Partner: IBM Corporation Relationship: Global Alliance/Technology Region: Global

IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. IBM Global Services is the industry's largest business and information technology services provider with annual revenue of $35 billion (2001). IBM leads the way in delivering robust business intelligence solutions. DB2® — the industry's most scalable database — is built for BI and supports UNIX®, Linux, WinNT and mainframe platforms with integrated web services. MicroStrategy products are optimized for IBM's DB2 Universal Database and support IBM's family of eServers. IBM has the industry's largest dedicated team of business intelligence consultants, including MicroStrategy trained and experienced consultants, to help design and implement even the most complex business solutions for your company. For more information about IBM, visit www.ibm.com.

The MicroStrategy-IBM Partnership

MicroStrategy has partnered with IBM to technically integrate, not just interoperate with IBM technologies. Throughout its development, the MicroStrategy business Intelligence platform has been optimized for IBM - through investments in dozens of IBM-specific features to ensure you get maximum leverage from your investment. As a result, business users get the full range of reporting, analysis and information delivery features they desire, and data warehouse professionals get the performance and maintainability they demand.

To enable streamlined implementations for our joint customers, MicroStrategy incorporates the components of IBM's ApplicationFramework for e-Business, such as WebSphere Application Server, DB2 Universal Database, Relational Connect and MQ Series messaging software, into its technology platform. Beyond compliance, MicroStrategy certifies the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform against these applications. Users are ensured that the MicroStrategy platform will work seamlessly with these IBM applications out of the box.

MicroStrategy's commitment to IBM technology has earned it IBM Premier Business Partner status year after year. In recent years, our long-standing partnership with IBM Data Management has been expanded to partnerships with the IBM Global Services, WebSphere and eServer groups.

Joint Customers

AdvancePCS AM Informatik AmerisourceBergen Bank of Montreal Bear Creek Big Lots Boots The Chemists

Cardinal Health Carrefour Dresdener Bank AG Food Lion Henry Schein Ingenix La Caixa

Lexmark Marks & Spencer Office Depot State of Tennessee Thomas Cook AG WH Smith Yum! Brands