MicroStrategy announced that version 10 of its flagship analytics platform unveiled at the 2015 Symposium Series on June 4.
Symposium attendees had the opportunity to attend technical sessions that drilled down into all of the new capabilities of MicroStrategy 10, and learned how they can be applied to existing business intelligence applications. The events also featured talks from local MicroStrategy customers who gave real-world examples of how they have used MicroStrategy's enterprise analytics solution to increase revenues and cut costs at their organizations. All attendees to each symposium event were given access to download MicroStrategy Desktop 10.0.
What do you think? Is MicroStrategy 10 worth the release and hype?
Consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Jan 24, 2018
It scales well. It used to have only a max of four I-servers, but I think recently, somewhere in version 10, they doubled that, so you can have eight I-servers now.
When it comes to upgrades and patching for MicroStrategy, there are not many challenges. The process is actually pretty smooth. With the current company, it follows a regular process because there are different business units that we actually cater to. Based on their approval, we go for the patching. In my previous companies, we would give one specific date for upgrades, but here with NTT Data,...
Consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Jan 24, 2018
I would prefer having analytic capabilities from a single platform, rather than from many-point solutions, but in reality, I don't think that's very possible. I can give you an example. MicroStrategy, was very early to do In-Memory Analytics. I think everybody else is catching up to that. It doesn't really set them apart anymore today, but it did at one time. But beyond that, with MicroStrategy you're still limited to a single server, and to really crunch through a lot of data you need to parallel, across servers. MicroStrategy doesn't currently offer that so you have to go to something like Spark. So I would love that on one platform, but in reality you can't get everything you possibly want in one platform. But MicroStrategy is smart. They have data connectors to open source applications. That may provide the functionality that you need to fill in the gaps. Most important when selecting a vendor is * the support * their stability, are they going to be here tomorrow * release schedule, a fairly stable, consistent, high-value release schedule. I give MicroStrategy a nine out of 10. It's pretty solid. It's not perfect, but it's pretty solid. I think it is probably the best solution out there right now. Do your homework. Shop around. Really understand MicroStrategy and the alternatives. Do enough research to realize where the real value is at. It's a mature product, it's a mature suite. It's more than just pretty dashboards. If you look past that, the administration, mobility, the analytics, if you look at all of it and rate each of the categories, I think you'll realize that MicroStrategy is at the top of the list. There is a steep learning curve with it, a skill set that goes with it. But they've balanced that with the new Data Discovery module that is fairly easy to use by anyone.
Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Jul 22, 2018
If you're looking for enterprise BI, go for MicroStrategy. I would give the tool an eight out of 10. The local office would get a two out of 10. But the tool itself is just a good enterprise-grade tool.
