DETROIT, Dec. 9, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq:CPWR) today announced that Ovum, a leading analyst firm, cites Compuware's acquisition of Gomez as expanding and redefining application performance management. In the Ovum report titled: "Compuware's Gomez Acquisition Expands Definition of Application Performance Management," Ovum Senior Analyst Tony Baer wrote: "Compuware is not only expanding the reach of its application management business; it is redefining it to address what until now has been the missing piece: the Internet itself."
"The [Gomez] deal is a coup for Compuware as it now has a capability not matched by any of its rivals, and the timing is auspicious given growing enterprise interest in use of the cloud, especially for SaaS-based applications," wrote Baer.
"Ovum's analysis is dead-on accurate and attests to our strength and leadership in the application performance management market," said Bob Paul, Compuware President and Chief Operating Officer. "By joining forces with Gomez, Compuware is the only company in the market that can deliver IT and business executives a groundbreaking solution for optimizing the performance of business applications to drive revenue, protect brand equity and increase customer satisfaction."
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Together, Compuware Vantage and Gomez deliver the market's only application performance management solution that provides broad visibility and deep-dive resolution across the entire application delivery chain, spanning both the Enterprise and the Internet. The first of its kind, this solution brings organizations a unified view of the health of business applications that starts from the customer perspective and follows through to the back-end data center, giving complete visibility and insight into application performance and business impact. This unparalleled breadth is combined with deep-dive analysis for rapid troubleshooting and root-cause identification, regardless of whether the source of the problem is on the Internet or in the data center.
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Founded in 1973, Compuware provides software, experts and best practices to ensure applications work well and deliver business value. Compuware helps CIOs optimize end-to-end application performance for leading businesses around the world, including 46 of the top 50 Fortune 500 companies and 12 of the top 20 most visited U.S. web sites. Learn more at: http://www.compuware.com.
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