DETROIT, June 30, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq:CPWR) today announced that Changepoint, Compuware's market-leading IT Portfolio Management (ITPM) solution, was the recipient of the Yphise Award for Best Application and Service Portfolio Governance. This prestigious award was bestowed on Changepoint after an in-depth assessment of more than 150 functional and technical aspects of Changepoint against its leading competitor, CA.
"Changepoint is an excellent solution and is the best-ranked solution in comparison with the competition. It has the best coverage of our list of requirements and focuses on application portfolio management. Projects are flexible enough to support management of any type of business and IT Service," wrote Yphise in their business case assessment report titled: Application and Service Portfolio Governance. "A major strong point of Changepoint is its TIME model to qualify applications, i.e. it clearly highlights actions that applications and services deserve: tolerate, invest, migrate or eliminate."
Yphise is an independent research company that conducts ongoing research programs for IT executives and managers. Their dedicated research team guarantees independence, consistent results and timely updates. Their clients include more than 900 major companies worldwide from all sectors including manufacturing, banking, insurance, retail sales, transportation, service and government. For the Yphise Award, Yphise conducts an annual in-depth review of software products across all areas of interest to IT. The research firm conducts each assessment according to Yphise ISO 9001:2000 certified methodology ensuring accuracy and independent assessment.
"It's an honor to have Changepoint recognized as the best solution for Application and Service Portfolio Governance," said Lori Ellsworth, Vice President of Compuware Changepoint Solutions. "This award reinforces Compuware's strength and leadership in the ITPM market and our commitment to provide our customers with the ability to manage costs, make better funding decisions and ensure business alignment."
Compuware Changepoint is a business-centric IT management solution that enables IT executives to take a comprehensive approach to managing supply and demand -- unlocking the potential of an IT organization to effectively meet the needs of the business. Using Changepoint, CIOs can deliver maximum business value through enhanced IT performance, improved collaboration between IT and business leadership, closer alignment of resources and activities with the business strategy, increased responsiveness to changing business needs and more effective life cycle management of the entire IT portfolio. Learn more at: http://bit.ly/kMAol.
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