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MicroStrategy and Concept Information Systems to Address ERP and Business Intelligence for Manufacturing Industry

Seminar Series to Focus on Solutions That Improve Efficiency of the Supply Chain

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VIENNA, VA, November 16, 1998 — MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of mission-critical decision support systems, today announced that it is co-sponsoring a four-city seminar series with Concept Information Systems (http://www.conceptinfo.com). The free seminars, scheduled to begin December 8th, will educate attendees on best practices for implementing enterprise resource planning (ERP) and business intelligence solutions to improve manufacturing efficiency. The event is ideal for executives and managers at consumer goods and manufacturing companies evaluating data warehousing and ERP technologies.

The half-day seminar will begin with a presentation focused on the unique challenges that manufacturers face serving customers, maintaining inventory and controlling production costs. Many companies are addressing these issues by implementing ERP and other manufacturing supply chain management transactional systems. The seminar will explore how companies can maximize the value of the information in these systems by integrating them with data warehousing technology. By using business intelligence in conjunction with ERP, manufacturers will be able to answer questions like, "How much revenue do we lose due to unfulfilled orders?" "Are we producing products in areas where there is no demand?" "What is our service level to our top 25 customers?"

Through its development of a sophisticated software and services package that transforms information from ERP systems into a MicroStrategy-based DSS application, Concept helps companies derive insight from data that is buried in ERP and transactional systems. Concept will demonstrate its application and will present case studies on how it has helped firms improve efficiency through the use of MicroStrategy’s products.

"Concept Information Systems and MicroStrategy understand the challenges that manufacturers face in today’s competitive marketplace," said Sanju K. Bansal, chief operating officer at MicroStrategy Incorporated. "Using MicroStrategy’s technology, Concept is one of the first vendors to provide an end-to-end DSS/ERP solution that interfaces with a variety of operational systems. Together, we are leading the way in helping companies extract the full value from their ERP and data warehousing investments."

Locations and Dates

The seminar series will be held from 8:30am until noon in four cities throughout the Northeast. To register call (800) 593-7840.

Dec. 8 Boston, MA

Dec. 9 Philadelphia, PA

Dec. 10 Pittsburgh, PA

Dec. 16 Vienna, VA

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

MicroStrategy is a leading worldwide provider of enterprise decision support system (“DSS”) software and related services. MicroStrategy’s suite of products (DSS Suite™) enables both active and passive delivery of information from large-scale databases, providing Global 2000 enterprise user communities with timely answers to mission-critical questions.

MicroStrategy’s decision support platform enables users to query and analyze the most detailed, transaction-level databases, turning data into business intelligence. In addition to supporting internal enterprise users, MicroStrategy’s products extend DSS beyond corporate boundaries to customers, partners and supply chain constituencies through a broad range of pull and push technology such as the Internet, e-mail, telephones, pagers and other wireless communications devices. MicroStrategy also offers a comprehensive set of consulting, training and support services for its customers and partners.

MicroStrategy has over 650 customers across such diverse industries as retail, telecommunications, finance, insurance, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and consumer packaged goods. MicroStrategy’s customers use DSS Suite to perform mission-critical activities such as: customer segmentation and profitability analysis; supply chain management; one-to-one customer marketing; financial analysis; customer acquisition, retention, and churn analysis; merchandising and inventory analysis; product category management; and customer risk profiling. Representative MicroStrategy customers include American Express Travel Services, CVS Pharmacy, Harris Teeter, IMS America, Kmart, MCI WorldCom, Merck-Medco, Nike, and Ralston Purina. MicroStrategy has also entered into relationships with more than 145 system integration, application development and platform partners, including Acxiom, Andersen Consulting, HNC Software, IBM, NCR, and Oracle.

For more information, please visit MicroStrategy’s Web site: www.strategy.com.

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