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Fact Technologies Joins MicroStrategy’s DSS Partners Program, Adopts MicroStrategy DSS Suite as Core Technology

Startup to Use MicroStrategy DSS Suite and Proprietary Technology to Give Businesses a Voice in Their Own Success

Berkeley, CA, August 30, 1999, — Fact Technologies™ LLC announced today that it has adopted MicroStrategy DSS Suite™ as the core data extraction tool of its FactSystem™ solution methodology. MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR) is a leading provider of business intelligence software.

Fact Technologies intends to integrate MicroStrategy DSS Suite with their own Work-Integrated Data Entry™ (WIDE) technology. The WIDE library is designed to allow low-cost development of customized input systems that flow data seamlessly to your data warehouse from Windows-environment applications, including Microsoft® Visual Basic® and Office® productivity suites. This lets you build a warehouse that is intimately aware of the state of your business. MicroStrategy DSS Broadcaster gives that warehouse a voice, allowing your business to actively tell your employees what it needs to succeed.

"WIDE allows users to easily populate the warehouse without any formal data warehousing training, just as MicroStrategy’s software allows them to retrieve it," says Matthew Valdez, Chief Technology Officer of Fact Technologies. "This enables you to grow a warehouse that accurately reflects reality at a level which would not have been possible just a few years ago."

The two-way flow of information is the defining feature of a FactSystem. According to Greg Artiles, Chief Executive Officer of Fact Technologies, this is a simple concept that has a tremendous impact on the success of your warehouse implementation.

"Nobody needs a data warehouse. What they want is an information warehouse, and what they really want is omniscience about the state of their business," says Artiles. "Our unique data modelling approach creates a powerful feedback loop which naturally aligns your employees’ intelligence and actions across the entire enterprise, effectively giving your business a mind of its own."

"We are proud to be a MicroStrategy partner," continued Artiles, "MicroStrategy offers the best information extraction suite available on the market, and we look forward to demonstrating the full extent of its capabilities."

"MicroStrategy DSS Suite provides Fact Technologies with a unique information analysis and distribution system that can be tailored to fit the needs of any corporation in any industry," said Sanju K. Bansal, chief operating officer at MicroStrategy Incorporated. "We are pleased that Fact Technologies has chosen our platform to enhance the analysis capabilities of its customers."

About Fact Technologies LLC

Based in Berkeley, CA, Fact Technologies develops and implements decision support systems that unleash the intelligence inherent in your business, a goal summed up in the motto: "Give Your Business A Mind Of Its Own.™" Founded by a former MicroStrategy technical instructor and data warehousing expert, Fact Technologies is committed to educating the public about the opportunities presented by today’s technology. To learn more, visit www.facttechnologies.com.

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