Compuware Strengthens Leadership Role in Assisting IT Organizations to Achieve Enterprise Data Privacy

Compuware Delivers Best-practices Methodology, Enhanced Product Offerings and Expertise for Implementing Data Privacy Solution

DETROIT--October 10, 2005--Compuware Corporation (NASDQ: CPWR) today announced a comprehensive approach for enabling IT organizations to more effectively address the growing data privacy challenge. This challenge includes protecting confidential customer data, which, if inappropriately disclosed, could damage an organization’s reputation and increase its potential liabilities. The Compuware solution for protecting sensitive data includes an implementation methodology, enhanced versions of the Compuware File-AID product line for both mainframe and distributed platforms and service professionals with the expertise to assist in the implementation process.

"The ability to protect the privacy of personal information, particularly in the test environment, is more than just a product differentiator for the software vendor. The protection is an essential business obligation and required by recent legislation," said Rikki Kirzner, Partner, Hurwitz & Associates. "However, achieving this goal is not easy primarily because one solution or approach to securing data privacy does not fit all applications and all industries. For that reason, many companies should consider a data privacy solution from a vendor that offers expert knowledge services, as well as good tools."

The implementation of the best practices methodology integrates the management of data preparation into the data privacy initiatives across an enterprise. This integration facilitates task planning, resource utilization and project management. When used in conjunction with the Compuware File-AID technology, the methodology provides a central repository for storing and documenting all the information collected throughout each successive phase of the process. Once the process is completed, an IT organization has valid, desensitized data that meets the needs of the application to be tested. This methodology creates a process that is well-documented, repeatable and can be audited for compliance.

"Today’s organizations handle personal information from customers, suppliers, partners and employees and are responsible for protecting the privacy of that data, as well as for being compliant with new federal, state and country government privacy regulations," said Wendy Mead, Vice President, Customer Value Office, Compuware Corporation. "Compuware is committed to helping our customers protect sensitive information and avoid problems that can result in loss of revenue, damage to corporate reputation and exposure to liability. Many of our customers are already using File-AID and can gain even more value by using the data privacy implementation methodology."

The enhanced Compuware File-AID product offerings provide a full solution on both mainframe and distributed platforms. Users of these solutions can maintain data integrity across applications, lower the cost of regulatory compliance and minimize the risk and liability associated with data privacy. Product enhancements include a data privacy manager, audit trail reporting and improved data-disguise capabilities. Compuware’s highly skilled service professionals have the expertise and are fully prepared to use the methodology and products to assist clients implementing data privacy.

A report published by Theresa Lanowitz, Research Director at Gartner, states, "Data privacy is a vast issue. Organizations struggle with this issue at the application testing level, database administrator (DBA) level and production level. If an IT organization is not enabling the relationship between the DBA, application testers and production organization, there will be a major problem with testing the application. Make sure your organization is enabling the creation and testing of secure and private data."

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.