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Major U.S. Retailer CSK Auto Successfully Deploys MicroStrategy Platform for Reporting & Analysis

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Phoenix, Ariz.-based CSK Auto Corporation (NYSE: CAO) is successfully using the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform� for enterprise reporting and analysis

McLean, Va. (September 16, 2003) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Phoenix, Ariz.-based CSK Auto Corporation (NYSE: CAO) is successfully using the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) for enterprise reporting and analysis. CSK Auto Corporation is the parent company of CSK Auto, Inc., the largest specialty retailer of automotive parts and accessories in the Western United States and one of the largest such retailers in the United States, based on store count.

“We chose MicroStrategy because it had the lowest cost of entry with all the user-friendly reporting features and performance our users wanted,” said David Waxberg, Director of Business Intelligence at CSK Auto Corporation. “Having access to MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength platform allows us to enhance our business performance and that of our vendors.”

Approximately 50 CSK Auto employees use the MicroStrategy platform to run loss prevention and vendor performance reports against a 500-gigabyte IBM® DB2® data warehouse. Company employees are able to perform shrink analysis and track changes in inventory movement by region and product category. They also analyze product performance by vendor and store to enable them to more effectively manage vendors toward profitability. The user community will expand to 300 employees by the end of 2003, and the data warehouse is expected to grow to 2 terabytes in one year.

“We’re proud to count CSK Auto Corporation as a MicroStrategy customer benefiting from our industrial-strength platform,” said MicroStrategy COO Sanju Bansal. “Leading retailers like CSK Auto Corporation are adopting MicroStrategy’s business intelligence platform to build high-value, user-friendly applications against large and growing data warehouses.” Seven of the top ten global retailers are MicroStrategy customers, using MicroStrategy for such key areas as store operations, merchandise management, loss prevention, marketing analysis and category management.

About CSK Auto Corporation

CSK Auto Corporation is the parent company of CSK Auto Inc., a specialty retailer in the automotive aftermarket. As of May 4, 2003, the Company operated 1,108 stores in 19 states.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are integrating MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength software into virtually all facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities — excellent scalability, powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.

MicroStrategy has over 2,200 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Best Buy, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and JD Edwards. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at www.microstrategy.com.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

MicroStrategy is a registered trademark of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Marc Brailov
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 770-1670
mbrailov@microstrategy.com

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MicroStrategy Brazil Ranked #1 in Business Intelligence Market by ComputerWorld Brazil

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that ComputerWorld Brazil has awarded MicroStrategy Brazil its number-one ranking among business intelligence companies in the Brazilian market.

McLean, Va., (September 11, 2003) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that ComputerWorld Brazil has awarded MicroStrategy Brazil its number-one ranking among business intelligence companies in the Brazilian market. MicroStrategy won this top ranking as part of ComputerWorld Brazil’s annual Top 100 IT Companies’ listing. This is the second consecutive year that MicroStrategy Brazil has appeared on the list.

This listing provides in-depth information on the best companies of each segment, using an internationally recognized methodology, which enables potential users to select their suppliers based on financial and market performance information.

“This top ranking by ComputerWorld Brazil further showcases the strength, dedication and viability of our global operations,” said MicroStrategy COO Sanju Bansal. “We’re very pleased that MicroStrategy Brazil has received such high recognition from a leading Brazilian IT publication.”

In 2002, MicroStrategy Brazil’s sales volume reached approximately R$ 18 million, an approximately 30 percent increase over the previous period. With headquarters in São Paulo, and offices in Rio de Janeiro and Brasília, MicroStrategy Brazil employs 35 people. To remain competitive in the Brazilian market, the company has gone beyond direct sales and expanded its portfolio of partners and channels to include MV Sistemas, Gemco and Teknisa.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are integrating MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength software into virtually all facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities — excellent scalability, powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.

MicroStrategy has over 2,200 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Best Buy, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and JD Edwards. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at www.microstrategy.com.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

MicroStrategy is a registered trademark of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Liz Kelley Smeds
MicroStrategy
703-714-1066
lsmeds@microstrategy.com

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Groundbreaking New Premier-U.S. Health & Human Services Project Will Harness MicroStrategy Technology

Quality Reporting Expected to Improve Hospital Performance Nationwide

McLean, Va., (September 08, 2003) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) is providing critical support for an important new project between Premier, Inc. and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to improve hospital performance nationwide. Premier, Inc. is a strategic U.S. healthcare alliance owned by 200 of the nation’s leading not-for-profit hospital and healthcare systems.

MicroStrategy’s platform supports Premier’s data applications, such as Perspective Online(TM). Premier’s data solutions help its healthcare system clients make informed decisions on clinical quality and patient safety, business and market strategy, clinical resource utilization, operational performance and productivity. More than 400 of Premier’s clients now use the MicroStrategy platform through the Perspective Online (TM) tool to monitor and measure their clinical and cost performance.

U.S. HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson recently announced a new joint project between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Premier to use financial incentives to encourage hospitals to continuously improve the quality of their inpatient care. Hospitals that participate in the project will be eligible for increased Medicare payments for delivering high quality care to patients that are being treated for specific clinical conditions: heart bypass surgery, heart attack, congestive heart failure, hip & knee replacement, and community acquired pneumonia.

Premier will track hospitals’ performance through its Perspective Online (TM) database, the most comprehensive patient-level clinical data repository in the nation. Participation is voluntary. Hospitals will be scored on quality measures related to each condition. Hospitals in the top 10 percent for a given condition will be provided a 2 percent bonus on their Medicare payments. Hospitals in the second 10 percent will be given a 1 percent bonus. All hospitals performing in the top 50 percent within each clinical condition will be publicly recognized for their quality.

“MicroStrategy’s business intelligence software will support this important new demonstration project and the ongoing applications we need,” said Premier’s Director of Applications Development Todd Wilkes. “Premier has spent many years establishing a capability on a scale required for this project as well as our clients’ need. We rely on many partners, including MicroStrategy, to help us create a comprehensive solution for the industry.”

“Improving healthcare quality while keeping costs minimized is at the top of the nation’s agenda,” said MicroStrategy COO Sanju Bansal. “We’re very proud that MicroStrategy technology will play an important role in this new project between Premier and the federal government, and in Premier’s vital services to many of the nation’s hospitals.”

About Premier

Premier, Inc., is a strategic alliance in U.S. healthcare, entirely owned by 200 of the nation’s leading hospital and healthcare systems. These systems operate or are affiliated with nearly 1,500 hospital facilities across the nation and hundreds of other care sites. Premier provides an array of resources supporting health services delivery in the key areas of supply chain improvement and group purchasing, comparative data and benchmarking, and insurance. Premier is headquartered in San Diego, CA, with offices in Chicago, IL; and Charlotte, NC. Advocacy and policy offices are located in Washington, DC. For more information, visit www.premierinc.com.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are integrating MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength software into virtually all facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities — excellent scalability, powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.

MicroStrategy has over 2,200 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Best Buy, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and JD Edwards. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at www.microstrategy.com.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

MicroStrategy is a registered trademark of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Marc Brailov
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 770-1670
mbrailov@microstrategy.com

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MicroStrategy and FirstBI Sign OEM Deal with China’s Largest Independent Software Company UFsoft

Alliance Brings MicroStrategy Technology to Over 300,000 Customers

McLean, Va., (September 02, 2003) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software and its Master Distributor in Greater China, FirstBI (China) Limited have signed an OEM agreement with UFsoft Co. Ltd. (Shanghai Stock Exchange code: UFsoft – number code: 600588). As China’s largest independent software firm, UFsoft has been devoted to the development, marketing and servicing of enterprise software since 1990.

Under the terms of the agreement, UFsoft will add MicroStrategy’s technology and Data Analysis Module to UFsoft’s flagship Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) package to provide Chinese companies with data analysis and reporting capabilities, helping them optimize business operations, enhance efficiencies and improve customer relations. Brett Ho, CEO of UFsoft Co. Ltd. commented, “This OEM agreement commences a new era in China’s software industry as business intelligence (BI), reporting, and advanced analytical needs become mainstream and are offered to a new broader segment of the market.” He continued, “We are pleased to be working with industry leaders MicroStrategy and FirstBI to significantly advance this industry.”

“Our technologies will create a compelling BI solution for small and mid-size Chinese enterprises,” notes Dr. Wentoh Liao, Chairman, FirstBI (China) Limited. “This well positions MicroStrategy for new opportunities and leadership in the Chinese market.”

“UFsoft, the largest vendor of management software and ERP solutions in China, is being widely used in government, manufacturing, retail and finance industries,” said MicroStrategy’s COO Sanju K. Bansal. “By leveraging UFsoft’s vast customer base, this agreement increases MicroStrategy’s reach throughout the Chinese market while helping small and mid-size enterprises to realize significant return-on-investment through increased operational efficiencies.”

About UFsoft Co. Ltd.

China’s Largest Independent Software Firm: UFsoft Co., Ltd. has been devoted to the development, marketing and servicing of enterprise software since 1990. Its market success allowed UFsoft to be stock listed in May of 2001 in the Shanghai Stock Exchange (codes: UFsoft / 600588) as the first firm in its category to do so. Its focus on branding and developing high-quality products and services earned the firm’s trademark “UF” in 2002 the “Famous Trademark” distinction in China.

According to the prestigious CCID market research institution, UFsoft gained in 2001and maintained in 2002 the largest market share in China for the categories of management software, financial software, and ERP. Today, the firm’s products have become the main application software propelling the formation of financial management in China. In 2001, UFsoft implemented a successful strategy of “upgrade completely, develop towards expansion,” and launched two new product lines — U8 and NC — which where very well received by the market.

The company now has 27 subsidiaries, 2 being overseas, 9 holding subsidiary companies, and 3 share subsidiary companies. At the same time, it possesses 15 offices across China with more than 3,000 employees of which more than 600 persons are in software development. UFsoft has 300,000 clients.

About FirstBI (China) Limited

The first Business Intelligence team in Greater China: Founded after a merger with Lan Feng Technologies, and chaired by Dr. Wentoh Liao, FirstBI Limited has now four offices and close to 40 fully dedicated MicroStrategy experts in Greater China in what the firm describes as “the strongest human BI support infrastructure in Greater China.” The Beijing, Taipei, Guanzhou and Shanghai offices are complemented by a network of affiliates that have signed deals with top Chinese corporations such as China Telecom, China Construction Bank, China Netcom, Netease or Bao Steel. As the Master Distributor in China, the company’s single focus is to provide localized MicroStrategy products and solutions to end users and partners.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are integrating MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength software into virtually all facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities — excellent scalability, powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.

MicroStrategy has over 2,200 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Best Buy, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and JD Edwards. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at www.microstrategy.com.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

MicroStrategy is a registered trademark of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Liz Kelley Smeds
MicroStrategy
703-714-1066
lsmeds@microstrategy.com

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Shaw Industries Selects MicroStrategy as Enterprise Business Intelligence Reporting Standard

1,000 Employees Will Assess Sales & Marketing Operations

McLean, Va., (August 18, 2003) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Shaw Industries, Inc. has selected the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) as its enterprise-wide reporting standard. Shaw Industries, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B), is the world’s largest manufacturer of carpeting.

“After an in-depth evaluation of many of the competing products in the industry, we selected the MicroStrategy platform for its flexible, user-friendly reporting features, its enterprise scalability and superior analytical capabilities,” said Jim McCormick, Director of Sales Administration & Market Research, Shaw Industries, Inc. “With the MicroStrategy platform, we’re able to anchor applications that help us gain better insight into our sales and marketing operations to enhance efficiency and improve productivity.”

Approximately 1,000 Shaw employees, including sales, marketing and accounting personnel, will perform reporting and analyses of sales and marketing information against a Teradata® data warehouse. The company will also be able to more effectively monitor and manage inventory levels in order to improve product sales and profitability.

“Shaw Industries’ adoption of MicroStrategy is another example of how critical business intelligence software has become to the success of large corporations,” said MicroStrategy’s COO Sanju K. Bansal. “The MicroStrategy platform is enabling Shaw’s decision makers to gather more timely and accurate information, thus improving marketing and sales operations.”

About Shaw Industries, Inc.

Headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, Shaw Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is the world’s largest manufacturer of carpeting, selling carpeting and rugs for residential and commercial applications throughout the United States and exports to most markets worldwide. For more information, visit www.shawinc.com.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are integrating MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength software into virtually all facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities — excellent scalability, powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.

MicroStrategy has over 2,200 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Best Buy, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and JD Edwards. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at www.microstrategy.com.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

MicroStrategy is a registered trademark of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Marc Brailov
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 770-1670
mbrailov@microstrategy.com

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Charming Shoppes Makes MicroStrategy’s BI Platform Integral to Operations

Encompassing Financial & Sales Analysis, Reporting & Information Delivery

McLean, Va., (August 12, 2003) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Charming Shoppes, Inc. has deployed the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(tm) enterprise-wide, deploying it in a wide range of its operations. Charming Shoppes is the largest plus-size specialty women’s apparel retailer in America, with over 2,240 stores nationwide.

Charming Shoppes extensive use of the MicroStrategy platform generates daily and weekly reports on an array of company activity. These highly detailed reports encompass merchandise sales and inventory analysis; assessments of the history of customer traffic in and out of stores; analysis of point-of-sales transaction details and promotion history; evaluations of transaction and promotion history for identified customers; HR/payroll reviews of store payroll hours and budget data; and analysis of accounts payable, the general ledger and fixed asset information.

These applications, run against a 1.5 terabyte Teradata data warehouse, involve each division headquarters and store operations’ field office and over 800 Charming Shoppes employees, a number that is expected to grow.

“We’ve made MicroStrategy our business-wide standard because it has fully met our wish list requirements,” said Charming Shoppes’ project manager Jack Dougherty. “MicroStrategy provides a true enterprise reporting solution, it’s easy to use and flexible, 100-percent Web-based, highly scalable for large databases and offers powerful analytics and robust security. With MicroStrategy’s superior technology, we’re obtaining more valuable insight into nearly all aspects of our business, making more proactive decisions and being a more customer-responsive company.”

About Charming Shoppes, Inc.

Charming Shoppes, Inc. is a family of retail apparel companies serving the fashion needs of women in her many roles and lifestyles. Charming Shoppes is the largest plus-size specialty women’s apparel retailer in America, with 2,240 stores nationwide. The company offers a variety of fashion choices by expanding its family of brands that cater to this diverse customer group. Charming Shoppes serves the plus-size woman through three distinct brands: Lane Bryant®, Fashion Bug® (including Fashion Bug Plus®) and Catherine’s Plus Sizes®. Through varied fashion concepts, the company offers budget to moderate price points, classic to trendy fashion tastes and mall, strip center and e-commerce shopping venues for a wide range of ethnically diverse women. The company also serves the fashion apparel needs of the misses and junior customer through its Fashion Bug brand. In addition to providing apparel, Charming Shoppes, Inc. is committed to women and their communities, addressing their issues through education and awareness. Charming Shoppes, Inc. is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol CHRS. For more information about Charming Shoppes, Inc., please visit www.charmingshoppes.com.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are integrating MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength software into virtually all facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities — excellent scalability, powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.

MicroStrategy has over 2,200 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Best Buy, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and JD Edwards. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at www.microstrategy.com.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

MicroStrategy is a registered trademark of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Marc Brailov
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 770-1670
mbrailov@microstrategy.com

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DoubleClick Becomes MicroStrategy Global Distribution Partner

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that DoubleClick Inc. (NASDAQ: DCLK), a leading provider of tools for advertisers, Web publishers and direct marketers, will resell the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Pla

McLean, Va., (August 07, 2003) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that DoubleClick Inc. (NASDAQ: DCLK), a leading provider of tools for advertisers, Web publishers and direct marketers, will resell the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) throughout North America as well as distribute it globally as a value-added component of its Ensemble(TM) campaign management solution.

DoubleClick Inc., with headquarters in New York City and offices around the world, provides a powerful marketing automation solution that, once integrated with the MicroStrategy platform, will allow direct marketers and agencies to more effectively plan and execute their customer acquisition and retention programs from a single, easy to use interface. The combined solution is currently being implemented at existing DoubleClick Ensemble customers including a leading Web publisher and a mid-sized furniture retailer.

DoubleClick Ensemble, integrated with the MicroStrategy platform, will provide a sophisticated value-added solution for marketers seeking to increase response rates to marketing campaigns. “We’re very excited about partnering with MicroStrategy,” said Court Cunningham, DoubleClick’s senior vice president of Marketing Automation. “The combination of MicroStrategy’s and DoubleClick’s proven offerings will help our advertisers, direct marketers and Web publishers reach consumers more effectively, thereby deepening customer relationships. This partnership demonstrates our commitment to maintain an open system and integrate with best-in-class partners of analytics tools, in addition to further enhancing our ability to provide world-class customer and prospect intelligence to our customers.”

“This alliance validates MicroStrategy’s technology as the business intelligence platform of choice for those businesses wanting to empower marketers to act upon customer insight and campaign data,” said MicroStrategy COO Sanju Bansal. “The joint DoubleClick Ensemble and MicroStrategy solution will enable smart marketers and leading organizations to identify consumers most likely to respond to marketing offers and measure campaign results in real time.”

About DoubleClick Inc.

DoubleClick is the leading provider of tools for advertisers, direct marketers and web publishers to plan, execute and analyze their marketing programs. DoubleClick’s online advertising, email marketing and database marketing solutions help clients yield the highest return on their marketing dollar. In addition, the company’s marketing analytics tools help clients measure performance within and across channels. DoubleClick Inc. has global headquarters in New York City and maintains 21 offices around the world.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are integrating MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength software into virtually all facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities — excellent scalability, powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.

MicroStrategy has over 2,200 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Best Buy, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and JD Edwards. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at www.microstrategy.com.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

MicroStrategy is a registered trademark of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Liz Kelley Smeds
MicroStrategy
703-714-1066
lsmeds@microstrategy.com

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Wet Seal Expands MicroStrategy Deployment Enterprise-Wide to Assess Sales Trends

Producing Detailed Reports for over 600 Stores

McLean, Va., (August 05, 2003) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that The Wet Seal, Inc. (NASDAQ: WTSLA) has expanded its deployment of the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) enterprise-wide to assess sales trends. The MicroStrategy applications will encompass over 600 stores and about 1000 employees, including executives, store managers and corporate analysts.

The Wet Seal, Inc., currently operates a total of 624 stores in 47 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, including 490 Wet Seal stores, 103 Arden B. stores and 31 Zutopia stores.

Wet Seal will utilize MicroStrategy’s system to analyze extensive transactional data to glean insight on sales trends of its products by specific regions, demographics and stores. This detailed analysis will be converted into personalized reports, generated through the MicroStrategy platform, for managers in 600 stores. The MicroStrategy applications will be run against a 1-terabyte Oracle® data warehouse.

“MicroStrategy is providing the complete solution for Wet Seal’s exacting needs,” said Wet Seal’s CIO Michael Relich. “MicroStrategy offers exceptional user-friendly reporting features, superior scalability for large databases, outstanding Web deployability, and powerful analytics for the most granular-level data. MicroStrategy is a top-of-the-line system for bottom-line results.”

“Our growing relationship with Wet Seal is further demonstration of our expanding leadership in the retail sector,” said MicroStrategy’s COO Sanju K. Bansal. “Seven of the top ten global retailers are MicroStrategy customers. MicroStrategy is allowing retailers to enhance and help drive key business areas, including overall store operations, merchandise management, marketing analysis, market-basket analysis, category management and loss prevention.”

About The Wet Seal, Inc.

Headquartered in Foothill Ranch, California, The Wet Seal, Inc. is a leading specialty retailer of fashionable and contemporary apparel and accessory items. The company currently operates a total of 624 stores in 47 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, including 490 Wet Seal stores, 103 Arden B. stores and 31 Zutopia stores. The company’s products can also be purchased online at www.wetseal.com or www.ardenb.com

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are integrating MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength software into virtually all facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities — excellent scalability, powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.

MicroStrategy has over 2,200 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Best Buy, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and JD Edwards. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at www.microstrategy.com.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

MicroStrategy is a registered trademark of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Marc Brailov
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 770-1670
mbrailov@microstrategy.com

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MicroStrategy Reports Sixth Consecutive Quarter of Profitability in Q2 2003

License Revenues Grow by 31 Percent Over Q2 2002

MCLEAN, Va., (July 29, 2003) –

MicroStrategy(R) Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced its financial results for the three- month period ended June 30, 2003 (the second quarter of its 2003 fiscal year), reporting its sixth consecutive quarter of GAAP profitability and earnings of $0.15 per share on a diluted basis. Revenues reached their highest level in six quarters. License revenues rose approximately 31 percent from the second quarter of the 2002 fiscal year.

Second quarter 2003 revenues were $43.6 million versus $37.4 million in the first quarter of 2003 and $36.8 million in the second quarter of 2002. Second quarter 2003 license revenues were $19.6 million versus $16.5 million in the first quarter of 2003 and $15.0 million in the second quarter of 2002. Net income attributable to common stockholders for the second quarter of 2003, determined in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), was $2.3 million or $0.15 per share on a diluted basis. This result included non-cash charges for discount amortization expense on notes payable of $0.9 million, a non-cash loss on the partial extinguishment of notes payable of $0.9 million, and a restructuring charge of $1.7 million.

“Q2 was an excellent quarter for MicroStrategy by any objective measure,” said MicroStrategy President and CFO Eric F. Brown. “Six consecutive profitable quarters, the highest revenue in six quarters, and three consecutive quarters of year-over-year license revenue growth all showcase the dynamism of the company.”

“MicroStrategy has made solid financial and technical progress during the past year,” said MicroStrategy Chairman and CEO Michael J. Saylor. “We believe that the current trend toward consolidation in the BI industry is favorable for us, and that we are well positioned for continued market success.”

Added 139 New Customers

New Customers and New Deals with Existing Customers in Q2 2003 included:

Cardinal Distribution, Carl Warren & Co., Cascade Natural Gas Company, CSK Auto Corporation, eBay, FAO, Inc., FleetBoston Financial Corporation, Garden Ridge, GE Medical Systems, Hannaford Bros. Co., Kohl’s Corporation, Land O’Lakes, Inc., National Institutes of Health, NDCHealth Corporation, National Electric Warranty Corp., Pfizer Global Manufacturing, Raley’s, Reynolds and Reynolds, Rheem Manufacturing, Rite-Hite Corporation, Shaw Industries, Stein Mart, Inc., Telephia, Time Warner Cable, Ukrop’s Super Markets, Inc., Unilever Cosmetics International, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Postal Service, Verispan, LLC, Wells Fargo & Company, The Wet Seal, Inc.

Examples of Noteworthy Customer Deals from Q2 2003:

U.S. Postal Service

The U.S. Postal Service purchased over $5 million of MicroStrategy software licenses, education, and software support services in June 2003. The Postal Service will deploy the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) enterprise-wide for reporting, analysis and information delivery. Additionally, the Postal Service has acquired options to procure consulting services, education, and software support services over the next five years.

Unilever Cosmetics International

Unilever Cosmetics International, a division of Unilever, has selected the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform to increase internal operational efficiency and employee productivity globally. Approximately 200 employees, including sales, marketing and operations personnel, will perform sales promotion management, sales reporting, and supply chain reporting and analyses against an Oracle(R) data warehouse. The company will utilize the MicroStrategy platform to track and assess business data across several areas to provide end users with greater insight. After an evaluation of user requirements, Unilever Cosmetics International selected the MicroStrategy platform for its functionality, scalability and easy-to-use Web interface.

Shaw Industries

Shaw Industries, the world’s largest manufacturer of carpeting, has selected the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform as its enterprise- wide reporting standard. Approximately 1,000 employees, including sales, marketing and accounting personnel, will perform reporting and analyses of sales and marketing information against a Teradata(R) data warehouse. After an in-depth evaluation of many of the competing products in the industry, Shaw Industries selected the MicroStrategy platform for its scalability and superior analytical capabilities.

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc., a nationally recognized specialty retailer of automotive aftermarket parts, tools, supplies and equipment, has selected the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform for sales and inventory reporting and analysis. With MicroStrategy, O’Reilly Automotive will have a consolidated, dynamic view of sales and stock information, enabling consistent availability of goods across its 1,011 stores. The company will also be able to more effectively monitor and manage inventory levels in order to improve product sales and profitability. The company chose MicroStrategy’s technology for its ability to consolidate and present valuable corporate performance data in an easy-to-understand format over the Web.

MicroStrategy’s Strategic Partnerships

Signed Agreements with 12 Systems Integrators and OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers)

New partners include: ALT Consultores, Altia Consultores S.L., DoubleClick, Intelligence Technologies S.A., Marketing Direct, Inc., S & L Siemonsen GmbH, S3 Store System Solutions srl, Saras America, Inc., Systems Evolution Inc, SYSTIME, Tecnologia de Gerencia Comercial SA (GEMCO), WNF Consulting.

Awards for Applications of MicroStrategy Software and Recognition for MicroStrategy’s Financial Turnaround

In June 2003, MicroStrategy and its customers won noteworthy awards for applications of the MicroStrategy business intelligence platform. MicroStrategy and the State of Tennessee’s Department of Finance and Administration were honored with a DM Review World Class Solution Award for a MicroStrategy application that processes and analyzes millions of Tennessee financial records in an efficient manner. This MicroStrategy application has reduced costs and significantly improved the quality of financial information for decision-making by state officials. The DM Review World Class Solutions Award, a symbol of excellence within the business intelligence and data warehousing industry, originated in 1996.

Also in June, the CIO of MicroStrategy customer Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Steve Stone, won a 2003 Executive Technology Magazine CIO/IT Leadership & Innovation Award for his business intelligence deployment. Lowe’s has deployed the MicroStrategy business intelligence platform to anchor all of its business intelligence applications. One MicroStrategy application, called DART (Data Access and Reporting Tool), plays a key role in empowering employees to obtain any piece of data critical to lifting sales or improving inventory efficiency.

In early July 2003, MicroStrategy was added to the Russell 3000(R) Index. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98 percent of the investable U.S. equity market. MicroStrategy President and CFO Eric Brown noted that “inclusion in this index will help raise MicroStrategy’s visibility with investors and institutions that rely on the Russell indices as part of their investment strategy.”

Outlook and Financial Guidance Information

The following statements are subject to risks and uncertainties described at the end of this press release. Management guidance for 2003 contained herein is valid as of today only and supersedes any previously announced guidance as to the company’s expectations for financial results for 2003.

In considering management’s guidance for the consolidated continuing operations of MicroStrategy for the quarter ending September 30, 2003 and for the full year 2003, it should be noted that on July 30, 2003 (the “Conversion Date”), MicroStrategy will convert the remaining $53,035,445 in principal amount outstanding of its 71/2% series A unsecured notes (the “Notes”) plus all accrued and unpaid interest into class A common stock. The conversion will result in MicroStrategy issuing an aggregate of approximately 1,656,297 shares of class A common stock (the “Conversion Shares”). On the Conversion Date, the company expects to incur a non-recurring, non-cash charge equal to the difference between the fair market value of the Conversion Shares on the Conversion Date and approximately $39.8 million, the carrying value of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Conversion Date. For example, if the fair market value of a Conversion Share on the Conversion Date were equal to $40.86, the closing sale price per share of the class A common stock on July 28, 2003, MicroStrategy would incur a non-recurring, non-cash charge in the third quarter of 2003 of approximately $27.9 million as a result of the conversion. Since the fair market value of a Conversion Share on the Conversion Date may be higher or lower than the $40.86 assumed in the example above, the actual charge attributable to the conversion of the Notes may be higher or lower than the $27.9 million reflected in the above example. The actual charge will impact MicroStrategy’s GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2003 and for the year ended December 31, 2003.

Assuming a charge of $27.9 million attributable to the conversion of the Notes, management offers the following guidance for the consolidated continuing operations of MicroStrategy for the quarter ending September 30, 2003 and for the full year 2003:

Approximate Ranges
(in millions, except for
per share data Full Year 2003
Q3 2003 Range Range

Revenue $36.0 – $39.0 $155.0 – $165.0
Net income (loss) ($26.6)- ($25.0) ($16.7)- ($11.7)

GAAP basic and diluted earnings
(loss) per share ($1.75)- ($1.60) ($1.17)- ($0.77)

GAAP basic and diluted weighted
average shares outstanding 15.2 – 15.7 14.3 – 15.3

Additional Financial Information

Discount amortization expense on
notes payable $0.3 – $0.3 $2.1 – $2.1
Restructuring charge $0.0 – $0.0 $1.7 – $1.7
Loss on conversion of notes payable $27.9 – $27.9 $27.9 – $27.9
Loss on early extinguishment of
notes payable $0.0 – $0.0 $0.8 – $0.8
Amortization of intangible assets $0.0 – $0.0 $0.2 – $0.2
Total $28.2 – $28.2 $32.7 – $32.7

Adjusted diluted weighted average
shares outstanding 16.5 – 16.0 16.0 – 15.0

(Note: The adjusted diluted weighted average sharecount was estimated
by taking the GAAP Basic and Diluted weighted average sharecount and
adding an estimate for employee stock options)

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are integrating MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength software into virtually all facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities — excellent scalability, powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.

MicroStrategy has over 2,000 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Best Buy, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and JD Edwards. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at http://www.microstrategy.com .

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy 7, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, and MicroStrategy 7i 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 its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

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

Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2003 2002 (1) 2003 2002 (1)
(unaudited) (as adjusted) (unaudited) (as adjusted)

Revenues
Product licenses $19,637 $15,032 $36,166 $29,530
Product support
and other services 23,996 21,798 44,902 42,959
Total revenues 43,633 36,830 81,068 72,489

Cost of Revenues
Product licenses 739 572 1,529 1,093
Product support
and other services 6,419 6,486 12,377 13,126
Total cost
of revenues 7,158 7,058 13,906 14,219

Gross profit 36,475 29,772 67,162 58,270

Operating Expenses
Sales and marketing 14,279 11,411 26,962 23,881
Research and
development 7,798 6,850 14,731 12,201
General and
administrative 7,963 6,812 15,147 13,574
Restructuring and
impairment charges 1,699 1,162 1,699 2,394
Amortization of
intangible assets 18 862 148 1,827
Total operating
expenses 31,757 27,097 58,687 53,877

Income from
operations 4,718 2,675 8,475 4,393

Financing and Other
(Expense) Income
Interest income 281 179 371 409
Interest expense
(note 2) (2,049) (1,659) (4,347) (3,278)
Loss on investments – (205) – (494)
Reduction in
estimated cost
of litigation
settlement – 7,936 – 11,396
Loss on early
extinguishment of
notes payable (858) – (840) –
Gain on contract
termination – 16,837 – 16,837
Other income, net 133 2,169 95 2,053
Total financing
and other
(expense) income (2,493) 25,257 (4,721) 26,923

Income before
income taxes 2,225 27,932 3,754 31,316
(Benefit) provision
for income taxes (71) 420 793 819

Net income 2,296 27,512 2,961 30,497
Dividends on
and accretion
of convertible
preferred stock – (2,566) – (5,123)

Net income
attributable to
common stockholders $2,296 $24,946 $2,961 $25,374

Basic earnings
per share $0.16 $2.43 $0.21 $2.58
Diluted earnings
per share $0.15 $2.41 $0.20 $2.54
Basic weighted
average shares
outstanding 14,088 10,440 13,939 10,140
Diluted weighted
average shares
outstanding 14,940 10,498 14,500 10,303

(1) On July 30, 2002, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a reverse
stock split of the Company’s common stock at a ratio of one-for-ten.
All references to common share and per common share amounts for the
prior periods presented have been retroactively restated to reflect
this reverse split.

(2) Interest expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003
includes discount amortization expense on notes payable of $883 and
$1,856, respectively.

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

June 30, December 31,
2003 2002
Assets (unaudited) (audited)
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $34,874 $15,036
Restricted cash 679 6,173
Short-term investments 30 44
Accounts receivable, net 28,956 28,195
Prepaid expenses and other current
assets 4,228 5,032
Deferred tax assets, net 740 495
Total current assets 69,507 54,975

Property and equipment, net 16,884 18,471
Goodwill and intangible assets, net 639 789
Capitalized software development
costs, net 3,490 4,414
Deposits and other assets 1,346 1,224
Deferred tax assets, net 76 –
Total Assets $91,942 $79,873

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
(Deficit)
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued
expenses $15,235 $15,267
Accrued compensation and
employee benefits 12,536 11,352
Accrued interest 231 244
Accrued restructuring costs 4,215 5,222
Deferred revenue and advance
payments 28,215 23,961
Deferred tax liabilities, net 10 –
Notes payable 4,955 4,698
Net liabilities of
discontinued operations 1,011 1,151
Total current liabilities 66,408 61,895

Deferred revenue and advance payments 1,835 1,381
Other long-term liabilities 2,084 2,402
Accrued restructuring costs 3,708 3,663
Notes payable 39,183 45,041

Total Liabilities 113,218 114,382

Stockholders’ equity (deficit):
Preferred stock undesignated;
$0.001 par value; 4,971 shares
authorized; no shares issued or
outstanding – –
Class A common stock; $0.001 par
value; 330,000 shares authorized;
10,455 and 9,157 shares
issued and outstanding,
respectively 10 9
Class B common stock; $0.001 par
value; 165,000 shares authorized;
3,703 and 4,619 shares
issued and outstanding,
respectively 4 5
Additional paid-in capital 315,000 305,334
Deferred compensation – (17)
Accumulated other comprehensive income 2,759 2,170
Accumulated deficit (339,049) (342,010)
Total Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) (21,276) (34,509)

Total Liabilities and
Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) $91,942 $79,873

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
Computation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

Three months ended Three months ended
June 30, 2003 June 30, 2002
Per Per
Income Shares Share Income Shares Share
(Numerator)(Denominator)Amount(Numerator)(Denominator)Amount

Net income $2,296 $27,512

Dividends on
and accretion
of convertible
preferred stock – (2,566)

Net income
attributable
to common
stockholders 2,296 24,946

Effect of
common stock:
Weighted average
shares of
class A
common stock – 10,385 – 5,079
Weighted average
shares of
class B
common stock – 3,703 – 4,643
Series A
preferred stock – – 151 428
Series D
preferred stock – – 244 290

Basic earnings
per share 2,296 14,088 $0.16 25,341 10,440 $2.43

Effect of
dilutive
securities:
Employee stock
options – 852 – 58

Diluted earnings
per share $2,296 14,940 $0.15 $25,341 10,498 $2.41

The numerator in the basic and diluted earnings per share calculation for the three months ended June 30, 2002 has been adjusted to add back $395,000 of dividends and accretion on the series A and D preferred stock that would have been excluded from net income attributable to common stockholders assuming conversion at the beginning of the period under the if-converted method.

The diluted earnings per share calculation for the three months ended June 30, 2002 excluded the series B and C preferred stock, which were convertible into 265,000 and 159,000 weighted average shares of class A common stock, respectively, because their effect would have been anti-dilutive.

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
Computation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

Six months ended Six months ended
June 30, 2003 June 30, 2002
Per Per
Income Shares Share Income Shares Share
(Numerator)(Denominator)Amount(Numerator)(Denominator)Amount

Net income $2,961 $30,497

Dividends on
and accretion
of convertible
preferred stock – (5,123)

Net income
attributable
to common
stockholders 2,961 25,374

Effect of
common stock:
Weighted average
shares of
class A
common stock – 10,236 – 4,887
Weighted average
shares of
class B
common stock – 3,703 – 4,643
Series A
preferred stock – – 327 320
Series D
preferred stock – – 474 290

Basic earnings
per share 2,961 13,939 $0.21 26,175 10,140 $2.58

Effect of
dilutive
securities:
Employee stock
options – 561 – 163

Diluted earnings
per share $2,961 14,500 $0.20 $26,175 10,303 $2.54

The numerator in the basic and diluted earnings per share calculation for the six months ended June 30, 2002 has been adjusted to add back $801,000 of dividends and accretion on the series A and D preferred stock that would have been excluded from net income attribuable to common stockholders assuming conversion at the beginning of the period under the if-converted method.

The diluted earnings per share calculation for the six months ended June 30, 2002 excluded the series B and C preferred stock, which were convertible into 265,000 and 159,000 weighted average shares of class A common stock, respectively, because their effect would have been anti-dilutive.

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
Additional Financial Information

Net Income and Additional
Financial Information
(in thousands)
(unaudited) Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2003 2002 2003 2002

Net income $2,296 $27,512 $2,961 $30,497

Additional Financial Information
Restructuring and impairment charges 1,699 1,162 1,699 2,394
Amortization of intangible assets 18 862 148 1,827
Loss on investments – 205 – 494
Reduction in estimated cost of
litigation settlement – (7,936) – (11,396)
Loss on early extinguishments
of notes payable 858 – 840 –
Gain on contract termination – (16,837) – (16,837)
Discount amortization expense on
notes payable 883 – 1,856 –
Other non-recurring items – (65) – (284)
Total $3,458 $(22,609) $4,543 $(23,802)

Additional Financial Information –
Cash vs. Non-cash
(in thousands)
(unaudited) Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2003 2002 2003 2002

Non-cash:
Amortization of intangible assets $18 $862 $148 $1,827
Loss on investments – 205 – 494
Reduction in estimated cost of
litigation settlement – (7,936) – (11,396)
Loss on early extinguishments
of notes payable 858 – 840 –
Gain on contract termination – (16,837) – (16,837)
Discount amortization expense on
notes payable 883 – 1,856 –
Other non-recurring items – (65) – (78)
Total non-cash 1,759 (23,771) 2,844 (25,990)

Cash:
Restructuring and impairment charges 1,699 1,162 1,699 2,394
Other non-recurring items – – – (206)
Total cash 1,699 1,162 1,699 2,188

Total $3,458 $(22,609) $4,543 $(23,802)

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
Non-Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“Non-GAAP”)
Financial Measures

Management believes that the presentation of the additional financial information is helpful in understanding the ongoing operating results and cash flow indicators with respect to the Company’s core business because the additional financial items are non-cash or cash related gains and expenses incurred during the period that are not associated with ongoing operating results and are not cash flow indicators of the Company’s core business operations.

EBITDA and Additional
Financial Information
(in thousands)
(unaudited) Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2003 2002 2003 2002

Net income attributable
to common stockholders $2,296 $24,946 $2,961 $25,374

Interest income (281) (179) (371) (409)
Interest expense 2,049 1,659 4,347 3,278
(Benefit) provision for
income taxes (71) 420 793 819
Depreciation and amortization 2,247 2,559 4,594 5,087
Amortization of intangible assets 18 862 148 1,827

EBITDA $6,258 $30,267 $12,472 $35,976

Additional Financial Information:
Restructuring and
impairment charges 1,699 1,162 1,699 2,394
Loss on investments – 205 – 494
Reduction in estimated cost of
litigation settlement – (7,936) – (11,396)
Loss on early extinguishment of
notes payable 858 – 840 –
Gain on contract termination – (16,837) – (16,837)
Other income (133) (2,169) (95) (2,053)
Dividends on and accretion of
convertible preferred stock – 2,566 – 5,123

Total $2,424 $(23,009) $2,444 $(22,275)

SOURCE MicroStrategy Incorporated

CONTACT: Marc Brailov of MicroStrategy Incorporated, +1-703-770-1670,
cell: +1-703-407-9884, or mbrailov@microstrategy.com
Web site: http://www.microstrategy.com

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Global Telecommunications Company Telef

Nearly 2,000 Knowledge Workers Utilize Information

McLean, Va., (July 28, 2003) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that its customer Telefónica S.A. (NYSE and Madrid Exchange: TEF) has licensed the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) to expand the reach of its enterprise business intelligence applications. Telefónica is the leading telecommunications operator in the Spanish and Portuguese speaking world and the second-largest European operator in terms of stock market capitalization.

“Our MicroStrategy system is a valuable component of our business, as the technology enables our employees to review and analyze information to make better business decisions,” said Luis Morán Abad, manager of technology architecture and information systems at Telefónica. “By adopting MicroStrategy technology across the enterprise, we have seen the speed by which decisions are made and productivity levels increase. MicroStrategy’s intuitive Web interface lets users analyze and share corporate data with ease, and satisfies the business requirements of our widespread end-user community.”

Telefónica has deployed a number of business intelligence applications across the enterprise, including applications for sales analysis, financial analysis, purchase reporting, audit reporting and marketing campaign analysis. Approximately 2,000 users access Oracle® and SQL Server® data warehouses, and rely on MicroStrategy to access information and to share insight with other employees globally via the Web.

“We’re proud to count Telefónica, a global leader in telecommunications, as a MicroStrategy customer,” said MicroStrategy COO Sanju K. Bansal. “MicroStrategy is equipping telecommunications service providers with the technology to recognize new revenue streams, streamline operations, and deliver value-added customer experiences. MicroStrategy’s sophisticated capabilities are well suited for our telecommunications customers, including Telefónica, whose business requirements depend on a scalable, integrated and Web-based infrastructure for mission- critical reporting and analysis.”

About Telefónica, S.A.

Telefónica S.A. is the leading telecommunications operator in the Spanish and Portuguese speaking world and the second-largest European operator in terms of stock market capitalization. Telefónica provides a complete range of communications services which includes fixed telephony, mobile telephony, data transmission and added-value services, business services, internet access, directories, CRM services and content. Telefónica has over 90 million customers. Its main markets comprise 16 countries (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, USA/Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, united Kingdom and Marocco), although it is present in almost 50. At the end of December 2002, Telefónica had over 157,000 employees, half of them in Latin America. Considering 2001 full year, Telefónica’s turnover reached 31,052.6 million of euros and a net profit of 2,106.8 million euros.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are integrating MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength software into virtually all facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities — excellent scalability, powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.

MicroStrategy has over 2,000 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Best Buy, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and JD Edwards. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy’s software, visit MicroStrategy’s Web site at www.microstrategy.com.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including its estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

MicroStrategy is a registered trademark of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Marc Brailov
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 770-1670
mbrailov@microstrategy.com

Marc Brailov
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 770-1670
mbrailov@microstrategy.com

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