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 92 percent of the Fortune 50 companies. Learn more about Compuware at

http://www.compuware.com

Compuware Q2 Earnings Per Share Surge 50 Percent Year-Over-Year to 12 Cents
 * Income from operations grows 52 percent from Q2 last year to $41.4M
 * Software license fees reach $50.1M in Q2
 * Market leadership drives year-over-year Vantage and Mainframe
   software license fee increases of 31 and 60 percent, respectively
 * Professional services margins nearly triple from year-ago period
   to 11 percent
DETROIT, Oct. 22, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq:CPWR) today announced final financial results for its second quarter ended September 30, 2009. 
"Compuware delivered strong operational results this quarter, positioning the business now -- more than ever -- for long-term growth in revenue and continued improvement in margins," said Compuware President and Chief Operating Officer Bob Paul. "With Vantage and our definitive agreement to acquire Gomez creating an unmatched ability to optimize application performance across the Enterprise and the Internet, with market-leading Mainframe Solutions and with future game-changers like Covisint, Compuware has structured its business to solve our customers' most significant business and technology problems today and in the years to come." 
Compuware reports second quarter revenues of $217.9 million, compared to $269.8 million in Q2 last year. Second quarter earnings per share were 12 cents, compared to eight cents in Q2 last year, based upon 236.1 million and 257.6 million shares outstanding, respectively. Second quarter net income was $28.0 million compared to $21.6 million in the same period last year. 
"Compared to the year-ago quarter, Compuware has divested peripheral product lines and exited unfavorable services contracts, foregoing 60 million dollars in non-optimal revenue," continued Paul. "Reducing such revenues has almost doubled the company's operating margin from 10 to 19 percent." 
During the company's second quarter, software license fees were $50.1 million compared to $35.7 million (excluding divested products) and $42.3 million (as reported) in Q2 last year. Maintenance fees were $109.7 million in Q2 compared to $115.8 million (excluding divested products) and $124.7 million (as reported) in the second quarter last year. Revenue from professional services in the quarter was $58.1 million, compared to $102.9 million in the same quarter last year. 
Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Highlights 

DETROIT, Oct. 21, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq:CPWR) today announced that it has joined the Cisco Developer Network as a Solution Developer and that Compuware Vantage has successfully completed Cisco verification testing for integration with the Cisco Network Analysis Module (NAM) product line. The interoperable offering will provide IT organizations with an enhanced view of network and application performance. This enhanced view helps customers optimize network and application performance, reduce unnecessary network costs and better manage network utilization of cloud computing and Wide Area Network (WAN) optimization technologies.
The Cisco Network Analysis Module family helps IT manage and improve application delivery by providing visibility into network performance while Compuware Vantage IT service management provides visibility into the application's performance. The interoperability of these two solutions delivers enhanced visibility into end-to-end network performance to help IT organizations to better understand the network service quality and the business impact of application performance degradation.
"Combining application performance management and network monitoring will help an IT organization view its network events in their application context," said Will Cappelli, Research VP of Gartner. "This helps improve the availability of the network infrastructure and shorten the response time for noticing and repairing network issues."
The Cisco Developer Network Program enables Cisco and third-party developers of hardware and software to test interoperability of solutions for customers. Members of the program share Cisco's strong commitment to customer service and satisfaction and undergo interoperability testing based on criteria set by Cisco.
"IT organizations are working to extend existing technology investments and deliver excellent service to the business," said Steve Tack, Vice President, Vantage Product Line, Compuware Corporation. "Compuware Vantage interoperating with Cisco NAM will enable IT organizations to respond to poor application and network performance before it affects the business. Performance problems can be more easily isolated and corrected which will save IT resources and restore service quickly."
Compuware Vantage provides end-to-end management of application performance to ensure problems are detected proactively and solved quickly and efficiently, and IT service delivery is aligned with business needs. Compuware Vantage is the market's only IT service management solution that integrates end-user experience monitoring, application performance management and business service management into a single offering.
 

Compuware to Acquire Gomez Teleconference
DETROIT and LEXINGTON, Mass., Oct. 7, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq:CPWR) and Gomez today announced the signing of a definitive agreement for Compuware to acquire privately-held Gomez, Inc. Compuware is the world's leading application performance management software company, and Gomez is the leader in Web application experience management. The $295 million cash acquisition is expected to close in November of 2009. 
"Together, Compuware and Gomez provide the industry's only unified Application Performance Management solution, spanning the Enterprise and Internet," said Compuware President and Chief Operating Officer Bob Paul. "For business and IT executives who are moving more business-critical applications onto the Internet, Compuware can now offer unified visibility, isolation and resolution of application performance problems from the data center to the customer. Competitive offerings only cover isolated portions of the Enterprise-Internet application delivery chain." 
Headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts, Gomez employs 272 people around the world. Substantially all of these employees, including the leadership team, are expected to remain with Compuware after the close of the transaction. 
"This agreement marks a fundamental breakthrough in how IT and business leaders can manage the performance of all the applications that drive their businesses," said Jaime Ellertson, Chief Executive Officer and President, Gomez. "The complementary nature of our products and our already-existing product integration will allow Compuware and Gomez to rapidly deliver dramatically extended value to our mutual customers." 
"Compuware's financial strength, its R&D horsepower, and its geographic reach will benefit both our employees and our customers," said Richard Brekka, Chairman of the Board, Gomez. 
With the addition of Gomez -- which delivers its offering through a Software as a Service (SaaS) model -- to Compuware's SaaS revenues, Compuware becomes the world's leading SaaS infrastructure management provider. SaaS continues to become a more desirable way to acquire software due to a lower cost of ownership and faster, easier adoption and maintenance. 
For complete details on how this agreement sets the new standard for managing the performance of business applications, visit http://www.compuware.com/gomez. 
The completion of the transaction is subject to customary government approvals and the satisfaction of other customary conditions. 
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Compuware Increases Year-over-year Earnings Per Share 17 Percent to 55 Cents; Business Service Delivery Strategy Positions Company for Further Earnings Growth
May 14, 2009 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX News Network) -- 
 * Income from operations increases 28 percent year-over-year to  $185.1 Million
 * FY '09 cash flow from operations of $232.0 million exceeds guidance
 * Fiscal discipline reduces year-over-year operating expense by $179.4 million
DETROIT, May 14, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq:CPWR) today announced final financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2009. 

"Our Compuware 2.0 initiative has made Compuware a healthier, more focused business and poised the company for long-term, meaningful growth in earnings," said Compuware President and Chief Operating Officer Bob Paul. "With a smaller and more profitable Professional Services business and a more focused and strategic product portfolio, our potential for success has never been greater. Through our Business Service Delivery approach, we will capitalize on our market leadership position in end-to-end application performance to meet the growing and ever-more critical demand that applications deliver value back to the business." 
Fiscal Year 2009 Results 
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, revenues were $1.09 billion, compared to $1.23 billion in the previous fiscal year. Net income was $139.6 million, up from $134.4 million in fiscal 2008. Earnings per share were 55 cents, an increase of 17 percent from 47 cents in fiscal 2008, based upon 252.4 million and 287.6 million shares outstanding, respectively. 
During fiscal 2009, software license fees were $219.6 million, and maintenance revenue was $479.5 million. Professional services fees for fiscal 2009 were $391.4 million. 
Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2009 Results 
During the fourth quarter, revenues were $253.4 million. Net income was $48.4 million, and earnings per share were 20 cents. During the company's fourth quarter, software license fees were $55.5 million, and maintenance fees were $111.6 million. Fourth quarter revenue from professional services was $86.3 million. 
Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Highlights 
During the fourth quarter, Compuware: 
 * Announced that Partners HealthCare-one of the largest integrated
   healthcare systems in the U.S.-selected Compuware Vantage for end-
   to-end visibility into the clinician end-user experience with its
   electronic medical records (EMR) system.
 * Announced that Compuware Vantage and Strobe provide end-to-end
   visibility into the performance of applications that span both
   distributed and mainframe transaction systems. This integrated
   approach to Business Service Delivery enables IT operations and
   management to quickly predict, isolate and resolve performance
   challenges from the end-user perspective, increasing internal and
   external customer satisfaction.
 * Jump-started Application Portfolio Management initiatives by
   offering a pre-configured version of its market-leading IT
   portfolio management solution, Changepoint.
 * Announced that its Covisint subsidiary will provide the VIP Health
   Initiative with a collaborative network for the secure sharing of
   sensitive patient information and improved physician collaboration.
   The VIP Health Initiative was formed by Scripps Mercy Physician
   Partners, SMPP Services and Physician Partners Management Services
   to enhance the quality of care delivered while also providing key
   clinical, administrative and regulatory efficiencies.
 * Revealed the results of a study on application performance
   conducted by Forrester Consulting and commissioned by Compuware,
   which showed that 64 percent of the respondents believe that poor
   application performance causes significant financial losses.
   Despite these losses the study also showed IT takes a costly and
   reactive approach to Application Performance Management.
Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq: CPWR) today announced that it will report results for its third quarter -- ended December 31, 2008 -- after market-close on January 28, 2009. The company will also hold a conference call to discuss these results at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time (22:00 GMT) on January 28. 

LOS ANGELES, Oct 27, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq: CPWR) today announced at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2008 (booth #118), the latest version of its award-winning code quality solution, Compuware DevPartner Studio 9.0. This new version improves an IT organization's ability to diagnose software security vulnerabilities, defects and performance problems early in the development process -- when problem resolution is most cost-effective. 
"Microsoft is pleased to see Compuware's continued commitment to innovate its code quality solutions and provide support for Microsoft technologies," said Joe Marini, Director of the Developer Tools Ecosystem team at Microsoft Corp. "DevPartner Studio supports Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 to improve communication and collaboration among developers and testers. With knowledgeable advice, coding standards and best practices built in, DevPartner Studio enables development and testing teams to build and deploy Microsoft applications with confidence." 
Identify and Resolve Security Vulnerabilities in Source Code 
With attacks on Web applications increasing in scope and size, the need for application security has never been greater. DevPartner Studio 9.0 scans Microsoft ASP.NET application source code to find security problems before they become deeply embedded in the code base. 
By scanning application source code at compile time, DevPartner Studio can pinpoint unsafe coding practices to the exact method and line of code. The security scanning feature checks each line of ASP.NET code for more than 200 security vulnerabilities and suspicious behaviors. 
Track Code Quality With Integrated, Management-level Reporting and Metrics 
DevPartner Studio 9.0 now offers integrated reporting, producing code quality reports that managers and team leads can review easily using a Web browser. Important metrics and summary-level information enable managers to quickly understand the quality and stability of the code base from the earliest stages of development through the final QA testing phase. Customizable reports are provided for a range of reporting needs, including code quality, code review, error detection, performance, code coverage and more. 
"I found DevPartner Studio 9.0 to be a fantastic and welcomed addition to our software development process," said a software engineer from a leading global provider of data warehousing and analytic technologies. "The integration into Visual Studio was seamless, and the code analysis was extremely in-depth. Any .NET software will benefit greatly from using DevPartner. Executing the reporting functionality in an automated fashion allowed my developers to continue coding, while the reports were available at their fingertips." 
Support for New and Legacy Microsoft Technologies 
DevPartner Studio 9.0 now supports 32-bit application development on Microsoft Windows x64 platforms as well as a number of new .NET Framework technologies, including: 
    -- Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio Team System 2008
    -- Windows Server 2008
    -- .NET Framework 3.5
    -- Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
    -- Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
    -- ASP.NET AJAX Extensions
Recognizing that IT environments are comprised of both new and legacy applications, DevPartner Studio 9.0 provides support for the latest Microsoft technologies as well as targeting legacy applications built with Visual Studio 6.0, Visual Basic 6.0, Visual C++ 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2003, and the .NET Framework 1.1. 
"As a founding member of the Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program, Compuware has a long history of adding value to Microsoft Visual Studio," said Kim Turner, Vice President of Compuware Quality Solutions. "DevPartner Studio 9.0 further demonstrates Compuware's commitment to the Microsoft platform by helping Windows applications teams improve software quality, maximize developer productivity and deliver superior software reliability."