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MicroStrategy Italy Honors Three Companies for Their Business Intelligence Achievements

Ragioneria Generale dello Stato, Trenitalia, and Vodafone Italia Recognized at the MicroStrategy Symposium in Rome

McLean, Va., (October 18, 2006) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today recognized three companies for demonstrating best practices in their business intelligence deployments. The MicroStrategy Honors Award recognizes organizations for outstanding corporate performance improvements as a result of their MicroStrategy-based BI applications. The MicroStrategy Italy Honors Award winners for 2006 are Ragioneria Generale dello Stato, Trenitalia, and Vodafone Italia. The awards were announced today at the MicroStrategy Symposium in Rome, Italy.

Each of the companies selected for the MicroStrategy Italy Honors Award has demonstrated an innovative approach to delivering business intelligence throughout their organization to significantly enhance corporate performance. “We are delighted to recognize these leading organizations for demonstrating best practices in their MicroStrategy business intelligence deployments,” said MicroStrategy COO Sanju Bansal. “We applaud them for their exceptional use of business intelligence to improve business performance, streamline efficiency and productivity, increase revenues, and enhance customer relationships.”

The following is a brief description of the MicroStrategy Italy Honors Award recipients and their BI applications:

Ragioneria Generale dello Stato: The Italian Treasury Department monitors and controls government expenses with PointRGS, a highly customized Web-based dashboard anchored by MicroStrategy technology that was developed by Consip on behalf of the Ragioneria Generale dello Stato, Italy’s State General Accounting Department of the Ministry of Finance. The Ragioneria relies on PointRGS to monitor general economic trends across Italy’s economy, as well as uncover anomalies or poorly performing trends, to make decisions that impact the national political economy and meet the thresholds imposed by the European Union. With the technology, Treasury department analysts are able to more accurately forecast the domestic debt, calculate the Gross Domestic Product, and reconcile the national budget and public expenditures.

Trenitalia: Trenitalia, the primary operator of trains within Italy, is the transport company of Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato. Trenitalia employees are using the MicroStrategy platform to compare sales information against a variety of indices, such as kilometers traveled, routes, client categories, transportation categories, marketing campaigns, payment methods, and times of purchase. Furthermore, Trenitalia selected MicroStrategy to standardize many BI projects on a single enterprise Business Intelligence platform to dramatically reduce costs, improve responsiveness, and optimize corporate performance.

Vodafone: Vodafone Italia is part of the Vodafone Group, the world leader in the mobile telecommunications sector, operating in 27 countries, with Network partnerships in another 33 countries. Vodafone Italia was Italy’s first private mobile telephony operator. Since it was established in 1995, it has been known for its innovative approach to services and communications. MicroStrategy was selected by Vodafone to support the Sales and Marketing organization in analyzing marketing campaigns and evaluating customer satisfaction. MicroStrategy is also used in the Customer Operation area, enabling managers and administrators to analyze the management and performance of call centers located across Italy.

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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Mollen Immunization Clinics of North America Deploys Angel.com On-Demand IVR Solution via Salesforce.com’s AppExchange to Improve Efficiency of Flu Vaccination Programs

SurveyByFone by Angel.com Enables Mollen Field Personnel to Track and Transfer Data to Their Salesforce.com account

SAN FRANCISCO (October 09, 2006) –

Angel.com, a leading provider of on-demand call center and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solutions and a division of MicroStrategy® Inc. (NASDAQ: MSTR), and salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM), the market and technology leader in on-demand business services, announced today at Dreamforce ’06 that Mollen Immunization has deployed SurveyByFone by Angel.com via the salesforce.com AppExchange.

Mollen conducts annual campaigns to ensure that all Americans, even those of limited means, are immunized against influenza, pneumococcal and tetanus viruses. To reach as many Americans as possible, Mollen employs nurses to provide vaccinations on site at pharmacies, grocery stores, offices, and community centers throughout the United States – and with Angel.com’s SurveyByFone application, this process recently became easier and more cost-effective.

With Angel.com’s SurveyByFone application, Mollen’s offsite nurses can check in and out of work without needing to be near a computer. And since each nurse is required to take a phone-based daily status survey, Mollen is also able to monitor drug inventory levels and ensure that supply meets demand.

“Managing a large, remote staff and a widespread inventory of drugs is very challenging,” said John Roehm, CEO of Mollen Clinics. “SurveyByFone by Angel.com is an ideal solution for Mollen because it provides all the benefits of an internet application without the need to find or use a computer; and its availability via AppExchange allowed for rapid and seamless deployment.”

“Angel.com takes pride in providing IVR solutions that can help businesses operate more efficiently and effectively, and the Mollen SurveyByFone application is a perfect example,” said Mike Zirngibl, CEO of Angel.com. “Based on feedback from salesforce.com customers like Mollen, phone-enabling critical functionality within salesforce.com accounts is a very attractive feature.”

“Salesforce.com and Angel.com share a commitment to providing software as a service to minimize cost and confusion, freeing our customers to focus on their core business,” said Matt Holleran, vice president, AppExchange partners, salesforce.com. “The new SurveyByFone application for Mollen Clinics is a great example of this philosophy in action.”

SurveyByFone is one of more than 375 applications now available on the salesforce.com AppExchange, the world’s first on-demand directory and sharing service, found at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange.

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. To learn more about Angel.com, 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.

About salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is the market and technology leader in on-demand business services. The company’s Salesforce suite of on-demand applications enables customers to manage and share all of their sales, support, marketing and partner information on-demand. Apex, salesforce.com’s on-demand platform and programming language, enables customers, developers and partners to build powerful new on-demand applications, and for the first time, to write and run their own code hosted with the security, reliability, upgradeability and ease-of-use of salesforce.com’s industry-leading multi-tenant service. Customers can also take advantage of Successforce, salesforce.com’s world-class training, support, consulting and best practices offerings.

As of July 31, 2006, salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately 24,800 customers and approximately 501,000 paying subscribers including Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), America Online (AOL), Avis/Budget Rent A Car (Cendant Rental Car Group), Dow Jones Newswires, Nokia, Polycom and SunTrust Banks. Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other press releases or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase salesforce.com applications should make their purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce.com has headquarters in San Francisco, with offices in Europe and Asia, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “CRM”. For more information please visit http://www.salesforce.com, or call 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE.

Salesforce.com is a registered trademark of, and Apex, AppExchange and Successforce are trademarks of, salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, California. Other names used may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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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New IVR Solutions LeadByFone and RecordByFone by Angel.com Now Available on Salesforce.com’s AppExchange

New Solutions Allow Salesforce.com Users to Phone-Enable Critical Lead Generation and Prospecting Functions within Their Salesforce Implementations

SAN FRANCISCO (October 09, 2006) –

Angel.com, a leading provider of on-demand call center and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solutions and a division of MicroStrategy® Inc. (NASDAQ: MSTR), and salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM), the market and technology leader in on-demand business services, announced the expansion of Angel.com’s suite of SalesforceByFone applications today at Dreamforce ’06, the salesforce.com User and Developer Conference.

LeadByFone and RecordByFone by Angel.com are on-demand, speech-enabled Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solutions that make capturing and analyzing client or prospect data more accurate, more efficient and more cost-effective. Built on the AppExchange on-demand platform, LeadByFone and RecordByFone are immediately available for test drive and deployment at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange.

While capturing data via live operator or transcription may cost more than $2.00 per call and can be time-consuming and error-prone, LeadByFone automatically captures caller information during the call, providing accurate and actionable data at a fraction of the cost of live operator or transcription data capture. Ideal for handling traffic spikes generated from promotions, LeadByFone eliminates busy signals, long waits in queues or off-hours inaccessibility.

RecordByFone provides immediate access to recordings of calls following their completion, with detailed reporting of all data captured. All recordings are stored and hosted at Angel.com, with access to the recordings as simple as a click to a sound file URL. Companies use RecordByFone for a variety of purposes, including tracking, quality monitoring, performance measurement and training.

Both applications are deployed with the award-winning, Web-based Site Builder toolkit, so no investment in hardware or software is required and deployments and customizations can occur in minutes right from a Salesforce account.

“With LeadByFone and RecordByFone, Angel.com is bringing two new and innovative on-demand IVR solutions to the salesforce.com user community,” said Angel.com CEO Mike Zirngibl. “Like salesforce.com, Angel.com believes in the on-demand model. LeadByFone and RecordByFone allow salesforce.com customers to create cost-effective IVR solutions that can improve customer service, lead generation, and follow up.”

“Angel.com is a valued member of salesforce.com’s AppExchange partner community and we welcome the company’s innovation and introduction of new IVR applications,” said Matt Holleran, vice president, AppExchange partners, salesforce.com. “Angel.com’s SupportFone and SurveyByFone bring exciting new capabilities to AppExchange and we look forward to offering LeadByFone and RecordByFone.”

Other Angel.com SalesforceByFone applications include SupportByFone, which allows the phone management of salesforce.com’s Service and Support offering, and SurveyByFone, a phone survey application that integrates with Salesforce accounts. Information about all Angel.com SalesforceByFone products can be found at http://www.angel.com/partners/salesforce.jsp.

LeadByFone and RecordByFone by Angel.com are two of the more than 375 applications now available on the salesforce.com AppExchange, the world’s first on-demand directory and sharing service, found at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange.

Apex is salesforce.com’s breakthrough new on-demand platform and programming language that is redefining what a multi-tenant on-demand application can be. Apex enables customers, developers and partners to build powerful new on-demand applications that go far beyond CRM, and for the first time, to write and run their own code hosted with the security, reliability, upgradeability and ease-of-use of salesforce.com’s industry-leading multi-tenant service. Customers can use Apex to modify the core features and functionality of their Salesforce deployments for their unique business needs and quickly and easily integrate new applications and components from partners and developers. Without any infrastructure investment, developers can now build and run a virtually unlimited array of applications with unprecedented power to innovate with the same creative freedom as salesforce.com’s own developers.

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 patented 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. To learn more about Angel.com, 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

About salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is the market and technology leader in on-demand business services. The company’s Salesforce suite of on-demand applications enables customers to manage and share all of their sales, support, marketing and partner information on-demand. Apex, salesforce.com’s on-demand platform and programming language, enables customers, developers and partners to build powerful new on-demand applications, and for the first time, to write and run their own code hosted with the security, reliability, upgradeability and ease-of-use of salesforce.com’s industry-leading multi-tenant service. Customers can also take advantage of Successforce, salesforce.com’s world-class training, support, consulting and best practices offerings.

As of July 31, 2006, salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately 24,800 customers and approximately 501,000 paying subscribers including Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), America Online (AOL), Avis/Budget Rent A Car (Cendant Rental Car Group), Dow Jones Newswires, Nokia, Polycom and SunTrust Banks. Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other press releases or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase salesforce.com applications should make their purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce.com has headquarters in San Francisco, with offices in Europe and Asia, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “CRM”. For more information please visit http://www.salesforce.com, or call 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE. Salesforce.com is a registered trademark of, and Apex, AppExchange and Successforce are trademarks of, salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, California. Other names used may be trademarks of their respective owners.

MicroStrategy, Angel.com, Site Builder are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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MicroStrategy Announces Fall Symposium in Chicago

Two-day Event Offers Collaborative Forum for Business Intelligence Solutions

McLean, Va., (September 28, 2006) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that it will host its Fall Symposium in Chicago, Illinois at the Westin Chicago River North, October 10-11, 2006. The Symposium will offer technical and business sessions to provide participants with practical tools to enhance business intelligence performance.

The Symposium’s two-day agenda will feature a broad range of sessions covering topics including reporting, analysis and monitoring; advanced development techniques for designing more efficient BI applications; and best practices in deployment, administration, and performance tuning. MicroStrategy product managers and engineers will lead the technical sessions and demonstrate advanced BI development techniques as well as proven strategies for optimizing BI application usage and performance.

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 Fall Symposium in Chicago include Hallmark Cards, known throughout the world for its greeting cards; Things Remembered, the nation’s largest personalized gift chain; Rite-Hite Corporation, a worldwide leader in the development, manufacture, and sale of loading dock safety systems and industrial door solutions; and Quixtar, a top retailer in the online Health and Beauty category.

“We are delighted that the MicroStrategy Symposiums continue to garner excellent feedback from attendees, who recognize the value of sharing best practices, learning new ideas to enhance BI performance, and networking with other BI professionals,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “We look forward to another excellent event in Chicago.”

To find out more about the MicroStrategy Fall Symposium in Chicago, visit: www.microstrategy.com/ChicagoSymposium2006.

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

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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

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MicroStrategy Symposium in Rome to Highlight Business Intelligence Success Strategies

Leading Companies Share Best Practices in Business Intelligence

McLean, Va., (September 21, 2006) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that it will host a Symposium in Rome, October 17-18, 2006, at the Sheraton Golf Parco de’ Medici. The two-day event will provide an 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.

The Symposium will highlight real-world case studies on how industry-leading companies use MicroStrategy to improve operational efficiencies, increase revenues, and enhance business performance. The companies scheduled to present at the Symposium include Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Consip, Gruppo PAM, Gucci, Holding dei Giochi, Ministero dell’Istruzione, Poste Italiane, Rai, Trenitalia, and Wyeth.

Symposium participants can choose from dozens of educational sessions with valuable technical insights on BI application usage and performance. MicroStrategy product managers and engineers will demonstrate advanced BI development techniques, new features in MicroStrategy 8 to enhance BI applications, and tips for optimizing BI application usage.

“We have an outstanding line-up of speakers scheduled for the upcoming MicroStrategy Symposium in Rome,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “Attendees will hear first-hand how these companies developed their business intelligence strategies, successfully deployed multiple projects across their enterprises, and achieved a return on their BI investments.”

“We are delighted to bring the MicroStrategy Symposium to Rome,” said Andrea Delvò, Vice President of MicroStrategy Italy. “The Symposium offers a collaborative environment for participants to share ideas and solve BI challenges.”

To learn more about the MicroStrategy Symposium in Rome, visit: http://www.microstrategy.com/RomeSymposium2006

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

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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

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MicroStrategy Brazil Recognizes Three Companies for Their Business Intelligence Achievements

Assai Atacadista, Banco Itaú Holding Financeira, and Serpro Honored at the MicroStrategy Symposium in São Paulo

McLean, Va., (September 14, 2006) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today honored three companies for demonstrating best practices in their business intelligence deployments. The MicroStrategy Honors Award recognizes organizations for outstanding corporate performance improvements as a result of their MicroStrategy-based BI applications. The MicroStrategy Brazil Honors Award winners for 2006 are Assai Atacadista, Banco Itaú Holding Financeira, and Serpro. The awards were announced this week at the MicroStrategy Symposium in São Paulo, Brazil.

By deploying MicroStrategy business intelligence applications, these companies are sharing information across their enterprises to enhance corporate performance, improve efficiency and productivity, increase revenues, and strengthen customer relationships. “Our customers are taking advantage of the opportunities that business intelligence can deliver, and we are delighted to recognize these leading companies for their achievements,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “Each company has taken a unique approach to delivering business intelligence throughout their organization and has demonstrated best practices in business intelligence to significantly enhance corporate performance.”

Assai Atacadista: Assai Atacadista, a food distribution company for pizzerias, restaurants, and buffets, uses business intelligence to support its goal of providing customers with fair prices and quality products. The company’s BI applications deliver operational insights into areas, including financial analysis, logistics, restocking, and quality standards. Managers and administrators use the information to enhance the management and performance of 13 stores across the São Paulo region.

Banco Itaú: Banco Itaú Holding Financeira is one of Brazil’s largest private banks. The bank has increased its productivity by using MicroStrategy to extract strategic insight from its data warehousing environment. Banco Itaú analyzes customer retention and product evolution to improve its corporate marketing goals and activities. Banco Itaú Holding Financeira has 16 million customers and 4,558 units, such as branches, bank service points, ATMs and Taií companies and outlets.

Serpro: The Federal Data Processing Service (SERPRO – Serviço Federal de Processamento de Dados) is Brazil’s largest state-owned IT service provider. Serpro provides BI solutions to customers to assist them in tracking operations and supporting decision-making in multiple areas, including human resources, purchasing, national real estate assets, transportation, taxes, national active liabilities, ground infrastructure, and national accounts audit. Over 3,300 users perform analytic queries and run reports for a wide range of customers.

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

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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

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MicroStrategy Wins Patent Lawsuit Against Business Objects

Court Affirms Ruling that MicroStrategyâ??s â??Much More Sophisticatedâ? Products Do Not Infringe Business Objectsâ?? â??Semantic Layerâ? Patent

McLean, Va., (September 14, 2006) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that it has won an appellate court decision affirming the dismissal of the sole remaining claim in a lawsuit brought by Business Objects, S.A. (NASDAQ: BOBJ) in October 2001 alleging that MicroStrategy infringed United States Patent No. 5,555,403, entitled “Relational Database Access System Using Semantically Dynamic Objects” (“the ‘403 patent”) owned by Business Objects.

In a unanimous opinion issued September 13, 2006, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a 2005 summary judgment ruling of a federal district court in San Francisco that found that MicroStrategy’s products use a “much more sophisticated approach to generating queries” than the invention claimed by Business Objects, and that the consequence of this greater sophistication is that MicroStrategy’s products have “greater and improved functionality” and generate “faster and more efficient queries” than Business Objects’ system. The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s holding that MicroStrategy’s products do not infringe the ‘403 patent as a result of these “numerous,” “important,” and “substantial” differences, and affirmed the district court’s dismissal of Business Objects’ lawsuit, which sought injunctive relief and damages in excess of $100 million, with prejudice. The Federal Circuit is located in Washington, D.C., and is the appellate court that hears all patent cases in the United States.

“This is a great victory for MicroStrategy and its customers, employees, and shareholders,” said Jonathan F. Klein, MicroStrategy’s Vice President, Law & General Counsel. “We have invested many millions of dollars to develop and deliver the industry’s most advanced and scalable business intelligence solutions. The Federal Circuit’s ruling confirms the substantial differences between MicroStrategy’s enterprise-class technology and the basic ideas embodied in Business Objects’ products and ‘403 patent filed more than a decade ago,” continued Klein.

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

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including its plans for pursuing future legal claims against Business Objects, 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: changes the Company’s evaluation of the likelihood of success on various claims, the legal costs necessary to pursue such claims and the potential magnitude of any recovery of damages relating to such claims; general economic conditions; 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, 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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Fieldstone Mortgage Chooses MicroStrategy as Enterprise Business Intelligence Standard

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Fieldstone Mortgage Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fieldstone Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: FICC), has selected MicroStrategy as its enterprise standard

McLean, Va., (September 13, 2006) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Fieldstone Mortgage Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fieldstone Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: FICC), has selected MicroStrategy as its enterprise standard. Fieldstone Mortgage Company is one of the nation’s leading direct residential lenders that originates first and second lien mortgage loans through both wholesale and retail channels.

Fieldstone Mortgage initially selected MicroStrategy in 2005 to provide a small group of users with reporting and analysis capabilities for critical areas of the business. In early 2006, Fieldstone Mortgage expanded its deployment of MicroStrategy to address increased demand for more reports to more users. As a result of its success with MicroStrategy, Fieldstone Mortgage has now made MicroStrategy its business intelligence standard for the entire organization. MicroStrategy was selected because of its industrial-strength platform, analytical performance, and user-friendly reporting features.

“From our first application, we quickly realized the significant benefits of MicroStrategy’s reporting and analysis capabilities,” said John Camp, CIO of Fieldstone Mortgage Company. “We are delighted to make MicroStrategy available to our entire organization. The ability to rapidly create reports and modify report content to view different scenarios is extremely valuable in helping us to make analytically-based business decisions, in real-time.”

“We are pleased that Fieldstone Mortgage Company is achieving success with its business intelligence applications and has selected MicroStrategy as its enterprise standard,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy’s COO. “MicroStrategy’s flexible and scalable architecture provides customers with a broad spectrum of reporting options that can be delivered to large and diverse audiences across the enterprise.”

About Fieldstone Mortgage Company
Fieldstone Investment Corporation owns and manages a portfolio of non-conforming mortgage loans originated primarily by its mortgage origination subsidiary, Fieldstone Mortgage Company, and has elected to be a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. Founded in 1995, Fieldstone Mortgage Company is a nationwide residential mortgage banking company that originates non-conforming and conforming residential mortgage loans through independent mortgage brokers serviced by regional wholesale operations centers and a network of retail branch offices located throughout the country. Fieldstone is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland. To find out more, please visit, www.fieldstonemortgage.com or www.fieldstoneinvestment.com.

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

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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

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Texas Department of Agriculture Deploys MicroStrategy for Enterprise-wide Business Intelligence

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that the Texas Department of Agriculture has deployed MicroStrategy to support its business intelligence initiatives, providing reporting and analytics for multiple areas acro

McLean, Va., (August 30, 2006) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that the Texas Department of Agriculture has deployed MicroStrategy to support its business intelligence initiatives, providing reporting and analytics for multiple areas across the agency.

The Texas Department of Agriculture uses MicroStrategy in numerous business areas including finance, HR, and telecommunications. Approximately 500 state employees use MicroStrategy for reporting, analysis, and monitoring.

“MicroStrategy is proud of its relationship with the Texas Department of Agriculture,” said MicroStrategy’s COO Sanju Bansal. “MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength platform and intuitive Web interface extend the benefits of enterprise business intelligence to all levels of users across the agency.”

MicroStrategy’s technology has been selected by state and federal government organizations for its user-friendly reporting features, data scalability, and its ability to be Web-deployed to thousands of users securely. Some of MicroStrategy’s government customers include: U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Ohio Department of Education, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Census Bureau, State of Tennessee, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Department of Homeland Security.

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

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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

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MicroStrategy to Host First Latin American Symposium in Sao Paulo, Brazil

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that it will host its first Latin American Symposium event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 12-13, 2006. The Sao Paulo Symposium will be held at the Caesar Park São Paulo Fari

McLean, Va., (August 17, 2006) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that it will host its first Latin American Symposium event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 12-13, 2006. The Sao Paulo Symposium will be held at the Caesar Park São Paulo Faria Lima.

The two-day Sao Paulo Symposium will feature informative technical tracks, customer case studies, and opportunities to exchange ideas with peers and MicroStrategy experts. A highlight of the Sao Paulo event will be presentations from MicroStrategy customers sharing their insights on how they developed their business intelligence strategies, deployed multiple projects across their enterprises, and achieved returns on their BI investments. Some of the companies from Brazil and Argentina that are scheduled to present at the Symposium include General Motors Brazil, Chevron Brazil, Redecard, Banco Central do Brasil, HSBC/BNL Argentina, Metrovías, and Banco Patagonia.

MicroStrategy Symposium attendees can choose from a wide range of technical sessions, led by MicroStrategy product managers and engineers, with practical information on BI application usage and performance. During the Symposium, participants can schedule a one-hour consultation, at no charge, with a member of the MicroStrategy Technical Advisory Services Team to discuss their most challenging BI questions.

“MicroStrategy Symposia continue to provide excellent venues for attendees to interact with MicroStrategy experts, hear what industry-leading companies have learned from their BI deployments, and network with peers,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “These events have been highly successful in the U.S. and Europe, and we are pleased to expand the schedule to offer our first Symposium in Latin America.”

MicroStrategy also plans to host Symposiums in Chicago, Illinois, October 10-11, and in Rome, Italy, October 17-18, 2006. To learn more about the upcoming MicroStrategy Symposia, visit http://www.microstrategy.com/Events/SymposiumSeries/

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

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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

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