Compuware Earns Network Computing Editor's Choice Award for Network Performance Monitoring

Application Expert, Key Component of EcoSYSTEMS Performance Management Tool Set, Receives Top Rating

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. -- November 29, 2000 -- Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq: CPWR) today announced that Application Expert, the leading solution for e-business application troubleshooting in pre-production environments, received the highly coveted Editor's Choice Award from Network Computing magazine. A key component of Compuware's EcoSYSTEMS performance management tool set, Application Expert was cited for its "flexible, easy-to-use interface and excellent drill-down capabilities for application transactions."

Network Computing also stated, "In addition to offering a multitude of views covering performance statistics, including packet-level data, Application Expert predicts application response times based on network load and customer connection speed. In the race to find a solution to performance problems, Compuware's Application Expert has an edge over the competition." Compuware outranked products from Hewlett-Packard and Response Networks to be named number one by Network Computing.

"The Editor's Choice Awards are significantly different from other IT publications' awards," said Fritz Nelson, Publisher of CMP's Network Computing. "Our editors work at length to research and test the best offerings in the performance monitoring arena." According to Nelson, the products singled out in the Network Computing Editor's Choice Awards are unique because "they are not a measure of popularity, they are quality offerings tested in real-world enterprise environments, overcoming the rigors of real-world traffic, systems and users."

"The fact that an industry leader such as Network Computing recognizes Application Expert's innovative leadership in analyzing web application performance is a valued endorsement," said Doug Turner, Vice President, Product Management, Compuware. "We look forward to maintaining Application Expert's market lead and continuing Compuware's tradition of award winning software excellence."

Application Expert

Application Expert, Compuware's market-leading transaction analysis product, enables application troubleshooting in pre-production environments--down to the code level--with its thread analysis for granular decoding. This tool enables network managers and application developers to work together to analyze an application's impact on the network before it is deployed.

Network Computing

Network Computing, published by CMP Media, Manhasset, N.Y., is the only bi-weekly IT publication providing in-depth, comprehensive product, technology and service reviews from a real-world perspective to 220,000 IT Professionals-The Technology Experts-telling them what works, how it works, when to buy and who to buy it from. In addition, Network Computing consistently has the largest average-issue audience among all networking publications, according to Simmons and IntelliQuest and the publication was a 1999 Neal Award Finalist.

CMP Media Inc.

CMP Media Inc., a subsidiary of United News & Media plc (Nasdaq: UNEWY), is the leading high-tech media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum--the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. With its portfolio of newspapers, magazines, custom publishing, Internet products, research, consulting and conferences, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Online editions of the company's print publications, along with products and services created exclusively for the Internet, can be found on CMPnet at http://www.CMPnet.com.

Compuware Corporation

With fiscal 2000 revenues of more than $2.2 billion, Compuware is a world leader in the practical implementation of enterprise and e-commerce solutions. Compuware software products and professional services help 14,000 of the world's largest corporations more efficiently maintain and enhance their most critical business applications. Compuware products and services improve quality, lower costs and increase the speed at which systems can be developed, implemented and supported, providing an immediate and measurable return on information technology investments. 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.