EarthLink Extends Strategy.com Services to its 3.7 Million Members - financial information service offered by EarthLink Network Incorporated - Brief Article

ISP Business, August, 2000

EarthLink, the nation's second largest Internet service provider, (ISP), will now provide its entire 3.7 million member base with access to Strategy.com services. The recent merger of EarthLink and MindSpring Enterprises in February 2000 added an additional 1.5 million customers to the EarthLink base. Now, through the personal start page on www.earthlink.net, all EarthLink customers can sign up to receive personalized, proactive alerts about various financial topics via mobile phones, pagers, and e-mail. Strategy.com is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MicroStrategy Inc.

Strategy.com offers detailed financial information including stock quotes, analyst recommendations, top gainers, top losers, stocks with the greatest volume, and quotes for the four major indexes. Customers can personalize the information they would like to receive and can choose to have it delivered through the communication device of their choice. For example, a customer can choose to receive an e-mail if analyst recommendations change for a stock in his portfolio or can receive a page if a stock drops by 15 percent.

Strategy.com, a personal intelligence network, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MicroStrategy Inc. Strategy.com works with a variety of companies to deliver personalized, timely information to consumers via Web, wireless, and voice. Using advanced wireless technology, Strategy.com also allows users to access information using smart mobile phones. Strategy.com has more than 400,000 subscribers and 200 affiliates, including Wall Street Journal Interactive, EarthLink, Ameritrade, Belo, Metrocall, USAToday.com, Primark, and Nasdaq.

MicroStrategy is a worldwide provider of intelligent e-business software and related services. MicroStrategy's platform is creating a new generation of one-to-one e-business solutions that enable global 2000 organizations to use technology and personal preferences to build one-to-one relationships with their partners, supply-chains, and customers. MicroStrategy delivers these solutions via Web, wireless, and voice. MicroStrategy also offers a comprehensive set of consulting, training, and support services for its customers and partners.