MicroStrategy

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MicroStrategy
Image:MSTRLogo.gif
Type	Public (NASDAQ: MSTR)
Founded	1989
Headquarters	McLean, Virginia, USA
Key people	Michael J. Saylor, Chairman of the Board President and Chief Executive Officer
Industry	Business intelligence
Products	MicroStrategy 8
Revenue	$313.82 million USD (2006)
Employees	1,500 worldwide
Website	www.microstrategy.com

MicroStrategy is a business intelligence, Enterprise Reporting, and OLAP software vendor. MicroStrategy's software allows reporting and analysis of data stored in a relational database and other sources. MicroStrategy describes its core reporting software as "ROLAP" or "Relational OLAP" to highlight its use of relational database technology and to distinguish from traditional OLAP, although it supports MOLAP processing since version 7i too.

Their most recent software suite is called MicroStrategy 8. Previous applications include DSS Agent, DSS Web, DSS Broadcaster, and DSS Architect.

1 History
2 Latest releases
3 Products
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

MicroStrategy was founded in 1989 by Michael Saylor and Sanju Bansal.

MicroStrategy became a public company in 1998 - Nasdaq: MSTR.

MicroStrategy founded two noteworthy dot-coms. Strategy.com in 1999 was among the first service to broadcast custom alerts (such as stock price alerts) to wireless devices, but now it is just a mirror of microstrategy.com. It founded Angel.com in 1999 as a customizable telephone-based portal.

MicroStrategy was among the companies to have its stock value skyrocket during the dot-com boom. It was a prominent advertiser during the Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000. An accounting scandal in 2000 caused the stock to drop 61% on March 20, 2000 alone, losing over 95% of its value in a few weeks. Adjusted for stock splits, the company traded for an all-time high of $3,330 on March 10, 2000, and an all-time low of $4.20 on July 3, 2002 during the stock market downturn of 2002^[1]. By 2006, MicroStrategy's revenues had exceeded $300 million and the company had offices in more than 20 countries worldwide.

MicroStrategy was named to the Forbes 200 Best Small Companies in America List in October 2007.^[2]

[edit] Latest releases

In February 2005, MicroStrategy released MicroStrategy 8, which offered major enhancements from its predecessor, MictoStrategy 7i. Some of these enhancements included a redesigned web interface, interactive reporting in Report Services, WYSIWYG report design over the web, direct access to SAP BW metadata, and improved reporting by joining heterogeneous databases.

In 2007, MicroStrategy released its Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards, with advanced data visualization and animation capabilities. The company also released MicroStrategy Mobile, which delivers BI information directly to BlackBerry® smartphones, and MicroStrategy Integrity Manager, which tests the accuracy of BI applications by validating data and report integrity.