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==History== ==History==
Michael J. Saylor started MicroStrategy in 1989 with a consulting contract from ], which provided Saylor with $250,000 in start-up capital and office space in Wilmington, Delaware. Saylor was soon joined by company co-founder Sanju Bansal, whom he had met while the two were students at ].<ref name=Glasser96>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/washtech/daily/june96/061596saylor.htm |title=From the Ground Up and Up |author=Jeff Glasser |date=15 July 1996 |work=The Washington Post |accessdate=26 January 2013}}</ref> The company produced software for ] and business intelligence using ],<ref name=Jaffe00 /> an idea inspired by a course {{which|date=August 2015}} that they took at MIT.<ref name=Salter00>{{cite web |url=http://www.fastcompany.com/39401/people-and-technology-microstrategy-inc |title=People and Technology - MicroStrategy Inc. |author=Chuck Salter |date=31 March 2000 |work=Fast Company |accessdate=25 January 2013}}</ref> During this time period, the company experienced rapid growth. In 1992, it gained its first major client when it signed a $10 million contract with ], and increased revenues by 100% every year between 1990 and 1996.<ref name=Glasser96 /> In 1994, they moved the company's offices and its 50 employees from Delaware to ].<ref name=Leibovich02>{{cite news |title=MicroStrategy's CEO Sped to the Brink |author=Mark Leibovich |url=http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=44VF-B7Y0-010F-90K3&csi=8075&oc=00240&perma=true |work=The Washington Post |date=6 January 2002 |accessdate=27 January 2013}}</ref> MicroStrategy had its ] in June 1998.<ref name=IPO>{{cite web |url=http://ipo.nasdaq.com/Fundamentals.asp?cikid=11748&fnid=4633&coname=MICROSTRATEGY+INC&selected=MSTR&market=Nasdaq+National+Market |title=Initial Public Offerings Key Data |date=11 June 1998 |work=NASDAQ |accessdate=27 January 2013}}</ref> On its first day of trading, the stock price doubled.<ref name=Kaplan12>{{cite news |title=Michael Saylor: MicroStrategy's boy king grows up |author=David A. Kaplan |url=http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/06/27/microstrategy-michael-saylor/ |work=Fortune |date=12 July 2012 |accessdate=8 February 2013}}</ref> Michael J. Saylor started MicroStrategy in 1989 with a consulting contract from ], which provided Saylor with $250,000 in start-up capital and office space in Wilmington, Delaware. Saylor was soon joined by company co-founder Sanju Bansal, whom he had met while the two were students at ].<ref name=Glasser96>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/washtech/daily/june96/061596saylor.htm |title=From the Ground Up and Up |author=Jeff Glasser |date=15 July 1996 |work=The Washington Post |accessdate=26 January 2013}}</ref> The company produced software for ] and business intelligence using ],<ref name=Jaffe00 /> an idea inspired by a course {{which|date=August 2015}} that they took at MIT.<ref name=Salter00>{{cite web |url=http://www.fastcompany.com/39401/people-and-technology-microstrategy-inc |title=People and Technology - MicroStrategy Inc. |author=Chuck Salter |date=31 March 2000 |work=Fast Company |accessdate=25 January 2013}}</ref> During this time period, the company experienced rapid growth.


===Milestones===
⚫ In 2000 MicroStrategy founded ] an IVR and voice application company. In March 2000, after a review of its accounting practices, MicroStrategy announced that it would restate its financial results for the preceding two years,<ref name=Hilzenrath00a>{{cite news |title=For MicroStrategy, A Matter of Timing |author=David S. Hilzenrath |url=http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=3YVS-5NS0-00RP-M51B&csi=8075&oc=00240&perma=true |work=The Washington Post |date=22 March 2000 |accessdate=29 January 2013}}</ref> which resulted in an investigation by the ].<ref name=Hilzenrath00b>{{cite news |title=SEC Investigating MicroStrategy |author=David S. Hilzenrath |url=http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=401N-D990-00RP-M0GC&csi=8075&oc=00240&perma=true |work=The Washington Post |date=14 April 2000 |accessdate=29 January 2013}}</ref> A lawsuit was subsequently filed against MicroStrategy and certain of its officials over fraud.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/15/business/microstrategy-chairman-accused-of-fraud-by-sec.html?ref=microstrategyinc |title= MicroStrategy Chairman Accused of Fraud by S.E.C. |date=December 15, 2000 |accessdate=Jul 11, 2013}}</ref> In December 2000, Saylor, Bansal, and the company's former CFO settled with the SEC without admitting wrongdoing by each paying $350,000 in fines. The officers also paid a combined total of $10 million in ]. The firm itself was charged with a number of violations and settled with the SEC by hiring an independent director to ensure regulatory compliance.<ref name=Lau00>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/2000/12/18/1218faces.html |title=Forbes Faces: Michael Saylor |author=Debra Lau |date=18 December 2000 |work=Forbes.com |accessdate=25 January 2013}}</ref><ref name=Hilzenrath00c>{{cite news |title=Saylor, Associates Settle Fraud Charges |author=David S. Hilzenrath |url=http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=41WX-KYW0-00RP-M17N&csi=8075&oc=00240&perma=true |work=The Washington Post |date=15 December 2000 |accessdate=29 January 2013}}</ref>
* In 1992, it gained its first major client when it signed a $10 million contract with ], and increased revenues by 100% every year between 1990 and 1996.<ref name=Glasser96 />

* In 1994, they moved the company's offices and its 50 employees from Delaware to ].<ref name=Leibovich02>{{cite news |title=MicroStrategy's CEO Sped to the Brink |author=Mark Leibovich |url=http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=44VF-B7Y0-010F-90K3&csi=8075&oc=00240&perma=true |work=The Washington Post |date=6 January 2002 |accessdate=27 January 2013}}</ref>
By the fourth quarter of 2003, the company added over 200 new corporate customers<ref name=Yang04>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2004-02-08/microstrategys-second-wind|title=MicroStrategy's Second Wind |author=Catherine Yang |date=8 February 2004 |work=Businessweek.com |publisher=Bloomberg |accessdate=25 January 2013}}</ref> and posted increased revenue for every quarter through the end of 2007.<ref name=Hart07a>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/31/AR2007013100827.html |title=Software Company's Strategy Pays Off |author=Kim Hart |date=1 February 2007 |work=The Washington Post |accessdate=25 January 2013}}</ref> In 2007 and 2008, the company was named one of the 200 Best Small Companies in America by '']''.<ref name=Forbes08>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/23/biz_200smalls08_MicroStrategy_DIQJ.html |title=The 200 Best Small Companies |date=8 October 2008 |work=Forbes |accessdate=27 January 2013}}</ref>
* In June 1998, MicroStrategy had its ].<ref name=IPO>{{cite web |url=http://ipo.nasdaq.com/Fundamentals.asp?cikid=11748&fnid=4633&coname=MICROSTRATEGY+INC&selected=MSTR&market=Nasdaq+National+Market |title=Initial Public Offerings Key Data |date=11 June 1998 |work=NASDAQ |accessdate=27 January 2013}}</ref>

* In 2000, MicroStrategy founded ] as part of MicroStrategy's ] unit.<ref name="Takahashi09">{{cite news |title=Alarm.com buys out its owners for $27.7 million |last1=Takahashi |first1=Dean |url=https://venturebeat.com/2009/02/17/alarmcom-buys-out-its-owners-for-277-million/ |newspaper=] |date=17 February 2009 |accessdate=7 December 2017}}</ref>
In 2009, the company introduced ] Services with a shared data set cache, to accelerate reports and ad hoc queries.<ref name=iw021414>{{cite web|url= http://www.informationweek.com/big-data/software-platforms/microstrategy-launches-in-memory-analysis-engine/d/d-id/1113842|title= MicroStrategy Launches In-Memory Analysis Engine |publisher=Information Week |date=2014-02-14|accessdate=2014-02-19}}</ref> The relational nature of the ] services allowed users to drill down through the database to the transaction-level detail.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://searchbusinessanalytics.techtarget.com/definition/MicroStrategy|title= MicroStrategy |publisher=TechTarget.com |date=2010-02-14|accessdate=2014-02-20}}</ref>
⚫ * In March 2000, after a review of its accounting practices, MicroStrategy announced that it would restate its financial results for the preceding two years,<ref name=Hilzenrath00a>{{cite news |title=For MicroStrategy, A Matter of Timing |author=David S. Hilzenrath |url=http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=3YVS-5NS0-00RP-M51B&csi=8075&oc=00240&perma=true |work=The Washington Post |date=22 March 2000 |accessdate=29 January 2013}}</ref> which resulted in an investigation by the ].<ref name=Hilzenrath00b>{{cite news |title=SEC Investigating MicroStrategy |author=David S. Hilzenrath |url=http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=401N-D990-00RP-M0GC&csi=8075&oc=00240&perma=true |work=The Washington Post |date=14 April 2000 |accessdate=29 January 2013}}</ref> A lawsuit was subsequently filed against MicroStrategy and certain of its officials over fraud.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/15/business/microstrategy-chairman-accused-of-fraud-by-sec.html?ref=microstrategyinc |title= MicroStrategy Chairman Accused of Fraud by S.E.C. |date=December 15, 2000 |accessdate=Jul 11, 2013}}</ref>

In 2010, the company began developing and deploying business intelligence software for mobile platforms, such as the ] and ].<ref name=Kayle10>{{cite web |url=http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34639:ipad-spells-end-for-traditional-bi&catid=69&Itemid=58 |title=iPad spells end for traditional BI |author=Alex Kayle |date=7 July 2010 |work=ITWeb |accessdate=25 January 2013}}</ref> Also in 2011, it expanded its offerings to include a cloud-based service, MicroStrategy Cloud.<ref name=Howson12a>{{cite news |title=MicroStrategy Cloud, Social And Mobile Bets Pay Off |author=Cindi Howson |url=http://www.informationweek.com/software/business-intelligence/microstrategy-cloud-social-and-mobile-be/232500755 |work=InformationWeek |date=31 January 2012 |accessdate=14 May 2013}}</ref> * In December 2000, Saylor, Bansal, and the company's former CFO settled with the SEC without admitting wrongdoing by each paying $350,000 in fines. The officers also paid a combined total of $10 million in ]. The firm itself was charged with a number of violations and settled with the SEC by hiring an independent director to ensure regulatory compliance.<ref name=Lau00>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/2000/12/18/1218faces.html |title=Forbes Faces: Michael Saylor |author=Debra Lau |date=18 December 2000 |work=Forbes.com |accessdate=25 January 2013}}</ref><ref name=Hilzenrath00c>{{cite news |title=Saylor, Associates Settle Fraud Charges |author=David S. Hilzenrath |url=http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=41WX-KYW0-00RP-M17N&csi=8075&oc=00240&perma=true |work=The Washington Post |date=15 December 2000 |accessdate=29 January 2013}}</ref>
* In February 2009, MicroStrategy sold Alarm.com to ] firm ] for $27.7 million.<ref name="Takahashi09"/>

In 2013, MicroStrategy sold ] to ] for $110 Million USD.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2013/02/26/microstrategy-to-sell-angel-com-unit-to-genesys-for-110m/ |title=MicroStrategy To Sell Angel.com Unit To Genesys For $110M}}</ref> * Also in 2009, the company introduced ] Services with a shared data set cache, to accelerate reports and ad hoc queries.<ref name=iw021414>{{cite web|url= http://www.informationweek.com/big-data/software-platforms/microstrategy-launches-in-memory-analysis-engine/d/d-id/1113842|title= MicroStrategy Launches In-Memory Analysis Engine |publisher=Information Week |date=2014-02-14|accessdate=2014-02-19}}</ref>
* In 2010, the company began developing and deploying business intelligence software for mobile platforms, such as the ] and ].<ref name=Kayle10>{{cite web |url=http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34639:ipad-spells-end-for-traditional-bi&catid=69&Itemid=58 |title=iPad spells end for traditional BI |author=Alex Kayle |date=7 July 2010 |work=ITWeb |accessdate=25 January 2013}}</ref>

* In 2011, it expanded its offerings to include a cloud-based service, MicroStrategy Cloud.<ref name=Howson12a>{{cite news |title=MicroStrategy Cloud, Social And Mobile Bets Pay Off |author=Cindi Howson |url=http://www.informationweek.com/software/business-intelligence/microstrategy-cloud-social-and-mobile-be/232500755 |work=InformationWeek |date=31 January 2012 |accessdate=14 May 2013}}</ref>
In January 2014, the company announced a new feature of the platform called PRIME (Parallel Relational In-Memory Engine), co-developed with Facebook. It is a massively parallel processing engine that the company said can support a data volume of 4.6TB and 200 billion rows.<ref name="idev1"/> In May, 2014, Microstrategy announced the availability of its enterprise software platforms available via subscription on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240224077/MicroStrategy-World-2014-Saylor-announces-AWS-partnership-and-demos-Usher/ |title=MicroStrategy World 2014: Saylor announces AWS partnership and demos Usher}}</ref>
* In 2013, MicroStrategy sold ] to ] for $110 Million USD.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2013/02/26/microstrategy-to-sell-angel-com-unit-to-genesys-for-110m/ |title=MicroStrategy To Sell Angel.com Unit To Genesys For $110M}}</ref>

* In January 2014, the company announced a new feature of the platform called PRIME (Parallel Relational In-Memory Engine), co-developed with Facebook.<ref name="idev1"/>
⚫ The company slashed Saylor's salary from $875,000 to $1 in September 2014 at his request.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Krantz|first1=Matt|title=Why this CEO slashed his paycheck - to $1|url=http://americasmarkets.usatoday.com/2014/09/10/another-bites-the-buck-ceo-cuts-pay-to-1/|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=12 September 2014}}</ref> In October 2014 the company announced plans to lay off 770 employees.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/techflash/2014/10/microstrategy-slashes-workforce-by-20-percent.html |title= MicroStrategy slashes workforce by 20 percent |publisher=Washington Business Journal | accessdate=2014-10-10}}</ref>
* In September 2014, the company reduced Saylor's salary from $875,000 to $1 at his request.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Krantz|first1=Matt|title=Why this CEO slashed his paycheck - to $1|url=http://americasmarkets.usatoday.com/2014/09/10/another-bites-the-buck-ceo-cuts-pay-to-1/|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=12 September 2014}}</ref>

⚫ * In October 2014 the company announced plans to lay off 770 employees.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/techflash/2014/10/microstrategy-slashes-workforce-by-20-percent.html |title= MicroStrategy slashes workforce by 20 percent |publisher=Washington Business Journal | accessdate=2014-10-10}}</ref>
In April 2015, MicroStrategy introduced enterprise security platform Usher™ and debuted the Usher Software Development Kit. In June 2015, MicroStrategy announced the general availability of MicroStrategy 10™, combining enhanced business-intelligence functionality with data discovery, mobile analytics and enterprise-grade security.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cio.com/article/2931913/microstrategy-10-promises-enhanced-bi-with-more-governance-security.html |title=MicroStrategy 10 promises enhanced BI with more governance, security}}</ref> * In June 2015, MicroStrategy announced the general availability of MicroStrategy 10.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cio.com/article/2931913/microstrategy-10-promises-enhanced-bi-with-more-governance-security.html |title=MicroStrategy 10 promises enhanced BI with more governance, security}}</ref>

In March 2016. MicroStrategy 10 was showcased in the BI Bake-Off, a product face-off that took place at the Gartner Business Intelligence and Analytics Summit at the Gaylord Texan Hotel & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ir.microstrategy.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=961131 |title=MicroStrategy 10™ Showcased in BI Bake-Off at Gartner Business Intelligence and Analytics Summit}}</ref> In March 2017, the company announced the general availability of MicroStrategy 10.7, the latest update to the company's MicroStrategy 10 platform. The release included a new set of APIs and data integration options for building custom connectors to external sources.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ir.microstrategy.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1018817 |title=MicroStrategy Unveils Microstrategy 10.7}}</ref> In July 2017, version 10.8 was announced, which includes bundled R analytics.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ir.microstrategy.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1032099 |title=Machine Learning, AI Integration & Predictive Analytics Made Easier with R Analytics Bundled and Installed Out-of-the-box}}</ref>


==Products== ==Products==
MicroStrategy develops scalable enterprise software platforms. MicroStrategy 10 is the company’s flagship product, and it consolidates analytics and mobility on a single integrated platform, available both as on-premises software and as a hosted service offering in MicroStrategy Cloud. It uses business intelligence and predictive analytics to search through and perform analytics on big data from a variety of sources, including data warehouses, Excel files, and ] distributions.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70449 |title=Zettaset adds BI connector to Hadoop tool}}</ref> MicroStrategy 10, the current suite of software, consists of MicroStrategy Analytics, MicroStrategy Mobile, and Usher. The most recent major release of the software is 10.7, which was released in March 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ir.microstrategy.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1018817 |title= MicroStrategy Unveils MicroStrategy 10.7 |publisher=Microstrategy.com}}</ref> MicroStrategy 10 is the company’s flagship product, consolidating analytics and mobility on a single integrated platform, available both as on-premises software and as a hosted service offering in MicroStrategy Cloud. It uses business intelligence and predictive analytics to search through and perform analytics on big data from a variety of sources, including data warehouses, Excel files, and ] distributions.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70449 |title=Zettaset adds BI connector to Hadoop tool}}</ref> MicroStrategy 10, the current suite of software, consists of MicroStrategy Analytics, MicroStrategy Mobile, and Usher. MicroStrategy 10.10 was released in December 2017; this version adds MicroStrategy Workstation.<ref name="Sargent17">{{cite news |title=MicroStrategy 10.10, Talend's new developer courses, and UC Berkeley future learning robots |last1=Sargent |first1=Jenna |url=https://sdtimes.com/sd-times-news-digest-microstrategy-10-10-talends-new-courses-uc-berkeley-future-learning-robots/ |newspaper=] |date=11 December 2017 |accessdate=12 December 2017}}</ref>


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MicroStrategy
MicroStrategy logo
Company typePublic
Traded asNasdaq: MSTR
S&P 600 Component
IndustryBusiness intelligence and mobile software
Founded1989
FounderMichael J. Saylor Edit this on Wikidata
HeadquartersTysons Corner, Virginia, United States
Key peopleMichael J. Saylor (Co-founder, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer)
ProductsMicroStrategy Analytics, MicroStrategy Mobile, Usher
Revenue$529.87 million USD (2015)
Net income22,501,000 United States dollar (2018) Edit this on Wikidata
Total assets855,768,000 United States dollar (2018) Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees2,065 worldwide
Websitewww.microstrategy.com

MicroStrategy, Inc. is a provider of business intelligence (BI), mobile software, and cloud-based services. The company is based in the Washington, D.C. area and serves companies and organizations worldwide. Founded in 1989 by Michael J. Saylor and Sanju Bansal, the firm develops software to analyze internal and external data in order to make business decisions and to develop mobile apps. The software can be deployed in companies' data centers, or as cloud services.

MicroStrategy remains one of the few independent, publicly traded BI software providers in the business intelligence (BI) market. Its primary business analytics competitors include SAP Business Objects, IBM Cognos, and Oracle's BI Platform.

MicroStrategy is headquartered in the Washington, D.C. metro area and has worldwide operations in 27 countries. The CEO and chairman of the board of MicroStrategy is Michael J. Saylor, the company's co-founder. The company holds 31 granted patents and 9 additional applications under review.

History

Michael J. Saylor started MicroStrategy in 1989 with a consulting contract from DuPont, which provided Saylor with $250,000 in start-up capital and office space in Wilmington, Delaware. Saylor was soon joined by company co-founder Sanju Bansal, whom he had met while the two were students at MIT. The company produced software for data mining and business intelligence using nonlinear mathematics, an idea inspired by a course that they took at MIT. During this time period, the company experienced rapid growth.

Milestones

  • In 1992, it gained its first major client when it signed a $10 million contract with McDonald's, and increased revenues by 100% every year between 1990 and 1996.
  • In 1994, they moved the company's offices and its 50 employees from Delaware to Tysons Corner, Virginia.
  • In June 1998, MicroStrategy had its initial public offering.
  • In 2000, MicroStrategy founded Alarm.com as part of MicroStrategy's research and development unit.
  • In March 2000, after a review of its accounting practices, MicroStrategy announced that it would restate its financial results for the preceding two years, which resulted in an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. A lawsuit was subsequently filed against MicroStrategy and certain of its officials over fraud.
  • In December 2000, Saylor, Bansal, and the company's former CFO settled with the SEC without admitting wrongdoing by each paying $350,000 in fines. The officers also paid a combined total of $10 million in disgorgement. The firm itself was charged with a number of violations and settled with the SEC by hiring an independent director to ensure regulatory compliance.
  • In February 2009, MicroStrategy sold Alarm.com to venture capital firm ABS Capital Partners for $27.7 million.
  • Also in 2009, the company introduced OLAP Services with a shared data set cache, to accelerate reports and ad hoc queries.
  • In 2010, the company began developing and deploying business intelligence software for mobile platforms, such as the iPhone and iPad.
  • In 2011, it expanded its offerings to include a cloud-based service, MicroStrategy Cloud.
  • In 2013, MicroStrategy sold Angel to Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories for $110 Million USD.
  • In January 2014, the company announced a new feature of the platform called PRIME (Parallel Relational In-Memory Engine), co-developed with Facebook.
  • In September 2014, the company reduced Saylor's salary from $875,000 to $1 at his request.
  • In October 2014 the company announced plans to lay off 770 employees.
  • In June 2015, MicroStrategy announced the general availability of MicroStrategy 10.

Products

MicroStrategy 10 is the company’s flagship product, consolidating analytics and mobility on a single integrated platform, available both as on-premises software and as a hosted service offering in MicroStrategy Cloud. It uses business intelligence and predictive analytics to search through and perform analytics on big data from a variety of sources, including data warehouses, Excel files, and Hadoop distributions. MicroStrategy 10, the current suite of software, consists of MicroStrategy Analytics, MicroStrategy Mobile, and Usher. MicroStrategy 10.10 was released in December 2017; this version adds MicroStrategy Workstation.

MicroStrategy Analytics
Developer(s)MicroStrategy
Stable releaseMarch 2017 (10.7) / March 27, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-03-27)
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, Linux, AIX, Solaris
TypeBusiness Intelligence
LicenseTrialware
Websitewww.microstrategy.com/us/platform

Product details

  • MicroStrategy Analytics allows large organizations to analyze vast amounts of data and securely distribute actionable business insight throughout an enterprise, while also being able to cater to smaller workgroups and departmental use via MicroStrategy Desktop. MicroStrategy Analytics delivers reports and dashboards, and enables users to conduct ad hoc analysis and share insights via mobile devices (via MicroStrategy Mobile) or the Web (via MicroStrategy Web). It also combines the agility of self-service visual data discovery with the security, scalability, and governance features of enterprise-grade business intelligence. MicroStrategy Analytics is available both as on-premises software and as a hosted service offering in MicroStrategy Cloud.
  • MicroStrategy Mobile, introduced in 2010, is a software platform integrating Analytics capabilities into mobile business apps for the iPhone, iPad, Android, and BlackBerry. It allows improved transactional efficiencies and easier access to intelligence data without needing to reformat the data for different platforms. Apps using it can deliver business intelligence and transactional data derived from their existing data sources, including data warehouses, ERP, CRM and other information systems.
  • Usher is a digital credential and identity intelligence product that offers a secure, convenient way for organizations to control digital and physical access. By replacing physical badges and passwords with secure digital badges, Usher is able to generate critical information on user behavior and resource usage that can be used to make organizations more productive and secure. Usher's technology architecture incorporates the use of three-factor authentication, out-of-band channels, time-limited codes, and bidirectional public key infrastructure encryption.

Awards and recognition

In 2011, Apple recognized MicroStrategy's iOS app as one of the best business apps of the year. In 2012, the Business Application Research Center (BARC) ranked MicroStrategy first overall in Mobile BI in the BI Survey 12. Also in 2012, Information Management named MicroStrategy one of the "Forty Vendors We’re Watching" for its ability to understand new business trends.

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