Compuware and eWorldES Tackle Legacy Integration Challenges for Royal State

Compuware OptimalJ’s Pragmatic MDA Approach Migrates Insurance Applications, Leverages Best Use of Existing IT Resources

DETROIT--April 25, 2005--Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ: CPWR) today announced a business partnership with eWorld Enterprise Solutions (eWorldES), a provider of enterprise management consulting and IT services. The partnership combines Compuware’s powerful OptimalJ enterprise development environment with eWorld’s expertise in enterprise Java architecture and development to help development teams migrate from legacy systems to the J2EE platform.

eWorldES, which specializes in strategic IT planning, legacy integration and complex application and system development, chose OptimalJ to help its clients tackle large integration projects. Royal State, one of the larger providers of insurance and benefit plans in Hawaii, is working with eWorldES to develop and implement a J2EE migration strategy for updating the company’s various insurance applications. After evaluating various tools and approaches, Royal State selected OptimalJ’s pragmatic approach to Model Driven Architecture (MDA) to migrate some of its legacy applications to J2EE.

"We asked eWorldES to outline a migration strategy, and they suggested that we consider how patterns and model-driven application design can significantly accelerate the development process," said Garrett Ing, Vice President and CIO, Royal State. "OptimalJ was the clear choice because of its outstanding automation capabilities. With varying levels of J2EE expertise on our staff, OptimalJ will help us easily maintain the application once migration is complete, saving us time and money."

Compuware OptimalJ’s pragmatic implementation of MDA enables Java development teams to rapidly deliver service-oriented applications. Agile development teams use OptimalJ’s development suite, including Catalyze for requirements management, to collaborate and rapidly build enterprise-grade applications that easily integrate with a broad array of legacy and packaged applications.

"Nearly all major enterprise development projects require the reuse of existing data and applications, so bridging the gap between old and new is a challenge," said Kris Hansen, Vice President and CTO, eWorldES. "Our clients need help crossing that divide, and Compuware OptimalJ helps us do that by simplifying the migration process while also expanding the reach of our J2EE experts."

"OptimalJ’s comprehensive offering for service-enablement of legacy systems allows customers to connect more easily with back-end systems than other development solutions," said Bob Donald, Vice President of Partner Development at Compuware. "OptimalJ enables IT planning experts like eWorldES--who understand the power of J2EE for large legacy projects--to deliver tremendous value and ROI to their customers. It’s OptimalJ’s pragmatic MDA approach to application development that provides this significant and quantifiable business value."

Royal State

For more than 40 years, Royal State has offered a wide variety of insurance and related plans for the benefit of its group and individual clients. Royal State was established in Hawaii in 1960 with the formation of its life and disability insurance company, Royal State National (RSN). Royal State has progressively expanded its operations and continues to evolve into a conglomerate consisting of insurance companies, insurance agency operations, mutual benefit societies, and third party administration services. eWorld Enterprise Solutions eWorld Enterprise Solutions (eWorldES) provides enterprise management consulting and IT services for mid sized to enterprise organizations in the public and private sector. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, eWorldES offers a fully integrated, comprehensive suite of services from business process redesign through implementation of Information Technology solutions.

Compuware Corporation

Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ: CPWR) maximizes the value IT brings to the business by helping CIOs more effectively manage the business of IT. Compuware solutions accelerate the development, improve the quality and enhance the performance of critical business systems while enabling CIOs to align and govern the entire IT portfolio, increasing efficiency, cost control and employee productivity throughout the IT organization. Founded in 1973, Compuware serves the world's leading IT organizations, including more than 90 percent of the Fortune 100 companies. Learn more about Compuware at http://www.compuware.com/.

Leah Bibbo, Kulesa Public Relations for Compuware, 650-340-1982, leah@kulesapr.com