Compuware Partner Summit 2006 to Highlight Innovative Strategies for Driving Business Growth

Annual Event to Showcase Partner Momentum and Unique Solution-delivery Successes With Compuware Enterprise IT Solution Offerings

DETROIT--May 9, 2006--Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ: CPWR) today announced that it will host its second-annual Compuware Partner Summit at the company’s headquarters in Detroit. One of the largest gatherings of leading consultants, system integrators and solution providers in Enterprise IT, the Summit will celebrate partner success, offer comprehensive learning sessions and reinforce collaboration between Compuware and partners enrolled in its Solutions Partner Program. The event will take place from Tuesday, June 6 to Thursday June 8, 2006.

"This year’s Compuware Partner Summit will be a dynamic event for both Compuware and for our growing worldwide partner community," said Jamie McGuffie, Senior Vice President of Partner Business Development at Compuware. "Compuware’s leadership in delivering Enterprise IT solutions makes this event a unique learning and networking opportunity for our partners. At the Summit, we will also recognize the achievements and commitments of our partners through the Compuware Solutions Partner Program Awards."

The theme for this year’s Partner Summit is "Innovation: Driving Business Growth." Capitalizing on this theme, Compuware will introduce significant new enhancements to, and strategies for, its partner program that will increase a partner’s ability to grow with Compuware and help partner customers transform IT into an engine for business innovation.

The event will include five comprehensive learning tracks: IT Portfolio Management, Application Delivery Management--Development Solutions and Quality Solutions, Application Service Management, Interoperability Solutions and Strategic Initiatives. In addition, select Compuware partners will present best practice and repeatable solution advice to their colleagues. The summit will also feature Mark P. McDonald, Group Vice President, Gartner Executive Programs, who will provide a keynote address identifying key concerns for today’s CIO and exploring what drives the decision processes of CIOs.

Since its inception, the Compuware Solutions Partner Program has grown rapidly and now encompasses partners across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. At last year’s event, Compuware launched its 360 Solutions Partner initiative, a focused effort distinguishing partners who offer unique, repeatable business solutions with Compuware. The Compuware Solutions Partner Program represents Compuware’s largest-ever investment in partners and includes a powerful array of partner resources and benefits such as business planning, sales and marketing, technical support and education.

For more information on the Compuware Partner Summit, visit www.compuware.com/partnersummit.

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/.