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Netherlands-Based Vizzavi Deploys MicroStrategy Software Across Entire Enterprise to Enhance Customer Relations
URL(s): www.vizzavi.net
UTRECHT, Netherlands, Sep 27, 2001 - MicroStrategy(R) Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software,
today announced that Utrecht, Netherlands-based Vizzavi, a joint venture of the Vodafone Group -- market leader in the field of cellular communication -- and Vivendi Universal -- Europe's
leading media firm, has opted to deploy the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM) across its entire organization. MicroStrategy software will enable Vizzavi to gather and
analyze information about Vizzavi portal visitors and users of Vizzavi services. As a result, Vizzavi will be able to enhance its customer relations by providing more personalized services
that meet the interests and needs of each user. Vizzavi is a multi-access portal providing Internet, wireless application protocol (WAP), short message service (SMS) and e-mail services
and alerts.
"Scalability and rapid implementation played important roles in our choosing MicroStrategy, and scalability is proving to be no problem at all," said Stephan Trimbos, Vizzavi Project
Manager. "At the moment, analyzing the data of all registered users is proving quite simple. And since eighty percent of our information needs were met with pre-defined reports, we were
able to get underway rather quickly."
Vizzavi selected MicroStrategy for its proven, scalable technology, the immediate availability of standard reports, and the local support that MicroStrategy offers. In addition, the
MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform includes the ability to deliver information via e-mail and wireless devices. MicroStrategy, in conjunction with Devote and Ibas, will also
support the further expansion and development of the Vizzavi data warehouse.
"The out-of-the-box information delivery options are important to us, as they enable us to develop close personal ties with our end users," said Trimbos. "It was also essential for us to
have well-trained, locally- operating specialists available. The MicroStrategy staff immediately understood the type of data we needed to analyze and demonstrated a flexibile and
professional approach to our relationship, working with us to solve our business challenges."
"We are extremely enthusiastic about working with such a young and dynamic venture as Vizzavi," said Wietse Bakker, senior consultant at MicroStrategy Benelux. "Vizzavi knows
how to fully leverage the information provided by MicroStrategy analyses, which is reflected in a constant flow of innovative, fun and creative services the company offers through its
portals."
About Vizzavi
Vizzavi is a 50/50 joint venture between Vodafone Group, the world's leading mobile communications company and Vivendi Universal, Europe's leading media company. Vizzavi is a
multi-access portal designed to provide services to customers in a constant format, throughout Europe, across different platforms, including mobile handsets, personal computers,
television and personal digital assistants. Vizzavi was established in July 2000 and currently operates PC and mobile Internet sites in the UK, France, Netherlands, Italy, Germany,
Greece and Portugal. For more information on Vizzavi please go to http://www.vizzavi.net .
About MicroStrategy Incorporated
Leadership in a Critical Market: Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in the critical business intelligence software market. Large and small companies alike are
harnessing MicroStrategy's business intelligence software to gain vital insights from their data to help them proactively enhance cost-efficiency, productivity and customer relations and
optimize revenue-generating strategies. MicroStrategy's business intelligence platform offers exceptional capabilities that provide organizations -- in virtually all facets of their operations
-- with user-friendly solutions to their data query, reporting, and advanced analytical needs, and distributes valuable insight on this data to users via Web, wireless, and voice. PC
Magazine recently selected MicroStrategy 7(TM) as the 2001 "Editors' Choice" for business intelligence software.
Built for the Internet: MicroStrategy 7 is the Scalable Business Intelligence Platform Built for the Internet(TM). Its pure-Web architecture provides Web reporting, security, performance
and standards that are critical for Web deployment. Within intranets, MicroStrategy's products provide employees with information to enable them to make better, more cost-effective
business decisions. In extranets, enterprises can use MicroStrategy 7 to build stronger relationships by linking customers and suppliers via the Internet.
Diverse Customer Base: MicroStrategy's customer base cuts across industry and sector lines, with approximately 1,300 enterprise-class customers, including Lowe's Home
Improvement Warehouse, AT&T Wireless Group, Wachovia and GlaxoSmithKline. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 375 systems integrators and application development
and platform partners, including IBM, PeopleSoft, Compaq, Informatica and JD Edwards.
MicroStrategy is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MSTR. For more information on the company, or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy's software, please visit MicroStrategy's Web
site at http://www.microstrategy.com .
MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy 7 and Scalable Business Intelligence Platform Built for the Internet are either trademarks or registered
trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their
respective owners.
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