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`!Compuware Corporation`! was an American `F33f`_`[software company`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Software_company]`_`f based in `F33f`_`[Detroit`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Detroit]`_`f.`:cite-ref-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-1]`_`f] The company offered products aimed at the `F33f`_`[information technology`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Information_technology]`_`f (IT) departments of large businesses, and its services also included testing, development, automation and performance management software for programs running on `F33f`_`[mainframe computer`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Mainframe_computer]`_`f systems.

>>Contents

• `F0af`_`[History`#history]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[Operations`#operations]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[Integrations and Partnerships`#integrations-and-partnerships]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[Compuware Acquisitions`#compuware-acquisitions]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[External links`#external-links]`_`f

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>>History

In 1973, `F33f`_`[Peter Karmanos Jr.`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Peter_Karmanos,_Jr.]`_`f, `F33f`_`[Thomas Thewes`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Thomas_Thewes]`_`f, and Allen B. Cutting established Compuware Corporation to provide clients with professional technical services. By 1978, Compuware opened its first remote office to service the `F33f`_`[Washington, D.C.`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Washington,_D.C.]`_`f, and `F33f`_`[Baltimore`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Baltimore]`_`f area. In 1992, the company completed its `F33f`_`[initial public offering`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Initial_public_offering]`_`f (IPO) and traded on the `F33f`_`[NASDAQ`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=NASDAQ]`_`f under the symbol CPWR. At the end of 1998, Compuware surpassed the $1 billion revenue mark.

In 2003, Compuware moved their headquarters from `F33f`_`[Farmington Hills, Michigan`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Farmington_Hills,_Michigan]`_`f, to a new `F33f`_`[headquarters building`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=One_Campus_Martius]`_`f in `F33f`_`[downtown Detroit`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Downtown_Detroit]`_`f.`:cite-ref-2[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-2]`_`f]`:cite-ref-3[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-3]`_`f] In November 2014, the company's headquarters building was sold to a joint venture of `F33f`_`[Dan Gilbert`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Dan_Gilbert_(businessman)]`_`f's real estate group Bedrock Real Estate and Meridian Health for $142 million and renamed One Campus Martius. In December of that year, Compuware was acquired by private equity firm `F33f`_`[Thoma Bravo`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Thoma_Bravo]`_`f for approximately $2.5 billion, becoming a privately held company.`:cite-ref-compuware-corporation-to-be-acquired-by-thoma-bravo-4-0[`F5bf`_`[4`#cite-note-compuware-corporation-to-be-acquired-by-thoma-bravo-4]`_`f] In the years after that, the company experienced a period of growth and reinvention of mainframe software.`:cite-ref-5[`F5bf`_`[5`#cite-note-5]`_`f]

In March 2020, Compuware was acquired by `F33f`_`[BMC Software`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=BMC_Software]`_`f for $2 billion.`:cite-ref-6[`F5bf`_`[6`#cite-note-6]`_`f]`:cite-ref-7[`F5bf`_`[7`#cite-note-7]`_`f]`:cite-ref-8[`F5bf`_`[8`#cite-note-8]`_`f] Compuware ceased to exist as a company, but all of its products remain available under the name BMC Automated Mainframe Intelligence (BMC AMI).`:cite-ref-9[`F5bf`_`[9`#cite-note-9]`_`f] In October 2022, it was announced that BMC's Detroit office will return to the northwest suburbs of Detroit, moving from One Campus Martius downtown to the `F33f`_`[Southfield Town Center`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Southfield_Town_Center]`_`f in nearby `F33f`_`[Southfield`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Southfield,_Michigan]`_`f.`:cite-ref-10[`F5bf`_`[10`#cite-note-10]`_`f]`:cite-ref-11[`F5bf`_`[11`#cite-note-11]`_`f]

>>Operations

>>>Integrations and Partnerships

Since 2014, Compuware (later BMC Compuware) has established multiple integrations and partnerships.

• `F33f`_`[AppDynamics`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=AppDynamics]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Amazon Web Services`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Amazon_Web_Services]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Atlassian`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Atlassian]`_`f `F33f`_`[JIRA`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Jira_(software)]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[ASG`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ASG_Technologies]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[CloudBees`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=CloudBees]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Dynatrace`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Dynatrace]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Elastic`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Elastic_NV]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Jenkins`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Jenkins_(software)]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Parasoft`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Parasoft]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[SonarSource`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=SonarSource]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Splunk`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Splunk]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Syncsort`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Syncsort]`_`f

• XebiaLabs

>>>Compuware Acquisitions

Compuware made the following acquisitions after going private in 2014, through its acquisition by BMC in 2020:

• ISPW in January 2016`:cite-ref-12[`F5bf`_`[12`#cite-note-12]`_`f]

• Itgrations in October 2016`:cite-ref-13[`F5bf`_`[13`#cite-note-13]`_`f]

• Standard ware in December 2016`:cite-ref-14[`F5bf`_`[14`#cite-note-14]`_`f]

• MVS Solutions in January 2017`:cite-ref-15[`F5bf`_`[15`#cite-note-15]`_`f]

• XATester in July 2018`:cite-ref-16[`F5bf`_`[16`#cite-note-16]`_`f]

• INNOVATION Data Processing in January 2020`:cite-ref-17[`F5bf`_`[17`#cite-note-17]`_`f]

>>References

`:cite-note-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-1]`_`f "Compuware World Headquarters". Emporis. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2013.

`:cite-note-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-2]`_`f `:citereflaitner2003`aLaitner, Bill (2003-12-18). "Oakland County is unfazed as jobs move to Detroit". `*`F33f`_`[Detroit Free Press`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Detroit_Free_Press]`_`f`*. `F33f`_`[Gannett`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Gannett]`_`f. pp. 6B.

`:cite-note-3`!3.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-3]`_`f "Contact Us". `*Compuware`*. Archived from the original on 2000-08-15. Retrieved 2022-04-13.

`:cite-note-compuware-corporation-to-be-acquired-by-thoma-bravo-4`!4.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-compuware-corporation-to-be-acquired-by-thoma-bravo-4-0]`_`f "Thoma Bravo Completes Take-Private Acquisition of Compuware Corporation in $2.4b Deal". Thoma Bravo. Archived from the original on 2014-12-30. Retrieved 2014-12-15.

`:cite-note-5`!5.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-5]`_`f `:citerefreindl`aReindl, J. C. "Compuware reinvents itself after midlife crisis". `*Detroit Free Press`*. Retrieved 2021-06-22.

`:cite-note-6`!6.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-6]`_`f `:citerefreindl`aReindl, J. C. "Detroit-based Compuware finalizes latest buyout, gets new name". `*Detroit Free Press`*. Retrieved 2021-06-22.

`:cite-note-7`!7.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-7]`_`f `:citerefclabby2020`aClabby, Joe (2020-03-05). "Why BMC+Compuware Is a Textbook Acquisition Case". `*eWEEK`*. Retrieved 2021-06-22.

`:cite-note-8`!8.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-8]`_`f "BMC Software adquiere Compuware". `*DealerWorld`* (in Spanish). 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2021-06-22.

`:cite-note-9`!9.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-9]`_`f "BMC Automated Mainframe Intelligence - BMC Software". `*www.bmc.com`*. Retrieved 2023-04-06.

`:cite-note-10`!10.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-10]`_`f `:citerefreindl2022`aReindl, J.C. (2022-10-26). "Compuware could leave downtown Detroit for Southfield". `*`F33f`_`[Detroit Free Press`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Detroit_Free_Press]`_`f`*. `F33f`_`[Gannett`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Gannett]`_`f. Retrieved 2022-10-30.

`:cite-note-11`!11.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-11]`_`f `:citerefreindl2022`aReindl, J.C. (2022-10-27). "Mayor: Compuware is definitely coming to Southfield". `*`F33f`_`[Detroit Free Press`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Detroit_Free_Press]`_`f`*. `F33f`_`[Gannett`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Gannett]`_`f. Retrieved 2022-10-30.

`:cite-note-12`!12.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-12]`_`f ISPW in January 2016

`:cite-note-13`!13.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-13]`_`f Itgrations in October 2016

`:cite-note-14`!14.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-14]`_`f Standardware in December 2016

`:cite-note-15`!15.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-15]`_`f MVS Solutions in January 2017

`:cite-note-16`!16.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-16]`_`f "BMC Compuware - BMC Software".

`:cite-note-17`!17.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-17]`_`f "BMC Compuware - BMC Software".

>>External links

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• Official website

• Historical business data for Compuware Corp: SEC filings

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