MicroStrategy's DSS Broadcaster Named Data Warehousing Product of the Year
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MicroStrategy Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of mission-critical decision support systems, has announced that DSS Broadcaster was selected by PlugIn Datamation as the "IT Manager's Choice" Product of the Year in the data warehouses and datamarts category. This is the second consecutive year that PlugIn Datamation, a monthly publication specializing in the coverage of real-world IT solutions, has recognized a product in MicroStrategy's DSS Suite as one of the key technologies in IT. DSS Broadcaster garnered nearly 60% of the votes in its category, more than three times the amount of the next closest product, to win the award.

"IT managers have again acknowledged MicroStrategy as a leading platform for enterprise-wide business intelligence solutions," said Michael J. Saylor, president and CEO of MicroStrategy Incorporated. "DSS Broadcaster's ability to transform the entire data warehousing environment from a traditionally passive resource into an active enterprise information portal allows businesses to fully maximize their data warehouse investments. We're excited that PlugIn Datamation recognizes the tremendous impact that DSS Broadcaster can have on an organization's data warehousing and e-business operations."

DSS Broadcaster Provides Personalized Information Broadcasting

DSS Broadcaster is a powerful information broadcast server capable of delivering personalized messages to millions of recipients via e-mail, fax, pager, mobile phone, and PDA device. Using exception conditions and recurring schedules as triggers, DSS Broadcaster helps maximize the value of data warehouses by providing critical information as part of the normal business process. DSS Broadcaster allows content to be personalized to the individual subscriber, preventing information overload and ensuring that security requirements are strictly enforced. DSS Broadcaster provides intelligent information delivery within the enterprise, but can also extend out to vendors, partners, business customers and even consumers. DSS Broadcaster is ideal for enabling e-business and the automation of sales and marketing operations.

Annual Awards Competition Highlights Outstanding New Technologies

Now in its eighth year, the Product of the Year awards recognize outstanding applications, development tools, servers, workstations, switches, and other new hardware and software that are expected to have the biggest impact on businesses. PlugIn Datamation readers selected DSS Broadcaster from an elite group of products nominated by the industry's leading analysts, consultants, and IT professionals.