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Leading Companies Share Best Practices in Business Intelligence: MicroStrategy, a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that it will host a Symposium in Rome, October 17-18, 2006, at the Sheraton Golf Parco de' Medici. The two-day event will provide an interactive forum for participants to exchange ideas with peers and industry experts, learn best practices in business intelligence from successful companies, and meet with MicroStrategy's top technology leaders. The Symposium will highlight real-world case studies on how industry- leading companies use MicroStrategy to improve operational efficiencies, increase revenues, and enhance business performance. The companies scheduled to present at the Symposium include Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Consip, Gruppo PAM, Gucci, Holding dei Giochi, Ministero dell'Istruzione, Poste Italiane, Rai, Trenitalia, and Wyeth. Symposium participants can choose from dozens of educational sessions with valuable technical insights on BI application usage and performance. MicroStrategy product managers and engineers will demonstrate advanced BI development techniques, new features in MicroStrategy 8 to enhance BI applications, and tips for optimizing BI application usage. "We have an outstanding line-up of speakers scheduled for the upcoming MicroStrategy Symposium in Rome," said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. "Attendees will hear first-hand how these companies developed their business intelligence strategies, successfully deployed multiple projects across their enterprises, and achieved a return on their BI investments." "We are delighted to bring the MicroStrategy Symposium to Rome," said Andrea Delvo, Vice President of MicroStrategy Italy. "The Symposium offers a collaborative environment for participants to share ideas and solve BI challenges." To learn more about the MicroStrategy Symposium in Rome, visit: its Web site