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MicroStrategy Tops Peer Group as Preferred Business Intelligence

Published: June 7, 2005

MicroStrategy, a worldwide provider of business intelligence software, recently announced that in an independent survey of companies using different business intelligence (BI) software to improve their performance, MicroStrategy was the preferred product on which to standardize as compared to its Peer Group. The Peer Group consists of MicroStrategy, Hyperion Essbase, Cognos, PowerPlay, Business Objects and Oracle Discoverer. Conducted by one of the leading authorities in the OLAP field, Nigel Pendse, The OLAP Survey 4 compiled findings from almost 1,000 customer sites. In the survey, companies using more than one BI product were asked which product they would choose to standardize on and why. MicroStrategy was selected by 87.5 percent of the respondents.

When asked about their decision, participants cited several reasons, including product features, ease of management and web deployability. The OLAP Survey 4 Peer Group Ranking for Preferred Product to Standardize On: Product Ranking

• MicroStrategy 1;
• Business Objects 2;
• Cognos PowerPlay 3;
• Hyperion Essbase 4; and
• Oracle Discoverer 5.

“The tendency of MicroStrategy customers to choose it as the product to standardize on for sites with multiple BI products is a testament to the range of features it now offers,” said Nigel Pendse, author of The OLAP Survey 4.

“The preference for standardizing on MicroStrategy is indicative of MicroStrategy’s ability to serve organizations' decision-making needs from a single integrated reporting and analysis architecture," said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy’s COO. “These results highlight MicroStrategy’s flexibility to accommodate a wide range of BI applications, ease of use, and extensive range of BI functionality.”