Compuware Extends Support for Enterprise Applications on HP Integrity Server Family

Organizations Moving to HP’s Mission Critical Operating Systems Can Deploy Compuware Uniface Applications With Zero Source Code Changes

DETROIT--June 6, 2005--Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ: CPWR), an HP partner, today announced enhancements to Compuware Uniface. These enhancements will enable IT organizations to rapidly deploy enterprise applications on HP Integrity servers, based on the Intel^®Itanium^® 2 processor, running the OpenVMS operating system. This solution, which enables organizations to deploy their mission-critical applications on the latest HP hardware with zero source code changes, demonstrates Compuware’s continued commitment to supporting HP and the Intel Itanium 2 microarchitecture.

"Compuware, with decades of experience in enterprise application development, has proven its commitment to supporting the OpenVMS platform with the support of the Itanium 2-based HP Integrity servers," said Adrian Gosbell, Uniface Product Manager for Compuware. "Uniface gives customers the ability to deploy mission critical applications with the reassurance that their application investments are transparent to changes in the deployment technology."

OpenVMS, with 10 million users, is a proven operating system for mission critical, enterprise applications. It features high-availability, scalability, security, cluster technology and enhanced flexibility for large-scale SMP systems.

"As enterprise customers demanding the highest degree of scalability for their most demanding workloads continue to transition to the HP Integrity platform, they can be confident that their applications will deploy successfully using Compuware’s integration solution," said Ann McQuaid, General Manager, OpenVMS Systems, HP. "Now, customers with existing applications created in Uniface can continue to enjoy the investment protection that HP provides."

Uniface is Compuware’s unified development environment for building, renewing and integrating the largest and most complex enterprise applications. It helps IT organizations reduce the cost of ownership for business critical applications and increases ROI through the re-use of proven components and easing the implementation of application changes.

"The addition of Uniface for HP OpenVMS is a clear commitment by Compuware for the support of the Intel Itanium 2 architecture," said Melissa Laird, General Manager of Intel’s Developer Relations Division. "Uniface for OpenVMS running on enterprise-proven Itanium 2-based platforms provides customers with the scalability and reliability required for mission-critical application deployments."

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/.