Compuware Corp (NASDAQ:CPWR)

Compuware Corp. is a technology performance company, which develops software products and provides professional services and application services. It operates through six business segments: Application Performance Management segment, Mainframe segment, Changepoint segment, Uniface segment, Professional Services segment and Covisint Application Services segment. The Application Performance Management segment consists of solutions for optimizing the performance of web, non-web, mobile, streaming and cloud applications. Driven by end-user experience, this new generation of application performance management provides coverage of the entire application delivery chain from the user, through the cloud, to the data center with deep application visibility by tracing every transaction in production from user-click to code-line. The Mainframe segment develops, markets and supports high-quality software products, both to support traditional uses of the mainframe and to enable IT organizations to rationalize, modernize and extend their legacy application portfolios. The Changepoint segment combines professional services automation with project portfolio management capabilities to give customers complete visibility into projects, investments and resources for informed business planning and financial control. The Uniface segment is Compuware's Rapid Application Development environment for building, renewing and integrating some of the largest and most complex enterprise applications. The Professional Services segment is employed to plan, design, develop, implement and maintain technology-based solutions that achieved customer business goals. The Covisint application services provide a SaaS platform, referred to as the Covisint ExchangeLink, which offers industry-specific solutions for organizations in the automotive, healthcare, and energy markets, and offers support services in seven languages in emerging markets. Compuware was founded by Peter Karmanos Jr., Thomas Thewes and Allen B. Cutting in April 1973 and is headquartered in Detroit, MI.