its use of MicroStrategy software for enterprise-wide reporting and analysis. Hallmark, based in Kansas City, is known throughout the world for its greeting cards and related personal expression products.

MicroStrategy’s integrated business intelligence platform supports a wide range of reporting and analysis applications for Hallmark, providing insights into business performance across the company. Retail and sales productivity applications provide company-wide insight into product performance across various channels, product groups, and business units. MicroStrategy-based applications also analyze the effectiveness of consumer marketing campaigns, and consumer market basket and cross-buying behavior.

“MicroStrategy allows us to understand how recent product innovations, such as our ‘Cards with Sound’ line are performing in the marketplace,” said Paul Wolters, Hallmark’s Business Intelligence Manager. “The scalability and usability of MicroStrategy enables us to distribute performance information throughout the organization so our business users can focus on our mission of delivering products and services that enrich people’s lives.”

“MicroStrategy is proud to expand its relationship with Hallmark, a recognized innovator and leader in the greeting card industry,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy’s COO. “MicroStrategy is well-suited to meet Hallmark’s growing business intelligence requirements. The MicroStrategy platform has the scalability and flexibility to analyze volumes of data at the transactional level and provide Hallmark’s users with valuable insights to 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.

Wende Cover
MicroStrategy, Incorporated
1-703-770-1646
wcover@microstrategy.com

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Parature Selects Angel.com’s Virtual Call Center

Angel.com Technology Chosen by Leader in On-Demand Customer Support

McLean, Va (August 15, 2007) –

Angel.com, a leading provider of on-demand call center and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solutions and a division of MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), today announced that Parature, the global leader in on-demand customer support and help desk software, has selected Angel.com to help manage its phone-based customer support needs to clients around the globe. The Virtual Call Center Solution from Angel.com will enable Parature to enhance telephone-based customer support, including emergency services, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to businesses, educational institutions, and government agencies.

As an innovator of online customer support software, Parature recognizes the importance of providing world-class service to customers. According to Ben Martin, Director of Support for Parature, the company’s existing in-house support line did not offer the functionality and flexibility he needed. With the fully-hosted Angel.com Virtual Call Center solution, Martin built and deployed a complete call center within weeks and can easily make changes and implement them at any time. Martin also benefits from access to real-time monitoring and reporting, full call recording, and seamless integration with other Parature applications as part of the feature-rich solution.

“The Angel.com Virtual Call Center solution provides the ease of deployment and use we need to better serve our customers and manage our support center,” said Martin. “The web-based interface makes it easy to make changes on-the-fly and better manage the overall customer experience.”

“The fact that Parature – a worldwide leader in customer support software – chose Angel.com to automate and manage its own phone-based customer support speaks volumes of the confidence our clients have in our technology and solutions,” said Angel.com CEO Michael Zirngibl. “Our high quality and easy-to-use applications ease solution deployment and management, enabling our clients to focus on one thing: their customers.”

About Parature
Parature is the global leader in on-demand customer support and help desk software. Our web-based support suite enables organizations to fundamentally change the way they support their customers while significantly reducing costs. The Parature suite of modules empowers associations, businesses, academic institutions, and government agencies with the ability to provide critical service information on a 24/7 basis while reducing the inbound support load through customer self-service. As a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider, we deliver our solutions over the Internet using a secure, scalable application and system architecture, which allows our customers to eliminate expensive up-front hardware and software costs and to quickly deploy and adopt our on-demand software. Parature helps support over 6,000,000 end-users worldwide and is headquartered in Vienna, VA. For more information about Parature please visit www.parature.com or call 1-877-GO-PARATURE.

About Angel.com
Angel.com is a leading provider of on-demand call center and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solutions, which enable organizations of all sizes to quickly deploy powerful telephony applications. More than 1,600 customers turn to Angel.com’s proprietary Voice Site technology to power customer service and marketing phone numbers using intelligent speech recognition that can automate most phone-based interactions. With an innovative Internet-based solution that requires no investment in hardware, software, or human resources, Angel.com balances the need for high quality communications with affordable pay-as-you-go pricing. For more information, visit http://www.angel.com.

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 http://www.microstrategy.com.

MicroStrategy, Angel.com 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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iDashboards Announces Strategic Partnership Agreement with Actuate

iDashboards Announces Strategic Partnership Agreement with Actuate iDashboards Offers Actuate Customers with Performance Dashboards and Alerts

Troy, MI (August 13, 2007) –

iDashboards (www.iDashboards.com), the leader in Business Intelligence dashboard software, today announced that it has entered into an Alliance Partnership with Actuate Corporation to offer an industry-leading Business Intelligence (BI) dashboard platform for its customers. This strategic partnership will ensure that Actuate customers are equipped with the most comprehensive and cutting edge dashboard and performance management technologies available to the market.

“We believe that iDashboards nicely complements Actuate’s portfolio of products and business objectives. The industry leading dashboard technology from iDashboards combined with the proven Reporting platform from Actuate delivers a great value to Actuate customers,” stated Nobby Akiha, Senior VP of Marketing, Actuate.

iDashboards offers immediate value to organizations through the seamless integration with existing Actuate reports and underlying data sources. Some of the features that make iDashboards the best of breed dashboard solution are:

* Enterprise Scalability – iDashboards can deliver personalized dashboards to thousands of users; it provides LDAP integration, portal integration and a comprehensive security framework.
* High User Adoption – Unique right-click menu empowers business users to customize their dashboards without any training. It is fully browser-based.
* Patented Visualization – Flash-based rich animation provides distinct visual experience with a dynamic Visual Intelligence into large amounts of data.
* Alerts – Users can be notified through emails as well as dashboard alerts when a key performance indicator (KPI) exceeds a pre-defined threshold.

“Actuate is among the industry’s leading enterprise reporting and performance management software providers and we are proud to have the opportunity to serve their customers,” said David Ferguson, Director of Business Development for iDashboards. “Developing partnerships is an essential part of iDashboards’ strategy for success. We are committed to providing immediate value to Actuate customers.”

To kick off this partnership, iDashboards will be at the 2007 Actuate International User Conference (August 13-15, Las Vegas) and will be presenting product demonstrations on-site.

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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. Global enterprises such as Lockheed Martin, Navy Federal Credit Union, Unisys, ADP, and Georgia Pacific are making quicker, well-informed business decisions 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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Porsche Cars North America Expands Deployment of MicroStrategy for Sales Reporting

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA) has expanded its deployment of MicroStrategy to support business intelligence applications across its enterprise

McLean, Va., (August 09, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA) has expanded its deployment of MicroStrategy to support business intelligence applications across its enterprise. PCNA and its subsidiary, Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd., are the exclusive importers of Porsche sports cars and Cayenne sport utility vehicles for the United States and Canada, and PCNA is a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG.

PCNA uses the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) for reporting and analysis of inventory and sales performance at the country, area, region, and dealer levels. With MicroStrategy, PCNA sales operations personnel, area and regional service managers, and executive management have timely insight into business performance data. As a result, PCNA can make data-driven decisions that help Porsche dealerships enhance customer service and help the company achieve its business objectives. PCNA recently expanded its deployment of MicroStrategy to support its growing business intelligence requirements.

“MicroStrategy’s powerful analytics help us analyze sales performance across locations and model lines for enhanced sales targeting and inventory management,” said Tom Roach, Manager, IT Systems for PCNA. “MicroStrategy gives us a comprehensive view of our business and enables us to better serve our customers and run our operations more efficiently.”

“Many of the world’s leading companies rely on MicroStrategy to gain increased transparency into operations, enhance customer service, and improve operational efficiencies,” said Sanju Bansal, COO of MicroStrategy. “We are delighted that PCNA has been successful using MicroStrategy for its expanding business intelligence requirements.”

About Porsche Cars North America
Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), based in Atlanta, Ga., and its subsidiary, Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd., are the exclusive importers of Porsche sports cars and Cayenne® sport utility vehicles for the United States and Canada. A wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, PCNA employs approximately 300 people who provide Porsche vehicles, parts, service, marketing and training for its 213 U.S. and Canadian dealers. They, in turn, provide Porsche owners with best-in-class service.

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.

Wende Cover
MicroStrategy, Incorporated
1-703-770-1646
wcover@microstrategy.com

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MedApps Implements “Healthcare Anywhere”(TM) Program Using Angel.com IVR Application

Angel.com Application Facilitates Potentially Life-Saving Alerts to Patients

McLean, Va. (August 07, 2007) –

Angel.com, a leading provider of on-demand call center and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solutions and a division of MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), announces that MedApps, Inc., a leading provider of remote patient monitoring systems, has implemented an enterprise-level IVR and intelligent call routing solution from Angel.com. In conjunction with MedApps FDA-cleared wireless medical devices, the Angel.com IVR system will help MedApps implement its “Healthcare Anywhere”(TM) ubiquitous healthcare solution for patients managing chronic diseases, such as diabetes.

The backbone of the MedApps “Healthcare Anywhere” system is a series of remote patient monitoring devices that collect and transmit daily readings to MedApps servers for storage and review by healthcare professionals. If a reading occurs outside of a pre-set threshold, an alert is triggered through the Angel.com IVR solution, and the patient will receive a call. The IVR then prompts the patient for additional information (such as asking “Have you exercised today?”), and enters the information into the MedApps system. If the patient’s health is at risk, the call will then be routed to the appropriate healthcare professional.

“The Angel.com IVR system is essential to the success of the MedApps ‘Healthcare Anywhere’ system,” said MedApps President and CEO Kent Dicks. “Our application requires substantial call menu and routing changes on a near-daily basis depending on the needs of patients and healthcare providers. While some enterprise-level call management systems take weeks to implement, we were able perform the initial setup of the Angel.com IVR system in a single weekend. The web-based interface also allows MedApps personnel and healthcare professionals to make critical changes from anywhere.”

“Healthcare companies with life saving applications such as MedApps require an IVR solution that is easy to implement, manage, and update or change on a moment’s notice,” said Michael Zirngibl, president and CEO of Angel.com. “The flexible Angel.com application enables organizations of all kinds to respond to changing business and customer needs, as they happen.”

About MedApps, Inc.
MedApps, Inc. is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, and was founded in July 2006.MedApps was recently named to the Fierce Health IT Top 10 Healthcare IT Innovators for 2007, a notable distinction among healthcare IT startups.

MedApps is partnering and working with major medical device manufacturers, telecom companies, medical software companies, chip and component manufacturers and healthcare organizations to introduce its’ Telemedicine 2.0 Solution on a national level.

The initial launch of the MedApps System will begin with the FDA cleared D-PAL(TM) to monitor diabetes, followed by H-PAL(TM) (scale and blood pressure monitor) for congestive heart failure (CHF), A-PAL(TM) (spirometer) for asthma and COPD, T-PAL(TM) for tremor and Parkinson’s disease and BlueMICS(TM) for communication with implantable devices (pacemakers, defibrillators, loop recorders, etc.).

About Angel.com
Angel.com is a leading provider of on-demand call center and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solutions, which enable organizations of all sizes to quickly deploy powerful telephony applications. More than 1,600 customers turn to Angel.com’s proprietary Voice Site technology to power customer service and marketing phone numbers using intelligent speech recognition that can automate most phone-based interactions. With an innovative Internet-based solution that requires no investment in hardware, software, or human resources, Angel.com balances the need for high quality communications with affordable pay-as-you-go pricing. For more information, visit http://www.angel.com.

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 http://www.microstrategy.com.

MicroStrategy, Angel.com 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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Biltmore Technologies Deploys MicroStrategy for Pharmaceutical and Biotech Solution

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Biltmore Technologies has deployed MicroStrategy to provide reporting and analysis capabilities for its hosted data warehouse solution, My Vital Signs Rx�

McLean, Va. (August 02, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Biltmore Technologies has deployed MicroStrategy to provide reporting and analysis capabilities for its hosted data warehouse solution, My Vital Signs Rx(TM). Biltmore Technologies is a leader in pharmaceutical sales and marketing analytics.

My Vital Signs Rx is designed for pharmaceutical and biotech companies that lack the business and technical resources to support their own sales and marketing data warehouse. Anchored by the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM), My Vital Signs Rx helps companies analyze the success of marketing campaigns, determine sales force and targeting effectiveness, and monitor new product introductions, while providing the dashboards and scorecards that senior sales and marketing management need to monitor and improve their business.

“The MicroStrategy platform gives our pharmaceutical and biotech customers the ability to report on and analyze critical data to make important sales and marketing decisions,” said Gary Warner, Principal of Biltmore Technologies. “Organizations across the pharmaceutical and biotech industries rely on Biltmore Technologies and its business intelligence partner, MicroStrategy, to analyze and improve pharmaceutical sales and marketing operations, and reduce costs.”

“We are pleased that Biltmore Technologies has selected MicroStrategy to anchor its data warehouse solution,” said MicroStrategy’s COO Sanju Bansal. “MicroStrategy’s advanced analytics, scalability, and intuitive reporting features are an excellent fit for pharmaceutical and biotech companies with vast amounts of data.”

About Biltmore Technologies
Biltmore Technologies is a leader in pharmaceutical sales and marketing analytics. Biltmore’s flagship product, My Vital Signs Rx(TM), is a hosted sales and marketing analytics application for small and mid-tier pharmaceutical companies that increases sales effectiveness by guiding and maximizing sales and marketing results. For more information about Biltmore Technologies, visit http://www.biltmoretech.com/pages/index.php.

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, Incorporated
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wcover@microstrategy.com

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MicroStrategy Announces Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results

Year-Over-Year Revenue Increases by 14%

MCLEAN, Va. (July 27, 2007) –

MicroStrategy(R) Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced financial results for the three-month period ended June 30, 2007 (the second quarter of its 2007 fiscal year).

Second quarter 2007 revenue was $84.8 million versus $74.1 million for the second quarter of 2006, a 14% increase. Product licenses revenue for the second quarter of 2007 was $21.7 million versus $23.1 million for the second quarter of 2006, a 6% decrease. Product support and other services revenue for the second quarter of 2007 was $63.1 million versus $51.0 million for the second quarter of 2006, a 24% increase. Product support and other services revenue increased primarily due to an increase in technical support revenue and an increase in the hardware and services revenue generated by MicroStrategy’s Alarm.com subsidiary, which provides wireless and web-enabled security system technology to residential and commercial customers. Revenues from non-core operations, which consist of MicroStrategy’s Alarm.com subsidiary and Angel.com business unit, were $8.3 million for the second quarter of 2007 compared to $2.0 million for the second quarter of 2006. The cost of revenues attributable to these non-core operations was $6.0 million for the second quarter of 2007 compared to $0.8 million for the second quarter of 2006.

Operating expenses for the second quarter of 2007 were $48.3 million versus $39.8 million for the second quarter of 2006, a 22% increase. The increase in second quarter operating expenses was primarily due to an increase in the worldwide employee headcount of our core business intelligence (BI) business and reflects the continued expansion in the second quarter of 2007 of our worldwide sales and services organization and administrative and IT support functions. Operating expenses related to Alarm.com and Angel.com were $3.3 million in the second quarter of 2007 compared to $2.2 million in the second quarter of 2006, a 53% increase. Consolidated income from operations for the second quarter of 2007 was $18.4 million, or 22% of revenue, versus $23.7 million, or 32% of revenue, for the second quarter of 2006.

“The results of our core BI business in the second quarter continued to be mixed with a year-over-year increase in product support and other services revenue offset in part by a decline in product license revenues,” said Arthur S. Locke, III, MicroStrategy’s Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer. “In the second quarter, we continued efforts to enhance our global sales and services organization although we slowed the headcount growth in that organization in order to focus on integrating and leveraging the additional capacity that we now have in place. We are also considering strategic alternatives relating to our Alarm.com and Angel.com businesses.”

For the second quarter of 2007, MicroStrategy’s effective tax rate was 39.6% compared to 30.5% in the second quarter of 2006. The increase in the effective tax rate was primarily caused by net losses of certain foreign subsidiaries for which the company was not able to recognize a tax benefit for financial reporting purposes and the establishment of valuation allowances on certain foreign deferred tax assets. Net income for the second quarter of 2007 was $11.6 million, or $0.90 per share on a diluted basis, versus $16.6 million, or $1.21 per share on a diluted basis, for the second quarter of 2006.

As of June 30, 2007, MicroStrategy had $76.1 million in cash and cash equivalents and 9,638,150 shares of class A common stock and 2,775,244 shares of class B common stock outstanding.

New Customers and New Deals with Existing Customers in Q2 2007 Included:

Capital Group Companies; Classic Residence by Hyatt; The Container Store, Inc.; Cryptologic, Inc.; David’s Bridal; Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc.; The First American Financial Corporation; First Franklin Financial Corporation; Focus Technology Group; Gander Mountain; GE Healthcare; Goal Financial; Grange Insurance; IQ Solutions; KeyBank National Association; La Capitale Assurances Generales; LowerMyBills; Netflix; The NPD Group; Porsche Cars North America, Inc.; Ross Stores, Inc.; Sanmina SCI Corporation; SchoolNet; Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Inc.; TRX Data Services Inc.; US Department of State; Verisign; VSM Group; and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Examples of Customer Deals from Q2 2007:

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. is an authentic full-line sporting goods retailer offering a broad assortment of brand name sporting goods equipment, apparel, and footwear in a specialty store environment, operating 309 stores in 34 states. Dick’s uses the MicroStrategy platform as its enterprise reporting standard to track product sales and inventory levels across its network of retail stores. With MicroStrategy, Dick’s employees perform sales, category, and inventory analyses enabling them to make analytically-based decisions that can improve business performance and customer service. Given the success of the MicroStrategy projects, Dick’s recently expanded its use of the MicroStrategy platform with the purchase of additional licenses to facilitate the fast-paced growth of the Dick’s store base.

Netflix Inc.

Netflix Inc., the world’s largest online movie rental service, has selected MicroStrategy as its enterprise reporting and analysis standard. Netflix will utilize MicroStrategy for reporting and analysis of financial data, marketing campaigns, and movie recommendations. With MicroStrategy, Netflix users will gain valuable insight into critical marketing data to evaluate marketing campaigns and personalized movie recommendation data, enhance its marketing programs, and better serve its subscriber base of 6.8 million members. MicroStrategy was selected by Netflix for its ease-of-use, robust reporting and analytical capabilities, and scalability for large databases.

Porsche Cars North America, Inc.

Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), based in Atlanta, GA, and its subsidiary, Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd., are the exclusive importers of Porsche sports cars and Cayenne sport utility vehicles for the United States and Canada, Ltd, and is a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. PCNA uses the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform to report on, analyze, and monitor marketing and sales performance information. With MicroStrategy, PCNA personnel can make analytically-based decisions that help Porsche dealerships enhance customer service and help the company achieve its business objectives. PCNA recently expanded its deployment of MicroStrategy to support its growing business intelligence requirements.

Launch of MicroStrategy Mobile and MicroStrategy Integrity Manager:

MicroStrategy recently announced its plans to launch MicroStrategy Mobile(TM), a new product that delivers timely BI information directly to BlackBerry(R) smartphones from Research In Motion. With MicroStrategy Mobile, business users will receive the same reports on their BlackBerry smartphone as they receive on their desktop, without the need for reformatting or retrofitting existing reports. The report manipulation features available in MicroStrategy Mobile allow users to view even the largest reports within the compact screen size of the BlackBerry smartphone.

MicroStrategy Mobile was engineered to work cooperatively with other BlackBerry applications, including phone, e-mail, and text messages. Designed for all levels of users, MicroStrategy Mobile reports are displayed in an easy-to-view and easy-to-navigate format, enabling users to review, analyze, and interact with important data at their convenience. Users can also access reports while they are offline, or when their BlackBerry smartphone is not within connectivity range.

MicroStrategy Mobile is well-suited to meet the BI needs of a broad range of mobile workers:

— An executive from a large financial services company can monitor the
organization’s top financial metrics and make time-sensitive decisions
that impact the company’s bottom line while out of the country.
— A retail buyer can access merchandise sales data to determine what is
selling and not selling in specific stores to support purchasing and
inventory reallocation discussions with store managers.
— A pharmaceutical salesperson can review the latest market share
reports, prescription sales, and inventory data to prepare for sales
calls.
— A manufacturer’s field technician can provide enhanced customer service
on-site by checking the customer’s historical service record and
product availability before scheduling a follow-up service call.
— A marketing executive from a Fortune 500 company can evaluate the
latest marketing campaign analytics while meeting with the advertising
agency to make key decisions on future expenditures.

MicroStrategy also announced its plans to launch MicroStrategy Integrity Manager(TM), a new product that tests the accuracy of BI applications by validating data and report integrity. MicroStrategy Integrity Manager automatically compares and verifies the consistency of reports as changes are made to the BI ecosystem, and then highlights issues and discrepancies to monitor the overall reliability of the BI content used by business decision makers.

MicroStrategy Integrity Manager reduces the need for resource-intensive manual testing by comparing versions of reports after data updates and throughout the BI development cycle, thereby automating report regression testing. Data inconsistencies can be captured much sooner in the development cycle, saving time in report testing, end user support, and issue resolution.

Every day, there are changes made in a company’s BI environment, and data can be corrupted or compromised, causing reports that are used by business decision-makers to become inaccurate.

Common types of BI ecosystem changes that require report and data validation include:

— Software upgrades – MicroStrategy Integrity Manager ensures that
database and BI software upgrades designed to address defect fixes and
enhancements do not impact report integrity, and that inconsistencies
are identified so they can be corrected prior to being viewed by
business users.
— BI project migrations – As part of the normal BI development life
cycle, developers continuously migrate entire BI projects or project
objects across the development, test, and production environments.
Administrators need to confirm that migrated objects perform as
expected and do not negatively impact existing BI reports.
— Data warehouse ETL processes – Data loads and ETL scripts can modify or
even corrupt existing information within the data warehouse. Database
administrators require certainty that the ETL processes are
successfully completed, without altering previously loaded data and
introducing inconsistencies to BI reports and content.
— Database optimizations – System tuners can alter existing database
objects and report parameters, or add new objects such as indexes and
aggregate tables to improve report performance and system throughput.
Developers need to ensure that subtle SQL changes and database
alterations made for performance do not alter query results.
— User profile modifications – As BI applications are modified to provide
richer capabilities or as end users move roles within companies,
administrators must modify user and user groups’ application privileges
and data security profiles. Validation testing ensures that user
profile changes do not improperly alter users’ BI reports.

MicroStrategy Mobile and MicroStrategy Integrity Manager are currently in beta-testing and expected to be generally available in the second half of 2007, as part of the MicroStrategy 8.1.1 release.

MicroStrategy 2007 Events:

In May, MicroStrategy hosted a one-hour webcast, “Using Dashboards to Improve Corporate Performance: Top 10 Best Practices.” More than 1,000 people participated in the webcast, which included demonstrations of MicroStrategy’s new Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards; commentary from Wayne Eckerson, Director of TDWI Research; and speakers from Lowe’s Companies and Classic Residence by Hyatt.

The MicroStrategy Symposia series continued with events in London and New York City. Each Symposium featured technical sessions as well as presentations from MicroStrategy customers sharing best practices in deploying business intelligence applications in their organization. The MicroStrategy Symposium in London included customer presentations from Virgin Retail, Yahoo! Inc., Highways Agency, Amlin plc, and Cork County Council. Customer speakers at the MicroStrategy Symposium in New York City included Liz Claiborne Inc., Massachusetts General Hospital, Herbalife, Guy Carpenter & Company, Rite-Hite Corporation, Forest Laboratories, and Aperity.

Additional 2007 Symposia are scheduled in Sao Paulo, Chicago, and Paris. MicroStrategy also plans to hold Technology Day events in locations including Milan, Johannesburg, Zurich, San Francisco, Toronto, and Washington DC. These one-day events offer a technical and a business track, with practical tools to enhance business intelligence initiatives.

MicroStrategy plans to hold its biggest event next year, MicroStrategy World 2008, on January 14-17, 2008 at the InterContinental Miami in Miami, Florida. The conference will feature dozens of customer speakers from industry-leading organizations, more than 100 educational sessions, and an exhibit hall showcasing MicroStrategy partners. MicroStrategy World 2008 will also include an update on the company’s latest technology advances, insightful keynote presentations, and networking opportunities.

Industry Awards:

In June, Corporate Express US received the 2007 Best Practices Award from The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) for a MicroStrategy-based business intelligence application. TDWI’s Best Practices Awards program is designed to identify and honor companies that have demonstrated excellence in developing, deploying, and maintaining BI and Data Warehouse (DW) applications.

Corporate Express built a market basket application, leveraging MicroStrategy’s business intelligence technology to improve its online business. The application looks at each item purchased online and determines a list of complementary items to recommend to purchasers. The Corporate Express market basket application uncovered insightful new data about the items that customers typically purchase together, enabling Corporate Express to present these items as complementary offerings to online customers. As a result, the average order size for orders with the market basket pairings is more than twice the average order size for orders without pairings. In addition, the information has helped Corporate Express to better serve its customers, with a deeper understanding of purchasing preferences.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

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 8, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards, MicroStrategy Mobile, and 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.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward- looking statements,” including 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 ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 8.1 software and Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards 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, including any delays in shipping the MicroStrategy Mobile or MicroStrategy Integrity Manager products beyond the second half of 2007; 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.

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Investor Relations
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(703) 848-8600

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share data)

Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2007 2006 2007 2006
(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
Revenues
Product licenses $21,699 $23,111 $38,398 $46,244
Product support and other
services 63,107 50,995 118,836 97,360
Total revenues 84,806 74,106 157,234 143,604

Cost of Revenues
Product licenses 854 592 1,443 1,296
Product support and other
services 17,260 10,039 28,990 18,869
Total cost of revenues 18,114 10,631 30,433 20,165
Gross profit 66,692 63,475 126,801 123,439

Operating Expenses
Sales and marketing 26,410 20,313 51,207 40,282
Research and development 9,621 8,732 16,634 16,981
General and administrative 12,268 10,716 25,868 21,466
Amortization of intangible
assets 18 18 36 36
Total operating expenses 48,317 39,779 93,745 78,765
Income from operations 18,375 23,696 33,056 44,674
Financing and Other Income
Interest income, net 874 648 1,855 1,479
Other income (expense), net (18) (515) 5 (667)
Total financing and other
income 856 133 1,860 812
Income before
income taxes 19,231 23,829 34,916 45,486
Provision for
income taxes 7,618 7,271 13,458 13,935
Net income $11,613 $16,558 $21,458 $31,551

Basic earnings
per share $0.94 $1.27 $1.72 $2.37
Diluted earnings
per share $0.90 $1.21 $1.64 $2.26
Basic weighted average
shares outstanding 12,404 13,024 12,484 13,295
Diluted weighted average
shares outstanding 12,940 13,678 13,048 13,990

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

Core BI Business Alarm.com
Three Months Ended Three Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2007 2006 2007 2006

Revenues
Product licenses $21,699 $23,111 $- $-
Product support and other services 54,771 49,030 – –
Angel.com telephony services – – – –
Alarm.com hardware and services
revenue – – 6,754 885

Total revenues 76,470 72,141 6,754 885

Cost of Revenues
Product licenses 854 603 – –
Product support and other services 11,278 9,248 – –
Angel.com telephony services – – – –
Alarm.com hardware and services – – 5,489 557
Total cost of revenues 12,132 9,851 5,489 557
Gross profit 64,338 62,290 1,265 328

Operating Expenses
Sales and marketing 24,587 19,026 314 227
Research and development 8,507 8,050 414 240
General and administrative 11,869 10,499 399 217
Amortization of intangible assets 18 18 – –
Total operating expenses 44,981 37,593 1,127 684
Income (loss) from operations 19,357 24,697 138 (356)

Financing and Other Income
Interest income, net 874 648 – –
Other expense, net (18) (515) – –
Total financing and other income 856 133 – –
Income (loss) before income taxes $20,213 $24,830 $138 $(356)
Provision for income taxes
Net income

Basic earnings per share
Diluted earnings per share
Basic weighted average shares
outstanding
Diluted weighted average shares
outstanding

Angel.com Consolidated
Three Months Ended Three Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2007 2006 2007 2006

Revenues
Product licenses $- $- $21,699 $23,111
Product support and other services – – 54,771 49,030
Angel.com telephony services 1,582 1,080 1,582 1,080
Alarm.com hardware and services
revenue – – 6,754 885

Total revenues 1,582 1,080 84,806 74,106

Cost of Revenues
Product licenses – (11) 854 592
Product support and other services – – 11,278 9,248
Angel.com telephony services 493 234 493 234
Alarm.com hardware and services – – 5,489 557
Total cost of revenues 493 223 18,114 10,631
Gross profit 1,089 857 66,692 63,475

Operating Expenses
Sales and marketing 1,509 1,060 26,410 20,313
Research and development 700 442 9,621 8,732
General and administrative – (a) – (a) 12,268 10,716
Amortization of intangible assets – – 18 18
Total operating expenses 2,209 1,502 48,317 39,779
Income (loss) from operations (1,120) (645) 18,375 23,696

Financing and Other Income
Interest income, net – – 874 648
Other expense, net – – (18) (515)
Total financing and other income – – 856 133
Income (loss) before income taxes $(1,120) $(645) 19,231 23,829
Provision for income taxes 7,618 7,271
Net income $11,613 $16,558

Basic earnings per share $0.94 $1.27
Diluted earnings per share $0.90 $1.21
Basic weighted average shares
outstanding 12,404 13,024
Diluted weighted average
shares outstanding 12,940 13,678

(a) An insignificant amount of general and administrative services is
provided to the Angel.com business unit by MicroStrategy’s core
business operations.

Core BI Business Alarm.com
Six Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2007 2006 2007 2006

Revenues
Product licenses $38,398 $46,244 $- $-
Product support and other services 107,425 93,666 – –
Angel.com telephony services – – – –
Alarm.com hardware and services
revenue – – 8,319 1,458

Total revenues 145,823 139,910 8,319 1,458

Cost of Revenues
Product licenses 1,443 1,292 – –
Product support and other services 22,205 17,231 – –
Angel.com telephony services – – – –
Alarm.com hardware and services – – 5,849 1,173
Total cost of revenues 23,648 18,523 5,849 1,173
Gross profit 122,175 121,387 2,470 285

Operating Expenses
Sales and marketing 47,752 38,055 528 370
Research and development 14,433 15,757 787 494
General and administrative 24,970 20,972 898 494
Amortization of intangible assets 36 36 – –
Total operating expenses 87,191 74,820 2,213 1,358
Income (loss) from operations 34,984 46,567 257 (1,073)

Financing and Other Income
Interest income, net 1,855 1,479 – –
Other income (expense), net 5 (667) – –
Total financing and other income 1,860 812 – –
Income (loss) before income taxes $36,844 $47,379 $257 $(1,073)
Provision for income taxes
Net income

Basic earnings per share
Diluted earnings per share
Basic weighted average shares
outstanding
Diluted weighted average shares
outstanding

Angel.com Consolidated
Six Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2007 2006 2007 2006

Revenues
Product licenses $- $- $38,398 $46,244
Product support and other services – – 107,425 93,666
Angel.com telephony services 3,092 2,236 3,092 2,236
Alarm.com hardware and services
revenue – – 8,319 1,458

Total revenues 3,092 2,236 157,234 143,604

Cost of Revenues
Product licenses – 4 1,443 1,296
Product support and other services – – 22,205 17,231
Angel.com telephony services 936 465 936 465
Alarm.com hardware and services – – 5,849 1,173
Total cost of revenues 936 469 30,433 20,165
Gross profit 2,156 1,767 126,801 123,439

Operating Expenses
Sales and marketing 2,927 1,857 51,207 40,282
Research and development 1,414 730 16,634 16,981
General and administrative – (a) – (a) 25,868 21,466
Amortization of intangible assets – – 36 36
Total operating expenses 4,341 2,587 93,745 78,765
Income (loss) from operations (2,185) (820) 33,056 44,674

Financing and Other Income
Interest income, net – – 1,855 1,479
Other income (expense), net – – 5 (667)
Total financing and other income – – 1,860 812
Income (loss) before income taxes $(2,185) $(820) 34,916 45,486
Provision for income taxes 13,458 13,935
Net income $21,458 $31,551

Basic earnings per share $1.72 $2.37
Diluted earnings per share $1.64 $2.26
Basic weighted average shares
outstanding 12,484 13,295
Diluted weighted average
shares outstanding 13,048 13,990

(a) An insignificant amount of general and administrative services is
provided to the Angel.com business unit by MicroStrategy’s core
business operations.

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except per share data)

June 30, December 31,
2007 2006
Assets (unaudited) (audited)
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $76,140 $78,980
Restricted cash and investments 3,787 3,799
Short-term investments 11 16
Accounts receivable, net 41,215 54,468
Prepaid expenses and other current
assets 9,698 8,633
Deferred tax assets, net 31,515 29,510
Total current assets 162,366 175,406

Property and equipment, net 10,486 11,102
Capitalized software development
cost, net 3,214 1,903
Deposits and other assets 8,963 2,461
Deferred tax assets, net 41,054 57,944
Total Assets $226,083 $248,816

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued
expenses $23,077 $24,378
Accrued compensation and employee
benefits 24,812 31,872
Deferred revenue and advance
payments 66,113 56,578
Total current liabilities 114,002 112,828

Deferred revenue and advance payments 1,894 1,127
Other long-term liabilities 2,853 1,710

Total Liabilities 118,749 115,665

Stockholders’ Equity
Preferred stock undesignated;
$0.001 par value; 5,000 shares
authorized;
no shares issued or outstanding – –
Class A common stock; $0.001 par
value; 330,000 shares authorized;
14,050 shares issued and 9,638
shares outstanding, and 13,972
shares
issued and 9,918 shares
outstanding, respectively 14 14
Class B common stock; $0.001 par
value; 165,000 shares authorized;
2,775 issued and outstanding for
both periods 3 3
Additional paid-in capital 445,257 440,768
Treasury stock, at cost; 4,412 and
4,054 shares, respectively (313,516) (268,776)
Accumulated other comprehensive
income 2,628 3,123
Accumulated deficit (27,052) (41,981)
Total Stockholders’ Equity 107,334 133,151
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’
Equity $226,083 $248,816

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)

Six months ended
June 30,
2007 2006
(unaudited) (unaudited)
Operating activities:
Net income $21,458 $31,551
Adjustments to reconcile net income
from continuing operations to net
cash
provided by operating
activities:
Depreciation and amortization 3,855 3,886
Bad debt provision 626 656
Deferred taxes 10,647 11,981
Share-based compensation 307 821
Excess tax benefits from share-
based payment arrangements (2,191) (2,214)
Other, net 70 50
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities:
Accounts receivable 12,954 9,444
Prepaid expenses and other
current assets (886) (1,074)
Deposits and other assets (6,512) 391
Accounts payable and accrued
expenses, compensation
and employee benefits (9,329) (8,055)
Deferred revenue and advance
payments 9,293 11,853
Other long-term liabilities 1,336 (273)
Net cash provided by
operating activities 41,628 59,017
Investing activities:
Proceeds from maturities of short-
term investments – 106,691
Purchases of short-term investments – (52,924)
Purchases of property and
equipment, net (2,112) (1,622)
Capitalized software development
costs (2,419) –
Increase in restricted cash and
investments 39 (97)
Net cash (used in) provided
by investing activities (4,492) 52,048
Financing activities:
Proceeds from sale of class A
common stock under employee
stock purchase plan and exercise
of employee stock options 1,816 2,758
Excess tax benefits from share-
based payment arrangements 2,191 2,214
Purchases of treasury stock (44,740) (112,807)
Net cash used in financing
activities (40,733) (107,835)
Effect of foreign exchange
rate changes on cash and
cash equivalents 757 1,392
Net (decrease) increase in cash and
cash equivalents (2,840) 4,622
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning
of period 78,980 42,318
Cash and cash equivalents, end of
period $76,140 $46,940

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Charter Communications Extends Agreement with MicroStrategy for Business Intelligence Reporting and Analytics

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Charter Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHTR) has extended its agreement with MicroStrategy for business intelligence reporting and analytics. Charter is the third-largest

McLean, Va., (July 24, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Charter Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHTR) has extended its agreement with MicroStrategy for business intelligence reporting and analytics. Charter is the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the United States.

A MicroStrategy customer since 2001, Charter uses MicroStrategy for reporting on and analyzing key business areas, including customer care, billing, sales, marketing, and technical operations. MicroStrategy provides Charter personnel with a platform for strategic, internal intelligence gathering and gives users easy access to information about many of Charter’s critical business functions.

“As Charter continues to grow, we are pleased to extend our relationship with MicroStrategy for our business intelligence requirements,” said Jay Carlson, Charter’s Senior Vice President of Information Technology. “MicroStrategy enables us to expand the capabilities and uses of valuable data across the company.”

“We are pleased to continue our relationship with Charter Communications,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy’s COO. “MicroStrategy’s ease-of-use, flexibility, and scalability for large databases offers a powerful reporting solution for dynamic companies like Charter.”

About Charter Communications
Charter Communications, Inc. is a leading broadband communications company and the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the United States. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services, including Charter Digital® video entertainment programming, Charter High-Speed® Internet access, and Charter Telephone®. Charter Business(TM) similarly provides scalable, tailored and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to business organizations, such as business-to-business Internet access, data networking, video and music entertainment services and business telephone. Charter’s advertising sales and production services are sold under the Charter Media® brand. More information about Charter can be found at www.charter.com.

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.

Wende Cover
MicroStrategy, Incorporated
1-703-770-1646
wcover@microstrategy.com

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