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MicroStrategy AND SYSTIME FORM STRATEGIC ALLIANCE

MicroStrategy Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, has announced a strategic alliance with SYSTIME Computer Corporation. SYSTIME is a leading global provider of IT services for collaborative commerce solutions including ERP, SCM, CRM, BI, Integration, supply-side B-2-B solutions, HR, and Outsourcing services.

The alliance combines SYSTIME's technology expertise and business knowledge with MicroStrategy's leading Business Intelligence Platform. Under the terms of the agreement, SYSTIME will integrate MicroStrategy's Business Intelligence offerings with its data warehouse solution, while continuing to provide strategic consulting to its growing client base. SYSTIME delivers a complete range of services from consulting to platform implementation.

"SYSTIME is pleased to enter into a global alliance with MicroStrategy. As J.D. Edwards' preferred business intelligence solution, MicroStrategy will be a key partner in our growing business intelligence practice. As the demand for business intelligence solutions grows, SYSTIME and MicroStrategy are poised to build referencable clients across key industries and geographies," said Vishal Grover, executive vice president, SYSTIME.

"By partnering with SYSTIME, we are able to leverage their global presence and over 26 years of experience in IT, to help MicroStrategy increase its customer reach, both domestically and internationally, while building our Alliance Program with world-class integrators," said MicroStrategy's vice president of Global Alliances & Business Development, Tom Villani. "This alliance provides global clients that operate in a myriad of industries with data analysis capabilities that enhance SYSTIME's data warehouse solutions. These customers will benefit from optimized business operations, enhanced efficiency and improved customer relations."

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the increasingly critical business intelligence software market. Leading Fortune 2000 companies are integrating MicroStrategy's industrial-strength software into virtually all facets of their businesses. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform distills vast amounts of data into vital, probing insight to help drive cost-efficiency, productivity, customer relations and revenue-generation. MicroStrategy offers exceptional capabilities -- excellent scalability, powerful analytics, user-friendly query and reporting features and an outstanding, easy-to-use Web interface. Top companies are using MicroStrategy to cost-effectively harness large, multi-terabyte databases; empower thousands of employees at all operational levels; and extend the benefits of business intelligence enterprise-wide and beyond to customers, partners and suppliers.

MicroStrategy has over 2,000 enterprise-class customers, including General Motors, Best Buy, Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse, Yahoo!, Visa International, Wells Fargo, Telecom Italia, AT&T Wireless Group and Aventis. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 500 systems integrators and application development and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Sun, and JD Edwards. MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy's software, visit MicroStrategy's Web site at www.microstrategy.com/.