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MicroStrategy and SPSS Extend Global Alliance

MicroStrategy(R) Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, and SPSS Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSS), a leading worldwide provider of predictive analytics software, today announced that they have extended their alliance agreement. As part of the renewed agreemen

MCLEAN, Va., and CHICAGO, Il. (April 10, 2007) –

MicroStrategy(R) Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, and SPSS Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSS), a leading worldwide provider of predictive analytics software, today announced that they have extended their alliance agreement. As part of the renewed agreement, the companies will continue to engage in cooperative marketing and joint business development programs.

SPSS’ predictive analytics software and solutions enable companies to direct and automate decisions to meet business goals and achieve a competitive advantage. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) can use predictive models created by SPSS to forecast future outcomes, making predictive insights available to business users. The integration is made possible by both vendors’ support for Predictive Model Markup Language (PMML), an industry standard for sharing data mining models. Combining MicroStrategy’s business intelligence technology with SPSS’ predictive analytics enables organizations to better utilize their data to enhance decision making and project future trends.

MicroStrategy’s new Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards will offer another valuable solution for joint MicroStrategy and SPSS customers. By combining MicroStrategy dashboards with SPSS predictive analytics, customers have information-rich dashboards to obtain predictive metrics for strategic business decisions. SPSS is a sponsor of MicroStrategy’s Dynamic Enterprise Dashboard Event series, which allows participants to learn more about MicroStrategy’s highly intuitive and interactive dashboards.

“This renewal enables SPSS to strengthen its partner ecosystem, providing innovative solutions for our customers’ business problems, while also generating additional business opportunities for SPSS and its alliance partners,” said SPSS Vice President of Worldwide Alliances Patrick McCue. “More companies are evolving into predictive enterprises. MicroStrategy’s new Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards are an exciting innovation that provide users with a tremendous amount of information in an easy-to-use and compelling manner. SPSS technology complements these dashboards and enables customers to interact with predictive metrics for greater insight, efficiency, and transparency.”

“We have developed an excellent relationship with SPSS and our combined technologies offer a broad spectrum of benefits to our customers,” said Sanju Bansal, COO of MicroStrategy. “Our technology partners provide products that complement the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform to help customers maximize the value of their business data. We are pleased to extend our technology and marketing relationship with SPSS.”

About SPSS Inc.

SPSS Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSS) is a leading global provider of predictive analytics software and solutions. The company’s predictive analytics technology improves business processes by giving organizations forward visibility for decisions made every day. By incorporating predictive analytics into their daily operations, organizations become Predictive Enterprises-able to direct and automate decisions to meet business goals and achieve a measurable competitive advantage. More than 250,000 public sector, academic, and commercial customers rely on SPSS technology to help increase revenue, reduce costs, and detect and prevent fraud. Founded in 1968, SPSS is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. For additional information, please visit www.spss.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 Symposium in Frankfurt, Germany to Highlight Best Practices in Business Intelligence

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that it will host a Symposium in Frankfurt, Germany, on April 24-25, 2007, at the Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof. The two-day Symposium will offer technical and business s

McLean, Va., (April 05, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that it will host a Symposium in Frankfurt, Germany, on April 24-25, 2007, at the Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof. The two-day Symposium will offer technical and business sessions to provide participants with practical tools to enhance business intelligence performance.

The MicroStrategy Symposium provides a collaborative forum for participants to exchange ideas with industry experts, peers, and MicroStrategy’s top technology leaders. MicroStrategy product managers and engineers will share advanced BI development techniques, provide strategies for optimizing BI application usage and performance, and demonstrate MicroStrategy’s new Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards. Participants can also schedule a one-hour consultation, at no charge, with a member of the MicroStrategy Technical Advisory Services team to discuss their most challenging BI issues.

The Frankfurt Symposium will feature case study presentations from MicroStrategy customers who have successfully deployed enterprise BI applications to improve business performance. Some of the companies scheduled to present include the REWE Group, Europe’s fourth largest retailer; Siemens IT Solutions and Services, an internationally leading provider of IT solutions and services; Universal-Investment, the leading Master-KAG in Germany; Sanacorp Pharmahandel AG, whose principal activity is the wholesale and distribution of pharmaceuticals and related goods to pharmacies; dm-drogerie markt, the second-largest drugstore chain in Germany; ihb, the Scientific Institute for Application Software of Higher Education Institutions in Bamberg; and E.ON Avacon AG, one of the largest regional energy service providers in Germany.

In conjunction with the Symposium, MicroStrategy is hosting an invitation-only Executive Forum, bringing together top BI executives to hear from visionary speakers, exchange ideas on how to best deploy business intelligence throughout an organization, and spend time networking with peers.

“The Symposia are excellent venues for learning the latest BI strategies, meeting with MicroStrategy experts, and hearing first-hand BI experiences from industry-leading companies,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “We look forward to another successful event in Frankfurt.”

To find out more about the MicroStrategy Symposium in Frankfurt visit: www.microstrategy.com/FrankfurtSymposium2007.

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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Pacific Sunwear Selects MicroStrategy as Enterprise Business Intelligence Standard

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSUN) has selected the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform� for enterprise-wide reporting and analysis

McLean, Va., (March 29, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSUN) has selected the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) for enterprise-wide reporting and analysis. Pacific Sunwear is a leading specialty retailer with more than 1,100 stores in 50 states and Puerto Rico.

Pacific Sunwear will use MicroStrategy to analyze key merchandise sales and inventory metrics to glean insight on the sales trends and inventory investments of its products by specific regions, demographics, and stores. MicroStrategy will convert the detailed transactional data into personalized reports through dashboards and exception reporting for Pacific Sunwear’s executives, merchants, merchandise planners, and allocators. Pacific Sunwear selected MicroStrategy for its ease-of-use, superior reporting and analytical capabilities, and its Web-based platform.

“We chose MicroStrategy as our enterprise-wide reporting standard because it was the best fit for our business intelligence requirements,” said Ron Ehlers, Pacific Sunwear’s Vice President of Information Services. “MicroStrategy provides a true enterprise reporting solution, with outstanding scalability for large databases and powerful analytics that will help us to make data-driven decisions and enhance productivity.”

MicroStrategy teamed with Netezza and QuantiSense to provide Pacific Sunwear with a complete end-to-end solution for their data warehousing and specialty retail business intelligence requirements.

“We are proud to be working with Pacific Sunwear and providing insightful reports and analytical data to support their network of retail stores,” said MicroStrategy’s COO Sanju Bansal. “MicroStrategy is embraced by retailers because of our scalable and flexible platform that enables them to analyze volumes of transactional data and gain vital intelligence on essential areas such as sales trends, inventory management, store operations, and customer loyalty.”

About Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.
Pacific Sunwear, operating under three distinct retail concepts, is a leading specialty retailer of everyday casual apparel, accessories and footwear designed to meet the needs of active teens and young adults. As of March 15, 2007, the Company operated 843 PacSun stores, 116 PacSun Outlet stores, 151 go-forward demo stores, and nine One Thousand Steps stores for a total of 1,119 stores in 50 states and Puerto Rico. PacSun’s website address is www.pacsun.com, merchandise carried in demo stores can be found at www.demostores.com, and information about One Thousand Steps can be found at www.onethousandsteps.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 to Host Spring Symposium in Atlanta

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that it will host its Spring Symposium at the Westin Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 17-18, 2007

McLean, Va., (March 27, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that it will host its Spring Symposium at the Westin Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 17-18, 2007. The two-day event will provide a unique, interactive forum for participants to exchange ideas with peers and industry experts, learn best practices in business intelligence from successful companies, and meet with MicroStrategy’s top technology leaders to gain valuable technical insights.

MicroStrategy Symposia attendees can choose from dozens of sessions covering a wide range of business and technology topics. MicroStrategy product managers and engineers will demonstrate advanced BI development techniques as well as share proven strategies for optimizing BI application usage and performance. Symposium participants will also have the opportunity to preview MicroStrategy’s new Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards.

The Industry Best Practice sessions will highlight deployment solutions from MicroStrategy customers, with insights into how they use business intelligence software to improve operational efficiencies, increase revenues, and enhance business performance. Some of the companies scheduled to present at the Spring Symposium in Atlanta include National Distributing Company, Inc., the fourth largest alcoholic beverage distributor in the U.S.; AutoTrader.com, the Internet’s leading auto classifieds marketplace and consumer information website; Healthways, the leading provider of specialized, comprehensive Health and Care SupportSM solutions; and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the nation’s housing agency committed to increasing homeownership, supporting community development, and increasing access to affordable housing free from discrimination.

“The highly collaborative format of the Symposia enables attendees to engage in lively discussions and gain insights from peers and technical experts,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “We look forward to another dynamic event, with a content-rich agenda and an outstanding group of speakers.”

To find out more about the MicroStrategy Spring Symposium in Atlanta, visit www.microstrategy.com/Events/Symposium2007Atlanta.

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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Angel.com’s Virtual Call Center Now Used by Ambient Devices; IVR Automates Many Common Customer Queries

Ambient Also Leverages Angel.com Technology for New Customer Order Line for Decreased Caller Wait Times

McLean, Va. (March 22, 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 consumer products manufacturer Ambient Devices has selected Angel.com for a Virtual Call Center to manage customer support and new orders for its growing line of innovative products.

Ambient Devices, maker of the popular Brookstone 5-Day Wireless Weather Forecaster, the Ambient Orb and other devices that make Internet information available on everyday objects, turned to Angel.com for a new IVR solution to route and monitor calls, and answer basic customer queries. Using Angel.com’s online toolkit, Ambient Devices created a Virtual Call Center that provides many benefits, including a reduction in caller wait time, more efficient use of live agents, and greater visibility into customer needs.

For customers, the solution provides a streamlined method to order products and receive basic technical support and advanced personalization options. Supported products include the 5-Day Weather Forecaster, a post-it sized device that automatically receives real-time weather information from AccuWeather.com.

Prior to the Angel.com Virtual Call Center, Ambient Devices used a customer support line that lacked both interactivity and an advanced queue process. The new IVR solution – created in less than a week and rolled out to support the 2006 holiday season and beyond – has decreased wait times and freed agents to spend valuable time working with consumers to order products or receive more advanced technical support.

“Using the Angel.com system, our customers can now have basic questions answered in an automated way without delay, and in the process we have gained a better understanding of their needs,” said Pritesh Gandhi, Ambient Devices Vice President of Operations. “We are really impressed with the ease of use of the tools and pleased that we could create a new system that interacts seamlessly with our data.”

In addition to the benefits of a more efficient support line, the Angel.com Virtual Call Center added immediate value by incorporating an automated product order and payment line – tasks previously handled by live agents.

“This is a great example of an effective IVR solution,” said Angel.com CEO Michael Zirngibl. “Ambient Devices’ customers benefit from an effective, streamlined process, and the company benefits by having happier customers, reduced hold times, and a new and growing set of data to analyze and leverage.”

About Ambient Devices
Ambient Devices brings online information and intelligence to the offline world. The Company’s technology enables effortless access to information, such as real-time weather forecasts, stock market activity, sports scores, and much more – without a PC or internet connection.

Ambient’s products include the Five-Day Forecaster, a device that automatically provides a real-time local forecast from AccuWeather.com; and the Orb, a frosted-glass ball that glows different colors to communicate stock market trends, traffic congestion, pollen forecasts, energy pricing and more. Ambient-powered products are available at national retailers such as Brookstone, and through Ambient’s licensee partners such as LG.

Ambient Devices was founded in 2001. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, close to the MIT Media Lab where Ambient technologies were originally developed. The company is privately held. For more information, please visit http://www.ambientdevices.com.

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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Priceline.com Selects MicroStrategy for Online Search Analysis and Reporting

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Priceline.com® (NASDAQ: PCLN) has chosen MicroStrategy to anchor key marketing reporting capabilities. Priceline.com is an Internet-based travel service that offers leis

McLean, Va., (March 22, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Priceline.com® (NASDAQ: PCLN) has chosen MicroStrategy to anchor key marketing reporting capabilities. Priceline.com is an Internet-based travel service that offers leisure airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, vacation packages, and cruises.

Priceline.com selected MicroStrategy to enhance its analytic and reporting capabilities and provide greater insight into key operational data for search engine marketing. With the ability to obtain and analyze granular data, Priceline.com marketing analysts will have actionable data that they can use to improve the return-on-ad-spend of its search engine marketing campaigns.

MicroStrategy was selected by Priceline.com for its Web-based platform, data and user scalability, advanced reporting and analytical capabilities, and integrated metadata for automated maintainability. Priceline.com marketing analysts will run reports and perform analyses against an Oracle® data warehouse.

“We were looking for a business intelligence product that provides excellent query performance against our rapidly growing multi-terabyte data warehouse,” said Ron Rose, CIO for Priceline.com. “With MicroStrategy, our marketing team will have the information they need to make strategic, data-driven decisions to help drive business growth.”

“MicroStrategy technology is well-suited to meet the advanced reporting and analysis requirements of Priceline.com,” said MicroStrategy COO, Sanju Bansal. “Our platform delivers content-rich reports and analyses that are highly useful tools for on-line retailers, like Priceline.com, who are interested in identifying key trends and opportunities to improve business performance and customer 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.

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KB Toys Selects MicroStrategy as its Business Intelligence Platform

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that KB Toys, Inc. has selected MicroStrategy as its Business Intelligence Platform. KB Toys, Inc. is the nation’s largest mall-based specialty toy retailer.

McLean, Va., (March 15, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that KB Toys, Inc. has selected MicroStrategy as its Business Intelligence Platform. KB Toys, Inc. is the nation’s largest mall-based specialty toy retailer.

Initially, KB Toys plans to use MicroStrategy for reporting on key merchandising and supply chain metrics to improve the management of inventory from its vendors to its stores. MicroStrategy will be used to manage product life cycles, track customer demand, and monitor inventory levels through dashboards and exception reporting, enabling KB Toys to enhance customer service levels while improving return on inventory.

“We are evolving our approach to buying, planning, product allocation, and store operations,” said Frank Andryauskas, Chief Information Officer at KB Toys. “MicroStrategy will enable us to better understand inventory trends, track product demand, and analyze the efficiency of store operations.”

“We selected MicroStrategy because of its scalability, user-friendly Web interface, and robust reporting features that help us to make fact-based decisions which impact our bottom line,” said Tim Armstrong, Director of Analytical Business Solutions at KB Toys. “MicroStrategy provides the ability for hundreds of concurrent users to quickly retrieve and analyze large volumes of detailed data and efficiently monitor performance of key business metrics.”

MicroStrategy teamed with Netezza and QuantiSense to provide KB Toys with a complete end-to-end solution for their data warehousing and specialty retail business intelligence requirements.

“KB Toys is a valued new customer and we are delighted that they selected MicroStrategy to support their growing business intelligence applications,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy’s Chief Operating Officer. “The MicroStrategy platform has the scalability and flexibility to analyze large volumes of transactional data and provide KB Toys with valuable information that can enhance store operations and give them a competitive edge.”

About KB Toys
KB Toys, Inc. is the nation’s largest mall-based specialty toy retailer, operating nearly 600 stores in the United States, Guam and Puerto Rico. Headquartered in Pittsfield, MA, the privately-held company has been delighting children and parents alike with the fun of toys for generations.

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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MicroStrategy Symposium in Madrid to Highlight Business Intelligence Solutions and Best Practices

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that it will host a Symposium in Madrid at the NH Eurobuilding, on March 7, 2007

McLean, Va., (February 22, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that it will host a Symposium in Madrid at the NH Eurobuilding, on March 7, 2007. The event will provide attendees with the opportunity to interact with business intelligence experts and hear how successful organizations use business intelligence software to improve decision making and enhance business performance.

The MicroStrategy Symposium will offer a content-rich agenda with informative technical sessions and customer best practices. The technology track will feature presentations on reporting, analysis, and monitoring solutions, with an emphasis on MicroStrategy’s Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards. The customer track will highlight case studies from successful MicroStrategy customers, sharing lessons learned in deploying business intelligence applications in their organization. Some of the companies scheduled to present at the Madrid Symposium include Travel Club, the leading multi-brand loyalty program in the Spanish market; Gobierno de Canarias, serving the citizens of the Canary Islands; Red Eléctrica de España, responsible for the transmission network and operation of the Spanish electricity system; and Mapfre Re, the largest Spanish professional reinsurer.

“MicroStrategy Symposia provide participants with a collaborative venue where they can share best practices, learn practical ideas to enhance BI performance, and network with other BI professionals,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “We have an outstanding array of speakers scheduled to present in Madrid and we look forward to another dynamic event.”

To find out more about the MicroStrategy Symposium in Madrid, visit: http://www.microstrategy.com/Symposium2007Madrid

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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For Sixth Consecutive Year, MicroStrategy Customers Analyzed Largest Data Volumes

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that The OLAP Survey 6, a leading independent survey of the business intelligence (BI) software market, has recognized the large data handling capabilities of MicroStrategyâ??

McLean, Va., (February 20, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that The OLAP Survey 6, a leading independent survey of the business intelligence (BI) software market, has recognized the large data handling capabilities of MicroStrategy’s software. For the sixth consecutive year, MicroStrategy customers reported the largest data volumes, as compared to customers of other business intelligence products, including Business Objects, Cognos Analysis, and Oracle Discoverer.

The OLAP Survey 6, conducted annually by independent analyst Nigel Pendse and Survey.com, compiled real-world BI experiences of 1,679 organizations and found that MicroStrategy customers accessed the largest data volumes by a significant margin. MicroStrategy customers are accessing a median of 315.5 Gigabytes (GB) in this latest survey. These median data volumes are larger, by more than a factor of 4, than that of customers of SAP BW, the second-place product, and larger, by a factor of 65, than that of customers of Cognos.
Median Reported Data Input Volumes of Peer Group
BI Vendor Input Data Volume (GB)
MicroStrategy 316
SAP BW 68
Business Objects 12
Hyperion Essbase 9
Oracle Discoverer 8
Cognos Analysis 5

The cube-based OLAP technology employed by most BI providers is optimized for small volumes of data and is not well-suited for high data volume, transaction-level BI applications. In contrast, MicroStrategy’s proprietary Relational OLAP (ROLAP) technology allows interactive analysis of terabyte-sized relational databases.

“For the sixth consecutive year, MicroStrategy sites have reported the largest data volumes of all, with a substantial gap between MicroStrategy and the second place product,” said Nigel Pendse, author of The OLAP Survey 6. “Despite most vendors claiming to be able to handle large, detailed applications, it is clear that only MicroStrategy’s customers are actually implementing such transaction level BI databases. MicroStrategy continues to be the clear leader in the enterprise-scale BI segment.”

“We are delighted that, once again, MicroStrategy’s customers reported that they analyzed, by far, the largest amounts of data,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy’s COO. “MicroStrategy’s technology is an excellent choice for enterprise-wide business intelligence deployments, enabling customers to efficiently access large data volumes to improve business performance.”

To view a summary of The OLAP Survey 6 results, go to: http://www.microstrategy.com/OLAPSurvey6.

The OLAP Survey
The OLAP Survey, conducted annually by Nigel Pendse and Survey.com, is the leading independent survey of the BI market space. This year marks the 6th release of The OLAP Survey, compiling the BI experiences of 1,679 organizations across 87 countries. For more information, visit http://www.survey.com/olap.

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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Industry Survey Recognizes MicroStrategy as Top Product for Business Intelligence Standardization

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that The OLAP Survey 6, a leading independent survey of the business intelligence (BI) software market, has recognized MicroStrategy as the top product for BI standardization

McLean, Va., (February 15, 2007) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that The OLAP Survey 6, a leading independent survey of the business intelligence (BI) software market, has recognized MicroStrategy as the top product for BI standardization. For the second consecutive year, MicroStrategy’s software was the top BI product selected by customers asked to choose one product for BI standardization.

The OLAP Survey 6, conducted annually by independent analyst Nigel Pendse, asked BI customers using more than one product to select the product on which they would choose to standardize if forced to pick one, and to explain why. MicroStrategy was cited as the top product on which to standardize, with 92.4% of the respondents indicating they would select MicroStrategy as their enterprise BI standard.

Business intelligence products that are typically good candidates for standardization must be easy to use, suitable for a broad array of BI applications, and provide a wide range of BI functionality. When asked why they selected MicroStrategy, respondents cited product features, its ability to support large numbers of concurrent users, web deployability, and multi-platform support.

Preferred Products to Retain When Standardizing – Peer Group Comparison
MicroStrategy 92%
SAP BW 81%
Cognos Analysis 75%
Hyperion Essbase 74%
Business Objects 58%
Oracle Discoverer 50%

“The rising tendency of Survey participants with multiple BI products to continue to rank MicroStrategy as the top product to keep in a standardization exercise, is a reflection of MicroStrategy’s widening range of capabilities and suitability for BI standardization,” said Nigel Pendse, author of The OLAP Survey 6. “Large vendors that have consistently failed to deliver are seemingly being repaid with declining loyalty from their customers.”

“The preference by customers to standardize on MicroStrategy is indicative of MicroStrategy’s highly scalable and efficient architecture, which is well-suited for enterprise-wide business intelligence deployments,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy’s COO.

To view a summary of The OLAP Survey 6 results, go to: http://www.microstrategy.com/OLAPSurvey6.

The OLAP Survey
The OLAP Survey, conducted annually by Nigel Pendse and Survey.com, is the leading independent survey of the BI market space. This year marks the 6th release of The OLAP Survey, compiling the BI experiences of 1,679 organizations across 87 countries. For more information, visit http://www.survey.com/olap.

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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