MicroStrategy today announced that The Sherwin-Williams Company has selected the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform for reporting and analysis across its 3,325 Paint Stores. The Sherwin-Williams Company is the largest producer of paints and coatings in the United States.

Sherwin-Williams plans to use MicroStrategy to help employees improve sales and business performance. MicroStrategy was selected by Sherwin-Williams because of its self-service reporting capabilities and 64-bit performance. "We wanted a BI platform that was easy to maintain and provided the scalability to support our growing user population," said Emiro Uribe, Manager Systems Development, The Sherwin-Williams Company.

"We are pleased to welcome Sherwin-Williams as a new MicroStrategy customer," said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy's COO. "Leading companies around the globe are choosing MicroStrategy to gain enhanced visibility into their business performance. MicroStrategy's integrated BI platform seamlessly delivers user-friendly reports, scorecards, and dashboards that are valuable tools for identifying key trends and making analytically-based business decisions."