MicroStrategy Releases eTrainer for MicroStrategy 7

MicroStrategy Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of Intelligent E-Business software, announced the general availability of MicroStrategy eTrainer for MicroStrategy Web and MicroStrategy Agent, two electronic education courses designed by MicroStrategy Education. MicroStrategy eTrainer courses are easy to set up with out-of-the-box functionality. They are fully customizable, allowing customers to learn from their organization's real data and interface. MicroStrategy eTrainer is designed to enhance adoption of the recently launched MicroStrategy 7 platform. Currently available in English, MicroStrategy eTrainer courses will soon also be released in French, German and Spanish.

"Listening to our customers is our top priority. When they asked for electronic courses that could deliver the same high-level of quality that our instructor-led training courses offer, we responded with some powerful applications," said Alison Andrews, vice president of global education services at MicroStrategy Incorporated. "MicroStrategy eTrainer will greatly increase user familiarity with the MicroStrategy 7 platform at customer sites around the world."

eTrainer for MicroStrategy Web is a complete education course, designed for business analysts and other users in and outside an organization. It provides insight into report viewing and manipulation, including how to:

• Find and read different kinds of reports,
• Change the style and type of reports,
• Rearrange the way information in the report is presented,
• Derive more information from existing reports and
• Create new reports using existing report definitions Also, a centralized administration console allows managers to monitor and track user progress online.

eTrainer for MicroStrategy Agent is designed for power-users within an organization and is a supplement to the instructor-led courses offered by MicroStrategy Education. It leads users through many report building tasks, including how to:

• Generate a report through a new template and filter,
• Manipulate data through drilling, sorting and pivoting,
• Develop consolidations to collect groups of attribute elements for easier reporting and
• Create custom groupings for row-level filtering.

MicroStrategy Education instructs and certifies customers and partners on the most relevant e-business topics. During the past year alone, over 6,000 individuals from over 800 of MicroStrategy's customers and partners have successfully completed a variety of MicroStrategy's professional courses in business intelligence and information analysis. Classes vary in topic from data modeling and advance querying to environment configuration and administration using the MicroStrategy platform.

Pricing and Availability

eTrainer for MicroStrategy Web and MicroStrategy Agent are available immediately. Pricing begins at $195 per user. eTrainer for MicroStrategy Web and MicroStrategy Agent may be purchased directly from MicroStrategy or from authorized resellers around the world.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

MicroStrategy is a leading worldwide provider of Intelligent E-Business software and related services. MicroStrategy's technology platform is creating a new generation of one-to-one e-business solutions that enable global 2000 organizations to build personal relationships with their partners, supply chains, and customers. MicroStrategy delivers these solutions via Web, wireless, and voice. In addition to its industry leading technology, MicroStrategy also offers a comprehensive set of consulting, training and support services for its customers and partners. MicroStrategy has approximately 1,000 customers across such diverse industries as retail, finance, telecommunications, dot-com, insurance, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and consumer packaged goods. MicroStrategy also has entered into relationships with more than 250 systems integrators, application development and platform partners. For more information, please visit MicroStrategy's Web site: www.microstrategy.com.

Contact Michael Quint of MicroStrategy Incorporated, 703-848-8600 or info@microstrategy.com.