
Over 30 New Enterprise-Class Customers Choose Angel.com for IVR Solutions in 2005
McLean, Va. - May 23, 2005 - Angel.com, a leading provider of web-based, advanced telephony solutions and a division of MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), announced today that it has attracted 35 new enterprise-class customers in the first four months of 2005, from diverse industries including retail, healthcare, non-profit, and professional services. New customers include 1-800-LAWYERS, a nationwide legal service; California Family Fitness, a chain of California health centers; and First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation, a full-service lender, among many others.
These companies have joined more than 1,400 businesses that are utilizing Angel.com’s powerful, Internet-based solution that requires no investment in hardware, software, or human resources. Angel.com’s innovative speech technology allows companies to build Voice Sites, which are toll-free numbers that replicate website functionality or other tasks which can be automated over the phone.
Examples of new customers and applications include the following:
Angel.com customers continue to praise the company for the ease of use and effectiveness of its applications.
"Angel.com has provided us with a user friendly toll-free system that has increased our number of phone calls considerably," said Marc Nerius, Director of Marketing for California Family Fitness. "We have been consistently impressed as Angel.com has proven that they have the skills and the patience to listen to us when we need to implement changes on our system."
"To better serve our customers, it was necessary to ensure that their options were not limited to mailing a payment or calling in checking account information for a wire transfer," said Adam King, Senior Network Administrator for First Guaranty Mortgage Corp. "Our IVR with Angel.com has provided our customers with another avenue for paying their monthly mortgage. In addition, the application also reduces our overhead by not requiring an employee to make each transaction."
About Angel.com
Angel.com is a leading provider of on-demand Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solutions, which enable organizations of all sizes to quickly deploy powerful telephony applications. More than 1,400 customers turn to Angel.com's patented Voice Site technology to power customer service and marketing phone numbers using intelligent speech recognition that can automate most phone-based interactions. With an innovative Internet-based solution that requires no investment in hardware, software, or human resources, Angel.com balances the need for high quality communications with affordable pay-as-you-go pricing.
About MicroStrategy
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a global leader in business intelligence (BI) technology. MicroStrategy provides integrated reporting, analysis, and monitoring software that helps the world’s leading organizations make better business decisions every day. Companies use MicroStrategy to transform vast amounts of data into actionable information that enhances their performance, productivity and competitive edge. MicroStrategy’s customers include the top twelve FORTUNE 500 global telecommunications companies, the top eight global pharmaceutical companies, and nearly two-thirds of the top 50 global retailers. MicroStrategy has relationships with systems integrators and technology partners, including IBM, HP, PeopleSoft, Sun, and Teradata. More information about MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) is available at www.microstrategy.com
