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Ventera Corporation Joins MicroStrategy’s DSS Partners Program

Partnership Provides Telecommunications Companies with Decision Support Solutions for Billing, Network Management, and Churn Analysis

Vienna, VA, January 19, 1998 — Ventera Corporation, the leading provider of information technology, management consulting, and systems integration to the telecommunications industry, announced today that it has joined the MicroStrategy® (NASDAQ: MSTR) DSS Partners™ Program as a systems integrator. By partnering with MicroStrategy, a leading worldwide provider of mission-critical decision support systems, Ventera will provide its telecommunications clients with flexible, end-to-end data warehousing solutions that will allow them to gain a better understanding of customer behavior, industry trends, and corporate operations.

Through its work implementing enterprise-wide database applications for telecommunications firms, Ventera has gained extensive business and technical expertise in developing decision support applications to support billing, network management, and churn analysis. As a MicroStrategy partner, Ventera will combine this telecommunications expertise with MicroStrategy’s DSS Suite™, a powerful and comprehensive decision support product line, to provide clients with robust data warehousing solutions that reduce churn, enable customer-centric marketing, increase personalization of service, and optimize the efficiency of their businesses.

Ventera has also completed MicroStrategy’s rigorous MCDSE (MicroStrategy Certified Decision Support Engineer) partner certification program, ensuring that Ventera consultants have a complete understanding of MicroStrategy product architecture and implementation methodology, including database modeling, schema design, and decision support application development.

Joe McMahon, Jr., executive vice president and chief operating officer of Ventera, is excited about the new partnership. He recently stated, "By joining MicroStrategy’s DSS Partners Program, Ventera has strengthened its commitment to providing exceptional IT solutions to our clients in the telecommunications industry. Ventera’s customers will benefit from our expanded knowledge of, and access to, MicroStrategy’s superior decision support and data warehouse technologies, tools, and services."

"Ventera is highly regarded in the telecommunications industry for its experience implementing world-class database applications," said Sanju K. Bansal, executive vice president and chief operating officer of MicroStrategy Incorporated. "Combining this experience with MicroStrategy’s DSS Suite will provide Ventera’s customers with rich analytical environments that can be customized to meet the specific needs of their end users. Telecommunications companies can use the Ventera’s MicroStrategy-based solution to gain new insight into their businesses, helping them streamline operations and earn a higher return on investment."

About Ventera Corporation

Ventera is one of the leading providers of enterprise-wide Business Support Systems to the telecommunications industry. Our information technology and management professionals specialize in providing tactical solutions to the immediate challenges that face organizations in this market.

Ventera Corporation is located in Vienna, VA, the second largest high-tech region in the country. Headquarters is located at 8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Vienna, VA 22182; Phone: 703-760-7863; Fax: 703-760-7899; Internet: contact@ventera.com; World Wide Web: www.ventera.com.

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