Compuware Demonstrates Solutions for Optimizing the Value of Mainframe Investments

Compuware to Conduct Educational Sessions at Share East 2006 on Achieving Mainframe Goals and Overcoming Key Business Challenges Facing IT Organizations

DETROIT--August 14, 2006--Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ: CPWR) today announced at Share East 2006 (booth #600), August 13—August 18, 2006, that the company will showcase its industry-leading solutions for optimizing the value of mainframe investments.

"Our customers often tell us that we do a better job in helping them receive measurable business value from our products than does anyone else in the industry with their products," said Wendy Mead, Vice President, Global Value Office and Field Technical Support, Compuware Corporation. "We offer this service through a number of no-cost programs that are available for our mainframe customers. One of our most popular services is delivered through a program that collects actual system and product usage data and identifies opportunities for cost savings. These programs have been a wonderful success, and have kept us very busy, due to the large percentage of our robust customer base that currently participates."

Compuware and Share East 2006

On Tuesday, August 15, 2006, Compuware will host a "Lunch and Learn" session that highlights how Compuware helps IT organizations achieve their mainframe goals. This session will show attendees how to increase the value of their mainframe investments through a variety of programs, including usage collection, complimentary technical training and several other offerings.

Compuware is also participating in three technical sessions that feature Compuware experts discussing key business issues facing IT organizations. These sessions will delve into topics such as protecting sensitive data in the testing environment and reducing overall MIPS levels to save cost. The sessions include:

Stop Wasting Your Time: The Top Four DB2 Problems and How to Solve Them—Your DB2 environment and applications’ use of DB2 is dramatically changing; how can you quickly identify your biggest DB2 problems and solve them? Compuware has identified the most common problems facing today’s DB2 users and will offer effective tips and solutions.

Master of Disguise: Ensuring Data Privacy in Application Testing Environments—Regulatory and legislative requirements are driving companies to examine the way in which they protect their sensitive data. This session will outline Compuware’s customizable, four-step, best-practices approach to ensuring data privacy in the testing environment.

Older Systems, New Staff: Effectively Using Existing Technologies and Processes to Maintain Mainframe Applications—A case study detailing how a small team of technicians with little application-specific knowledge used mainframe application analysis, code coverage, application performance and automated testing technologies to obtain a more thorough understanding of application readiness for production and significant ROI.

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.