Thousands of Customers and Partners Rally at
Milestone 20th Annual User Conference
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide
provider of enterprise analytics and mobility software, unveiled
MicroStrategy 10™ on Amazon Web Services (AWS), a revamped
MicroStrategy Community, a newly-released Education catalog, and a
new global academic program for customer success. The announcements
were made at MicroStrategy World 2017 to thousands of MicroStrategy
customers, partners, employees and business intelligence (BI)
enthusiasts who attended in person and online. To view the
conference keynotes, visit the MicroStrategy World 2017 website.
Key highlights included:
- MicroStrategy 10 on AWS, to be made
available this quarter, provides new tools and services that allow
customers to deploy a cloud optimized version of the MicroStrategy
10 platform directly into the AWS Cloud.
- The MicroStrategy Community is
receiving a complete revamp, making it an even better collaborative
knowledge base. In the new community, new and returning visitors
can learn technical tips and tricks, engage with peers to share new
ideas, and grow existing MicroStrategy products and programs.
- Our newly-released MicroStrategy 2017
Education Catalog, offering over 40 version 10 courses and
effectively doubling the volume of learning content, is now
available in a multitude of learning delivery methods for all user
roles and levels at our Education page.
- The new MicroStrategy academic program
now offers training and educational resources for teachers and
students, creating a center of excellence for enterprise analytics
and mobility.
- At MicroStrategy World 2017, customers
took the spotlight. Winners of the Dashboard Showcase were on
prominent display and Customer Awards recognized excellence in the
industry.
“This week at MicroStrategy World 2017, we hosted our most
impressive user conference to date,” said Mark Gambill, CMO,
MicroStrategy Incorporated. “We shared a series of new initiatives
and product innovations designed to make it easier for our
customers to build modern, transformational analytics and mobility
applications at scale and get the expert knowledge and resources
they need to be successful.”
MicroStrategy 10 Coming to Amazon Web Services
At MicroStrategy World 2017, MicroStrategy announced that
MicroStrategy 10 will be available on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Offering the entire MicroStrategy platform on AWS will allow
customers to rapidly deploy a BI platform that delivers enterprise
analytics, reporting, and dashboarding capabilities, through
self-service options.
For customers and MicroStrategy partners, MicroStrategy 10 on
AWS means that with minimal effort and hardware investment, they
can be up to date on the latest version of MicroStrategy, including
the newest features and capabilities. Users will be able to start,
stop and resize environments as needed, bringing cost-savings to
their organizations, even if a partner is opening an instance to
demonstrate the value of a joint solution to prospective customers.
Additionally, access to MicroStrategy 10 APIs will give customers
the flexibility to create and customize their own workflows.
“With MicroStrategy 10 on AWS, our customers will gain an
enterprise solution that also has the flexibility to create custom
workflows that are shaped to the size, time, location and power
needed,” said Hugh Owen, Senior Vice President of Product
Marketing, MicroStrategy Incorporated. “Because no heavy lifting
will be involved and the solution is self-serve, MicroStrategy
customers will be empowered to rapidly create, deploy and scale new
business applications with better agility and choice, while
reducing the total cost of ownership.”
To learn more about spinning up an instance of MicroStrategy 10
on AWS, stay tuned for updates.
Relaunching the MicroStrategy Community Site
MicroStrategy is introducing a new online Community that
delivers an expertly curated experience with vast amounts of
information at a single location. New and returning visitors to the
site can expect improved, streamlined access to:
- Product Experts – Get in touch with
people who build and work on improving every element of the
MicroStrategy platform.
- Documentation – Immediately find
relevant SDK details and developer resources.
- Customer Discussions and Debates – Join
conversations and exchange ideas with fellow community
members.
- Product Education and Reviews – Learn
about MicroStrategy products and review feedback from other
users.
- Application Examples – Efficiently
understand how MicroStrategy products fit into your unique
workstream.
“The goal of the revamped MicroStrategy Community was to build
an even better experience for our visitors,” said Owen. “As a
result, we’ve seen a reduction in the number of help tickets and an
increase in the quality and breadth of content on the MicroStrategy
Community. It’s become a more valuable hub for everyone.”
Self-Paced Education Courses For The Enterprise
MicroStrategy recognizes that every organization has time
constraints and that individuals learn in a variety of ways. To
help MicroStrategy customers with large communities of business
users make the most of their platform, MicroStrategy announced the
availability of five of its most popular instructor-led courses in
a self-paced learning format, with another five modules to be
released in 2017. For organizations with more than 30 MicroStrategy
web licenses, our new Enterprise E-courseware modules are the ideal
solution to drive usage of MicroStrategy. To download our newly
released catalog or learn more about our offerings, visit the
MicroStrategy Education page.
MicroStrategy’s New Academic Program Brings Professional Data
Analytics and BI Resources to Academia for Free
University professors, students, and researchers can now access
MicroStrategy software and resources at no cost to enrich their
business and computer science course experiences. With the
MicroStrategy platform, professors can use industry-standard
analytics software in the classroom to prepare students with
relevant and applicable skills while students begin to master the
skills that will enhance their marketability to future employers.
Included in the MicroStrategy academic program are training and
educational resources for teachers and students to create a center
of excellence for enterprise analytics and mobility. To learn more
about MicroStrategy’s academic program, visit here.
MicroStrategy World: Dashboard Showcase and Customer
Awards
Numerous entries were submitted to MicroStrategy’s World
Dashboard Showcase. Each was judged for its outstanding business
value, the presentation and design of its information presentation,
overall user experience and workflow. Based on these criteria,
MicroStrategy revealed five entries for their unique perspective
and presentation of business, facility, and global activity to
World attendees.
In addition, MicroStrategy presented MicroStrategy Customer
Awards to American International Group, Inc. (AIG), Sumitomo Rubber
North America, and Fanatics, Inc. for BI applications that stood
out in three respective categories: Innovative, Impactful, and
Interesting.
- Innovative – AIG was awarded the
MicroStrategy Innovative Customer Award for deploying an analytics
solution that helps underwriters better understand and assess
risk—a critical component for the firm’s business.
- Impactful – Sumitomo Rubber North
America won the MicroStrategy Impactful Customer Award for its
sales analysis iPad app, which has helped equip their sales teams
to run more effective meetings with customers and thus grow market
share.
- Interesting – Fanatics, Inc. won the
MicroStrategy Interesting Customer Award for a real-time web
dashboard that gives business users access to up-to-date sales data
at any moment.
“On behalf of the entire MicroStrategy team, we are grateful to
each customer presenter, partner, attendee and enthusiast who
joined us at this milestone event,” said Michael J. Saylor, CEO,
MicroStrategy Incorporated. “As we look ahead, we intend to
maintain and extend our leadership in BI, analytics and mobility,
and help our customers answer their toughest business
questions.”
About MicroStrategy Incorporated
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is a
leading worldwide provider of enterprise analytics and mobility
software. The Company's mission is to provide enterprise customers
with a world-class software platform and expert services so they
can deploy unique intelligence applications. To learn more,
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