-- MicroStrategy 9s™ Brings Enterprise-Grade Cybersecurity to
Analytics for the First Time
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- @
MicroStrategy World -- MicroStrategy® Incorporated
(Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of enterprise software
platforms, today announced the availability of MicroStrategy 9s,
bringing enterprise-grade cybersecurity to the world's leading
analytics platform through integration with MicroStrategy Usher™, a
powerful new security technology.
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MicroStrategy 9s Now Generally Available
MicroStrategy 9s is a comprehensive, unified platform that is
designed to ensure the security of the most valuable enterprise
asset: information. MicroStrategy 9s was developed in response to
the constant, persistent cyber threats that have made security a
top concern for organizations around the world. Uniquely positioned
at the nexus of analytics, security, and mobility, MicroStrategy 9s
can enhance every MicroStrategy Analytics™ and MicroStrategy
Mobile™ application with additional authentication security,
enhanced user administration, and user authentication tracking.
MicroStrategy 9s is available at no cost to MicroStrategy customers
current on maintenance. To learn more about MicroStrategy 9s,
visit: http://www.microstrategy.com/9s.
"In 2015, compromised security has emerged as one of the
greatest threats on the planet, and industry leaders are demanding
an all-encompassing solution that combines analytics, security, and
mobility in a single integrated platform," said Michael Saylor, CEO, MicroStrategy Incorporated.
"MicroStrategy 9s fills this void by providing enterprise-grade
security for web, cloud, and mobile analytics. By removing
security concerns as an inhibitor, MicroStrategy 9s can allow our
customers and partners to more confidently deploy applications that
deliver powerful business value to the enterprise."
MicroStrategy Usher Also Now Generally Available for First
Time
MicroStrategy Usher is designed to make enterprise security
simple, and is now generally available for the first time.
MicroStrategy Usher is a powerful mobile identity platform designed
to provide security for business processes and systems across the
enterprise. The product can replace traditional passwords with
biometric mobile identity and multi-level authentication, and
offers enhanced, streamlined security administration capabilities.
MicroStrategy Usher features include digital badges issued via
smartphone, geo-fenced environment access, time-fenced access
restrictions, and Touch ID access on mobile.
MicroStrategy Usher is easy to set up, and can be deployed to
thousands of users within minutes, enabling an enterprise to:
- Secure physical entryways with digital keys that can access
leading PACS systems, including Lenel, Honeywell, Datawatch, Paxton
and S2 Security.
- Provide a single Usher badge to enable users to log into
enterprise, cloud, and SAML 2.0-based applications. Supported
applications include Salesforce.com, Google Apps, MicroStrategy and
Microsoft applications, among others.
- Validate user identities in-person or over the phone with
numeric Usher codes, Bluetooth peer discovery, and fractal-based
sight codes.
- Enable users to conveniently access workstations by low energy
Bluetooth or by scanning a QR code, eliminating the need to enter a
username and password.
- Gain a near real-time, 360-degree view into identity activities
to detect anomalies and abnormal usage patterns in order to enhance
enterprise risk management, streamline business processes, and
reduce fraud.
To get started with MicroStrategy Usher and set up Usher
identities for your organization, visit: https://go.usher.com.
MicroStrategy Secure Cloud – Now Available for First
Time
The new MicroStrategy Secure Cloud platform for analytics,
mobile and security applications is architected to deliver
best-of-breed MicroStrategy and Usher software via the cloud, with
pre-configured, ready to go MicroStrategy servers, coupled with the
required supporting infrastructure with metadata databases,
relational databases, and big data storage. Our vision of
MicroStrategy Secure Cloud is to provide a platform optimally
configured to be scalable and elastic, ready to grow with an
enterprise's applications' successes, and also built to scale to
meet usage spikes from a user's analytics and mobile apps.
With infrastructure and hardware taken care of, compliance and
security handled, resizable capacity and flexible pricing in place,
and availability on Amazon Web Services' global infrastructure of
over 1.4 million servers across 11 geographical regions,
organizations can focus their attention on building applications to
grow their business. With the MicroStrategy Secure Cloud,
MicroStrategy analytics, mobile, and security applications can be
ready to be deployed in minutes.
About MicroStrategy Incorporated
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is a leading
worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms. The
Company's mission is to provide enterprise analytics, mobility, and
security platforms that are flexible, powerful, scalable, and
user-friendly. To learn more, visit MicroStrategy online, and
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MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Analytics Platform, MicroStrategy
Mobile, MicroStrategy Usher, and MicroStrategy 9s 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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MicroStrategy Incorporated
703-270-2207
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