MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Wilbur-Ellis Company, a leading international marketer and distributor of agricultural and industrial products, is expanding its deployment of MicroStrategy for financial

McLean, Va., (January 05, 2006) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Wilbur-Ellis Company, a leading international marketer and distributor of agricultural and industrial products, is expanding its deployment of MicroStrategy for financial reporting. Wilbur-Ellis Company, with sales exceeding $1.47 billion in 2004, distributes products through outlets in North America and Asia.

Wilbur-Ellis has been using MicroStrategy for operational reporting and is now expanding its deployment to include MicroStrategy Report Services for financial reporting and analysis. With MicroStrategy Report Services, Wilbur-Ellis users will have access to key financial information to provide visibility into their financial operations. MicroStrategy Report Services delivers reports via the Web and users can create high quality reports with formatting flexibility. Reports created with MicroStrategy Report Services can be easily deployed to thousands of users, with each user receiving a personalized version of each report.

“With our multinational marketing and distribution networks, retail centers, and warehouses located throughout North America and the Pacific Rim, we needed a consolidated view of our financial operations,” said Jerry Coupe, CIO of Wilbur-Ellis. “MicroStrategy Report Services will enable us to analyze financial information and share it with key personnel to make data-driven decisions to enhance our financial performance.”

“We are excited to continue building our relationship with Wilbur-Ellis,” said MicroStrategy’s COO Sanju Bansal. “MicroStrategy Report Services provides content-rich, user-friendly reports that can enhance existing business intelligence applications and ease the creation of numerous new ones. Combining business analytics and reporting, MicroStrategy Report Services delivers an integrated technology designed to fulfill analytical data and reporting requirements enterprise-wide.”

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Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a global leader in business intelligence (BI) technology. MicroStrategy provides integrated reporting, analysis, and monitoring software that helps leading organizations worldwide make better business decisions every day. Companies choose MicroStrategy for its advanced technical capabilities, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. More information about MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) is available at www.microstrategy.com.

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Wende Cover
MicroStrategy, Incorporated
1-703-770-1646
wcover@microstrategy.com

Source: MicroStrategy