Compuware Relocates Additional Product Development Activities to Detroit Headquarters

Concentration of Development Efforts to Reduce Costs and Increase Technical Integration; Superior Customer Support Assured During and After Transition

DETROIT--August 29, 2007--Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ: CPWR) today announced the further centralization of a number of its product development activities. In particular, the company will:

Transition development of its Strobe product family from Cambridge, Massachusetts to its Detroit headquarters, which will unify development for all of Compuware’s mainframe solutions.
Transition development of its Vantage Service Manager product from Sydney, Australia to its Detroit headquarters, where the company develops a number of its other Vantage products.
Transition development of its Optimal Trace product from Dublin, Ireland to its Detroit headquarters, which will unify development for the full spectrum of Compuware’s Application Delivery Management solutions.

These actions will reduce the company’s operating costs by approximately $13 million annually and will eliminate the positions of approximately 100 employees. Compuware will maintain a sales presence in each of these locations.

"This centralization of Compuware IT Service Management, Application Delivery Management and mainframe expertise will strengthen technical integration, increase synergy in development and deliver additional efficiencies to the business," said Compuware Chief Information Officer Chris Bockhausen. "The company will continue to invest significantly in the technical excellence of these strategic solutions and will maintain superior levels of support for all Compuware customers, during and after this transition."

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/.

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