Compuware Corporation is a software company with products aimed at the information technology (IT) departments of large businesses. The company's services also include testing, development and management software for programs running on mainframe computer and client server systems.

Compuware customers include:

• 90+% of Fortune and Global Fortune 100 companies
• 70+% of Fortune 500 companies
• The top 20 Global Fortune 500 automotive OEMs and suppliers
• 100% of Fortune 500 financial and securities firms
• 80% of Fortune 500 insurance companies
• 70% of Fortune 500 healthcare companies
• 65% of Fortune 500 telecommunications companies
• More than 23,000 customers around the world.

For 2005 the company revenues were over US$1.2 billion. They had 7,908 employees in 84 offices across 60 countries worldwide, as of March 2005. The CEO is Peter Karmanos.

History

Compuware was founded in 1973 by Peter Karmanos, Jr., Thomas Thewes and Allen Cutting. The company's vision is to help people do things with computers by providing professional technical services, thus allowing them to focus on their business.

Locations

Compuware's main offices are at 1 Campus Martius, Detroit, Michigan 48226.

Worldwide locations include:

• Canada - Richmond Hill, Ontario - formerly Mississauga, Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Montreal, Quebec, Calgary, Alberta

• Asia - Pok Fu Lam - Hong Kong; Beijing, China
• Europe - Berkshire, United Kingdom; Amsterdam, Netherlands

Product offerings

• Abend-AID- Application failure resolution (suite of products).
• Compuware Application Reliability Solution (CARS) - Comprehensive quality assurance practices solution.
• Changepoint - IT governance and management.
• Covisint - Interoperability solutions and services.
• DevPartner - Comprehensive application development, debugging and tuning (suite of products).
• DriverStudio - Debugging and tuning for driver development.
• File-AID - Enterprise-wide data management (suite of products).
• OptimalJ - Model-driven development for Java (suite of products).
• QACenter - Enterprise-wide automated application testing (suite of products).
• Strobe - OS/390 and z/OS application performance measurement and analysis (suite of products).
• Uniface - Component-based development (Fourth-generation programming language).
• Vantage - End-user monitoring and application performance management (suite of products).
• Xpediter - Interactive mainframe analysis and debugging.
• TestPartner an automated functional and regression testing

See also

• Automation
• AutoTester Incorporated
• Segue Software
• Mercury Interactive Corporation
• Compuware Sports Arena

External links

• Corporate site

Computer companies of the United States | Companies listed on NASDAQ | Detroit, Michigan | Companies based in Michigan | 1973 establishments