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Who Really "Likes" Romney? Who Really "Likes" Obama? Wisdom(TM) Knows!

MicroStrategy’s Wisdom App Analyzes the Candidates’ Facebook Fans Nationwide and in Key Swing States: Differences in “Likes” Tell a Tale of Two Americas
Wisdom Also Allows You to Create Your Own Chart of Your Friends’ Political Leanings

TYSONS CORNER, Va. (October 26, 2012) –  MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today delivers a compelling analysis of the Facebook fan bases of Obama and Romney across key battleground states with its Wisdom app.

Wisdom, a social intelligence platform, provides powerful insights into the overall preferences of nearly five million US-based Facebook users, representing more than 3% of the US Facebook population. These insights are based on aggregated and anonymized Facebook profiles, which include “Likes” and check-ins, as well as census data.

Wisdom currently analyzes more than 535,000 Obama and 172,000 Romney Facebook fans based in the US, and tells us, in aggregate, who they are; where they live; how old they are; what they read; what they watch; what they listen to; what they eat and drink; and where they hang out.  To see a comparison of Obama and Romney Facebook fans nationwide and in eight key swing states using Wisdom data, click here.

Romney’s Facebook fans skew toward male voters, married couples, and an older age demographic, while Obama’s Facebook fans are more evenly split between male and female, are more likely to be single, and skew younger. In addition:

  • Romney fans drink Florida Natural, Crown Royal, Coors Light, and Budweiser; Obama fans drink Ciroc, Belvedere Vodka, Kool-Aid, Gatorade, and Dos Equis. 
  • Romney fans eat at Chick-fil-A; Obama fans eat at McDonald’s. 
  • Romney fans like John Wayne and Clint Eastwood; Obama fans like Jada Pinkett Smith and Bernie Mac.
  • Romney fans listen to Ted Nugent; Obama fans listen to Fantasia.
  • Romney fans watch College GameDay; Obama fans watch The Rachel Maddow Show.

“Wisdom is a tool that can yield powerful insights into the 2012 election campaign and future ones,” said Michael J. Saylor, MicroStrategy’s Chairman and CEO. “Wisdom, which generates results in seconds, helps managers in political and corporate branding campaigns decide where to target their energies in real-time.”

In the critical swing state of Ohio, Romney may want to visit Skyline Chili in Cincinnati for a meet-and-greet photo shoot, because that’s where his Facebook fans like to hang out.  Or when in Cleveland, he may want to set up a guest appearance on WKYC Channel 3 – Cleveland, one of the most watched local TV channels among his fans. When Obama campaigns in Florida, he may want to visit the Wynwood Kitchen & Bar in Miami, a favorite hangout of his Facebook fans, for a meet-and-greet photo op.

Wisdom Introduces “My Network Political Leanings”  Just in time for the final leg of Election 2012, Wisdom makes it easy to analyze your friends’ political leanings. The app categorizes more than 3,000 Facebook pages into Liberal and Conservative groupings to guestimate your friends’ political affiliations and ranks your friends across the Blue-to-Red political spectrum. You can also dive deeper to see which pages led to the rankings. The results can be easily shared on Facebook, Google Plus, email, etc.

For more information about Wisdom, visit https://apps.facebook.com/wisdomapp.  You can also visit www.wisdom.com

About MicroStrategy Incorporated   Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a leading provider of enterprise software platforms for business intelligence (BI), mobile intelligence, and social intelligence applications.  MicroStrategy’s BI platform enables leading organizations worldwide to analyze the vast amounts of data stored across their enterprises to make better business decisions.  Companies choose MicroStrategy BI for its ease-of-use, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability.  MicroStrategy’s mobile intelligence platform helps companies and organizations build, deploy, and maintain mobile apps across a range of solutions by embedding intelligence, transactions, and multimedia into apps.  MicroStrategy’s social intelligence platform includes a number of applications that help enterprises harness the power of social networks for marketing and e-commerce, as well as a suite of free consumer friendly apps that use MicroStrategy’s enterprise technologies.  The MicroStrategy Cloud offering combines MicroStrategy and third-party software, hardware, and services to enable rapid, cost-effective development of hosted BI, mobile, and social applications.  To learn more about MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), visit www.microstrategy.com and follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/microstrategy) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/microstrategy).

MicroStrategy and Wisdom 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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Contact:  Warren Getler  MicroStrategy Incorporated  703-744-6258 wgetler@microstrategy.com 

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IGLOO Software Embeds MicroStrategy Platform into their Social Business Suite

Next Generation Reporting Solution to Turn Employee Interactions into Business Insights

KITCHENER, Ontario (March 27, 2012) – IGLOO Software, the leading provider of social business software in the cloud, today announced that it has partnered with MicroStrategy® Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, to integrate reporting and analytics into IGLOO’s social business suite. The solution will allow IGLOO customers to track user participation, influence, activity and engagement in a social intranet or extranet.

As social technologies are introduced to business, workflow and employee interactions become more and more visible. The resulting activity and dialogue produces unprecedented volumes of data around social behaviors and actions. The addition of an analytics module provides organizations with the ability to identify areas where social interactions are most effective and model those more broadly across the entire organization to improve the effectiveness of team collaboration.

“Traditionally, engaging in a dialogue with employees and gathering deep insights from those interactions was achieved through an annual opinion survey,” said Dan Latendre, CEO of IGLOO Software. “IGLOO’s social business suite provides a new type of visibility into the collaborative conversations and activities that occur within an organization. For many companies, uncovering this insight is a game-changer. With our new social business suite, we will enable our customers to more effectively manage and optimize their talent and their ongoing interactions with customers and partners.”

MicroStrategy is one of the leading business intelligence companies focused on developing powerful technologies that capitalize on Big Data, Mobile, Social and Cloud trends. The IGLOO integration, managed by Gensquared, is built on MicroStrategy 9, a fully integrated BI platform that delivers reports and dashboards to business users via the web and mobile devices.

IGLOO will integrate MicroStrategy’s BI platform into the IGLOO administrative console in order to enrich the community management and reporting process. A dashboard of indicators will be presented graphically, including activity, contribution types and top content. Over time, new applications will be built to apply social analytics in a number of innovative ways that include:

  • Creating a more personalized user experience that delivers proactive recommendations of relevant people to connect with and content to explore
  • Adding detailed analytics that gauge employee sentiment and measure the effectiveness of project teams in order to understand its impact on business performance

“MicroStrategy is pleased to provide the reporting and analytics platform for IGLOO’s cloud-based social business suite,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy Chief Operating Officer. “To meet accelerating customer demand for critical cloud solutions, Value Added Resellers like IGLOO Software are choosing MicroStrategy’s platform and easily integrating its powerful reporting and dashboard capabilities into their innovative cloud-based services.”

“Gensquared provides a highly customized integration between the MicroStrategy platform, IGLOO and existing data living outside the IGLOO social business suite, allowing customers to perform powerful analysis right within their intranet or extranet,” said Patrick Siconolfi, Principal at Gensquared Inc. “We are excited to be a part of a solution that brings together both MicroStrategy and IGLOO to deliver on this important customer need.”

The first phase of reporting will be made available to all IGLOO customers in the Spring ’12 release.

About MicroStrategy

Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a leading provider of enterprise software platforms for business intelligence (BI), mobile intelligence, and social intelligence applications. MicroStrategy’s BI platform enables leading organizations worldwide to analyze the vast amounts of data stored across their enterprises to make better business decisions. Companies choose MicroStrategy BI for its ease-of-use, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. MicroStrategy’s mobile intelligence platform helps companies and organizations build, deploy, and maintain mobile apps across a range of solutions by embedding intelligence, transactions, and multimedia into apps. MicroStrategy’s social intelligence platform includes a number of applications that help enterprises harness the power of social networks for marketing and e-commerce, as well as a suite of free consumer friendly apps that use MicroStrategy’s enterprise technologies. The MicroStrategy Cloud offering combines MicroStrategy and third-party software, hardware, and services to enable rapid, cost-effective development of hosted BI, mobile, and social applications. To learn more about MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), visit http://www.microstrategy.com/ and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

About Gensquared

Gensquared is a boutique consulting firm focused on enabling organizations capitalize one of their most important assets – their Data. Gensquared offers end-to-end professional services focused on delivering world-class business intelligence and data warehouse solutions that enable its customers to gain actionable insight for growing and effectively managing their businesses.

About IGLOO Software

IGLOO’s social business software is the fastest way to enable modern business collaboration. Delivered purely in the cloud, IGLOO empowers your people to become more productive, responsive and agile. That is why world-class companies, such as Cisco, NetApp, Deloitte and the ATP World Tour, choose IGLOO. Learn more at www.igloosoftware.com.

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ParAccel Collaborates With MicroStrategy for High Performance Cloud and Social Media Analytics

CAMPBELL, Calif. & TYSONS CORNER, Va. (September 27, 2011) – ParAccel, Inc., provider of the world’s leading analytic platform, together with MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that they have extended their strategic partnership. The alliance builds upon a recent announcement that ParAccel’s analytic acceleration technology will be a core component of MicroStrategy’s social media analytics applications as well as a high performance option for MicroStrategy Cloud customers. To support these applications, ParAccel has invested dedicated resources, provided comprehensive access to its software, and committed to delivering specific product enhancements that will optimize the integration of ParAccel’s analytic engine with MicroStrategy’s products and offerings.

“ParAccel’s analytic engines are ideally suited to power MicroStrategy social, mobile, and business intelligence applications,” said Michael J. Saylor, chairman and CEO of MicroStrategy. “Working with ParAccel, MicroStrategy is committed to delivering critical new services like MicroStrategy Cloud and Gateway for Facebook that empower companies to tap into enterprise and social networking data to improve insight and business decision making.”

ParAccel, the leading analytics platform, is designed specifically for accelerating complex analytics on extremely large and diverse sets of data. MicroStrategy has installed ParAccel in its High Performance and Scalability Lab to perform testing and to better support joint customers.

“ParAccel and MicroStrategy provide innovative solutions where big data and analytics are a significant source of enduring competitive advantage,” commented Chuck Berger, CEO at ParAccel. “We’re excited about this strategic partnership with MicroStrategy and the opportunity to accelerate analytics with enterprise customers. Our joint work on MicroStrategy Cloud and Gateway for Facebook is the first of what we anticipate will be many key initiatives that will deliver strategic solutions for the customers of both companies.”

About MicroStrategy

Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a global leader in business intelligence (BI) technology. MicroStrategy software enables leading organizations worldwide to analyze the vast amounts of data stored across their enterprises to make better business decisions. The MicroStrategy platform delivers actionable information to business users via the web and mobile devices, including the iPad, iPhone, and BlackBerry. Companies choose MicroStrategy for its ease-of-use, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. MicroStrategy offers free reporting software that can be downloaded from its website. To learn more about MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR), visit www.microstrategy.com and follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/microstrategy) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/microstrategy).

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, and MicroStrategy Cloud 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.

About ParAccel

In today’s analytics-driven environment, gaining fast and accurate business insights from massive volumes of data provides significant strategic advantage. As the leader in the high performance Analytics Platform market, ParAccel enables organizations to address their most dynamic and complex analytic challenges and rapidly gain ultra-fast, deep insights from very large data sets. ParAccel’s Fortune 1000 and government agency customers use ParAccel to address their critical data issues outside the scope of conventional data warehouses and existing analytic tools. ParAccel is committed to delivering the best in class analytic platform purpose-built to support analytics at any scale and in any on premise or cloud based deployment model.

For more information please contact us at info@paraccel.com or 866-903-0335, or visit us at http://www.paraccel.com.

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MicroStrategy Reseller Partners Offer Business Intelligence Applications for JD Edwards Customers

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that several of its Value-Added Reseller (VAR) partners have developed pre-built business intelligence applications for the JD Edwards user community using the MicroStrat

McLean, Va (December 03, 2009) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that several of its Value-Added Reseller (VAR) partners have developed pre-built business intelligence applications for the JD Edwards user community using the MicroStrategy BI platform. JD Edwards is a suite of enterprise resource planning software.

MicroStrategy’s platform provides companies with easy access to JD Edwards data for enhanced reporting and analytical capabilities. Numerous MicroStrategy VAR partners have developed packaged reporting and analysis applications for JD Edwards customers. These applications, which include pre-defined dashboards, reports, and key performance indicators, enable JD Edwards customers to seamlessly uncover, access, and analyze important business information.

The BI applications delivered through MicroStrategy’s VAR partners allow JD Edwards customers to extend the value of their JD Edwards investment. While JD Edwards is optimized for high-speed transaction processing, customers also may require a business view of their performance. Below are several MicroStrategy reseller partners offering reporting and BI applications for the JD Edwards World and EnterpriseOne user community:

Lancet Software provides business intelligence and reporting applications, including General Ledger, Sales Order Processing, Human Resources, Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Inventory. Lancet also provides reporting capabilities over Salesforce.com and specializes in working with healthcare, manufacturing, and several other vertical industries.

“Lancet has worked with numerous JD Edwards clients to develop high-value MicroStrategy dashboards,” said Tom Niccum, President and CEO at Lancet Software. “The dashboard capabilities within MicroStrategy 9 allow us to give managers and executives greater insight into their data in ways that can impact their business decisions.”

ManageForce has developed multiple BI applications for the JD Edwards market, exclusively using MicroStrategy’s business intelligence platform. The applications provide reporting and dashboard capabilities for many of JD Edwards most widely deployed modules.

“We have worked closely with MicroStrategy to develop business intelligence applications for our JD Edwards customer base,” said John Hughes, Managing Partner, ManageForce. “Serving JD Edwards customers for many years, we identified an opportunity to provide enhanced reporting and analytics using the MicroStrategy platform. MicroStrategy gives us one platform to solve the many reporting requirements we see in the JD Edwards installed base.”

RapidDecision has over 200 JD Edwards customers and 18 BI applications for the JD Edwards market. RapidDecision provides real-time reporting over JD Edwards and delivers fixed-fee implementations in five to ten days per application.

GSS Group delivers data integration capabilities to the JD Edwards market. The GSS Group product, VIGILANCE XpressTM, prepares data for reporting and analysis using a simple and intuitive user interface.

“Many of our long-time reseller partners have been serving the JD Edwards community for years and they understand the requirement to deliver BI capabilities against this pervasive platform,” said Sanju Bansal, COO at MicroStrategy. “We continue to work with our reseller partner network to develop integrated BI applications for JD Edwards as well as other enterprise systems.”

For more information on these JD Edwards solutions, please visit www.microstrategy.com/jdesolutions.

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, MicroStrategy 9 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
1-703-770-1646
wcover@microstrategy.com

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MicroStrategy Reporting Suite Provides Seamless BI Reporting for Microsoft Analysis Services

Free Reporting Software Package Helps Business Users Make Timely Decisions from Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services Data

McLean, Va., (November 24, 2009) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that its free reporting software package, MicroStrategy Reporting Suite, provides a seamless interface to Microsoft® Analysis Services. Microsoft SQL Server® Analysis Services (SSAS) provides online analytical processing and data mining functionality for business intelligence applications.

MicroStrategy Reporting Suite is an easy-to-use reporting and analysis tool that allows business users to interface with SSAS data, enabling basic and advanced analysis, ad hoc reporting, and data visualization. MicroStrategy’s free reporting software package is well-suited for small to mid-sized businesses, as well as departments in any size organization that need an integrated, self-service BI solution for Microsoft SSAS.

“Our customers have benefited from the tight integration between MicroStrategy and Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services,” said Darren Edery, CEO, Adastra Canada. “We’re excited to see this capability included in the free MicroStrategy Reporting Suite, allowing companies to employ a best-in-class business user interface and an integrated platform for enhanced BI management against existing investments in Microsoft Analysis Services. Across every industry in which we operate, from financial services to retail to the public sector, we can see the value of this offering.”

MicroStrategy Reporting Suite provides Web-based reporting of Microsoft SSAS data for up to 100 users, at no charge. Free online training, free online support, and other free resources are available to help ensure rapid development and deployment. Business users can download the free software at http://www.microstrategy.com/freereportingsoftware/ssas and begin building their reporting applications, all in the same day.

“Leveraging existing investments and harvesting business insights from enterprise data via reporting and business intelligence is a top priority for business and IT,” said Mark Smith, CEO and EVP Research, Ventana Research. “MicroStrategy continues to help organizations maximize investments and provide robust reporting in a very cost effective and straightforward offering with MicroStrategy Reporting Suite on Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services.”

Some of the capabilities available from using MicroStrategy Reporting Suite with Microsoft SSAS include:

* Build reports and performance scorecards against SQL Server Analysis Services data
* Report, analyze, and monitor SSAS data via intuitive Web-based interface
* Visualize data using graphs and performance scorecards
* Create rankings and time-based comparisons
* Perform business calculations and build advanced analytics against SSAS data
* Schedule reports to run to a personalized history list
* Export to Microsoft Excel and PDF

“In our use of MicroStrategy software to analyze and report on data within Microsoft Analysis Services, we’re able to drive critical business performance improvements,” said Javier Aldrete, Director of Product Management, Zilliant. “As a free package with core components of the MicroStrategy 9 platform, MicroStrategy Reporting Suite presents the opportunity for organizations to provide business users with interactive reporting via an intuitive Web-based interface.”

“The integration of MicroStrategy Reporting Suite with Microsoft Analysis Services enables business users to leverage actionable information easily from Microsoft SQL Server relational and cube data sources,” said MicroStrategy COO Sanju Bansal. “MicroStrategy Reporting Suite extends Microsoft SSAS data analysis to all users, empowering them to readily discover trends and anomalies in convenient Web-based reports.”

To learn more about MicroStrategy Reporting Suite, visit http://www.microstrategy.com/freereportingsoftware.

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, MicroStrategy 9, MicroStrategy Reporting Suite 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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Churchill Downs Incorporated Chooses MicroStrategy for Reporting and Analysis for its Online Wagering System

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that Churchill Downs Incorporated (â??CDIâ?) (Nasdaq: CHDN) has selected MicroStrategy 9 for reporting and analysis for its online wagering system.

McLean, Va., (November 18, 2009) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that Churchill Downs Incorporated (“CDI”) (Nasdaq: CHDN) has selected MicroStrategy 9 for reporting and analysis for its online wagering system.

CDI’s technology division, TwinSpires.com, is using MicroStrategy 9 for in-depth analysis and reporting for its online pari-mutuel wagering system. MicroStrategy’s intuitive reports and robust analytical capabilities will help CDI’s personnel to uncover critical business insights that can be used for improving promotions and product offerings, and strengthening customer relationships.

“MicroStrategy’s easy-to-use reporting capabilities have already saved us countless hours of time on report creation,” said Carl Ackermann, Senior Director of CRM, Churchill Downs Incorporated. “After conducting an evaluation of numerous BI products, we chose MicroStrategy because of its ease of integration with our existing systems, completeness of the product suite, and commitment to our relationship.”

“We are delighted to welcome CDI as a new MicroStrategy customer,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “MicroStrategy’s powerful reporting platform is designed for business user productivity, with an intuitive, user-friendly Web interface that puts even more control in the hands of business people.”

About Churchill Downs Incorporated
Churchill Downs Incorporated (“CDI” or “Company”), headquartered in Louisville, Ky., owns and operates world-renowned horse racing venues throughout the United States. CDI’s four racetracks in Florida, Illinois, Kentucky and Louisiana host many of North America’s most prestigious races, including the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks, Arlington Million, Princess Rooney Handicap and Louisiana Derby. CDI’s racetracks have hosted seven Breeders’ Cup World Championships. CDI also owns off-track betting facilities and has interests in various advance-deposit wagering, television production, telecommunications and racing service companies including a 50-percent interest in the national cable and satellite network HorseRacing TV, that support the Company’s network of simulcasting and racing operations. CDI trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol CHDN and can be found on the Internet: www.churchilldownsincorporated.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, MicroStrategy 9 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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Saddle Creek Deploys MicroStrategy for Enhanced Reporting and Analytics

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that Saddle Creek Corporation has deployed MicroStrategy software to provide its customers with access to expanded, real-time reporting capabilities

McLean, Va., (November 12, 2009) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that Saddle Creek Corporation has deployed MicroStrategy software to provide its customers with access to expanded, real-time reporting capabilities. Saddle Creek is a third-party logistics company specializing in dedicated and shared warehousing, transportation, and contract packaging.

MicroStrategy-based reporting capabilities provide Saddle Creek customers with greater levels of access and interaction with data in Saddle Creek’s Warehouse Management System and Transportation Management System to improve inventory management, control costs, speed decision-making, and enhance customer service. The new reporting infrastructure allows customers to customize their individual reporting profile to fit their specific needs and requirements; drill across different sources of data; export reports in a variety of formats, including Excel, PDF, HTML, and Flash; streamline reporting by consolidating reports; subscribe to automatic delivery of reports to one or more e-mail inboxes according to customized schedules; e-mail reports directly to one or more critical contacts; and access information online when it is convenient.

“Our customers have already noticed a significant difference in our reporting environment with MicroStrategy,” said Woody Blaylock, Saddle Creek vice president of Information Systems. “MicroStrategy’s easy to use information dashboards and robust analytics provide exciting new capabilities to help our customers make the critical decisions they need to make on a daily basis. In addition, we have been able to significantly compress the number of reports needed by as much as 70% with MicroStrategy.”

“MicroStrategy’s integrated BI platform delivers user-friendly reports and dashboards that are valuable tools for identifying trends, monitoring key metrics, and making data-driven business decisions,” said MicroStrategy’s COO, Sanju Bansal. “With the addition of MicroStrategy, Saddle Creek customers can gain actionable insights into their large volumes of data.”

About Saddle Creek Corp.
Saddle Creek Corp., headquartered in Lakeland, Fla., provides integrated warehousing, transportation, contract packaging, and value-added services nationwide. For more information, visit www.saddlecrk.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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Leading French Retailer Uses MicroStrategy 9 for Reporting and Analysis

McLean, VA., (November 05, 2009) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that Système U has selected MicroStrategy 9 as its enterprise business intelligence platform to support its Information Decision Support System Group.

Système U decided to consolidate its BI applications within a central Decision Support Information System Group to develop an integrated architecture. The procurement, inventory, and sales departments will be the first departments to use MicroStrategy 9. Système U expects more than 1,500 employees in the group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and 1,000 stores will benefit from the MicroStrategy platform.

The new BI system will allow Système U to:

* Measure the progress of the company’s strategic objectives with information dashboards
* Manage operational activities with operations dashboards
* Develop a consistent foundation to meet the BI requirements of the GPOs
* Pool BI technical resources by providing centralized, hosted IT assistance

To select a BI platform to meet its requirements, Système U conducted an extensive three-month survey of various BI tools. The company searched for a BI platform that offered a portal with access to group information, public and personalized reports, monitoring applications, and external links; an interface to effectively present and visualize data; and the ability to conduct multi-dimensional analyses of the company’s enterprise data.

“We took a classic tender approach where each BI vendor was given a chance to demonstrate its products,” said Fabrice Blondeel, responsible for the decision support applications at Système U Centrale Nationale. “The working sessions conducted by the project team helped narrow our choices. A key requirement was to demonstrate, through a proof-of-concept (POC), what our end users could expect from the different products and the technical capabilities for our technical team to review. Although already known to Système U, MicroStrategy proved the value of its products, including the capabilities available in MicroStrategy 9.”

“We already use MicroStrategy products across four of our regional GPOs, with a decentralized architecture partially consolidated across the country,” said Antoine De Vaux, Director of the IT Services at Système U Centrale Nationale. “The goal of reorganizing our BI enterprise and sales applications in a centralized architecture led us to question our current products and seek a BI partner with which to move forward. MicroStrategy demonstrated the technical value of its offering and addressed our scalability and data source issues. We also redefined our relationship with MicroStrategy to help establish an effective and sustainable partnership.”

“We are delighted that Système U selected MicroStrategy for a strategically important enterprise BI project,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “Despite the competitive evaluation process, Système U decided to consolidate its decision support systems on MicroStrategy.”

About Système U
Système U is a french cooperative of independent retailers with more than 900 U stores (Hyper U, Super U, Marché U, and U Express) and a staff of approximately 60,000 people.

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, MicroStrategy 9 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 Announces Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

39% Increase in License Revenue Year-Over-Year Diluted Earnings Per Share of $1.73

MCLEAN, Va., (October 29, 2009) –

MicroStrategy(R) Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced financial results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2009 (the third quarter of its 2009 fiscal year).

Third quarter 2009 revenues were $104.0 million versus $90.6 million for the third quarter of 2008, a 15% increase. Product licenses revenues for the third quarter of 2009 were $34.4 million versus $24.8 million for the third quarter of 2008, a 39% increase. Product support and other services revenues for MicroStrategy’s core business intelligence (BI) business in the third quarter of 2009 were $65.7 million versus $63.2 million for the third quarter of 2008, a 4% increase.

Operating expenses for the third quarter of 2009 were $57.1 million versus $56.6 million for the third quarter of 2008, a 1% increase. During the third quarter of 2008, MicroStrategy capitalized $5.2 million in research and development costs associated with the development of its MicroStrategy 9(TM) software, while no software development costs have been capitalized since the general release of MicroStrategy 9 in March 2009.

Income from continuing operations before financing and other income and income taxes for the third quarter of 2009 was $30.4 million, or 29% of revenue, versus $17.3 million, or 19% of revenue, for the third quarter of 2008, a 75% increase. Net income for the third quarter of 2009 was $21.4 million, or $1.73 per share on a diluted basis, compared to $11.1 million, or $0.90 per share on a diluted basis, for the third quarter of 2008, a 92% increase.

As of September 30, 2009, MicroStrategy had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $200.7 million versus $122.9 million as of December 31, 2008, an increase of $77.8 million. As of September 30, 2009, MicroStrategy had 9,144,581 shares of class A common stock and 2,770,244 shares of class B common stock outstanding.

New Customers and New Deals with Existing Customers in Q3 2009 Included:

Aeropostale; Air National Guard; Amica Mutual Insurance; Bell Canada; The Bon-Ton Stores; Burlington Coat Factory; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Charming Shoppes; Chevron Products Company; DineEquity; Discovery Communications; Electronic Arts; The First American Corporation; Foresters; Franklin Templeton Companies; Fraser Health Authority; Freddie Mac; Grange Insurance; GUESS?; Harris Teeter; JC Penney; Kohl’s Department Stores; Limited Brands; McAfee; Merkle; Michaels Stores; National Institutes of Health (NIH); Netflix; NTT America; Nu Skin Enterprises; Payless ShoeSource; PHI Service Company; PPL Services Corporation; Ross Stores; SDI; Tesco Group; Transportation Security Administration; Universal Music Group; Urban Outfitters; US Department of State; Warner Bros. Entertainment; The William Carter Company; Yum! Brands

Examples of Customer Deals from Q3 2009:

Grange Insurance

Grange Insurance, with $2 billion in assets and $1.3 billion in annual revenue, is an insurance provider based in Columbus, Ohio, and has been a MicroStrategy customer since 2001. MicroStrategy supports 15 BI applications at Grange for various operational functions, including agency analysis and risk pool business analysis. Grange will be expanding its use of MicroStrategy to leverage Distribution Services, a new product introduced in the MicroStrategy 9 BI platform, to provide high-volume, high-performance, automated report distribution. With the new capabilities, Grange expects to notify adjusters with critical information in order to reduce claim cycle time and better monitor their business.

NTT America, Inc.

NTT America, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation, recently expanded its deployment of MicroStrategy to enhance its financial reporting and provide visibility throughout the enterprise. NTT America executives and managers use MicroStrategy information dashboards for at-a-glance insights into financial reports to help the company improve budget allocations, utilize resources more efficiently, and address other critical financial metrics to improve their business.

Tesco Group

UK-based retailer Tesco Group, with over 465,000 employees and 4,226 stores operating in 14 markets across Europe, Asia, and North America, has invested in the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) to deliver enterprise-wide BI across their operations. Tesco plans to use MicroStrategy to deliver head office analytics and self-service BI, including in-store dashboards across its enterprise. Following a rigorous selection process, Tesco chose MicroStrategy for its lower total cost of ownership and reduced carbon foot-print compared to previous solutions, as MicroStrategy demonstrated that it was able to run on fewer servers and make more efficient use of Tesco’s existing data warehouse platform.

Gartner Publishes MicroStrategy SWOT Report:

Gartner, Inc. recently published the report, “SWOT: MicroStrategy, Business Intelligence Platforms, Worldwide.”( )According to Gartner, MicroStrategy is one of the leading business intelligence (BI) platform vendors. This document offers a strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat (SWOT) framework for assessing the MicroStrategy 9 BI Platform and related offerings. A copy of the Gartner report is available, compliments of MicroStrategy, at http://www.microstrategy.com/gartnerswot.

MicroStrategy 9 Certified on VMware Virtualization Platform:

MicroStrategy announced that customers can now deploy MicroStrategy 9 BI applications on VMware-based virtual machines, enabling BI applications to achieve the hardware efficiencies, streamlined operations, and low cost of operation available through virtualization. Virtual machine technology allows companies to increase processing capacity from their servers by pooling that capacity across multiple applications and operating systems. Large BI applications that have varying usage throughout the day will benefit from a virtual environment where processing power can be fully utilized during peak times and directed to other applications when BI demand is low.

By running MicroStrategy in a virtual environment, companies will be able to use less server hardware and require fewer IT personnel to manage and maintain their BI systems, leading to overall lower capital costs and reduced operating expenses. To try MicroStrategy 9 Evaluation software on VMware, visit http://www.microstrategy.com/freeevalcd.asp.

MicroStrategy Augments OEM Program with New Product Capabilities for SaaS Companies:

MicroStrategy has enhanced its OEM program with new product capabilities for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies. MicroStrategy 9 offers new capabilities specifically for SaaS companies, including enhanced end user design features, in-memory BI enabling higher data scalability to support larger multi-tenant systems, improved security integration with third-party tools, a plug-in architecture for simpler customization, and the ability for different companies to use their own reporting terminology, even across multiple languages within the same multi-tenant application.

MicroStrategy’s business intelligence platform provides integrated reporting and analytics, allowing software companies and technology providers to easily add reporting, dashboarding, and analytical and alerting applications to their existing product offerings with minimal development costs and resources. MicroStrategy’s portfolio of OEM partners has continued to expand, and companies choosing MicroStrategy for SaaS BI deployments have represented the largest area of growth within the Company’s OEM program.

MicroStrategy Events:

On October 28, 2009, MicroStrategy hosted a live Webcast, “Top 5 Strategies for Business Intelligence Success in Today’s Economic Environment.” The Webcast featured best practices for rapid BI reporting for small to mid-sized businesses, along with a live demo of MicroStrategy Reporting Suite(TM) and insights from leading industry analyst Cindi Howson. Launched earlier this year, MicroStrategy Reporting Suite enables companies to use MicroStrategy’s integrated BI platform to develop and deploy premium, Web-based reporting applications, at no cost. MicroStrategy Reporting Suite has eliminated cost and time impediments for departments and workgroups to initiate new reporting applications. More information is available at http://www.microstrategy.com/freereportingsoftware.

MicroStrategy held numerous Business Intelligence Symposia during the third quarter, and has several more planned in the fourth quarter at various locations including the following: Lisbon, Sydney, Paris, Melbourne, Milan, and Johannesburg.

The Company’s 13th annual user conference, MicroStrategy World 2010, will be held January 25-28, 2010 at the Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event will feature more than 100 educational sessions, dozens of customer speakers from industry-leading organizations, and an exhibit hall showcasing MicroStrategy partners. MicroStrategy World 2010 will also include an update on the Company’s latest technology advances, insightful keynote presentations, and networking opportunities.

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.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy 9, MicroStrategy Reporting Suite, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform and MicroStrategy Distribution Services 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 estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the Company’s ability to 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, including significant downturns in industries, including the financial services and retail industries, in which we have a significant number of customers; 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.

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

Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,
2009 2008 2009 2008
—- —- —- —-
(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
Revenues
Product licenses $34,443 $24,787 $71,897 $67,966
Product support and
other services 69,574 65,841 200,120 197,422
—— —— ——- ——-
Total revenues 104,017 90,628 272,017 265,388
——- —— ——- ——-

Cost of Revenues
Product licenses 1,947 422 4,523 1,442
Product support and
other services 14,592 16,304 42,614 45,898
—— —— —— ——
Total cost of
revenues 16,539 16,726 47,137 47,340
—— —— —— ——

Gross profit 87,478 73,902 224,880 218,048
—— —— ——- ——-

Operating Expenses
Sales and marketing 31,489 35,888 93,376 100,060
Research and
development 11,400 5,922 30,407 24,449
General and
administrative 14,204 14,744 41,348 47,055
—— —— —— ——
Total operating
expenses 57,093 56,554 165,131 171,564
—— —— ——- ——-

Income from continuing
operations before
financing and other
income and income
taxes 30,385 17,348 59,749 46,484
—— —— —— ——

Financing and Other
(Expense) Income
Interest income, net 121 623 516 2,081
Other (expense)
income, net (422) 694 (1,626) (269)
—- — —— —-
Total financing and
other (expense)
income (301) 1,317 (1,110) 1,812
—- —– —— —–

Income from continuing
operations before
income taxes 30,084 18,665 58,639 48,296
Provision for income
taxes 8,730 7,593 18,673 20,365
—– —– —— ——
Income from
continuing operations 21,354 11,072 39,966 27,931

Discontinued operations:
Gain from sale of
discontinued
operations, net of
tax provision
($11,190 and $0,
respectively) – – 14,437 –
Income (loss) from
discontinued
operations, net of
tax provision
(benefit) ($0 and $53,
for the three months
ended, respectively,
and ($54) and $176 for
the nine months ended,
respectively) – 52 (107) (383)
— — —- —-
Discontinued operations,
net of tax – 52 14,330 (383)
— — —— —-

——- ——- ——- ——-
Net Income $21,354 $11,124 $54,296 $27,548
——- ——- ——- ——-

Basic earnings (loss)
per share (1):
From continuing
operations $1.79 $0.93 $3.36 $2.35
From discontinued
operations $- $0.01 $1.20 $(0.03)
— —– —– ——
Basic earnings per
share $1.79 $0.94 $4.56 $2.32
—– —– —– —–
Weighted average shares
outstanding used in
computing basic earnings
per share 11,909 11,887 11,898 11,890
—— —— —— ——

Diluted earnings (loss)
per share (1):
From continuing
operations $1.73 $0.90 $3.26 $2.26
From discontinued
operations $- $- $1.17 $(0.03)
— — —– ——
Diluted earnings per
share $1.73 $0.90 $4.43 $2.23
—– —– —– —–
Weighted average shares
outstanding used in
computing diluted
earnings per share 12,311 12,306 12,262 12,332
—— —— —— ——

(1) Basic and fully diluted earnings per share for class A and class B
common stock are the same

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

Core BI Business Angel.com Consolidated
—————- ——— ————
Three Months Three Months Three Months
Ended Ended Ended
September 30, September 30, September 30,
————- ————- ————-
2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
—- —- —- —- —- —-

Revenues
Product licenses $34,443 $24,787 $- $- $34,443 $24,787
Product support and
other services 65,721 63,153 – – 65,721 63,153
Angel.com services – – 3,853 2,688 3,853 2,688
— — —– —– —– —–
Total revenues 100,164 87,940 3,853 2,688 104,017 90,628
——- —— —– —– ——- ——

Cost of Revenues
Product licenses 1,947 422 – – 1,947 422
Product support and
other services 13,048 15,908 – – 13,048 15,908
Angel.com services – – 1,544 396 1,544 396
— — —– — —– —
Total cost of
revenues 14,995 16,330 1,544 396 16,539 16,726
—— —— —– — —— ——
Gross profit 85,169 71,610 2,309 2,292 87,478 73,902
—— —— —– —– —— ——

Operating Expenses
Sales and marketing 30,364 33,767 1,125 2,121 31,489 35,888
Research and
development 10,443 5,234 957 688 11,400 5,922
General and
administrative 13,817 14,679 387 65(a) 14,204 14,744
—— —— — — —— ——
Total operating
expenses 54,624 53,680 2,469 2,874 57,093 56,554
—— —— —– —– —— ——

Income (loss) from
continuing operations
before financing and
other income and
income taxes 30,545 17,930 (160) (582) 30,385 17,348
—— —— —- —- —— ——

Financing and Other
(Expense) Income
Interest income, net 121 623 – – 121 623
Other (expense)
income, net (422) 694 – – (422) 694
—- — — — —- —
Total financing and
other (expense)
income (301) 1,317 – – (301) 1,317
—- —– — — —- —–
Income (loss) from
continuing
operations before
income taxes $30,244 $19,247 $(160) $(582) $30,084 $18,665
Provision for
income taxes 8,730 7,593
—– —–
Income from
continuing
operations 21,354 11,072

Discontinued
operations:
Income from
discontinued
operations,
net of tax – 52
— —
Discontinued
operations,
net of tax – 52

——- ——-
Net income $21,354 $11,124
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Basic earnings
per share:
From
continuing
operations $1.79 $0.93
From
discontinued
operations $- $0.01
— —–
Basic
earnings
per share $1.79 $0.94
—– —–

Diluted earnings
per share:
From
continuing
operations $1.73 $0.90
From
discontinued
operations $- $-
— —
Diluted
earnings
per share $1.73 $0.90
—– —–

Basic weighted
average shares
outstanding 11,909 11,887
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Diluted weighted
average shares
outstanding 12,311 12,306
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(a) An insignificant amount of general and administrative services was
provided to the Angel.com business unit by MicroStrategy’s core
business operations during the three months ended September 30, 2008.

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

Core BI Business Angel.com Consolidated
—————- ——— ————
Nine Months Nine Months Nine Months
Ended Ended Ended
September 30, September 30, September 30,
————- ————- ————-
2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
—- —- —- —- —- —-

Revenues
Product licenses $71,897 $67,966 $- $- $71,897 $67,966
Product support and
other services 190,451 189,629 – – 190,451 189,629
Angel.com services – – 9,669 7,793 9,669 7,793
— — —– —– —– —–
Total revenues 262,348 257,595 9,669 7,793 272,017 265,388
——- ——- —– —– ——- ——-

Cost of Revenues
Product licenses 4,523 1,442 – – 4,523 1,442
Product support and
services revenues 38,780 44,602 – – 38,780 44,602
Angel.com services – – 3,834 1,296 3,834 1,296
— — —– —– —– —–
Total cost of
revenues 43,303 46,044 3,834 1,296 47,137 47,340
—— —— —– —– —— ——
Gross profit 219,045 211,551 5,835 6,497 224,880 218,048
——- ——- —– —– ——- ——-

Operating Expenses
Sales and marketing 90,012 93,962 3,364 6,098 93,376 100,060
Research and
development 27,582 22,229 2,825 2,220 30,407 24,449
General and
administrative 40,077 46,840 1,271 215(a) 41,348 47,055
—— —— —– — —— ——
Total operating
expenses 157,671 163,031 7,460 8,533 165,131 171,564
——- ——- —– —– ——- ——-

Income (loss) from
continuing operations
before financing
and other income
and income taxes 61,374 48,520 (1,625) (2,036) 59,749 46,484
—— —— —— —— —— ——

Financing and Other
(Expense) Income
Interest income, net 516 2,081 – – 516 2,081
Other expense, net (1,626) (269) – – (1,626) (269)
—— —- — — —— —-
Total financing and
other (expense)
income (1,110) 1,812 – – (1,110) 1,812
—— —– — — —— —–
Income (loss) from
continuing
operations before
income taxes $60,264 $50,332 $(1,625) $(2,036) $58,639 $48,296
Provision for
income taxes 18,673 20,365
—— ——
Income from
continuing
operations 39,966 27,931

Discontinued
operations:
Gain from sale
of discontinued
operations,
net of tax 14,437 –
Loss from
discontinued
operations,
net of tax (107) (383)
—- —-
Discontinued
operations,
net of tax 14,330 (383)

——- ——-
Net income $54,296 $27,548
======= =======

Basic earnings
(loss) per share:
From
continuing
operations $3.36 $2.35
From
discontinued
operations $1.20 $(0.03)
—– ——
Basic
earnings
per share $4.56 $2.32
—– —–

Diluted earnings
(loss) per share:
From
continuing
operations $3.26 $2.26
From
discontinued
operations $1.17 $(0.03)
—– ——
Diluted
earnings
per share $4.43 $2.23
—– —–

Basic weighted
average shares
outstanding 11,898 11,890
====== ======
Diluted weighted
average shares
outstanding 12,262 12,332
====== ======

(a) An insignificant amount of general and administrative services was
provided to the Angel.com business unit by MicroStrategy’s core
business operations during the nine months ended September 30, 2008.

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

September 30, December 31,
2009 2008
—- —-
Assets (unaudited) (audited)
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $200,670 $122,915
Restricted cash and investments 321 619
Accounts receivable, net 56,010 49,670
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 10,145 9,518
Deferred tax assets, net 14,857 26,743
Assets held-for-sale – 4,964
— —–
Total current assets 282,003 214,429

Property and equipment, net 7,220 8,978
Capitalized software development cost, net 15,161 14,823
Deposits and other assets 36,414 36,804
Deferred tax assets, net 5,767 17,105
—– ——
Total Assets $346,565 $292,139
——– ——–

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $26,191 $27,697
Accrued compensation and employee benefits 39,607 42,634
Deferred revenue and advance payments 73,045 66,495
Deferred tax liabilities 556 –
Liabilities held-for-sale – 6,325
— —–
Total current liabilities 139,399 143,151

Deferred revenue and advance payments 3,848 1,679
Other long-term liabilities 10,869 9,268
—— —–

Total Liabilities 154,116 154,098
——- ——-

Stockholders’ Equity
Preferred stock undesignated, $0.001 par
value; 5,000 shares authorized; no shares
issued or outstanding – –
Class A common stock, $0.001 par value;
330,000 shares authorized; 14,192 shares
issued and 9,145 shares outstanding, and
14,167 shares issued and 9,120 shares
outstanding, respectively 14 14
Class B common stock, $0.001 par value;
165,000 shares authorized; 2,770 issued
and outstanding 3 3
Additional paid-in capital 451,705 450,953
Treasury stock, at cost; 5,047 shares (366,191) (366,191)
Accumulated other comprehensive income 831 1,471
Retained earnings 106,087 51,791
——- ——
Total Stockholders’ Equity 192,449 138,041
——- ——-
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity $346,565 $292,139
——– ——–

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2009 2008
—- —-

Operating activities:
Net income $54,296 $27,548
Plus: (Income) loss from discontinued operations,
net (14,330) 383
——- —
Income from continuing operations 39,966 27,931
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 7,681 4,825
Bad debt expense 1,153 1,074
Deferred taxes 14,294 13,655
Stock-based compensation – 45
Excess tax benefits from stock-based payment
arrangements (200) (241)
Other, net (10) 49
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable (7,900) 3,617
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (445) 176
Deposits and other assets 254 (218)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses (1,948) 2,034
Accrued compensation and employee benefits (4,224) (1,740)
Deferred revenue and advance payments 7,085 6,071
Other long-term liabilities 1,572 568
—– —
Net cash provided by operating activities from
continuing operations 57,278 57,846
Net cash (used in) provided by operating
activities from discontinued operations (472) 1,399
—- —–
Net cash provided by operating activities 56,806 59,245
—— ——
Investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment (1,860) (2,972)
Capitalized software development costs (4,218) (8,078)
Decrease in restricted cash and investments 504 1,062
— —–
Net cash used in investing activities from
continuing operations (5,574) (9,988)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing
activities from discontinued operations 24,546 (158)
—— —-
Net cash provided by (used in) investing
activities 18,972 (10,146)
—— ——-
Financing activities:
Distribution to Alarm.com minority shareholders (60) –
Proceeds from sale of class A common stock under
exercise of employee stock options 565 2,073
Excess tax benefits from stock-based payment
arrangements 200 241
Purchases of treasury stock – (8,387)
— ——
Net cash provided by (used in) financing
activities from continuing operations 705 (6,073)
Net cash provided by financing activities from
discontinued operations – –
— —
Net cash provided by (used in) financing
activities 705 (6,073)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash
and cash equivalents 1,272 (933)
—– —-
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 77,755 42,093
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 122,915 85,194
——- ——
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $200,670 $127,287
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MicroStrategy and Teradata Collaborate to Deliver Customer Data Insights

Teradataâ??s Integrated Web Intelligence Incorporates MicroStrategyâ??s Dashboards to Provide Actionable Insights into Online and Offline Customer Data

McLean, VA., (October 19, 2009) –

MicroStrategy Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, and Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC), the world’s largest company solely focused on data warehousing and enterprise analytics, today announced that they are collaborating to provide companies with valuable insights into customer experience data.

Teradata Integrated Web Intelligence (IWI) enables companies to easily combine customer Web behavior data, including ad clicks, site visits, purchases, search, and response to e-mail campaigns into a Teradata solution and integrate it with customer data from other channels and sources across the enterprise, such as call centers, billing, and retail store fronts. MicroStrategy’s BI platform provides robust analysis and at-a-glance dashboards that enable companies to quickly view customer behavior trends and uncover actionable insights to help them better understand their customers.

Companies can use IWI data to improve the efficiency of their marketing investments, create multi-channel profiles of customers for more targeted communications and marketing campaigns, enhance the effectiveness of front-line employees with access to relevant customer information, and increase their return on investment through targeted sales, customer loyalty, and product engagement programs.

Teradata and MicroStrategy have collaborated on several IWI demonstrations, including Digital Advertising Analytics and Multi-channel Analytics, which will be featured at the Teradata PARTNERS User Group Conference & Expo, October 18-22, 2009 in Washington, DC.

“MicroStrategy’s ability to deliver self-service BI against Teradata enterprise data warehouses was a natural fit for this environment where data and user scalability and analytic performance are of paramount importance,” said David Grant, vice president of industry solutions, Teradata Corporation. “The growth of the Internet, mobile sales channels, and social networking makes recognizing customers across multiple touch points a challenge and by capturing this information and integrating it with existing customer profiles, the combined intelligence can be used in near-real time for relevant, timely customer communications.”

“MicroStrategy’s intuitive dashboards provide an excellent visualization and analysis tool for this exciting new IWI offering from Teradata,” said Sanju Bansal, COO of MicroStrategy. “Delivering enterprise scalability with high performance, MicroStrategy leverages the Teradata logical data model and data warehouse to enable companies to gain critical insights from large volumes of customer data to make more informed decisions on marketing programs and sales strategies.”

Teradata and MicroStrategy have a long-standing marketing and technology relationship, which includes MicroStrategy’s participation in Teradata’s beta program for more than 10 years. The two companies have over 200 joint customers spanning a wide range of industries, including retail, financial services, communications, manufacturing, transportation, and government.

For more information on Teradata IWI, visit http://www.teradata.com/t/products-and-services/integrated-web-intelligence/.

About Teradata
Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC) is the world’s largest company solely focused on raising intelligence through data warehousing, data warehouse appliances, consulting services and enterprise analytics. Teradata is in more than 60 countries and on the Web at www.teradata.com.

Teradata is a trademark or registered trademark of Teradata Corporation in the United States and other countries.

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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