TYSONS CORNER, Va., Jan. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms, today announced that it will host its 18th annual conference, MicroStrategy World 2015, on January 26-29 at the Wynn and Encore Resort Las Vegas.

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"Enterprise Analytics, Mobility, and Security are at the top of IT agendas in 2015," said Michael Saylor, CEO, MicroStrategy Incorporated. "We have been hard at work upgrading the capabilities of the MicroStrategy platform to address these rapidly evolving requirements, and MicroStrategy World 2015 is the ideal venue for us to share our new products with our customers and partners. We are confident that our customers will be able to create stunning new applications with powerful levels of mobility and security using our new software, and I can't wait to show it off in Las Vegas."

Attendees will learn about MicroStrategy's exciting new product announcements, be able to participate in more than 130 informative sessions, get direct access to hands-on workshops, and get the full story on our pioneering enterprise software platforms from an impressive lineup of keynote speakers and experts.

Featured keynote speakers include executives from a number of industry-leading MicroStrategy customers, such as:


    --  John Edgar, VP of Information Technology at the U.S. Postal Service
        (USPS), who will discuss how the USPS is leveraging analytics and mobile
        technologies to drive greater efficiencies and improve customer
        satisfaction across their enterprise.
    --  Jill Young, CEO at NHS Golden Jubilee National Hospital, who will
        discuss Scotland's Healthcare system and how its top priorities of
        quality, safety and innovation have significantly improved health
        outcomes. Tasked by government to lead innovation for NHS Scotland, she
        will share her Board's unique development of a quality framework that is
        using performance indicators and dashboards built on the MicroStrategy
        Analytics Platform(TM) and MicroStrategy Mobile(TM) to improve patient
        care.
    --  John Daly, Sr. Principal for Pharma Solutions at IMS Health, who will
        illustrate how IMS Health helps clients revolutionize and optimize their
        sales force and marketing effectiveness by leveraging MicroStrategy's
        world-class technology platform.
    --  Cisco Skanson, Director of Technology at Target, who will outline the
        ways Target is leveraging MicroStrategy to optimize the store experience
        and deliver the right product assortment, ensuring a Target store is the
        best possible destination for millions of shoppers across the U.S.
    --  Harpreet Geekee, CTO, Solutions at Cisco Systems Canada, who will
        discuss how enhanced security with MicroStrategy Usher(TM) can
        complement Cisco's products and solutions.

Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy and New York Times best-selling author of The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Software Will Change Everything, will detail his vision for the future of analytics, mobility, and security. Saylor will address how businesses in 2015 will wrestle with continued data growth, the move to mobile computing, and the increased threat of cyber attacks, and how MicroStrategy's innovative technology offerings can help companies navigate these market shifts. Saylor will also announce MicroStrategy's latest product capabilities that can secure analytics implementations and significantly reduce the risk of fraud and cyber crime.

More than 30 world-class companies will present their best practices demonstrating how they have deployed MicroStrategy to improve operational efficiencies, increase revenues, and enhance business performance. Among the additional companies scheduled to present are: Adobe; Ahold; Ancestry.com; Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Boston Children's Hospital; CHRISTUS Health; Coach, Inc.; Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport; Domtar Corporation; DPS Holdings Inc.; Facebook; Groupon; Guess?, Inc.; Harvard Pilgrim Health Care; HCA; Hilton Worldwide; HMS; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Hudson's Bay Company; Interstate Batteries; J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.; Kinross Gold; LinkedIn; Lowe's Companies; Match.com; Netflix; Sutter Physician Services; Wells Fargo; Yahoo!; and ZeroChaos.

MicroStrategy's broad collection of technology partners highlights an extensive ecosystem that continues to realize the value of MicroStrategy analytics applied to data at any organization. Conference attendees will learn about complementary solutions and services from MicroStrategy technology partners, including: Actian; Airwatch by VMware; Amazon Web Services; Cloudera; Data Meaning; DataFactZ; Datastrong; Deloitte; HP Vertica; IDS - Intelligent Data Solutions; InfoCepts; IntraMart; Invexer; iOLAP; Lancet Data Sciences; Metric Insights; Nalgan; Pandera; Pitney Bowes; Project X; Qstride; Smartbridge; Southport Services Group; Streamliner; Sysphera; Teradata; Third I; TikaMobile; Visual Crossing; Vitara; XeoMatrix; and ZS Associates.

For more information about how leading independent analysts rate MicroStrategy as one of the most comprehensive platforms in the market, visit: http://www.microstrategy.com/us/about-us/analyst-reviews.

Registration information, agenda, and live video streams of keynote presentations and futures session are available here: http://www.microstrategy.com/us/world/2015/vegas. Members of the media can attend the conference free of charge and should RSVP to ccahill@microstrategy.com.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated
 Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is a leading worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms. The Company's mission is to provide enterprise analytics, mobility, and security platforms that are flexible, powerful, scalable, and user-friendly. To learn more, visit MicroStrategy online, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Analytics Platform, MicroStrategy Mobile, and MicroStrategy Usher 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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Contact:
 Claudia Cahill
MicroStrategy Incorporated
703-270-2207
ccahill@microstrategy.com

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