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February 12, 2001 Compuware
Strengthens End-to-End Integration Capabilities Through Membership in Open
Applications Group FARMINGTON HILLS,
Mich.--February 12, 2001--Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq: CPWR) today announced
that it has joined the Open Applications Group, the largest publisher of XML-based
content for business software inter-operability. Compuware will fully support
the Open Applications Group Interface Specification (OAGIS) in its B2B solution,
UNIFACE Eight. By supporting the OAGIS messaging standard, Compuware will
improve the end-to-end integration capabilities of its products by seamlessly
integrating with industry standards. Compuware currently
provides integration over the Internet through innovative B2B messaging and
middleware solutions. For instance,
the B2B Integration Editor in UNIFACE Eight simplifies the integration of
enterprise applications at a B2B messaging level.
The Editor enables users to plug in connectors for any XML standard and
helps developers create and integrate BizTalk, or any other user-defined XML
messages. Adoption of the OAGIS messaging standard further extends the level of
support UNIFACE Eight delivers, providing customers with immediate connectivity
to other applications that adhere to any of the supported standards.
Additional standards will follow over time, as Compuware continues to
enable organizations to support new technologies and new environments. “The Open Applications
Group common model enables a single mapping strategy for all multi-vendor
implementations in the enterprise, making support and maintenance easier as
technologies change, said Graham Berkeley, Director
Product Management for E-Business Solutions, Compuware Corporation.
“Adoption of the Open Applications Group model will result in reduced
time, cost and risk in integrating legacy or purchased applications because the
interfaces will be exposed, documented and commonly supported. Compuware
believes that it provides important value to its customers by adopting
industry-standard, best practices-based models for interoperability.” “The Open Applications
Group provides a forum for Compuware and 79 other application vendors and large
customers to interact with major stakeholders like customers, application
vendors, technology vendors and systems integrators,” said David Connelly, CEO
of the Open Applications Group.
“This enables Compuware to respond in
an informed and coordinated manner to business and technology changes, which
off-loads Compuware’s customers, who would otherwise have to worry about such
issues themselves. This is the
value Compuware will also use
its experience to actively contribute to the establishment and convergence of
industry standards in the OAG workgroups. Compuware
Corporation With fiscal 2000
revenues of more than $2 billion, Compuware Corporation provides business value
through software and professional services that optimize productivity and reduce
costs across the application life cycle. Meeting the rapidly changing needs of
businesses of all sizes, Compuware’s market-leading solutions improve the
quality, ease the integration and enhance the performance of distributed,
e-business and enterprise software. Compuware employs approximately 15,000
information technology professionals worldwide. For more information about
Compuware, please contact the corporate offices at 800-521-9353. You may also
visit Compuware on the World Wide Web at http://www.compuware.com. About
OAGI The
Open Applications Group is a non-profit consortium focusing on best practices
and process-based XML content for e-Business and Application Integration. It is
the largest publishers of XML-based content for business software
interoperability in the world. Open Application Group, Inc. members have over
five years of extensive experience building this industry consensus-based
framework for business software application interoperability and have developed
a repeatable process for quickly developing high-quality business content and
XML representations of that content. For more information, visit http://www.openapplications.org. ### For
sales or marketing information:
Compuware
Corporation, 31440 Northwestern Highway, Farmington Hills, MI, 48334,
800-521-9353, http://www.compuware.com Press
contacts: Graham
Berkeley, Compuware Corporation,
617-498-4031, graham.berkeley@compuware.com Kayla
White, Compuware Corporation, 248-737-7300 ext. 11402, kayla.white@compuware.com Compuware is a
registered trademark of Compuware Corporation. All other product and company
names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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