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MicroStrategy Opens Partner Summit 2001

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 9, 2001 - MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today opened Partner Summit 2001, a forum for the industry’s top professionals to discuss best practices for selling analytical solutions and implementing and developing applications. During the two-day conference at the Argent Hotel in San Francisco, Calif., MicroStrategy will announce new initiatives and programs that will benefit partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Compaq, Informatica and J.D. Edwards.

“We are very glad to attend this year’s Partner Summit, since MicroStrategy is a valued partner that has always gone to great lengths to work well with Compaq,” said Dennis Phelan, director of the ZLE ISV program at Compaq Computer Corporation. “We are especially excited about MicroStrategy's updated alliance programs that make it easier for Compaq to implement MicroStrategy business intelligence solutions and embed them into solutions such as our Zero Latency Enterprise initiative.”

Summit attendees will see first hand the benefits of MicroStrategy 7.1, the company’s most partner-friendly release to date. It is a scalable business intelligence platform built specifically for the Internet. MicroStrategy 7.1 will make it easier for partners to embed business intelligence into packaged applications, develop repeatable solutions and rapidly integrate and deploy custom solutions.

“We are extremely impressed with MicroStrategy 7.1 because of its power, sophistication and scalability,” said James Tucker, director of product strategy, Enterprise Warehouse for PeopleSoft. “MicroStrategy offers world-class technology and leading programs to foster and support strong relationships with their partners.”

MicroStrategy’s new initiatives and programs include the following features: higher partner discounts, enhanced partner resources and support, increased joint sales and marketing opportunities, free technical certification for qualifying partners and improved coordination with MicroStrategy sales and consulting.

“MicroStrategy’s Partner Summit 2001 gathers some of the best minds in the industry and gives us the chance to acknowledge the outstanding relationships we have with our more than 200 partners,” said Sanju K. Bansal, chief operating officer of MicroStrategy Incorporated. “MicroStrategy is committed to helping our growing number of partners succeed in every way possible.”

Attendees will hear keynote addresses from MicroStrategy executives and will choose from technology and business tracks that address their specific interests. Application developers will learn how to embed business intelligence into their applications using open JAVA and COM software, and systems integrators will discover how to implement solutions using a customizable, flexible and robust platform for business intelligence.

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 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 Home Improvement Warehouse, AT&T Wireless Group, First Union Corporation 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.

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