Gomez Platform Upgrade Optimizes Web and Mobile Performance:
   Detects Issues Caused by Browsers, Devices, Cloud and Third-
                          Party Providers

DETROIT, March 8, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today Gomez, the Web
performance division of Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq:CPWR), announced
a platform-wide upgrade featuring industry firsts for managing Web
performance across multiple browsers and load testing both mobile and
Web applications. The upgrade also includes innovations that detect Web
performance issues created by cloud and third-party service providers.
Together, these new capabilities empower organizations to optimize Web
and mobile experiences for all of their end-users, regardless of
location, choice of browser or device.

Delivering quality Web and mobile application performance is not just
an increasing IT challenge but also a business imperative: research
shows that poor Web site performance can drive end-users away,
impacting revenues and brand. Today's Web and mobile applications are
increasingly composite and rich, comprising more content and
functionality (such as advertisements, video, Web analytics and
shopping tools) sourced from cloud providers and multiple
third-parties. Ultimately, all these components must assemble -- and
work -- in the end-user's browser.

The reality, however, is that any one of these third-party objects or
services can degrade the overall performance of the application,
impacting the end-user experience and jeopardizing online revenue and
customer satisfaction. Additionally, the expanding choice of browsers,
browser versions and mobile devices further complicates the performance
challenge: each browser and device operates differently, creating
substantial and often unpredictable performance differences.

"End-user access to business applications over the Web is a
mission-critical requirement for success in today's global economy,"
said Tim Grieser, Program VP of IDC's Enterprise System Management
Software program. "The Internet environment requires businesses and IT
organizations to deliver fast performance and high availability across
a wide variety of geographies, access paths, devices and browsers in
order to assure user satisfaction and gain competitive advantage. Web
performance monitoring and load testing are key functions for
proactively managing application service quality for end-users."

To address these issues, Gomez is today introducing:


  --  The industry's first Web performance management solution that enables
      synthetic Web performance monitoring on multiple commercial browsers.
      The new solution records and executes performance tests using Firefox
      and Internet Explorer test agents across the Gomez global network and on
      a local PC. This provides an instant comparison of application
      performance by browser, with granular detail about overall response
      time, number of connections and sequence of object downloads. This helps
      developers optimize performance for different browsers and IT operations
      teams improve troubleshooting.
  --  New features that identify performance issues caused by cloud or
      third-party service providers such as ad networks, content delivery
      networks, Web analytics and ecommerce tools.
  --  The industry's first solution that accurately measures the response time
      of both mobile and Web applications, prior to deployment. Gomez's load
      testing solution can now test how mobile Web sites, applications and
      infrastructure perform under load from the "outside-in." The solution
      generates high-volume mobile load from the cloud to test how mobile Web
      applications perform under peak traffic and then measure the mobile
      end-user experience from the "wireless Last Mile." This helps mobile and
      IT teams test the breaking point of mobile infrastructures as well as
      monitor the impact of load on response times and availability for mobile
      end-users. Ultimately, it helps them build and launch new mobile
      initiatives with confidence.
  --  New capabilities for easily recording and testing the performance of
      smartphone applications, enabling IT and development teams to accelerate
      the identification and resolution of smartphone application performance
      and availability problems.




"As applications are increasingly built from multiple third-party
components and accessed via an expanding choice of browsers and mobile
devices, preventing and resolving Web performance problems becomes
exponentially greater and more time-consuming," said Imad Mouline, CTO,
Gomez division. "The upgraded Gomez platform addresses all these
issues, helping businesses spend less time troubleshooting and more
time delivering great Web and mobile experiences."

All solutions in the Gomez platform-wide upgrade are generally
available today on a subscription basis.

Gomez, the Web performance division of Compuware, provides the
industry's leading solutions for optimizing the performance,
availability, and quality of Web and mobile applications. The on-demand
Gomez platform integrates solutions for Web load testing, Web
performance management, Web cross-browser testing, and Web performance
business analysis that test and measure Web and mobile applications
from the "outside-in" -- across all users, browsers, devices, and
geographies -- using a global network of over 100,000 locations. When
combined with Compuware Vantage, Gomez offers the industry's only
solution for optimizing application performance across the Enterprise
and the Internet. Over 2,500 customers worldwide, ranging from small
companies to large enterprises -- including 12 of the top 20 most
visited U.S. Web sites -- use Gomez solutions to increase revenue,
build brand loyalty, and decrease costs.

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Compuware Corporation

Founded in 1973, Compuware provides software, experts and best
practices to ensure applications work well and deliver business value.
Compuware solutions optimize application performance across the
Enterprise and the Internet for leading organizations 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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