JCPenney.com Deploys MicroStrategy Platform

MicroStrategy Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, announced that JCPenney.com, a leading home and apparel site, is using the MicroStrategy platform. The relationship, which began in 1996, was extended in 2000 with the purchase of MicroStrategy 7.

"We're proud to do business with one of the world's leading e-tailers," said Sanju K. Bansal, chief operating officer of MicroStrategy Incorporated. "This relationship extends our presence in the retail market, and underscores the richness of MicroStrategy's business intelligence platform. We are committed to giving our customers the business intelligence foundation that best supports their analytical, reporting or CRM applications."

MicroStrategy 7 is a scalable business intelligence platform built specifically for the Internet. Its pure-Web architecture provides the Web reporting, security, performance and standards critical for deployment over the Internet. To order a free copy of the MicroStrategy 7 Evaluation Edition, visit: www.microstrategy.com/eval.

About MicroStrategy

MicroStrategy is a leading provider of business intelligence software for Global 5000 organizations. Since 1990, the company has specialized in helping businesses transform their extensive operational data into actionable information. MicroStrategy's business intelligence platform gives organizations solutions to all of their query, reporting, and advanced analytical needs, and distributes insight to users via Web, wireless, and voice.

MicroStrategy 7, the company's scalable business intelligence platform, is built specifically for the Internet era. Its pure-Web architecture provides Web reporting, security, and performance, and standards that are critical for deployment over the Web. Within intranets, the company's products provide employees with information to make better business decisions. In extranets, extended enterprises use MicroStrategy 7 to build stronger relationships by linking customers and suppliers via the Internet.

MicroStrategy has approximately 1,100 enterprise-class customers including Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse, AT&T Wireless Group, First Union Corporation and GlaxoSmithKline. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 200 systems integrators, application development, and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Compaq, Informatica, and JD Edwards. For more information on the company, or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy's software, please visit MicroStrategy's Web site at www.microstrategy.com.

Contact Claudia Cahill of MicroStrategy Incorporated, 703-848-8600, pr_info@microstrategy.com.