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MicroStrategy 7 Demonstrates Outstanding Scalability in IBM Tests

In Additional Tests, MicroStrategy 7 Earns IBM ClusterProven Recognition

VIENNA, Va., April 17, 2001 - MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that during rigorous IBM testing, the MicroStrategy 7™ business intelligence platform achieved outstanding scalability results. In additional tests, MicroStrategy Intelligence Server earned IBM's ClusterProven recognition. All tests were run on off-the-shelf, industry-standard Netfinity Servers*.

MicroStrategy 7 demonstrated a level of user scalability that allows companies to analyze and disseminate critical information to extremely large numbers of employees and partners. Conducted at the IBM Solution Partnership Center, the scalability tests showed MicroStrategy 7 supported up to 400,000 total users and 1200 concurrent users, with less than 30 seconds average response time per report.

The tests utilized three clustered Netfinity 5500 M20s 4-Processor servers for MicroStrategy Web™, one Netfinity 8500R 8-Processor machine for MicroStrategy Intelligence Server™ and one Netfinity 8500R 8-Processor machine for IBM DB2®* Universal Database. They simulated the workload of a diverse range of enterprise users simultaneously accessing over 70 tables.

In additional tests, MicroStrategy Intelligence Server earned ClusterProven validation for availability and scalability characteristics beyond those achieved on a single server node and for maintaining application availability in event of failure. Run on IBM Netfinity Servers, the tests also demonstrated that no other additional adapters or software are required on MicroStrategy Intelligence Server for clustering.

“Scalability and the ability to rapidly distribute information using industry-standard servers is crucial to ensuring that companies are armed with a strategic competitive advantage in today's business environment,” said Dr. Joe-Ming Cheng, CISCO CHAI (ASP), IBM Netfinity Application Performance/ServerProven Programs. “MicroStrategy 7 has shown the ability to analyze large data volumes and extract information both while scaling on 1, 2, 4 and 8-way Netfinity processors as well as on clusters of Netfinity servers.”

“IBM's tests show that MicroStrategy 7 can analyze the world's largest data warehouses and provide a full range of query, reporting and analysis capabilities to millions of users,” said Sanju K. Bansal, chief operating officer of MicroStrategy Incorporated. “MicroStrategy 7 can deploy incrementally to meet the needs of numerous business intelligence applications.”

The MicroStrategy Partner Summit 2001 will be May 8-10 in San Francisco, Calif. For more information, visit www.microstrategy.com/partnersummit.

Partners and customers interested in MicroStrategy software can go directly to MicroStrategy's online store, located at http://www.microstrategy.com, to demo, configure, upgrade and order software, including MicroStrategy 7. Store visitors can also purchase technical support, education, consulting and documentation online or over the phone in an easy-to-try, easy-to-buy format.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

MicroStrategy is a leading provider of business intelligence software for Global 5000 organizations. Since 1990, the company has specialized in helping businesses transform their extensive operational data into actionable information. MicroStrategy's business intelligence platform gives organizations solutions to all of their query, reporting, and advanced analytical needs, and distributes insight to users via Web, wireless, and voice.

MicroStrategy 7™, the company's scalable business intelligence platform, is built specifically for the Internet era. Its pure-Web architecture provides Web reporting, security, and performance, and standards that are critical for deployment over the Web. Within intranets, the company's products provide employees with information to make better business decisions. In extranets, extended enterprises use MicroStrategy 7 to build stronger relationships by linking customers and suppliers via the internet.

MicroStrategy has approximately 1,100 enterprise-class customers including Lowe's, AT&T, First Union Bank and GlaxoSmithKline. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 200 systems integrators, application development, and platform partners including IBM, PeopleSoft, Compaq, Informatica, and JD Edwards.

MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information on the company, or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy's software, please visit MicroStrategy's Web site at http://www.microstrategy.com.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward- looking statements,” including its 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 (the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the possibility that the securities class action and shareholder derivative settlement agreements will not obtain court approval or that the other conditions to the settlements will not be satisfied; the Company’s ability to secure financing for its current operations and long-term plans on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7 software and Strategy.com network on a timely basis; adverse reaction by the Company’s employees, investors, customers, vendors and lenders to the restatement of the Company’s financial results or its future prospects; 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; 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 Intelligence Server, MicroStrategy 7, MicroStrategy Web, MicroStrategy 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.