New, In-person Training in Nine Different Languages Opens up
in 29 Cities
TYSONS CORNER, Virginia,
Aug. 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading
worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms, today
announced the launch of Jump Start, a free educational program
designed to help MicroStrategy customers, partners, and prospects
build practical skills and learn MicroStrategy 10 functionality to
drive faster adoption across the enterprise. The five-day program
is appropriate for all skills levels and will be held monthly in
cities around the world.
"Data is a powerful business tool when you can explore, analyze,
and visualize it to make better decisions," said Rohit Amba, Senior Vice President of Education
Services, MicroStrategy Incorporated. "The new Jump Start program
is designed to let customers, partners and prospective customers
test drive MicroStrategy's industry-leading analytics, mobility,
and telemetry applications to solve real-world business
problems."
Starting this month, Jump Start training will be delivered in
nine different languages including English, Spanish, French,
Italian, Portuguese, German, Korean, Japanese and Chinese, and take
place in 29 cities around the world:
- The Americas: Atlanta,
Georgia; Boston,
Massachusetts; Charlotte, North
Carolina; Chicago,
Illinois; Dallas, Texas;
Los Angeles, California;
San Francisco, California;
New York, New York; Tysons Corner, Virginia; Toronto, Canada; Mexico City, Mexico; Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Europe, Africa and the Middle East: Barcelona, Spain; Cologne, Germany; Lisbon, Portugal; London, England; Madrid, Spain; Milan, Italy; Paris La Defense, France; Warsaw,
Poland; Zurich,
Switzerland; Johannesburg
(Bryanston), South Africa; and
Dubai.
- Asia Pacific:
Hangzhou, China; Seoul, Korea; Singapore; Sydney,
Australia; and Tokyo,
Japan.
The program will teach MicroStrategy fundamentals, as well as
more advanced topics such as creating visually compelling
dashboards; connecting to data from a variety of sources including
Salesforce, Facebook and Hadoop®; and creating mobile apps that
deliver critical insights to users. Each day-long class is
structured to stand on its own, so participants can choose to sign
up for a single day or attend the full week program. To sign
up for Jump Start training near you, visit:
www.microstrategy.com/jumpstart.
"Excellence in BI doesn't start and end with selecting an
enterprise software platform—it takes ongoing training and
education to build an empowered user community capable of great
things," said Michael J. Saylor,
CEO, MicroStrategy Incorporated. "We recognize that standing up an
enterprise analytics platform is a long-term investment. We are
excited about the Jump Start program and look forward to training
customers, partners and prospective customers interested in using
our newest and most innovative analytics technology to transform
their data."
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 analytics, mobility, and telemetry
platforms that are flexible, powerful, scalable, and user-friendly.
To learn more, visit MicroStrategy online, and follow us on
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Contact:
Claudia Cahill
MicroStrategy Incorporated
703-270-2207
ccahill@microstrategy.com