MapInfo and MicroStrategy Deliver Location-Enabled Business
Intelligence
Provides Greater Insight into Operational Data to Better Identify New Market
Opportunities and Build Customer Loyalty
MCLEAN, Va., and TROY, N.Y., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
MicroStrategy(R) Incorporated (NASDAQ:MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of
business intelligence software, today announced a new strategic alliance with
MapInfo(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:MAPS), a leading global provider of location-
intelligence solutions for the enterprise. The solution integrates MapInfo's
sophisticated geographic querying and visualization capabilities with
MicroStrategy's business intelligence (BI) platform, and allows organizations
to efficiently monitor, report and analyze their enterprise data.
With the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) and MapInfo
technology, customers now have the added capability of location analysis
integrated seamlessly through a unified, easy-to-use Web interface that
delivers a full range of enterprise reports and analytics. Users are able to
both query and visualize operational data geographically, helping to increase
profitability and enhance customer intimacy. MicroStrategy's industrial-
strength business intelligence platform extends high-value enterprise reporting
and analysis to mass users.
"This was an alliance driven by our joint customer needs, as many of our
customers are already using MicroStrategy to anchor their BI applications. This
integration extends the functionality of MicroStrategy by providing a bi-
directional geographic interface allowing users to move in and out of the data,
flipping back and forth between the map and report. The impact of this is that
we are enabling companies to add the dimension of location, thus expanding the
effective power of their business intelligence solutions," said Michael Hickey,
COO at MapInfo. "This will help them develop key insight, previously missing
from their BI applications, such as identifying new market opportunities,
uncovering location driven customer issues that will allow them to build
stronger customer loyalty and increasing operational efficiencies by better
managing key assets versus customer locations." "MicroStrategy prides itself in aligning with technology leaders like MapInfo,"
said MicroStrategy's COO Sanju Bansal. "By increasing the MicroStrategy
portfolio with proven, highly integrated technology from the leading provider
of location intelligence, we can expand our overall market reach, ultimately
strengthening our leadership position in the business- intelligence space." About MapInfo MapInfo Corporation is a global company that integrates software, data and
services to help customers realize greater value from location-based
information and drive more insightful decisions. MapInfo solutions are
available in 20 languages through a network of strategic partners and
distribution channels in 60 countries. Headquartered in Troy, NY, MapInfo
Corporation is on the World Wide Web at http://www.mapinfo.com/.
About MicroStrategy Incorporated Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly
critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies
are integrating MicroStrategy's industrial-strength software into virtually all
facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence
Platform(TM) distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help
drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities - excellent scalability,
powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an
outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy
to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands
of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business
intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.
MicroStrategy has over 2,800 enterprise-class customers, including General
Motors, Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells
Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has
relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and
platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, HP, and Teradata, a division
of NCR. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more
information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy's software, visit
MicroStrategy's Web site at http://www.microstrategy.com/.
MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy 7, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform,
MicroStrategy Report Services, MicroStrategy Office, and MicroStrategy 7i 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.
MapInfo Of Note This press release contains forward-looking statements involving risks and
uncertainties. Any statement not a statement of historical fact is a forward-
looking statement, including without limitation statements concerning demand
for and benefits of MapInfo products and integration of MapInfo products with
existing solutions. Actual results could differ materially from those stated
or implied in forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including
those factors contained in the Company's most recent quarterly report on Form
10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the heading
"Factors Affecting Future Performance." MapInfo takes no responsibility to
update any forward-looking statements.
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 and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company") to differ
materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute
to such differences include: the ability of the Company to implement and
achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 7i and
MicroStrategy Report Services software on a timely basis; 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.
CONTACT: Liz Kelley Smeds of MicroStrategy Incorporated, +1-703-714-1066, ;
Angela Girard of MapInfo Corporation, +1-518-285-6000, ; or Lauren Arnold of
Schwartz Communications, +1-781-684-0770, , for MapInfo Corporation. DATASOURCE: MicroStrategy Incorporated; MapInfo Corporation CONTACT: Liz Kelley Smeds of MicroStrategy Incorporated, +1-703-714-1066, ; Angela Girard of MapInfo Corporation, +1-518-285-6000, ; or Lauren Arnold of Schwartz Communications, +1-781-684-0770, , for MapInfo Corporation Web site: http://www.microstrategy.com/
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