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MicroStrategy and Government Technology Services Inc. Establish An Agreement to Sell to the Department of Defense

Partnership Validates MicroStrategy Technology as a Leading Platform For Intelligent E-Business™

VIENNA, VA, January 31, 2000 — MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of Intelligent E-Business software, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Government Technology Services Inc. (NASDAQ: GTSI), the largest dedicated Federal government provider of IT solutions. As part of the agreement, signed late last year, GTSI intends to aggressively market and deliver MicroStrategy’s Intelligent E-Business Platform™ in conjunction with its IT solutions to the Department of Defense (DoD) customers.

With nearly 17 years of federal government experience, GTSI has valuable customer knowledge and relationships. GTSI provides its customers with the largest choice of products and contract vehicles within the federal arena. GTSI holds nearly 50 contracts, all with government approved pricing, and provides access to over 150,000 IT products from more than 2,100 vendors. The Company also offers simple integration services and partners with well-known service providers to give customers more complex integration services.

"GTSI is striving to introduce Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions to our customers," said Dendy Young, chairman and chief executive officer of GTSI. "Clearly, MicroStrategy’s powerful new platform is a key component in our solution-set. As government agencies at all levels strive to better serve their constituencies, we believe that MicroStrategy’s technology will help these agencies provide better CRM and e-business services."

"Combining our Intelligent E-Business software with GTSI’s highly effective distribution channel will extend our ability to reach into the federal marketplace," said Sanju K. Bansal, chief operating officer of MicroStrategy Incorporated. "We believe that our combined technologies will be invaluable to government departments and agencies that are trying to fully leverage their information assets in order to make better cost-effective decisions."

MicroStrategy’s Intelligent E-Business Solutions Helps Government Organizations to Leverage Their Strategic Assets

MicroStrategy technology delivers complete Intelligent E-Business solutions that help government departments and agencies delve into enterprise information to uncover patterns and preferences, and then broadcast customized information to organizations and constituents via web, wireless and voice. The insight and proactive delivery of information will enable government organizations to become more efficient and better serve their constituencies with available resources.

"Government organizations are looking toward MicroStrategy’s E-Business technology to help them manage their business, perform more effectively, build better relationships with customers, and deliver quality service to the citizen," said Robert Silverman, VP and general manager of MicroStrategy Government. "Our agreement with GTSI is yet another example of how the government market is rapidly embracing MicroStrategy technology as the platform of choice for Intelligent E-Business."

About GTSI

GTSI is the largest dedicated Federal government reseller and marketer of computer products and broad-based information technology solutions. The Company offers access to over 150,000 information technology products from more than 2,100 manufacturers. The Company also offers simple integration services and partners with well-known service providers to give customers more complex integration services. Headquartered in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, GTSI provides products and services to Federal, state and local government customers worldwide. Further information about GTSI is available at www.gtsi.com.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

MicroStrategy is a leading worldwide provider of Intelligent E-Business™ software and related services. MicroStrategy’s product line enables both proactive and interactive delivery of information from large-scale databases, providing Global 2000 enterprises a platform for developing solutions that deliver insight and intelligence to their enterprise, supply-chain, and customers.

MicroStrategy’s 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 platform delivers critical business information 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’s platform is ideal for developing e-business solutions that are personalized and proactive, and that reach millions of users. MicroStrategy also offers a comprehensive set of consulting, training and support services for its customers and partners.

MicroStrategy has approximately 900 customers across such diverse industries as retail, telecommunications, finance, insurance, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and consumer packaged goods. Representative MicroStrategy customers include American Express Travel Services, CVS Pharmacy, Harris Teeter, IMS America, Kmart, MCI WorldCom, Merck-Medco, Nike, NetRadio and Ralston Purina. MicroStrategy has also entered into relationships with more than 225 systems integrators, application development and platform partners, including Accrue, Exchange Applications, HNC Software, IBM, NCR, and Oracle.

For more information, please visit MicroStrategy’s Web site: http://www.microstrategy.com.

This press release includes statements that may constitute “forward-looking” statements, usually containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include 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, 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.

GTSI is a registered service mark of Government Technology Services, Inc.

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