MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that it has selected Robert Otto, CIO/CTO of the U.S. Postal Service, as the recipient of MicroStrategy’s Individual Excellence in Business Intelligence award. Mr. Otto was

Miami, FL, (January 25, 2006) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that it has selected Robert Otto, CIO/CTO of the U.S. Postal Service, as the recipient of MicroStrategy’s Individual Excellence in Business Intelligence award. Mr. Otto was recognized today at MicroStrategy World 2006 in Miami, Florida.

Each year at its annual user conference, MicroStrategy recognizes one individual that exemplifies outstanding leadership and vision in business intelligence excellence. As CTO, Mr. Otto oversees the Information Technology organization at the Postal Service, consisting of 1,314 employees, including developers, data architects, and end-user support specialists. The Postal Service has a 60-terabyte Teradata data warehouse, one of the largest data warehouses in the world.

MicroStrategy supports business intelligence applications in every major functional group in the Postal Service. There are over 30,000 managers using the data provided by these business intelligence applications. The users include financial and account analysts, service delivery analysts, budget coordinators, retail managers, and local postmasters across the Postal Service. The Postal Service has 4,000 users running 31,000 daily queries, and over 140,000 reports are run every week for 30,000 managers to monitor and analyze financial performance, on-time delivery performance, network efficiency, in-plant operations, and retail outlet performance.

The United States Postal Service uses the Enterprise Data Warehouse to drive increases in revenue, reduce costs, improve operations, detect fraud, and increase efficiencies in mail service. To date, over $350 million in savings/cost avoidance have been realized.

“I am proud to receive this award from MicroStrategy, and I accept it on behalf of the Postal Service’s entire Information Technology team,” said Mr. Otto. “Our hard-working team does an outstanding job of supporting the ever-changing IT requirements of the Postal Service. MicroStrategy has been an integral component of our department since 1997, and its technology has enabled us to make remarkable improvements in areas including operational efficiency, financial performance, transportation logistics, and customer service.”

“Behind an organization’s successful deployment of our software is a leader who has the vision to champion the cause of business intelligence and, as a result, change the way the organization does business,” said MicroStrategy’s COO Sanju Bansal. “Bob Otto, with more than 35 years of experience in information technology, has been instrumental in the deployment of MicroStrategy’s business intelligence platform at the USPS. We congratulate Bob and the entire U.S. Postal Service’s Information Technology team for their exceptional work.”

About U.S. Postal Service
Since 1775, the Postal Service and its predecessor, the Post Office Department, has connected friends, families, neighbors and businesses by mail. It is an independent federal agency that visits more than 144 million homes and businesses every day and is the only service provider delivering to every address in the nation. The Postal Service receives no taxpayer dollars for routine operations, but derives its operating revenues solely from the sale of postage, products and services. With annual revenues of $70 billion, it is the world’s leading provider of mailing and delivery services, offering some of the most affordable postage rates in the world. The U.S. Postal Service delivers more than 46 percent of the world’s mail volume–some 212 billion letters, advertisements, periodicals and packages a year–and serves seven million customers each day at its 37,000 retail locations nationwide.

About MicroStrategy
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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MicroStrategy, Incorporated
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Source: MicroStrategy