Compuware Strengthens Commitment to Microsoft .NET Technologies

Compuware Corporation has announced that the company is strengthening its commitment to the Microsoft Windows platform. In addition to announcing the support for the upcoming Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Compuware is also outlining its plans to continue providing a unique combination of expertise, best practices and products to help IT organisations develop, test, manage and govern applications developed for the Windows platform.

"Compuware is an important and valuable member of the Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program and has a rich heritage with enterprise applications," said Rick LaPlante, general manager of Visual Studio 2005 Team System at Microsoft Corp. "We are very happy to see Compuware's substantial and continued investment in .NET technologies and its focus on application life cycle innovation and agility."

Compuware plans to introduce a new version of Compuware DevPartner Studio with full integration with the Visual Studio 2005 integrated development environment. DevPartner Studio 8.0 will offer enhanced support for Web services, a new and innovative Performance Expert feature, and error-simulation capabilities. Additionally, Compuware will introduce a new release of DevPartner Fault Simulator that will integrate with DevPartner Studio, giving developers the ability to gather code coverage data for error handlers exercised with fault simulation. Early in 2006, Compuware plans to release the next version of its security analysis tool, DevPartner SecurityChecker, with support for Visual Studio 2005.

"Compuware's enterprise customers use the Windows platform to develop and deploy high quality enterprise applications, and we are committed to helping them accelerate the development and improve the reliability of these applications," said Bob Barker, Vice President of Strategic Planning at Compuware Corporation. "Compuware is very excited about the capabilities of Visual Studio Team System and is backing this up with a multi-million dollar investment to provide early support."

In addition to Compuware's support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 with Compuware DevPartner Studio and Compuware TestPartner, Compuware will continue to deliver support for the Microsoft .NET technologies across the application life cycle. Compuware application life cycle solutions for Microsoft .NET will include code diagnostics and unit testing, security analysis, test management, reliability and performance testing, data management, data privacy, performance and availability analysis, application service management, and IT governance and management.