MicroStrategy Enhances Integration with SAP BI to Deliver Faster Time-to-Value for...

MicroStrategy Enhances Integration with SAP BI to Deliver Faster Time-to-Value
for Business Intelligence Applications

MCLEAN, Va., July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MicroStrategy(R)
Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business
intelligence (BI) software, today announced that its latest release of
MicroStrategy 8(TM) software provides deeper integration with SAP BI to help
organizations achieve even faster time-to-value for their BI applications.
The latest MicroStrategy software release was made generally available on July
18, 2008.
With this new release, MicroStrategy customers can further leverage their
existing SAP investments with improved capabilities to design, publish,
administer, and maintain their SAP reports. MicroStrategy now offers enhanced
reuse of SAP BI objects that accelerate SAP report development, enabling
higher-quality development in less time. MicroStrategy is committed to the
continued enhancement of its SAP integration and has recently renewed its
SAP(R) Certified Integration certification.
Additionally, MicroStrategy dashboards and reports can combine SAP BI data
with non-SAP data to provide comprehensive corporate performance insight
across all data assets. MicroStrategy generates optimized MDX syntax that is
fully certified with SAP BI using SAP's high performance BAPI interfaces.
MicroStrategy uses the multidimensional models implicit in SAP InfoCubes and
QueryCubes, allowing users to seamlessly analyze, investigate, and drill
anywhere into SAP BI for more data, without prior programming or prior design
of drill paths.
"MicroStrategy customers can now apply the full analytical power of the
MicroStrategy 8 BI platform to the SAP BI pre-packaged business content," said
Sanju Bansal, COO of MicroStrategy. "Since MicroStrategy reuses the
information already contained in SAP BI, report development time is
accelerated for our customers, providing enhanced time-to-value."
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.
MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy 8, and MicroStrategy Business Intelligence
Platform 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.
Contact:
Wende Cover
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 770-1646
wcover@microstrategy.com

SOURCE MicroStrategy

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