New Compuware Changepoint Accelerator Facilitates Quick Adoption of Best Practices for Product and Service Delivery in Technology Companies

DETROIT, March 15, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq: CPWR) today announced its newest Compuware Changepoint Accelerator aimed at helping technology companies drive return on their Changepoint investment through best practices for product and professional services delivery. The new Accelerator solution provides ready-to-use, pre-configured workflows, dashboards, reports, metrics and other market-proven best practices for product planning, product development and service delivery -- all aimed at helping technology companies drive growth, alignment and efficiency.

"Compuware's Changepoint solution -- which includes a Product Portfolio Management view coupled with its professional services automation (PSA) capabilities -- is an eye-opening advancement for any technology company seeking to more fully link its services practice with business results," said John Ragsdale, Vice President of Research, Technology Services Industry Association. "But the trick in any fast-moving organization is putting theory and tools into practice and driving adoption. Changepoint's new Accelerator creates instant momentum for technology companies by providing turn-key processes, industry best practices and dashboards to accelerate adoption and drive maturity for both the business' product and service disciplines.

As the economy rebounds, technology companies poised for growth are actively seeking new ways to grow product and services revenue, along with market-share. They must quickly mature processes and visibility within and across four key areas: new product ideation, release planning, product management and development along with support and service delivery. These functions, often siloed in tech companies, typically operate with disconnected processes that can impact product quality and time-to-market.

"Changepoint puts the marketplace's collective knowledge for managing professional services and product delivery organizations into the hands of product-centric technology companies," said Lori Ellsworth, Vice President, Changepoint, Compuware. "With this new Accelerator, technology companies can drive excellence in areas such as services management, resource management and product planning to build a more reliable and repeatable product and services delivery cycle."

Compuware Changepoint allows technology companies to maximize professional services profitability while maintaining a focus on effective product decisions and delivery. Changepoint's integrated solution marries PSA with PPM to provide total operational visibility allowing product-centric technology companies to drive services growth with strong margins, deliver a competitive product and services mix for high ROI, and maintain top-line revenues and bottom-line profitability.

Compuware Corporation

Founded in 1973, Compuware provides software, experts and best practices to ensure applications work well and deliver business value. Compuware solutions optimize application performance across the Enterprise and the Internet for leading organizations around the world, including 46 of the top 50 Fortune 500 companies and 12 of the top 20 most visited U.S. web sites. Learn more at: http://www.compuware.com.

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