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Oakwood Homes Standardizes on MicroStrategy for Enterprise-Wide Reporting and Analysis

Crystal Reports Environment Phased Out

MCLEAN, Va., (January 19, 2005) –

MicroStrategy(R) Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Oakwood Homes, LLC, Colorado’s largest privately held homebuilder, has phased out its Crystal Reports environment and recently expanded its MicroStrategy deployment.

Several hundred Oakwood Homes’ employees across finance, HR, sales and building operations groups receive MicroStrategy-based operational reports daily. A MicroStrategy-powered extranet environment lets trade partners, lenders and realtors prepare home buyers for the purchasing and closing of their new home. These reports enable the lender to gather proper documentation to ensure a more efficient home closing process. Additionally, customer care representatives use MicroStrategy to manage homeowners’ service requests. Oakwood expects the recently introduced reports to reduce the average number of days a service request is open by 20%.

“We’re excited about the efficiencies we’re realizing by standardizing on MicroStrategy for enterprise monitoring, reporting and analysis,” said Raymond Appel, Information Technology Manager at Oakwood Homes. “In particular, MicroStrategy Report Services is easy to use, feature-complete and very stable, allowing us to phase out other incumbent reporting products. The professional-looking report presentation results in a standardized and user- friendly reporting environment that we are very happy with.”

“MicroStrategy Report Services is becoming a central operational technology for successful companies like Oakwood Homes,” said MicroStrategy’s COO Sanju Bansal. “Customers are increasingly running their operations using MicroStrategy because it is designed to fulfill both their reporting and analytical requirements.”

Oakwood Homes

Oakwood Homes is Colorado’s largest privately held homebuilder, and is dedicated to providing home buyers with the best new home value in the marketplace. Oakwood Homes boasts a 97 percent customer satisfaction rating, and is the #1 selling homebuilder in Denver with more than 6,000 satisfied homeowners. For more information, please visit http://www.morehouselessmoney.com/index.asp.

About MicroStrategy

Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are increasingly integrating MicroStrategy’s business monitoring, reporting, and analysis software into their operations. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital insight to help drive cost-efficiency, revenue-generation, and productivity. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively empower thousands of employees, partners, and suppliers with the business insight they need to make better business decisions everyday.

MicroStrategy has over 2,800 enterprise-class customers, including Aventis, eBay, General Motors, Lowe’s Companies, Pfizer, Sprint, Telecom Italia, U.S. Postal Service, Visa International, Wells Fargo, and Yahoo!. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 300 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including HP, IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and Teradata, a division of NCR. 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.

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 ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i and MicroStrategy Report Services 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, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy Report Services, MicroStrategy 7, 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.

Bill Chatterton
MicroStrategy, Incorporated
703-744-3281
bchatterton@microstrategy.com

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MicroStrategy World 2005 Showcases Best Practices in Business Intelligence January 31-February 3, 2005 at The Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas

MicroStrategy 8â?¢ to be Unveiled

MCLEAN, Va., (January 13, 2005) –

MicroStrategy(R) Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, will host its annual worldwide user conference, MicroStrategy World 2005, starting January 31, 2005 at The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. MicroStrategy expects to draw over 1,000 conference attendees to the four-day event featuring 110 educational sessions, dozens of customer speakers from leading global organizations, and a twenty-company partner showcase highlighted by platinum sponsors IBM(R) and Teradata(R).

MicroStrategy World 2005 will also feature the live launch of MicroStrategy 8(TM), the highly anticipated upgrade to MicroStrategy’s industrial-strength Business Intelligence (BI) platform which has been in development for over two years. MicroStrategy 8(TM) includes an array of technical advances for the industry which will give companies new abilities to:

# extend business intelligence easily to everyone in the enterprise — from the most novice business users to the most sophisticated data analysts;
# deliver richer reporting and scorecard experience for business people; and
# reduce the time to design and deliver new reports and analyses throughout an enterprise and to partners and customers.

Attendees will have the opportunity to hear keynote addresses by industry thought leaders, including MicroStrategy’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael J. Saylor, Information Week Editor-in-Chief Stephanie Stahl, and OLAP Survey author Nigel Pendse, as they share their insights and predictions for the evolution of business intelligence and information technology.

Conference tracks will include: Reporting and Analyzing Business Performance; Advanced Reporting Techniques; Advanced BI Applications Development; Application Customization and Integration; Application Deployment, Administration, and Performance Tuning; and Customer Best Practices. Attendees will choose from 110 sessions of tutorials, discussions, and case studies geared to every level of expertise, from novices to advanced power users.

Executives from more than 30 world-class companies will share real-world case studies illuminating how they have used MicroStrategy to increase revenue, reduce operational costs, and improve growth. These companies include Ace Hardware Corporation, Ahold, Bank of Montreal, Charter Communications, Coca-Cola Bottler Sales and Service, Comcast, Cytokinetics, eBay, FedEx, Freddie Mac, Hallmark Cards, IMS Health, Ingenix, Intel, Lowe’s Companies, Meredith Corporation, MetLife, PPL Corporation, Premier, R.H. Donnelley, Redecard, Southern California Edison, Sprint, TRX, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, US Postal Service, Verispan, Visa (Inovant), Watkins Motor Lines and Wells Fargo.

The exciting combination of speakers, content and locations has led attendees to praise previous MicroStrategy World events:

“MicroStrategy World helps companies like Caremark maximize our investment in this vital technology, by developing and augmenting the expertise of professionals who are at the forefront of business intelligence. This conference is unrivaled in its industry because it offers countless opportunities for growth and learning.” — Jan Lethen, Director of Knowledge Management, Caremark Rx

“MicroStrategy World 2004 was the best MicroStrategy World event yet and I have attended them all. Thanks for a great conference!” — Todd Norris, Manager of Decision Support Services, Lowe’s Companies, Inc.

“MicroStrategy World 2004 was very educational and lots of fun — great job on producing a great event! We look forward to next year’s conference.” — Hemini Shah, Lead Developer, Ahold Information Services

“We are excited to be offering a strong conference in 2005, with outstanding speakers, insightful content, and valuable networking opportunities,” said Sanju Bansal, vice chairman and chief operating officer of MicroStrategy. “Our guests can look forward to a vibrant exchange of new ideas and fresh solutions to the complex and ever-evolving issues in business intelligence.”

Up-to-date agenda and registration information for MicroStrategy World 2005 is available at http://www.microstrategyworld.com. A 32-page copy of the Preliminary Program Guide is also available at http://www.microstrategyworld.com.

About MicroStrategy

Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are increasingly integrating MicroStrategy’s business monitoring, reporting, and analysis software into their operations. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital insight to help drive cost-efficiency, revenue-generation, and productivity. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively empower thousands of employees, partners, and suppliers with the business insight they need to make better business decisions everyday.

MicroStrategy has over 2,800 enterprise-class customers, including Aventis, eBay, General Motors, Lowe’s Companies, Pfizer, Sprint, Telecom Italia, U.S. Postal Service, Visa International, Wells Fargo, and Yahoo!. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 300 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including HP, IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and Teradata, a division of NCR. 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.

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 ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i and MicroStrategy Report Services 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, MicroStrategy 8, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, 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.

Bill Chatterton
MicroStrategy, Incorporated
703-744-3281
bchatterton@microstrategy.com

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MicroStrategy Positioned in Visionary Quadrant for Business Intelligence

Magic Quadrant Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

MCLEAN, Va., (January 10, 2005) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Gartner, Inc. has placed it in the visionary quadrant of both the Enterprise Business Intelligence Suites (EBIS) and BI Platform segments of Gartner Inc.’s 2004 “Magic Quadrants for Business Intelligence” report.(1)

“We are honored to be positioned so prominently in both the EBIS and BI Platforms Magic Quadrants,” said MicroStrategy’s COO Sanju Bansal, “We believe inclusion in both business intelligence quadrants highlights MicroStrategy’s exceptional ability to support a complete spectrum of business users and a wide variety of reporting and analysis applications from a single, integrated architecture.”

Recently, MicroStrategy introduced two new innovative products for business people to access and explore information stored in corporate databases.

* MicroStrategy Report Services allows business users to retrieve information from corporate databases for display in boardroom-quality documents over the web or in email. MicroStrategy Report Services is innovative because business people can link from high-level performance scorecards documents to more detailed information for further investigation, all within the same product
* MicroStrategy Office allows business users using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint®, Excel and Outlook, to instantly call up information stored in corporate databases without starting another program. This corporate information is immediately pasted into Word documents, presentations, spreadsheets and emails. These documents, presentations and emails can automatically update the corporate information each time they are opened because of “SmartTag” technology. Business users improve their efficiency and productivity because they no longer have to repeatedly cut and paste data from different programs.

Using these two products, non-technical business employees can exploit corporate information to make better informed business decisions that ultimately benefit the bottom line.

MicroStrategy also recently launched the MicroStrategy Universal Edition of its business reporting technology. This Universal edition provides the capacity and high-performance needed for thousands of additional business users, ranging from line-workers to top executives, to benefit from business intelligence. This 64-bit software is compatible with Microsoft Windows, IBM AIX® and Sun Solaris(TM) operating systems.

About the Gartner Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted November 29, 2004 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner’s analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the “Leaders” quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About MicroStrategy

Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are increasingly integrating MicroStrategy’s business monitoring, reporting, and analysis software into their operations. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital insight to help drive cost-efficiency, revenue-generation, and productivity. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively empower thousands of employees, partners, and suppliers with the business insight they need to make better business decisions everyday.

MicroStrategy has over 2,800 enterprise-class customers, including Aventis, eBay, General Motors, Lowe’s Companies, Pfizer, Sprint, Telecom Italia, U.S. Postal Service, Visa International, Wells Fargo, and Yahoo!. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 300 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including HP, IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and Teradata, a division of NCR. 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.

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 ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i and MicroStrategy Report Services 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.

(1) Gartner “Magic Quadrants for Enterprise BI Suites and Platforms,”

Dresner, Howard; Hostmann, Bill; Buytendijk, Frank; November 29, 2004.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy Report Services, MicroStrategy 7, MicroStrategy 7i, MicroStrategy Office 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.

Bill Chatterton
MicroStrategy, Incorporated
703-744-3281
bchatterton@microstrategy.com

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MicroStrategy Wins Favorable Ruling in Patent Lawsuit Against Business Objects

Court Finds MicroStrategy’s ‘Much More Sophisticated’ Products Do Not Literally Infringe Business Objects’ ‘Semantic Layer’ Patent

MCLEAN, Va., (January 07, 2005) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR) a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that it has won a favorable court ruling in a lawsuit brought by Business Objects (Nasdaq: BOBJ) 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 January 6, 2005, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit substantially affirmed a 2003 summary judgment ruling of a federal district court in San Francisco that MicroStrategy did not infringe the ‘403 patent. The Federal Circuit is located in Washington, D.C., and is the appellate court that hears all patent cases in the United States.

According to the Federal Circuit, MicroStrategy’s products “use a much more sophisticated approach” for querying a relational database than what is disclosed in Business Object’s patent. The Federal Circuit ruled that the district court had correctly interpreted the patent, that MicroStrategy does not literally infringe any of the asserted patent claims, and that Business Objects is legally barred from claiming that MicroStrategy’s products infringe two of the three asserted claims under the doctrine of equivalents. A copy of the court’s decision in available at http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=mstr&script=400.

As a result of the Federal Circuit’s ruling, the case will be returned to the district court for further proceedings limited solely to Business Objects’ one remaining patent claim, and limited solely to the doctrine of equivalents. The Federal Circuit also reinstated all of MicroStrategy’s non-infringement and invalidity counterclaims brought against Business Object that the district court had not needed to address or decide.

MicroStrategy’s separate, affirmative lawsuit against Business Objects for patent infringement is expected to proceed to trial in federal court in Delaware in October 2005.

About MicroStrategy

Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are increasingly integrating MicroStrategy’s business monitoring, reporting, and analysis software into their operations. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital insight to help drive cost-efficiency, revenue-generation, and productivity. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively empower thousands of employees, partners, and suppliers with the business insight they need to make better business decisions everyday.

MicroStrategy has over 2,800 enterprise-class customers, including Aventis, eBay, General Motors, Lowe’s Companies, Pfizer, Sprint, Telecom Italia, U.S. Postal Service, Visa International, Wells Fargo, and Yahoo!. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 300 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including HP, IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and Teradata, a division of NCR. 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.

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 ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i and MicroStrategy Report Services 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, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy Report Services, MicroStrategy 7, 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.

Bill Chatterton
MicroStrategy, Incorporated
703-744-3281
bchatterton@microstrategy.com

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MicroStrategy Promotes Arthur S. Locke III to the Position of Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer

MicroStrategy announced that effective January 1, 2005, Arthur S. Locke III will assume the role of chief financial officer, a position currently held by Eric F. Brown. Mr. Brown will be leaving MicroStrategy December 31, 2004 to become executive vice president and chief financial officer at McAfee,

MCLEAN, Va., (December 14, 2004) –

MicroStrategy announced that effective January 1, 2005, Arthur S. Locke III will assume the role of chief financial officer, a position currently held by Eric F. Brown. Mr. Brown will be leaving MicroStrategy December 31, 2004 to become executive vice president and chief financial officer at McAfee, Incorporated. Michael J. Saylor, MicroStrategy’s chief executive officer, will additionally assume the role of president, a position also currently held by Eric Brown.

“We’re thankful for Eric’s contributions in helping MicroStrategy become the fiscally strong company it is today,” said Mr. Saylor. “For several years now, the Board and I have had the opportunity to observe Art Locke’s performance and leadership within our finance organization. We are impressed with his judgment, integrity, and financial expertise. Art has been instrumental in our company’s success, and we have confidence in his ability to lead our finance organization.” Saylor added, “We have enjoyed working with Eric, and wish him well with his exciting new professional opportunity at McAfee.”

“With over $100,000,000 in cash and investments on our balance sheet, no long-term debt, and high operating margins, MicroStrategy is in a very strong financial position,” said Mr. Brown. “I’m confident we’re going to have a smooth handoff to Art, who has been working closely with me for nearly four years as MicroStrategy’s vice president of finance, overseeing the company’s worldwide accounting, tax, and financial reporting operations.”

“We’ve built a world-class finance organization since I joined MicroStrategy in January 2001, and I have tremendous confidence in the skills and abilities of the people on my team,” said Mr. Locke. “I look forward to continuing to work with the MicroStrategy executive team and Board to build on the remarkable success we have achieved thus far.”

Prior to MicroStrategy, Mr. Locke, a certified public accountant, held numerous senior finance positions in public and private companies including chief financial officer of Biospherics, corporate controller at EIS International, and manager of SEC reporting at NVR, Inc. He also served in public accounting for five years with both Coopers & Lybrand and Touche Ross. Mr. Locke holds a bachelor of science in business administration (BSBA) in accounting and computer systems from American University.

About MicroStrategy

Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are increasingly integrating MicroStrategy’s business monitoring, reporting, and analysis software into their operations. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(tm) distills vast amounts of data into vital insight to help drive cost-efficiency, revenue-generation, and productivity. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively empower thousands of employees, partners, and suppliers with the business insight they need to make better business decisions everyday.

MicroStrategy has over 2,800 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 300 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, HP, and Teradata, a division of NCR. 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.

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 ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i and MicroStrategy Report Services 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, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy Report Services, MicroStrategy 7, 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.

Bill Chatterton
MicroStrategy, Incorporated
703-744-3281
bchatterton@microstrategy.com

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MicroStrategy Holds First-Ever EuroWorld Conference

Attendance from 23 Countries

McLEAN, Va. (November 19, 2004) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today reported that it held its first- ever European customer user conference, EuroWorld 2004, in Madrid, Spain, reflecting MicroStrategy’s growing footprint in the highly competitive European market.

MicroStrategy EuroWorld 2004 featured:

* Attendance by several hundred European customers, prospects and partners
* Attendees from 23 different countries
* 47 educational sessions from MicroStrategy product managers, technologists and leading customers

“The success of MicroStrategy EuroWorld 2004 exceeded our most optimistic projections,” said MicroStrategy COO Sanju Bansal. “The conference not only showcased our leading-edge technology and our increased European customer base, but also gave a great opportunity to MicroStrategy employees, customers, press and analysts to build important new networks among themselves.”

Bansal continued: “The feedback we’ve received from MicroStrategy EuroWorld has been very positive. We expect that MicroStrategy EuroWorld will become an exciting fixture of the industry conference calendar in the years ahead.”

MicroStrategy has a diverse European customer base, with leading companies in such major industries as finance, insurance, telecommunications and retail. During the last year, MicroStrategy has announced new deals with such industry leaders as Carrefour, Banco de España, Amlin Plc, Fnac, Alitalia and METRO Group.

About MicroStrategy

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 2,800 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, 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, HP, and Teradata, a division of NCR. 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.

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 ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i and MicroStrategy Report Services 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, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy Report Services, MicroStrategy 7, MicroStrategy 7i, MicroStrategy 7i Universal Edition, MicroStrategy Office 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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Leading UK Retailer Comet Selects MicroStrategy To Improve Purchasing Strategies

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that electrical retailer Comet has chosen the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform� to deliver new management information to its purchasing teams and improve buying

McLean, VA (November 08, 2004) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that electrical retailer Comet has chosen the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) to deliver new management information to its purchasing teams and improve buying strategies.

Using MicroStrategy, Comet’s new DPP (Direct Product Profitability) application will not only give its product category managers information on the gross margin of each product but also present them with a profit and loss account for their entire range, by integrating data from various sources. Following a successful pilot, DPP is now being used by all category managers at Comet’s UK headquarters.

“Enabling our commercial teams to see how much revenue is in each product – not only taking the cost and selling price of each unit into consideration but also distribution, service, warranty and delivery costs – affects buying behaviour and Comet’s profitability,” explained Andy Hicketts, IS Development Controller, Comet. “By having a single integrated BI platform from MicroStrategy we can easily manage reporting to all our category managers, confident we are dealing with one set of consistent and reliable data.”,

Chris Kent, Pricing Team Controller at Comet confirmed: “DPP is giving us information on brands and products that was just not available before. Now decisions are made taking the true profitability of the product into account and not just margin, as we would have done traditionally.”

The DPP project is the latest phase in Comet’s management information strategy using MicroStrategy. Last year Comet gave its 250 store managers access to sales analysis and reporting for the first time in a six-figure project, allowing them to share information, best practices and increase sales. Some stores increased profits by up to 20 percent as a result.
About Comet

Comet has 250 stores throughout the UK, which offer a wide range of the most up to date home electricals at ‘Every Day Low Prices’. On average 34,000 competitor prices are checked every week to ensure that the lowest prices are maintained. Comet customers can also shop direct by telephone on 08705 425 425, online at www.comet.co.uk or log on to the UK’s first major retail auction website at www.clearance-comet.co.uk. Comet is pleased to support NCH as its national charity for 2003/04 and has pledged to raise £250,000 for this worthwhile cause.
About MicroStrategy

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 2,800 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, 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, HP, and Teradata, a division of NCR. 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, MicroStrategy Report Services, 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 ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i and MicroStrategy Report Services 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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Top Library Software Provider Dynix Selects MicroStrategy for Business Intelligence Reporting & Analysis

Up to 11,000 Libraries Will Benefit

McLEAN, Va., (November 01, 2004) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR) today announced that Dynix, the world’s leading provider of automation technologies, solutions, and services for libraries, has selected MicroStrategy as its embedded business intelligence reporting and analysis solution. Dynix will offer MicroStrategy’s enterprise reporting and analysis capabilities to libraries worldwide. As many as 11,000 libraries will be able to benefit from MicroStrategy technology through a Dynix product called Horizon Web Reporter. Dynix joins a growing list of OEM partners that embed MicroStrategy in their value-added offerings.

Dynix is the global leader in new-name sales of library management systems and has the largest installed customer base of any integrated library system vendor.. As a committed advocate of the library community, Dynix serves academic, special, school, public, and consortium libraries in over 40 countries. Through Horizon Web Reporter, libraries will harness MicroStrategy for a wide range of applications including justification of funding and budget approvals and monitoring, assessment and management of library operations. All reports can be easily shared with other branch libraries or other peer libraries using MicroStrategy’s extensive report distribution capabilities.

“We’ve selected MicroStrategy Report Services because it’s an easy-to-use reporting and analysis product that produces content-rich, user-friendly reports while scaling to large databases,” said Dynix COO Bill Davison. “We especially like the intuitive Web interface that allows users to create ad-hoc reports, which is essential for the diverse needs of our library customers.” ,

About Dynix Dynix is the global leader in new-name sales of library management systems and has the largest installed customer base of any library technology vendor. As a committed advocate of the library community, Dynix serves academic, special, school, public, and consortium libraries in over 40 countries. Dynix has more than 100 professional librarians on staff and proven experience in software leadership. Since 1983, Dynix has provided customers visionary technology solutions that support the latest industry standards and offer intuitive functionality. For complete corporate information and a guide to Dynix products and services, visit www.dynix.com.

About MicroStrategy 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 2,800 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, 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, HP, and Teradata, a division of NCR. 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, MicroStrategy Report Services, 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 ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i and MicroStrategy Report Services 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.

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Top Library Software Provider Dynix Selects MicroStrategy for Business Intelligence Reporting & Analysis

Up to 11,000 Libraries Will Benefit

McLEAN, Va., (November 01, 2004) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR) today announced that Dynix, the world’s leading provider of automation technologies, solutions, and services for libraries, has selected MicroStrategy as its embedded business intelligence reporting and analysis solution. Dynix will offer MicroStrategy’s enterprise reporting and analysis capabilities to libraries worldwide. As many as 11,000 libraries will be able to benefit from MicroStrategy technology through a Dynix product called Horizon Web Reporter. Dynix joins a growing list of OEM partners that embed MicroStrategy in their value-added offerings.

Dynix is the global leader in new-name sales of library management systems and has the largest installed customer base of any integrated library system vendor.. As a committed advocate of the library community, Dynix serves academic, special, school, public, and consortium libraries in over 40 countries. Through Horizon Web Reporter, libraries will harness MicroStrategy for a wide range of applications including justification of funding and budget approvals and monitoring, assessment and management of library operations. All reports can be easily shared with other branch libraries or other peer libraries using MicroStrategy’s extensive report distribution capabilities.

“We’ve selected MicroStrategy Report Services because it’s an easy-to-use reporting and analysis product that produces content-rich, user-friendly reports while scaling to large databases,” said Dynix COO Bill Davison. “We especially like the intuitive Web interface that allows users to create ad-hoc reports, which is essential for the diverse needs of our library customers.” ,

About Dynix Dynix is the global leader in new-name sales of library management systems and has the largest installed customer base of any library technology vendor. As a committed advocate of the library community, Dynix serves academic, special, school, public, and consortium libraries in over 40 countries. Dynix has more than 100 professional librarians on staff and proven experience in software leadership. Since 1983, Dynix has provided customers visionary technology solutions that support the latest industry standards and offer intuitive functionality. For complete corporate information and a guide to Dynix products and services, visit www.dynix.com.

About MicroStrategy 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 2,800 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, 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, HP, and Teradata, a division of NCR. 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, MicroStrategy Report Services, 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 ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i and MicroStrategy Report Services 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.

Source: MicroStrategy

Tags: MicroStrategy

Top Library Software Provider Dynix Selects MicroStrategy for Business Intelligence Reporting & Analysis

Up to 11,000 Libraries Will Benefit

McLEAN, Va., (November 01, 2004) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR) today announced that Dynix, the world’s leading provider of automation technologies, solutions, and services for libraries, has selected MicroStrategy as its embedded business intelligence reporting and analysis solution. Dynix will offer MicroStrategy’s enterprise reporting and analysis capabilities to libraries worldwide. As many as 11,000 libraries will be able to benefit from MicroStrategy technology through a Dynix product called Horizon Web Reporter. Dynix joins a growing list of OEM partners that embed MicroStrategy in their value-added offerings.

Dynix is the global leader in new-name sales of library management systems and has the largest installed customer base of any integrated library system vendor.. As a committed advocate of the library community, Dynix serves academic, special, school, public, and consortium libraries in over 40 countries. Through Horizon Web Reporter, libraries will harness MicroStrategy for a wide range of applications including justification of funding and budget approvals and monitoring, assessment and management of library operations. All reports can be easily shared with other branch libraries or other peer libraries using MicroStrategy’s extensive report distribution capabilities.

“We’ve selected MicroStrategy Report Services because it’s an easy-to-use reporting and analysis product that produces content-rich, user-friendly reports while scaling to large databases,” said Dynix COO Bill Davison. “We especially like the intuitive Web interface that allows users to create ad-hoc reports, which is essential for the diverse needs of our library customers.” ,

About Dynix Dynix is the global leader in new-name sales of library management systems and has the largest installed customer base of any library technology vendor. As a committed advocate of the library community, Dynix serves academic, special, school, public, and consortium libraries in over 40 countries. Dynix has more than 100 professional librarians on staff and proven experience in software leadership. Since 1983, Dynix has provided customers visionary technology solutions that support the latest industry standards and offer intuitive functionality. For complete corporate information and a guide to Dynix products and services, visit www.dynix.com.

About MicroStrategy 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 2,800 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, 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, HP, and Teradata, a division of NCR. 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, MicroStrategy Report Services, 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 ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i and MicroStrategy Report Services 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.

Source: MicroStrategy

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