BT Becomes the First Global Telco to Join CloudSleuth; Partnership Will
Help Customers Adopt Cloud Computing and Manage Application Performance




DETROIT, Feb. 1, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Compuware Corporation
(Nasdaq:CPWR), the technology performance company, today announced that
BT Global Services, part of the BT Group plc and a global leader in
networked IT and cloud services, has joined the CloudSleuth partner
community. A member of the Compuware Partner Network, BT Global
Services is the first global telecommunications carrier to join the
CloudSleuth partner community and have its cloud hosting services
globally monitored for service quality across data center facilities in
Europe.

BT Global Services has a long-standing partnership with Compuware as
part of the BT Connect Applications portfolio.

Now as a CloudSleuth partner, BT Global Services will share with the
CloudSleuth community best practices and expertise on the challenges
and benefits of cloud computing. BT Global Services will also
participate in the CloudSleuth Global Provider View, an application
that benchmarks performance and availability metrics for cloud
providers. CloudSleuth will monitor in real-time the performance of
BT's On Demand Compute service, which is hosted in five of BT's
European data centers in the UK, France, Italy, the Netherlands and
Spain. This will help organizations who are interested in BT's On
Demand Compute services compare and track the global performance of the
company's services and make informed cloud purchasing decisions.

"We are really excited to be a CloudSleuth partner. It's important for
our customers that we continue to show innovation and market
leadership, and demonstrate that we understand the importance that
application and service performance play in the cloud market," said
Steve Holt, General Manager for BT Compute, BT Global Services. "With
all the hype and uncertainty that surrounds the cloud, enterprises are
looking for transparency into the quality of cloud services to help
build their trust and confidence. As a CloudSleuth partner, we will be
able to externally benchmark the service quality of our cloud services,
assuring our customers that they are receiving the best possible cloud
performance."

CloudSleuth is the industry's only partner-driven cloud performance
community -- sponsored by Compuware -- that brings together industry
experts, early cloud adopters and cloud newcomers to foster a
collaborative exchange of strategies, best practices and resources for
deploying and managing applications in the cloud. Content is provided
by a growing network of contributing cloud technology partners.

"BT has been a long-standing Compuware partner, and we have worked
together for many years to help customers manage the performance of
applications across large public and private networks," said Kimberly
King, Vice President of Channels and Alliances at Compuware
Corporation. "As BT continues to expand its presence in global cloud
computing, we are excited to add the organization's expertise and
insight to the CloudSleuth community."

The Global Provider View uses the Compuware Gomez Performance Network
(GPN) to run performance tests -- measuring response time and
availability -- against a standard reference application that is hosted
by the cloud service providers listed in this view. Gomez has developed
a worldwide reputation for the quality and impartialness and clearly
defines the methodology used for each of its benchmarks. CloudSleuth
subscribes to the same open methodology in its performance
visualization practices. For more details on the Global Provider View
methodology, click here.

The Gomez platform is the industry's leading solution for optimizing
the performance of Web, non-Web, mobile, streaming and cloud
applications. Driven by end-user experience, Gomez provides a unified
view across the entire application delivery chain, from a user's
browser or mobile device, across the Internet or a corporate WAN, in
the cloud, to inside the data center, eliminating blind spots from the
First Mile to the Last Mile.

Compuware is recognized as a leader in Gartner Inc.'s "Magic Quadrant
for Application Performance Monitoring" report. To view and download a
complimentary copy of the report, click here.

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Compuware Corporation

Compuware Corporation, the technology performance company, provides
software, experts and best practices to ensure technology works well
and delivers value. Compuware solutions make the world's most important
technologies perform at their best for leading organizations worldwide,
including 46 of the top 50 Fortune 500 companies and 12 of the top 20
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About BT

BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications services
and solutions, serving customers in more than 170 countries. Its
principal activities include the provision of networked IT services
globally; local, national and international telecommunications services
to our customers for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband
and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products
and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT
Global Services, BT Retail, BT Wholesale and Openreach.

In the year ended 31 March 2011, BT Group's revenue was POUND20,076m
with profit before taxation of POUND1,717m.

British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT
Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT
Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New
York.

For more information, visit www.btplc.com.


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