Compuware Abend-AID 11 Helps IT Organizations Bridge a Workforce Gap

New Web Interface Enables Next Generation Mainframe Developers

DETROIT—July 29, 2008—Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ: CPWR) today announced the release of Abend-AID 11. This latest version features an innovative web interface that helps leading IT organizations enable new mainframe talent to support vital systems.

As workers with decades of experience continue to retire from the mainframe field, IT leaders must find new personnel to maintain and enhance critical mainframe technologies. “Even those applications that satisfy current business demands are often seen as difficult and expensive to operate and not agile enough,” said Dale Vecchio, Gartner. “One of the greatest growing risks for these systems is not the applications themselves, but rather the skills necessary to continue to develop, maintain and operate them.”[1]

Compuware Abend-AID 11 helps ease this transition through its new web-based interface, providing point and click usability for employees accustomed to a web-based world. Supplementing the traditional mainframe “green screen” interface to these systems with agile, modern technology, Abend-AID 11 helps IT organizations more quickly familiarize new personnel with their systems.

“This modernization demonstrates Compuware’s ongoing commitment to meeting the evolving needs of our customers,” said Rose Rowe, Vice President Mainframe Solutions, Compuware. “By bringing new functionality into the marketplace, Compuware meets the pressing problems of IT and business leaders who depend upon the stability and security of the mainframe for their most critical business applications.”

Understanding that more than 80 percent of the world’s corporate and government data is stored on mainframes [2] helps Compuware stay focused on advancing mainframe technology to consistently provide solutions for customers.

“Hands-down, our mainframe solutions are the best in the world,” said Bob Paul, Compuware President and Chief Operating Officer. “We continue to invest in the mainframe platform to bring our customers functionality they cannot find elsewhere. New solutions like this demonstrate our continuing dedication to advancing the business value of the mainframe platform.”

In addition to the new web interface, Abend-AID 11 also improved root-cause analysis for COBOL programs and enhanced DB2 support. These enhancements allow users to diagnose issues with greater speed and further enhance system productivity.

Compuware Corporation

Compuware Corporation makes IT rock around the world, helping CIOs optimize IT performance to achieve business goals. 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/.