With MicroStrategy Desktop, Users Can Access 70+ Data Sources
and Current MicroStrategy Web™ Users Can Connect to Existing
Projects Locally or Offline
TYSONS CORNER, Virginia,
Oct. 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a
leading worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms, today
announced that MicroStrategy Desktop is now available at no charge.
Users new to the field of analytics and business intelligence,
including students and young professionals, can leverage
MicroStrategy Desktop to explore popular data sources and build
insightful visualizations to help make better business decisions.
To download MicroStrategy Desktop for Mac® or PC, visit:
https://www.microstrategy.com/us/desktop.
"By making MicroStrategy Desktop free, we aim to make business
intelligence and the skills to draw value from self-service
analytics and data discovery more accessible to companies and
individuals," said Michael J.
Saylor, CEO, MicroStrategy Incorporated. "We recognize that
education and support play a critical role in making our customers
and partners successful, and have launched the Jump Start program,
which makes free training and education available to individuals
interested in using MicroStrategy Desktop."
MicroStrategy Desktop, available for Mac and PC, is a powerful
data discovery tool that allows users to access data on their own
and build dashboards. With MicroStrategy Desktop, users can access
over 70 data sources, from personal spreadsheets to relational
databases and big data sources like Hadoop. With the ability to
prepare, blend, and profile datasets with built-in data wrangling,
users can go from data to dashboards in minutes on a single
interface. MicroStrategy Desktop allows departmental users to
visualize information with hundreds of chart and graph options,
empowering them to make decisions on their own.
MicroStrategy Desktop Empowers Both New Users and Existing
MicroStrategy Customers
MicroStrategy Desktop is available for download directly from
the MicroStrategy website, allowing first-time users as well as
existing customers to get started in minutes. MicroStrategy Desktop
is built on the latest version of MicroStrategy 10™, which provides
increased data source support, expanded visualizations, and easier
collaboration. Users who download MicroStrategy Desktop can build
and share interactive dashboards with each other.
MicroStrategy customers who use MicroStrategy Web can seamlessly
connect MicroStrategy Desktop to their existing projects.
Additionally, by downloading their dashboards from the server to
MicroStrategy Desktop, MicroStrategy Web users can work locally and
offline.
To learn more about MicroStrategy Desktop, register for the
upcoming webcast here.
New MicroStrategy Dashboard Gallery
To make it easy for new users to get started with MicroStrategy
Desktop, MicroStrategy is rolling out a new Dashboard Gallery in
the MicroStrategy Community. MicroStrategy Desktop users can access
and search this growing collection of dashboards by topic, and
download dashboards with sample data to experience them on
MicroStrategy Desktop. MicroStrategy Community users also have
access to a library of public datasets, with which they can build
their own new dashboards. Users can also submit their MicroStrategy
dashboards to the Dashboard Gallery by visiting this page on the
MicroStrategy Community.
Learn More about MicroStrategy Desktop in Person
To help users get started on MicroStrategy 10 and expand
adoption, MicroStrategy has launched the Jump Start program. Jump
Start provides free education and training on MicroStrategy Desktop
in nine different languages, and the in-person classes have already
begun in 29 cities around the world. To learn more and sign up for
Jump Start, visit our website.
The MicroStrategy Symposium Series is another opportunity to
learn more about MicroStrategy Desktop. Multiple hands-on workshops
are available throughout these free one-day events so attendees can
learn how to build dashboards and explore their data. Workshops
cover the latest trends in visual analytics, including predictive
analytics, data preparation, custom visualizations, and more. To
register for an upcoming symposium, click here.
About MicroStrategy Incorporated
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is a leading
worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms. The Company's
mission is to provide enterprise customers with a world-class
software platform and expert services so they can deploy unique
intelligence applications. To learn more, visit MicroStrategy
online, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Desktop, MicroStrategy Web and
MicroStrategy 10 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.
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Contact:
Claudia Cahill
MicroStrategy Incorporated
703-270-2207
ccahill@microstrategy.com