Compuware in "Leaders" quadrant in Gartner's Application Quality Ecosystem Magic Quadrant, 2005

Compuware has been positioned in the "Leaders" quadrant of Gartner's recently published Application Quality Ecosystem Magic Quadrant, 2005: Leaders and Challengers, confirming the company's vision and ability to execute in the application quality marketplace.

According to leading research firm, Gartner, leaders are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.

"As IT aligns with the business and focuses on technology as an enabler, enterprises need to assess their overall maturity and approach to how quality is built into applications," said Dion Wiggins, vice president and research director at Gartner. "Organisations must undergo a transformation to align IT and the business and deliver applications that meet budget, schedule and quality."

Gartner's "Examine Trends in the Application Quality Ecosystem Market" report stated that the application quality ecosystem emphasises quality throughout the lifecycle. The report went on to say that the vendors listed in the leaders quadrant in the Application Quality Ecosystem Magic Quadrant dominate the market in terms of enterprise adoption of their products, movement of the industry to align IT and the business, and delivering holistic approaches to quality through the integration of people, process and products.

"We are gratified to see this positive evaluation by Gartner, one of the technology industry's most respected analyst firms," said Rick Chau, Managing Director, Greater China for Compuware Asia. "Businesses and the IT organisations that serve them face an ever-increasing pressure to rapidly deliver high-quality business applications. We believe Compuware's completeness of vision and our comprehensive product line ensure that our customers get maximum value out of their business applications."

To read a copy of the Gartner Application Quality Ecosystem Magic Quadrant, 2005: Leaders and Challengers please visit: http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/compuware/article2/article2.html.

About Compuware

Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq: CPWR) 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. For more information about Compuware, please visit Compuware at http://www.compuware.com/.