Compuware Changepoint Positioned in the IT PPM Leaders Quadrant

Compuware Evaluated in Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

DETROIT--June 24, 2008--Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ: CPWR) today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner Inc. in the “leaders” quadrant in the “Magic Quadrant for IT Project and Portfolio Management.”i The report evaluated 21 vendors on completeness of vision and ability to execute. A complimentary copy of the report can be viewed at: http://www.compuware.com/dl/gartner-magic-quad.pdf.

According to the report, “IT PPM ‘leaders’ have a record of meeting IT needs by providing analytic frameworks for application and project portfolios with tools that can track such non-project IT demands as minor software change requests so that managers can assess their cumulative impact on resource supply.”[i]

“In my opinion, this report reflects Compuware’s continued commitment to delivering economic value to our customers,” said Lori Ellsworth, Vice President of IT Portfolio Management Solutions at Compuware Corporation. “I believe being positioned in the leaders quadrant in Gartner’s PPM Magic Quadrant underscores Compuware’s strength and leadership in the PPM market and our continued commitment to customer success by offering best-in-class IT portfolio management software, services and best practices.”

Compuware’s Changepoint is a business-centric IT management solution that enables IT executives to take a comprehensive approach to managing supply and demand--unlocking the potential of an IT organization to effectively meet the needs of the business. Using Changepoint, CIOs can deliver maximum business value through enhanced IT performance, improved collaboration between IT and business leadership, closer alignment of resources and activities with the business strategy, increased responsiveness to changing business needs and more effective life cycle management of the entire IT portfolio.

Compuware Corporation

Compuware Corporation makes IT rock around the world 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/.

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted June 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner’s analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the “Leaders” quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.