Compuware Covisint Helps Organizations Manage and Provision External Identities

DETROIT--September 24, 2007--Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ: CPWR) continued to build upon its on-demand security platform, extending the company's June 26, 2007, introduction of Covisint Trusted Identity Broker by today launching Covisint Trusted Authorization Manager. This Covisint solution provides an outsourced identity management offering that makes the provisioning and management of access to external identities simple, secure, fast and repeatable.

Organizations often need to share internal and/or third-party applications and information with targeted external groups. Competing entities also may need to cooperate on a single project, or, enterprises involved in a divestiture or acquisition may need to provide access to a limited set of information or applications. These complex situations present difficult requirements for provisioning and access management that traditional solutions do not solve. Additionally, the sensitivity and politically charged nature of cross-enterprise information sharing is best managed by an independent third-party that controls and audits the transactions in a way that is trusted by all involved.

"The identity management market continues to enjoy phenomenal growth, but until now the industry hasn't produced a viable option for hosted identity services," said Mike Neuenschwander, Vice President and Research Director, Burton Group. "Covisint's Trusted Authorization Manager offers enterprise customers an important architectural option for outsourcing account management for external users."

With Trusted Authorization Manager, Covisint provides an independent, third-party model to securely broker access and information--enabling information sharing in an efficient and trusted manner. Trusted Authorization Manager provides an outsourced architecture with configurable workflows for provisioning access grants while assisting the customer with regulatory compliance. It can be implemented quickly without a major, up-front investment, and it enables cross-company and cross-community integration and collaboration.

"Business success means securely collaborating with business partners globally 24-hours a day," said David Miller, Chief Security Officer of Compuware Covisint. "Trusted Authorization Manager is part of Covisint's overall strategy to provide security and access management solutions for entire communities of stakeholders--such as partners, suppliers, vendors or contractors. Covisint gives business the confidence it needs that the right people have access to the right information anywhere in the world, anytime."

Compuware Covisint turns the extended enterprise into a competitive advantage for 250,000 users at 30,000 organizations worldwide. Covisint's highly available platform provides an on-demand infrastructure for secure collaboration, interoperability and access to information. Covisint streamlines and automates business processes, globally connecting business communities, organizations and systems in the manufacturing, healthcare, aerospace, public sector and financial services industries.

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Compuware Corporation 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. Learn more about Compuware at www.compuware.com.