1. Announcing MicroStrategy 9 Release 2<br />MicroStrategy 9 Release 2, the latest software release from MicroStrategy, is a fully integrated BI platform that makes Business Intelligence faster, easier, and more user-friendly. Specific enhancements in the newest release yield significant benefits to MicroStrategy customers, including: <br />Higher Performance – work faster and more efficiently <br />Faster Deployment of New BI Applications – launch BI applications quickly <br />Next Generation Dashboard Applications – more data per dashboard plus faster, larger scale dashboard distribution <br />Easier Administration – deliver more BI with less effort <br />MicroStrategy Health Center and the free MicroStrategy Jump-Start Project are new Business Intelligence offerings for MicroStrategy customers in MicroStrategy 9 Release 2, enabling rapid application development and automatic system upkeep, respectively. <br />This release builds on the new products and major platform enhancements of the MicroStrategy 9 Platform, which is uniquely engineered for enterprise BI performance and scale. It also serves the rapidly changing business needs of smaller, departmental BI applications. MicroStrategy 9 provides a seamless path to migrate workgroup and departmental BI applications into an integrated enterprise BI operation.<br />About Business Intelligence<br />Business Intelligence is a set of software systems and practices that helps business people make more informed decisions by providing timely, data-driven answers to their business questions. BI software runs against data stored in data warehouses, operational databases, ERP systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft), and MDX cubes (e.g. Microsoft Analysis Services, SAP BW, and Essbase) and transforms the data into attractive and easy-to-understand dashboards and reports. <br />MicroStrategy Business Intelligence provides organizations with greater insights to:<br />Enhance cost-efficiency and productivity <br />Build stronger customer relationships <br />Optimize revenue-generating strategies <br />Monitor trends and discover anomalies <br />Forecast business opportunities <br />Why MicroStrategy?<br />More than one million people worldwide and thousands of leading companies across all industries use MicroStrategy Business Intelligence software every day for better business decisions.<br />