Beverage Data Network Selects MicroStrategy's DSS Broadcaster as Active Portal for Delivery of Wine & Spirit Information.

VIENNA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 1999--

New Intelligence Solution will Help Company

Reinvent the Service It Provides Customers

MicroStrategy(R) Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of mission-critical decision support systems, today announced that Beverage Data Network (BDN), a provider of specialized data management and electronic information services to wine and spirits distributors on behalf of manufacturers and importers, has selected MicroStrategy's DSS Broadcaster(TM) 5.5 as the platform for the development of an active information portal to more effectively service its customers. DSS Broadcaster 5.5 became generally available earlier today (see related announcement).

BDN collects, formats, and distributes wine industry data to organizations across the wines and spirits industry. With MicroStrategy's DSS Broadcaster 5.5 and DSS Web(TM) products, BDN provides a fast and intelligent means for users to receive and act upon mission-critical information.

"We used to collect industry data on sales and product movement from manufacturer to distributor, then cleanse and format the information before delivering it," said Steve Bliss, CEO of BDN. "We had no means, however, by which to extend our warehouse for day-to-day decision support. With MicroStrategy, our clients can now access our warehouse anytime, from anywhere, directly after being notified by DSS Broadcaster that critical information exists. MicroStrategy is helping us reinvent the service we provide our customers."

DSS Broadcaster delivers personalized information to BDN customers on a need-to-know basis via email. Decision-makers use this information to analyze sales and product performance. For example:

o a leading liquor manufacturer may wish to analyze the sales of a

recently launched top-shelf bourbon;

o a sales manager can be alerted when new product sales exceed

expectation, or when inventory is low; and

o a marketing executive can run analyses on similar products to

analyze new product movement.

BDN is providing its customers with the tools necessary to analyze business trends, as well as save time and money for industry players who need to act swiftly to capitalize on emerging opportunities. "Before developing a strategic relationship with MicroStrategy, BDN stayed out of the business intelligence market," added Bliss.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

MicroStrategy is a leading worldwide provider of enterprise decision support system ("DSS") software and related services. MicroStrategy's product line (DSS Suite(TM)) enables both active and passive delivery of information from large-scale databases, providing Global 2000 enterprise user communities with timely answers to mission-critical questions.

MicroStrategy's decision support platform enables users to query and analyze the most detailed, transaction-level databases, turning data into business intelligence. In addition to supporting internal enterprise users, MicroStrategy's products extend DSS beyond corporate boundaries to customers, partners and supply chain constituencies through a broad range of pull and push technology such as the Internet, e-mail, telephones, pagers and other wireless communications devices. MicroStrategy also offers a comprehensive set of consulting, training and support services for its customers and partners.

MicroStrategy has over 650 customers across such diverse industries as retail, telecommunications, finance, insurance, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and consumer packaged goods. MicroStrategy's customers use DSS Suite to perform mission-critical activities such as: customer segmentation and profitability analysis; supply chain management; one-to-one customer marketing; financial analysis; customer acquisition, retention, and churn analysis; merchandising and inventory analysis; product category management; and customer risk profiling. Representative MicroStrategy customers include American Express Travel Services, CVS Pharmacy, Harris Teeter, IMS America, Kmart, MCI WorldCom, Merck-Medco, Nike, and Ralston Purina. MicroStrategy has also entered into relationships with more than 145 system integration, application development and platform partners, including Acxiom, Andersen Consulting, HNC Software, IBM, NCR, and Oracle.

For more information, please visit MicroStrategy's Web site: www.strategy.com.

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