Compuware Delivers Development Suites for the .NET Platform

DevPartner Studio 6.6 and DBPartner 4.0 Further Accelerate Application Development and Improve Application Reliability with the Microsoft .NET Platform

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. -- May 21, 2001-- Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq: CPWR) today announced that it is shipping development suites that enable organizations to develop for the Microsoft .NET platform. Compuware DevPartner Studio 6.6 and Compuware DBPartner 4.0 are among the first suites designed to accelerate the development and improve the reliability of enterprise .NET applications. "Compuware continues to assist development teams migrating to the Microsoft .NET platform," said Marie Huwe, Director, Development Tools at Microsoft Corporation. "DevPartner Studio 6.6 and DBPartner 4.0 extend Compuware’s application lifecycle suites for Visual Studio .NET development, debugging, tuning and testing support."

DBPartner 4.0 for Microsoft SQL Server accelerates the development of reliable, high-performance applications by enabling proactive analysis and debugging of Transact SQL stored procedures during application development. DBPartner 4.0 incorporates full stored procedure debugging support for SQL Server 2000, enabling enterprises to develop more reliable database applications.

DevPartner Studio 6.6 enables development teams to develop the next generation of distributed applications. Included in this suite is an enhanced version of the award winning CodeReview that delivers extensive support for Visual Basic developers migrating applications to Visual Studio .NET. Additionally, TrueTime and TrueCoverage ease the collection and analysis of performance and code coverage data across multiple tiers of a distributed application. DevPartner Studio 6.6 also includes a powerful training tour and tutorial that will enable new users to immediately improve their productivity in developing and delivering mission-critical applications.

"Compuware DevPartner Studio is a standard part of our development process to ensure optimal and reliable code within time to market demands," says Chris White, software engineer at Syntellect, a leading global provider of comprehensive, open standards-based computer telephony software solutions and services. "We depend on Compuware’s leadership in the industry to provide advanced products that will allow our products to stay leading edge and competitive."

"Customers demand reliable e-business applications and Compuware tools make this possible," said Shari Zedeck, Product Management Director for Compuware’s NuMega family of products. "Our early support for the Microsoft .NET platform with DevPartner Studio and DBPartner enables development teams to easily migrate applications to this powerful new e-business and web technology."

Pricing and Availability

The DevPartner Studio list price is $1249 and is available now. The DBPartner Debugger for SQL Server 4.0 list price is $800 and is also available now. There are separate prices for DevPartner Studio Enterprise Edition, The DevPartner language suites, DevPartner Remote Agent and other components in this product family.

Compuware Corporation

With trailing 12-month revenues of more than $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 www.compuware.com.