{{short description|American technology company}} {{Infobox company | name = Strategy Inc. | logo = Strategy logo (2025).svg | logo_size = 250px | logo_caption = Logo used since 2025 | trade_name = Strategy | former_name = MicroStrategy Incorporated (1989–2025) | type = [[Public company|Public]] | traded_as = {{ubl|class=nowrap|{{NASDAQ|MSTR}} (Class A)|[[Nasdaq-100]] component| {{Collapsible list| {{NASDAQ|STRK}} (8.00% Series A Perpetual)| {{NASDAQ|STRF}} (10.00% Series A Perpetual)| {{NASDAQ|STRD}} (10.00% Series A Perpetual)| {{NASDAQ|STRC}} (Variable Rate Series A Perpetual) }} }} | industry = {{ubl|[[Bitcoin]] [[treasury]]<ref name="strategy-rebrand"/>|[[Business intelligence]]|Mobile software}} | founded = {{Start date and age|1989}} | hq_location = [[Tysons Corner, Virginia]], U.S. | founders = {{ubl|[[Michael J. Saylor]]| [[Sanju Bansal]]| Thomas Spahr}} | key_people = {{ubl|Michael J. Saylor ([[executive chairman]])| Phong Le ([[President (corporate title)|president]] & [[Chief executive officer|CEO]])}} | revenue = {{increase}} {{US$|477|link=yes}}{{nbsp}}million | revenue_year = 2025 | operating_income = {{decrease}} US$−5.4{{nbsp}}billion | income_year = 2025 | net_income = {{decrease}} US$−4.2{{nbsp}}billion | net_income_year = 2025 | assets = {{increase}} US$61.6{{nbsp}}billion | assets_year = 2025 | equity = {{increase}} US$44.1{{nbsp}}billion | equity_year = 2025 | num_employees = 1,539 | num_employees_year = 2025 | website = {{ubl|{{URL|strategy.com}}|{{URL|strategysoftware.com}}}} | footnotes = <ref name="2025-10-K">{{Cite web |date=February 19, 2026 |title=Microstrategy Form 10-K |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001050446/000105044626000020/mstr-20251231.htm |access-date=2026-03-26 |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission}}</ref><ref name="2024-q4-results">{{cite press release |date=February 5, 2025 |title=Strategy Announces Fourth Quarter 2024 Financial Results; Holds 471,107 BTC |location=[[Tysons Corner|Tysons Corner, Virginia]] |publisher=MicroStrategy Incorporated |agency=Business Wire |url=https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltf8d808d9b8cebd37/blt269be5746d25b795/67a3d0ea956a023640ba6356/strategy-announces-fourth-quarter-2024-financial-results-and-launches-new-website-strategy-com_02-05-2025.pdf |access-date=2025-02-11}}</ref> | module = {{Infobox network service provider|child=yes}} }}
'''Strategy Inc.,''' formerly known as '''MicroStrategy,'''<ref name="strategy-rebrand">{{cite news |title=MicroStrategy is Now Strategy |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250205834633/en/MicroStrategy-is-Now-Strategy |access-date=5 February 2025 |publisher=Business Wire}}</ref> is an American company that provides [[business intelligence]] (BI) and mobile software. Founded in 1989 by [[Michael J. Saylor]], [[Sanju Bansal]], and Thomas Spahr, the firm develops software to analyze internal and external data in order to make business decisions and to develop mobile apps. It is a [[public company]] headquartered in [[Tysons, Virginia|Tysons Corner, Virginia]], in the [[Washington metropolitan area]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Perez |first=Juan Carlos |date=January 21, 2008 |title=Customers Trust MicroStrategy's Independence |work=[[PC World]] |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/141566/article.html}}</ref> Its primary business analytics competitors include [[SAP|SAP SE]] [[Business Objects]], [[IBM]] [[Cognos]], and [[Oracle Corporation]]'s BI Platform.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kanaracus |first=Chris |date=April 19, 2011 |title=Microstrategy Takes Aim at Self-service BI |work=[[PC World]] |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/225619/article.html}}</ref><ref name="Howson13">{{Cite news |last=Howson |first=Cindi |date=February 14, 2013 |title=MicroStrategy Doubles Down On Mobile, Data Visualization |work=[[InformationWeek]] |url=http://www.informationweek.com/software/business-intelligence/microstrategy-doubles-down-on-mobile-dat/240148518}}</ref> Saylor is the executive chairman and, from 1989 to 2022, was the CEO.<ref name="Jaffe00">{{Cite news |last=Jaffe |first=Harry |date=March 1, 2000 |title=The Seven Billion Dollar Man |work=[[Washingtonian (magazine)|Washingtonian]] |url=https://washingtonian.com/2000/03/01/the-seven-billion-dollar-man/}}</ref><ref name="2019-10-K">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-13 |title=Microstrategy form 10-K |url=https://ir.microstrategy.com/node/20946/html |access-date=2020-03-26 |website=Microstrategy Investor Relations}}</ref><ref name="cnbc-2022-08-02">{{cite news |last1=Sigalos |first1=MacKenzie |title=MicroStrategy CEO Saylor moves to chairman role, focusing on strategy and bitcoin |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/02/microstrategy-ceo-saylor-moves-to-chairman-role-focusing-on-strategy-and-bitcoin.html |access-date=August 9, 2022 |work=CNBC |date=August 2, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
Since 2020, the company's securities are widely considered to be a [[bitcoin]] proxy due to Strategy's holdings of the [[cryptocurrency]]. Saylor has compared it to a bitcoin [[spot market|spot]] [[exchange-traded fund#Leveraged ETFs|leveraged ETF]],<ref name="cnbc-2022-08-02"/> though it's not a regulated [[investment fund]].
As of November 17, 2025, Strategy was reported to own over 650,000 bitcoins, worth roughly $59.69 billion, and is the largest corporate holder of the asset.<ref name="Macheel">{{Cite web |last=Macheel |first=Tanaya |date=2024-12-14 |title=Bitcoin proxy MicroStrategy to join the Nasdaq 100 and heavily traded 'QQQ' ETF |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/13/bitcoin-proxy-microstrategy-to-join-the-nasdaq-100-and-heavily-traded-qqq-etf.html |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> This strategy has primarily been driven by Saylor.<ref name="nyt saylor">{{Cite news |last=Copeland |first=Rob |date=2026-01-16 |title=Is This Billionaire a Financial Genius or a Fraudster? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/business/michael-saylor-strategy-bitcoin.html |access-date=2026-02-05 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==History== [[File:MicroStrategy logo.svg|thumb|right|250px|Logo prior to 2025]]
Saylor started MicroStrategy in 1989 with a consulting contract from [[DuPont]], which provided Saylor with $250,000 in start-up capital and office space in [[Wilmington, Delaware]]. Saylor was soon joined by company co-founder [[Sanju Bansal]], whom he had met while the two were students at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT).<ref name="Glasser96">{{Cite news |last=Glasser |first=Jeff |date=July 15, 1996 |title=From the Ground Up and Up |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/washtech/daily/june96/061596saylor.htm}}</ref> The company produced software for [[data mining]] and [[business intelligence]] using [[Nonlinear system|nonlinear mathematics]],<ref name=Jaffe00 /> an idea inspired by a course on systems-dynamics theory that they took at MIT.<ref name="Salter00">{{Cite news |last=Salter |first=Chuck |date=March 31, 2000 |title=People and Technology - MicroStrategy Inc. |work=[[Fast Company (magazine)|Fast Company]] |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/39401/people-and-technology-microstrategy-inc}}</ref>
In 1992, MicroStrategy gained its first major client when it signed a $10 million contract with [[McDonald's]]. It increased revenues by 100% each year between 1990 and 1996.<ref name=Glasser96/> In 1994, the company's offices and its 50 employees moved from Delaware to [[Tysons Corner, Virginia]].<ref name="Leibovich02">{{Cite news |last=Leibovich |first=Mark |date=January 6, 2002 |title=MicroStrategy's CEO Sped to the Brink |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2002/01/06/microstrategys-ceo-sped-to-the-brink/7a0ab40f-1d6e-42f3-8f28-b907de3c8d67/}}</ref>
On June 11, 1998, MicroStrategy became a [[public company]] via an [[initial public offering]]. The company sold 36 million shares of its common stock, each share priced at $6, under the stock ticker "MSTR" on the [[NASDAQ]] stock exchange.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Leibovich |first=Mark |date=August 9, 1998 |title=Journey Into the Secret Heart of Capitalism |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/08/09/journey-into-the-secret-heart-of-capitalism/8a958de1-7a7d-4b7a-b8c5-3055c0508ad5/}}</ref>
In 2000, MicroStrategy founded [[Alarm.com]] as part of its [[research and development]] unit.<ref name="Takahashi09">{{Cite news |last=Takahashi |first=Dean |date=February 17, 2009 |title=Alarm.com buys out its owners for $27.7 million |work=[[VentureBeat]] |url=https://venturebeat.com/2009/02/17/alarmcom-buys-out-its-owners-for-277-million/}}</ref>
On March 20, 2000, after a review of its accounting practices, MicroStrategy announced that it would restate its financial results for the preceding two years.<ref name="Hilzenrath00a">{{Cite news |last=Hilzenrath |first=David S. |date=March 22, 2000 |title=For MicroStrategy, A Matter of Timing |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2000/03/22/for-microstrategy-a-matter-of-timing/aa8a33c7-d0d1-4824-8436-bd59a3a03a45/}}</ref> Its stock price, which had risen from $7 per share to as high as $333 per share in a year, lost $140 (62% of its value) in a day, in what is regarded as the bursting of the [[dot-com bubble]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 20, 2000 |title=MicroStrategy plummets |publisher=[[CNN Money]] |url=https://money.cnn.com/2000/03/20/companies/microstrategy/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020130230812/http://money.cnn.com/2000/03/20/companies/microstrategy/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 30, 2002}}</ref>
Following MicroStrategy Inc.'s March 20, 2000 announcement that it had significantly overstated its 1998 and 1999 revenues, approximately two dozen class action securities fraud actions were filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against MicroStrategy.<ref>{{Cite case |title=In re Microstrategy Inc. Securities Litigation, No. CIV.00-473-A {{!}} Casetext Search + Citator |url=https://casetext.com/case/in-re-microstrategy-inc-securities-litigation-4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241228193727/https://casetext.com/case/in-re-microstrategy-inc-securities-litigation-4 |archive-date=2024-12-28 |access-date=2025-01-01 |language=en}}</ref> In December 2000, the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] brought charges against the company and its executives.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=SEC Brings Civil Charges Against MicroStrategy, Three Executive Officers for Accounting Violations |date=December 14, 2000 |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |url=https://www.sec.gov/news/headlines/microstr.htm}}</ref> A lawsuit was subsequently filed against MicroStrategy and certain of its officials over fraud.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 15, 2000 |title=MicroStrategy Chairman Accused of Fraud by S.E.C. |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/15/business/microstrategy-chairman-accused-of-fraud-by-sec.html|last1=Norris |first1=Floyd}}</ref> In December 2000, Saylor, Bansal, and the company's former [[CFO]] settled with the SEC without admitting wrongdoing, each paying $350,000 in fines. The officers also paid a combined total of $10 million in [[Disgorgement (law)|disgorgement]]. The company settled with the SEC, hiring an independent director to ensure regulatory compliance.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lau |first=Debra |date=December 18, 2000 |title=Forbes Faces: Michael Saylor |work=[[Forbes]] |url=https://www.forbes.com/2000/12/18/1218faces.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hilzenrath |first=David S. |date=December 15, 2000 |title=Saylor, Associates Settle Fraud Charges |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2000/12/15/saylor-associates-settle-fraud-charges/a69bcb25-99d4-4018-9f9f-0eb0e22f37b3/}}</ref>
In February 2009, MicroStrategy sold Alarm.com to [[venture capital]] firm [[ABS Capital Partners]] for $27.7 million.<ref name=Takahashi09/> The company introduced [[OLAP]] Services with a shared data set cache to accelerate reports and ad hoc queries.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.informationweek.com/big-data/software-platforms/microstrategy-launches-in-memory-analysis-engine/d/d-id/1113842| title=MicroStrategy Launches In-Memory Analysis Engine | work=Information Week | date=February 14, 2014}}</ref> In 2010, the company began developing and deploying business intelligence software for mobile platforms, such as the [[iPhone]] and [[iPad]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kayle |first=Alex |date=July 7, 2010 |title=iPad spells end for traditional BI |work=[[ITWeb]] |url=http://v2.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34639%3Aipad-spells-end-for-traditional-bi&catid=69&Itemid=58}}</ref>
In 2011, MicroStrategy expanded its offerings to include a cloud-based service, MicroStrategy Cloud.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Howson |first=Cindi |date=January 31, 2012 |title=MicroStrategy Cloud, Social And Mobile Bets Pay Off |work=[[InformationWeek]] |url=http://www.informationweek.com/software/business-intelligence/microstrategy-cloud-social-and-mobile-be/232500755}}</ref>
In 2013, MicroStrategy sold [[Angel Incorporated|Angel]] to [[Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories]] for $110 million.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=MicroStrategy Announces Sale of Angel Subsidiary |date=February 26, 2013 |publisher=[[PR Newswire]] |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/microstrategy-announces-sale-of-angel-subsidiary-193265481.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=February 26, 2013 |title=MicroStrategy To Sell Angel.com Unit To Genesys For $110M |work=[[Forbes]] |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2013/02/26/microstrategy-to-sell-angel-com-unit-to-genesys-for-110m/}}</ref>
In August 2022, the attorney general for the [[District of Columbia]] sued Saylor for tax fraud, accusing him of illegally avoiding more than $25 million in D.C. taxes by pretending to be a resident of other jurisdictions. MicroStrategy was accused of collaborating with Saylor to facilitate his [[tax evasion]] by misreporting his residential address to local and federal tax authorities and failing to withhold D.C. taxes.<ref>{{cite web |title=AG Racine Sues DC-Based Billionaire Michael Saylor & Software Company Microstrategy for Evading More Than $25 Million in District Taxes |url=https://oag.dc.gov/release/ag-racine-sues-dc-based-billionaire-michael-saylor |access-date=1 September 2022 |website=oag.dc.gov}}</ref> MicroStrategy said the case is "a personal tax matter involving Mr. Saylor" and called the claims against the company "false" and it would "defend aggressively against this overreach."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Feiner |first1=Lauren |date=31 August 2022 |title=MicroStrategy Chair Michael Saylor accused of evading $25 million in taxes by DC attorney general |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/31/microstrategy-chairman-michael-saylor-accused-of-tax-evasion-by-dc-ag.html |access-date=1 September 2022 |publisher=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> In June 2024, Saylor and MicroStrategy reached a $40 million settlement agreement with the District of Columbia.<ref name="Hirsch 2024">{{cite news |last1=Hirsch |first1=Lauren |title=MicroStrategy and Its Founder to Pay $40 Million in Tax Fraud Lawsuit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/business/dealbook/microstrategy-michael-saylor-tax-fraud.html |work=[[New York Times]] |date=3 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241128102401/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/business/dealbook/microstrategy-michael-saylor-tax-fraud.html |archive-date=28 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
Saylor resigned as CEO effective August 8, 2022. Phong Le, who had been president, succeeded him. Saylor remains the executive chairman of MicroStrategy. In a press release announcing the transition, Saylor said that he would focus on the company's bitcoin acquisition strategy and that Phong would manage overall corporate operations.<ref name="cnbc-2022-08-02" />
==Bitcoin purchases== In August 2020, MicroStrategy invested $250 million in [[bitcoin]] as a treasury reserve asset, citing declining returns from cash, a weakening dollar, and other global [[macroeconomic]] factors.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-11 |title=MicroStrategy buys $250M in Bitcoin as CEO says it's superior to cash |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/08/11/microstratregy-buys-250m-in-bitcoin.html |access-date=2020-08-11 |website=Washington Business Journal |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MicroStrategy Buys $50 Million Worth Of Bitcoin, Topping Up Holdings To $766M |date=5 December 2020|url=https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/20/12/18663624/microstrategy-buys-50-million-worth-of-bitcoin-topping-up-holdings-to-766m}}</ref> The company went on to make several additional large purchases of bitcoin; on September 19, 2022, MicroStrategy and its subsidiaries held approximately 130,000 BTC, acquired at an aggregate purchase price of $3.98 billion at an average purchase price of $30,639 per bitcoin.<ref>{{Cite news |title=MicroStrategy's Saylor Makes Smallest Bitcoin Buy in More Than 2 Years |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-20/microstrategy-says-it-purchased-6-million-in-bitcoin |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220928002215/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-20/microstrategy-says-it-purchased-6-million-in-bitcoin |archive-date=2022-09-28 |access-date=2026-02-05 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}</ref> Executive chairman Saylor has been described as working to "funnel nearly all of Strategy’s available funds" into Bitcoin.<ref name="nyt saylor"/>
On the company's quarterly earnings call on May 3, 2022, MicroStrategy CFO Phong Le stated that the company would face a [[margin call]] if bitcoin's price fell to about $21,000. A margin call would obligate the company to sell some of its bitcoin holdings. Le stated that the company could add more collateral to its loan to avoid such a situation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fox |first=Matthew |title=Microstrategy said it would face a margin call and be forced to sell some of its crypto if bitcoin falls to $21,000 |url=https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/microstrategy-bitcoin-margin-call-21000-crypto-loan-mstr-stock-price-2022-5 |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=Markets Insider}}</ref> After bitcoin's price fell to about $20,800 in June 2022, the company said that it had not received a margin call and that it had enough capital to withstand further [[volatility (finance)|volatility]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Westbrook |first=Tom |date=2022-06-15 |title=MicroStrategy scotches 'margin call' fears, says can withstand volatility|work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/bitcoin-nears-microstrategy-margin-call-price-2022-06-14/ |access-date=2022-06-15}}</ref> On December 22, 2022, MicroStrategy sold 704 BTC, which represented its first time selling any bitcoin, for an amount of around $11.8 million.<ref>[https://www.microstrategy.com/content/dam/website-assets/collateral/financial-documents/financial-document-archive/form-8-k-12-28-2022.pdf MicroStrategy Incorporated] MicroStrategy</ref>
On September 25, 2023, MicroStrategy announced that, during the period between August 1, 2023, and September 24, 2023, MicroStrategy and its subsidiaries acquired 5,445 bitcoins for $147.3 million in cash, at an average price of $27,053 per bitcoin, inclusive of fees and expenses.
As of December 8, 2024, MicroStrategy was reported to own 423,650 bitcoins, worth $42.43 billion, and is the largest corporate holder of the asset. Like other cryptocurrency treasury firms, MicroStrategy doesn't give investors on-chain data that would allow public verification of its reserves.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Elder |first=Bryce |date=June 18, 2025 |title=Bitcoin treasury companies are an auditor's nightmare |url=https://www.ft.com/content/d2d1f919-7386-4467-9b27-7d51dd54ee53 |work=Financial Times}}</ref> MicroStrategy purchased 149,880 bitcoins in the month beginning on November 11, 2024.<ref name="Macheel"/> On the strength of this asset, MicroStrategy was included in the [[Nasdaq-100]] effective December 23, 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/microstrategy-secures-nasdaq-100-inclusion-after-bitcoin-fueled-stock-surge-2024-12-14/ | title=MicroStrategy secures Nasdaq-100 inclusion after bitcoin-fueled stock surge | work=Reuters | date=14 December 2024 }}</ref>
A further 4,225 bitcoins were acquired between July 7–13, 2025 for $472.5M at an average price of $111,827 per Bitcoin.<ref>https://x.com/solidintel_x/status/1944729403717456006</ref>
Strategy has launched four credit instruments in the second and third quarter of 2025 worth $4 billion, with more to come. Michael Saylor told Bloomberg that these are high-yield perpetual securities aiming to reduce bitcoin volatility and risk for investors.<ref>{{Citation |title=Strategy's Saylor Touts Bitcoin-Backed Credit Products |date=2025-09-29 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-09-29/strategy-s-saylor-touts-bitcoin-backed-credit-products-video |access-date=2025-11-07 |language=en}}</ref>
In late November 2025 [[Forbes]] reported that the shares of Strategy had dropped by 60% compared to the previous year, with its market capitalization down to $49 billion, which was below the value of the $56 billion in bitcoin it was holding at the same time.<ref>{{Citation |title=Will Bitcoin's Dive Threaten Michael Saylor's Strategy? |date=2025-09-24 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ninabambysheva/2025/11/24/will-bitcoins-dive-threaten-michael-saylors-strategy/ |access-date=2025-12-01 |language=en}}</ref> This was followed by a statement from Strategy CEO Phong Le about a potential sell of bitcoins by Strategy, which market observers saw as a contributing factor in a drop of bitcoin price below $86,000 in early December 2025.<ref>{{Citation |title=Kryptowährung fällt unter 86.000 Dollar |date=2025-12-01 |url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/maerkte/devisen-rohstoffe/bitcoin-kryptowaehrung-faellt-unter-86000-dollar/100179687.html |access-date=2025-12-01 |language=de}}</ref>
==Products== {{Infobox software | name = MicroStrategy Analytics | screenshot = MicroStrategy Analytics Desktop.jpg | developer = MicroStrategy | latest_release_version = MicroStrategy 2019 | latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|2019|1|7}}<ref name="Marshall" /> | latest_preview_version = | latest_preview_date = | operating_system = [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Linux]], [[IBM AIX|AIX]] (no longer supported), [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] (no longer supported) | genre = [[Business intelligence]] | license = [[Trialware]] | website = {{URL|https://www.microstrategy.com/us/platform}} }} MicroStrategy 2020 is the latest platform release of the company's business intelligence software.<ref name="search1">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-05 |title=HyperIntelligence upgrades highlight MicroStrategy 2020 |url=https://searchbusinessanalytics.techtarget.com/news/252477892/HyperIntelligence-upgrades-highlight-MicroStrategy-2020 |access-date=2020-03-26 |website=TechTarget}}</ref>
MicroStrategy 2019, the prior platform release, attempted to improve connectivity to data sources and applications and allow for easier mobile application development. it also offered Bluetooth identity detection and voice.<ref name="Holak">{{Cite news |last=Holak |first=Brian |date=January 8, 2019 |title=MicroStrategy 2019 platform touts 'zero-click' analytics |url=https://searchbusinessanalytics.techtarget.com/news/252455491/MicroStrategy-2019-platform-touts-zero-click-analytics |access-date=April 2, 2019 |work=[[Tech Target]]}}</ref><ref name="Marshall">{{Cite news |last=Marshall |first=Mo |date=January 7, 2019 |title=MicroStrategy 2019 promises voice queries, hyper-targeted intelligence |url=https://venturebeat.com/2019/01/07/microstrategy-2019-promises-voice-queries-hyper-targeted-intelligence/ |access-date=April 2, 2019 |work=[[Venture Beat]]}}</ref><ref name="Brust">{{Cite news |last=Brust |first=Andrew |date=January 7, 2019 |title=MicroStrategy 2019 introduced "HyperIntelligence" contextual BI |publisher=[[ZDNet]] |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/microstrategy-2019-brings-introduces-hyperintelligence-contextual-bi/ |access-date=April 2, 2019}}</ref> The earlier suite of software, MicroStrategy 10, consisted of MicroStrategy Analytics, MicroStrategy Mobile, and Usher. MicroStrategy 10.10, released in December 2017, added MicroStrategy Workstation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sargent |first=Jenna |date=December 11, 2017 |title=MicroStrategy 10.10, Talend's new developer courses, and UC Berkeley future learning robots |work=[[SD Times]] |url=https://sdtimes.com/sd-times-news-digest-microstrategy-10-10-talends-new-courses-uc-berkeley-future-learning-robots/}}</ref> It uses business intelligence and [[predictive analytics]] to search through and perform analytics on [[big data]] from a variety of sources, including [[data warehouse]]s, [[Excel]] files, and [[Apache Hadoop]] distributions.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 29, 2014 |title=Zettaset adds BI connector to Hadoop tool |publisher=[[ITWeb]] |url=https://www.itweb.co.za/content/JKjlyr7w2rjvk6am}}</ref>
MicroStrategy Mobile, introduced in 2010, incorporates analytics capabilities to apps for [[iPhone]], [[iPad]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], and [[BlackBerry]].<ref name="idev1">{{Cite news |title=MicroStrategy Rolls Out Analytics Solutions for Cloud, Mobile Information-Driven Apps |publisher=Integration Developer News |url=http://www.idevnews.com/stories/6089/MicroStrategy-Rolls-Out-Analytics-Solutions-for-Cloud-Mobile-Information-Driven-Apps |access-date=2014-02-20}}</ref>
Usher is a digital credential and identity intelligence product for organizations to control digital and physical access. It replaces physical badges and passwords with secure [[digital badge]]s, and generates information on user behavior and resource usage.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Overly |first=Steven |date=April 14, 2013 |title=MicroStrategy's office of the future includes mobile identity and cybersecurity |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/microstrategys-office-of-the-future-includes-mobile-identity-and-cybersecurity/2013/04/13/eb82e074-a1e3-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Flook |first=Bill |date=October 2, 2013 |title=Michael Saylor on the iPhone 5s, mobile ID and the new 'biometric war' |work=[[American City Business Journals]] |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/techflash/2013/10/michael-saylor-the-iphone-5s-and-the.html}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Official website}} {{Finance links | name = MicroStrategy Incorporated | symbol = MSTR | reuters = MSTR.O | bloomberg = MSTR:US | sec_cik = 1050446 | yahoo = MSTR | google = MSTR:NASDAQ }}
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