MicroStrategy Symposium to Highlight Real-world Business Intelligence Solutions

Two-day Event Offers Innovative Forum for Discussion of BI Best Practices

McLean, Va., (June 09, 2005) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced it will host the MicroStrategy Summer Symposium on July 18-20, 2005 at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. The two-day event will provide a unique, interactive forum for participants to exchange ideas with peers and industry experts, learn best practices in business intelligence from successful companies, and meet with MicroStrategy’s top technology leaders to gain valuable technical insights.

The Symposium will feature real-world case studies on how industry-leading companies use MicroStrategy to increase revenues, reduce operational costs, and improve performance. MicroStrategy customers scheduled to present at the Summer Symposium include Intel, Cardinal Health, Nationwide, Corporate Express, Inovant, and Sprint.

MicroStrategy Summer Symposium attendees can choose from more than 40 sessions covering a wide range of business and technology topics. MicroStrategy customers will demonstrate and discuss corporate performance management applications, and product managers and engineers will demonstrate advanced BI development techniques as well as share proven strategies for optimizing BI application usage and performance.

Unique to this event, MicroStrategy will introduce Product Direction Sessions, led by senior product and program managers, where attendees can share their experiences to help shape future enhancements of MicroStrategy products. Another exclusive opportunity at the Symposium is for participants to schedule a one-hour consultation, at no charge, with a member of the MicroStrategy Technical Advisory Services Team to discuss their most challenging questions.

“We are excited about the highly collaborative format of our Summer Symposium, where attendees can engage in lively discussions on their most pressing business intelligence questions and even schedule a free consultation with our top technical experts,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “The Summer Symposium offers an interactive environment that will provide participants with practical ideas and information to enhance their organization’s business intelligence initiatives.”

To learn more about the MicroStrategy Summer Symposium, visit www.microstrategy.com/summersymposium.

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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