MicroStrategy 9 Certified for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse

VIENNA, Va., Nov. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that the MicroStrategy 9 platform has been certified for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse, a highly scalable appliance for enterprise data warehousing.

The combination of MicroStrategy's powerful BI platform and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse appliance provides high performance for BI applications with large amounts of data, delivering rapid response times and reduced administration and maintenance. MicroStrategy tailors its dynamically generated SQL to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse through a set of very large database (VLDB) drivers. In addition, MicroStrategy's Relational OLAP (ROLAP) technology provides multi-pass SQL that enables sophisticated analytics on a single report.

"We're excited with MicroStrategy's integration to Microsoft's new SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse data appliance," said Doug Leland, general manager of the Business Platform Marketing Group at Microsoft Corp. "MicroStrategy's proven analytical capabilities, scalability, and performance enhancing technology make its platform well-suited for organizations running their business-critical applications on the SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse appliance."

"MicroStrategy has certified Microsoft SQL Server databases for over 15 years and we are committed to tightly integrating our technologies for the benefit of our customers," said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy's Chief Operating Officer. "Developing MicroStrategy BI applications on the new SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse appliance is well-suited for BI applications that require high performance with large volumes of data and large numbers of concurrent users."

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 ease-of-use, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. MicroStrategy offers free reporting software that can be downloaded from its Website, http://www.microstrategy.com/freereportingsoftware. More information about MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is available at www.microstrategy.com.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, and MicroStrategy 9 are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries.  Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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