MRJ Technology Solutions Announces Support for MicroStrategy's DSS Administrator

Business Wire, Feb 18, 1997

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 1997--MRJ Technology Solutions, a specialty systems integrator in Philadelphia, Pa, today announced its support for MicroStrategy's new product DSS Administrator. MRJ and MicroStrategy are technology partners, collaborating on several client engagements as well as joint marketing projects to provide clients with comprehensive data warehousing solutions. By combining MRJ's integrated data warehousing solutions with MicroStrategy's DSS Administrator, companies can now develop, deploy, and maintain very large data warehouse applications designed to support thousands of users and millions of queries via the Internet.

"At MRJ, we are constantly reviewing the latest technologies available in order to provide our customers with the right solutions for their companies," explained Diane Walker, Technical Director, Enterprise Systems Division of MRJ Technology Solutions. "MicroStrategy's DSS Administrator tool set enables closed-loop warehouse tuning by providing database administrators (DBAs) with the ability to view how users are accessing the warehouse and then to optimize the warehouse for enhanced performance. Together with MicroStrategy, this enables MRJ to provide our clients with highly available, performance-tuned systems."

"As a leading systems integrator, MRJ understands the requirements of developing enterprise data warehouse applications," said Sanju K. Bansal, chief operating officer at MicroStrategy. "We are pleased that MRJ will be able to provide our mutual clients with the tools to better monitor and manage their VLDB and web-based DSS applications."

About MRJ

MRJ Technology Solutions is a specialty systems integrator recognized as one of the premier vendors of data mining, data warehouse-to-web, and database marketing solutions. The company has built its reputation for high-quality consulting expertise for more than 18 years by delivering ROI-based computing solutions using leading technologies. As a result, MRJ's annual revenue now exceeds $100 million and offices have been established nationwide. MRJ's clients are primarily in industries requiring a sophisticated level of customer analysis: financial services, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, and retail.

For more information about MRJ Technology Solutions, see the company's website at http://www.mrj.com/ or call 1-800-675- 6794.

About MicroStrategy, Inc.

MicroStrategy is the leading provider of industrial-strength decision support products for developing and accessing data warehouses.

As the Relational OLAP (ROLAP) industry pioneer, MicroStrategy has delivered a series of technology breakthroughs including high-performance, multidimensional OLAP analysis directly from relational databases; VLDB drivers for terabyte-range scalability; a multipass SQL generation engine; OLAP over the World Wide Web; and the first management and monitoring tool for administering VLDB and web-based DSS applications.

MicroStrategy's worldwide customer base includes hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies, and it has developed strategic partnerships with value-added resellers and leading software and hardware companies. More information about MicroStrategy can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.strategy.com/ or by calling 1-800-927-1868.

EDITOR'S NOTE: DSS Administrator is a trademark of MicroStrategy, Inc. All other product names are trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such.

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