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Compuware Corporation and Sprint to Develop Wireless E-Business Solutions for the Sprint PCS Wireless Web for Business
Companies Align to Rapidly Deploy Customized Wireless Applications
Farmington Hills, Mich. & Kansas City, Mo. -- March 5, 2001 -- Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq: CPWR) and Sprint PCS (NYSE: PCS) today announced that the two companies will jointly develop and market customized e-business applications for use on the Sprint PCS Wireless Web. The parties will combine Compuware’s Professional Services expertise with the nation’s fastest growing wireless communications network. The Compuware-Sprint PCS agreement will allow for the rapid development and deployment of customized wireless applications for Sprint PCS Wireless Web for Business customers, as well as the integration of these applications to an organization’s existing communications and data infrastructure. "As we move closer to a wireless world, Compuware is well positioned to serve as a wireless application development provider for Sprint PCS," said Larry Freed, Vice President, Professional Services for Compuware. "As Sprint PCS develops new technologies, continues to expand and enhance its existing digital network, and introduces new wireless devices, Compuware will develop new, customized applications to ensure that customers of both firms are able to realize the full potential of the Wireless Web." Compuware Professional Services provides end-to-end support of the entire life cycle of e-business projects, from advisory services to creative design, building, testing and managing an implementation. Examples of customized applications that will be available to Sprint PCS enterprise customers through the Wireless Web for Business include wireless meter reading, real-time tracking for the transportation industry, mobile phone applications, enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management tools. "Our relationship with Compuware brings together a superior blend of enterprise computing expertise and the nation’s most advanced all-digital communications network to provide relevant, customized wireless solutions for business," said Jay Highley, Vice President, Business Marketing for Sprint PCS. "Together, Compuware and Sprint PCS will develop customized e-business solutions sought by today’s business leaders, enabling employees to access mission-critical applications virtually anywhere on the Sprint PCS nationwide network." The Sprint PCS Wireless Web for Business is a growing suite of wireless data products and services offering clear, wireless access to Web-based services and content, such as corporate e-mail, directories and travel services, as well as customer relationship management tools, on Sprint PCS Internet-ready Phones. About CompuwareWith fiscal 2000 revenues of more than $2 billion, Compuware Corporation provides business value through software and professional services that optimize productivity and reduce costs across the application life cycle. Meeting the rapidly changing needs of businesses of all sizes, Compuware's market-leading solutions improve the quality, ease the integration and enhance the performance of distributed, e-business and enterprise software. Compuware employs approximately 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. About Sprint PCSSprint PCS operates the largest 100 percent digital, 100 percent PCS, voice and data nationwide wireless network in the United States, already serving the majority of the nation's metropolitan areas including more than 4,000 cities and communities across the country. Sprint PCS has licensed PCS coverage of nearly 270 million people in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For more information, visit the Sprint PCS web site at www.sprintpcs.com. Sprint is a global communications company - at the forefront of integrating long-distance, local and wireless communications services, and a large carrier of Internet traffic. Sprint built and operates the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network and is a leader in advanced data communications services. Sprint has $23 billion in annual revenues and serves more than 20 million business and residential customers.
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