Compuware DevPartner Studio Wins Best of Tech•Ed 2006 Award

Windows IT Media Names Compuware DevPartner Studio the Best of Tech•Ed 2006 Developer Tool

DETROIT--June 26, 2006--Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ: CPWR) today announced that Compuware DevPartner Studio has won the Best of Tech•Ed 2006 Award in the "Developer Tools" category. Winners were announced at the Windows IT Media awards ceremony during the Microsoft Tech•Ed Conference in Boston.

"The winners at Tech•Ed 2006 each represent best-in-class technology products. After closely evaluating all entries, our team of editors chose winners based on the products’ strategic importance to the market, competitive advantages, value to the customer, and value in the marketplace," said Mike Otey, Technical Director for Windows IT Media.

"DevPartner enhances the capabilities of the Visual Studio Team System by adding software quality and code analysis capabilities for both .NET and unmanaged applications," noted Otey. "Built-in expert coding advice, standards, and best practices guide the developer, ultimately resulting in higher quality code throughout the software development lifecycle. DevPartner can review source code against predefined rules and standards as well as track and optimize system resource usage and identify application performance problem areas."

"This is an extraordinary honor for Compuware," said Larry Angeli, Vice President of Marketing at Compuware Corporation. "This award underscores the innovative leadership our application delivery solutions like DevPartner Studio deliver to enterprises, enabling them to build, test and manage high-quality applications using Microsoft technologies and other technologies as well."

DevPartner Studio includes an award-winning suite of software development and testing features that help Windows application teams build reliable, high-performance applications, components and Web services for Microsoft .NET and native Windows platforms. DevPartner Studio enhances Visual Studio and Visual Studio Team System with advanced capabilities that help development organizations improve software quality, adopt coding standards and best practices, and maximize developer productivity.

Compuware’s application delivery solutions help IT organizations consistently deliver high-quality applications to the business. Compuware’s approach to application delivery builds quality and performance into the application from the earliest phases of the development life cycle. Using these powerful solutions, IT organizations can more efficiently and effectively deliver outstanding application quality to drive maximum business value.

For more information on Compuware DevPartner Studio, please visit: http://www.compuware.com/products/devpartner/studio.htm

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/.

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