Compuware Announces Extensive Support for Microsoft Enterprise Server Family and Microsoft .NET Platform

Microsoft Global Partner Enables Enterprises to Accelerate Development, Improve Reliability and Performance of Microsoft Enterprise and .NET Platform Based Applications

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. -- September 26, 2000 -- Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ:CPWR) announced today at the Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Enterprise 2000 launch its support for the upcoming Microsoft Enterprise 2000 server family and Microsoft .NET platform. Compuware's support focuses on delivering an extensive product and service offering across the application life cycle with special emphasis on solutions for development and integration, automated software quality, production readiness and performance management.

"Microsoft recognizes the business value that Compuware brings to our joint customers," said Geoff Nyheim, General Manager of Global Partners at Microsoft. "The Enterprise 2000 servers provide the scalability, reliability and manageability for a partner such as Compuware to build innovative e-business applications and systems management solutions. We look forward to working with Compuware, a recognized leader in this area."

As a Microsoft Global Partner, Compuware and Microsoft will provide comprehensive information technology solutions to enterprises as they deploy Microsoft .NET based applications and e-business solutions. Members of Compuware's technical and professional services organizations are based on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington.

"The Microsoft .NET strategy and Enterprise 2000 server family are an innovative and powerful solution set for organizations that are developing and deploying e-business applications," said Doug Turner, Vice President of Product Management at Compuware Corporation. "Compuware will be delivering solutions, such as our PointForward testing and performance monitoring service, that support the Enterprise 2000 server family and the .NET platform. These solutions cross the application life cycle and focus on development and integration, software quality, production readiness and performance management. Compuware's professional services organization provides the implementation expertise our clients need to provide rapid and quality deployment of their e-business applications."

Compuware's solutions span the application life cycle and support key Microsoft technologies including Visual Studio, SQL Server 2000, Exchange 2000, XML and Data Center Server 2000. These solutions will support a full range of e-business software development projects and functions, from requirements definition to the performance management of production applications. IT organizations can adopt the full range of Compuware's Microsoft based development solutions, or make choices that best fit their development needs, language and platform requirements. With its Microsoft .NET product direction, Compuware offers a unique commitment to its customers -- that it will continue to provide development tools and solutions for existing technologies, while also taking a leadership role in introducing innovative solutions for the next generation platform.

Development and integration solutions for Microsoft .NET include the Compuware UNIFACE, DevPartner and DBPartner product lines. UNIFACE facilitates the integration of the enterprise supply chain by leveraging technologies such as XML, SOAP, BizTalk, and other elements of the Microsoft .NET framework. DevPartner Studio and DBPartner will deliver a full range of debugging and performance analysis for Visual Studio and SQL Server 2000. Leveraging its close, longstanding relationship with Microsoft, Compuware has been working with the Visual Studio team for over a year to produce software tools complementary to Visual Studio. Early versions of these tools, which will be available at the time Visual Studio is released, were demonstrated at the recent Microsoft Professional Developers Conference.

Automated software quality and production readiness solutions for Microsoft .NET include the Compuware QACenter and EcoSYSTEMS product lines, the PointForward testing and performance monitoring service and QualityPoint testing methodologies. These products and services provide a comprehensive testing solution for Microsoft .NET applications including test management, functional testing, load testing and performance monitoring. Additionally, the Compuware QualityPoint implementations build repeatable and reliable testing processes that fully leverage Compuware's testing products.

Performance management solutions for Microsoft .NET include Compuware EcoSYSTEMS product line and Service Level Management services. The EcoSYSTEMS product suite provides the industry's most comprehensive solution for managing application service levels across the enterprise. Successful deployment and ongoing management of key applications is critical to a company's success.

Spanning each aspect of the application lifecycle is Compuware's implementation expertise. Thousands of experienced Compuware professional services analysts, developers and network engineers apply their knowledge to understanding a customer's business needs, then design, deliver and support software and infrastructure ready to meet those needs. In conformance with Microsoft guidelines such as the Microsoft Solutions Framework and Microsoft Operations Framework, Compuware professional services staff provide expert services in design, implementation, production readiness and performance management, making it possible for companies to obtain technical assistance in every facet of the Microsoft .NET application life cycle.

Compuware Corporation

With fiscal year 2000 revenues of more than $2.2 billion, Compuware is a world leader in the practical implementation of enterprise and e-commerce solutions. Compuware productivity solutions help 14,000 of the world's largest corporations more efficiently maintain and enhance their most critical business applications. Providing immediate and measurable return on information technology investments, Compuware products and services improve quality, lower costs and increase the speed at which systems can be developed, implemented and supported. Compuware employs more than 15,000 information technology professionals worldwide. For more information about Compuware, please contact the corporate offices at 800-521-9353. You may also visit Compuware on the World Wide Web at http://www.compuware.com.