Compuware Previews Quality Solutions for Microsoft Application Development Life Cycle Tools at Microsoft Tech Ed 2005 Conference

Compuware has announced today at the Microsoft Tech Ed 2005 Conference (booth #C11) that it is showcasing and demonstrating the integration of its quality solutions DevPartner and QACenter with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System.

Compuware's solutions across the application life cycle enable enterprises to build, test and manage high-quality applications using Microsoft technologies. These solutions work together to deliver value to enterprises that depend upon mission-critical applications to remain competitive in increasingly complex and demanding business environments.

"Compuware is a founding member of the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) Programme, and we are pleased to have its continued support of Microsoft Visual Studio," says Prashant Sridharan, group product manager in the .NET Developer Product Management Group at Microsoft.
"Compuware's solutions enhance the ability of development teams that have adopted Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System to make quality a priority throughout the application development life cycle."

Tech Ed attendees will be given a technology preview and demonstration of the upcoming version of DevPartner Studio Professional Edition. Version 8.0 will support and integrate with Visual Studio 2005, offer enhanced support for Web services, introduce new performance analysis capabilities and offer basic features of the DevPartner family's new error-simulation solution, DevPartner Fault Simulator. DevPartner Studio 8.0 Professional Edition will go into beta this summer and is scheduled for launch later this year.

Compuware will also showcase its two recently launched DevPartner products, DevPartner Fault Simulator and DevPartner SecurityChecker.

Compuware will also preview the next release of QACenter Enterprise Edition's functional testing solution, TestPartner 5.4 which offers automated functional and regression testing integration with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System. Organisations will be able to lower project risk and maximise productivity. This gives developers integrated access to the same testing assets as testers, allowing them to find and resolve errors more quickly, enhance communication and collaboration while improving application quality.

"Compuware's quality solutions, DevPartner and QACenter, complement the Microsoft application development life-cycle to help teams efficiently deliver high-quality, production-ready applications and deploy with confidence," says Bob Barker, vice president of Strategic Planning at Compuware Corporation.