Compuware Announces Inaugural Compuware Partner Summit; Partners to Attend from Around the Globe

Compuware Partners to Learn Skills to Most Effectively Recommend and Sell Proven, High-Value and Repeatable Compuware Solutions

DETROIT--May 23, 2005--Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ: CPWR) today announced that it will host the Compuware Partner Summit at the company’s downtown Detroit headquarters from Tuesday, June 28 to Thursday, June 30, 2005. The event is expected to attract Compuware partners from around the world.

The Partner Summit will be geared toward individuals at Compuware’s current and prospective partner companies responsible for sales management and business development as well as solution delivery and senior technical areas. The invitation-only event will help attendees to expand their business offerings with proven, high value and repeatable solutions for their clients. Through the Partner Summit, Compuware partners will have the opportunity to become more tightly integrated with Compuware people, processes and products through educational sessions with Compuware subject matter experts. Additionally, featured Gartner Research Director, Theresa Lanowitz, will provide a keynote address and a Q&A on the business forces impacting attendees.

"The Compuware Partner Summit will be a dynamic event for both Compuware and our growing partner community," said Jamie McGuffie, Senior Vice President of Partner Business Development for Compuware. "Compuware’s leadership in delivering business solution value across the entire application life cycle makes this event a unique opportunity for our partners. This summit is literally bursting with value to help expand our partners’ abilities to provide unparalleled solution offerings to businesses globally."

The Compuware Partner Summit will feature various business and technical sessions discussing topics of importance to partners, such as application development, quality assurance, performance monitoring and other key Compuware markets, including IT governance and Compuware’s Covisint offerings. Major Compuware partners will also provide best practice and repeatable solution advice to their colleagues, and an awards ceremony will take place. Invitees will have the opportunity to network with their peers and will be treated to a Detroit Tigers game, along with a viewing of the Detroit-Windsor International Freedom Festival fireworks display.

Additional information on the Compuware Partner Summit can be obtained at http://www.compuwarepartnersummit.com/.

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.