Independent Evaluation Names Compuware the Leader in Software Testing Tools

Compuware Rated Unique on Scope of Support and Strength Across the Application Delivery Life

DETROIT--April 25, 2007--Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ: CPWR) today announced that it has been positioned as the software testing tools market leader--featuring both breadth and depth--by Ovum, a leading analyst firm. In the Ovum report titled: "Summary of the Software Testing Tools Evaluations," the top-six test automation tools vendors were evaluated on scope of support and strength across all features. According to Ovum, the top test automation toolsets are now all part of a larger application life cycle management and/or quality management portfolio.

The Ovum model rates test automation support through the whole lifecycle including development, not just the late, independent QA test stage. "When balancing both the breadth of offering and the depth of the products, Compuware is the leader," stated the report.

Compuware’s Application Delivery Management 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.

In Ovum’s evaluation of Compuware, Ovum principal analyst, Paul Herzlich, wrote: "Most of the industry’s test management tools provide very little support for test planning. Compuware’s ability to associate risk with tests, calculate optimum test resource usage and align test plans to business objectives remains unique among the major test automation vendors."[i]

"We believe Ovum’s findings attest to our strength and leadership in helping IT organizations establish a rigorous approach to quality as a crucial dimension of an overall application delivery discipline," said John Williams, Senior Vice President of Product Management and Strategy, Compuware Corporation.

To view these Ovum reports, please visit: http://www.compuware.com/products/qacenter/369_ENG_HTML.htm#analyst.

Compuware Corporation

Compuware Corporation 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/.

[i] Ovum: "Compuware — Quality and Performance Assurance Solutions" by Paul Herzlich, February, 2007