TYSONS CORNER, Va.,
March 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/
-- MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a
leading worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms, today
announced that the Toronto Transit Commission has selected the
MicroStrategy Analytics Platform™ as its enterprise analytics
standard. The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is a public
transportation agency that employs 13,000 personnel and operates
the subway, streetcars, buses, and paratransit services in
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada.
Guided by a new and ambitious Corporate Plan, the TTC has
embarked on a five-year journey to transform Toronto's public transit system into one that
makes the city proud. A new MicroStrategy customer, the TTC plans
to use MicroStrategy as its data analytics tool to help evaluate
daily service delivery across all aspects of its enterprise.
With the MicroStrategy Analytics Platform, TTC's goal is to develop
operational improvement strategies, identify efficiencies, improve
performance, and ultimately, deliver better service to its
customers. MicroStrategy was chosen for its commitment to
partnership, user-friendly toolset, comprehensive data analytics,
and self-service discovery capabilities, along with offering a
market-leading mobile BI component.
"We are pleased that the Toronto Transit Commission has chosen
MicroStrategy to standardize and analyze their transportation data
in order to make operational improvements and enhance commuter
service," said Paul Zolfaghari,
President, MicroStrategy Incorporated.
About the Toronto Transit Commission
The Toronto
Transit Commission (TTC) is a public transportation agency that
employs 13,000 personnel and operates the subway, streetcars,
buses, and paratransit services in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The TTC, with
525 million riders in 2013, has the third largest ridership of any
public transit system in North
America, after the New York City Transit Authority and
Mexico City Metro.
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 security platforms that
are flexible, powerful, scalable, and user-friendly. To learn more,
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Contact:
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MicroStrategy Incorporated
703-270-2207
ccahill@microstrategy.com
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