DETROIT, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq:
CPWR) today announced the release of Changepoint 2009, the latest version of
its market-leading IT portfolio management solution. Enhancements in this
version provide greater visibility into all the work of IT, increasing the
ability of IT organizations to respond to business needs. Specifically,
Changepoint 2009 responds to the increasing maturity of IT departments by
providing advanced financial and resource management capabilities, while also
focusing on the importance of end-user adoption to ensure return on
investment.
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"Changepoint is helping us improve and simplify our business processes and
is giving us better visibility into our IT business," said Glain Webber,
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Innovapost. "The
strength and flexibility of Changepoint's project and financial management
capabilities have helped our organization improve performance as well as
identify and eliminate system redundancies. We're looking forward to seeing
what improvements Changepoint 2009's new resource management functionality and
advanced usability can bring to our organization."
Sophisticated Investment Planning
When the financial information used for investment decisions is inadequate
or inaccurate, the results can be very costly to the business. Changepoint
2009 provides the ability to detail both costs and benefits tied to an
investment across multiple fiscal years to drive better decisions.
With full visibility into the business of IT, executives can formally
manage against business funds. By defining a top-down view of IT funds and
then managing all the work of IT in the funding framework, Changepoint
provides executive visibility into performance for both IT and line of
business executives.
Next Generation Resource Management
Improving resource management is one of the key reasons why many
enterprises establish or enhance their PPM resources and will increase their
investment in PPM technologies, according to the Gartner report titled: Market
Trends: Project and Portfolio Management Software, Worldwide, 2007-2012.(1)
Changepoint 2009 extends resource management capabilities through new,
intuitive and dynamic interfaces. Interactive, color-coded screen views
provide real-time "what if" analysis to evaluate changes and see them through
to execution.
Continued Focus on Adoption
User adoption is a critical success factor to realize benefits from an
ITPM solution. Changepoint 2009 eases PPM adoption with new flexibility based
on individual needs and business situations.
Fully configurable forms allow IT to collect the right information from
users at the right time in the business process. In addition, portal templates
ensure each user sees the right management information for their role, and
automated reporting by email extends the value of the Changepoint solution to
a broader community.
"In this challenging economy, our customers are balancing the need to
reduce costs and continue to deliver business value, making visibility across
the IT investment life cycle and informed decision-making crucial," said Lori
Ellsworth, Vice President of Changepoint Solutions. "Changepoint 2009 provides
a greater level of sophistication to support our customers' maturing financial
and resource management disciplines while making it more user-friendly."
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.
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Compuware Corporation
Compuware Corporation makes IT rock around the world, helping CIOs
optimize IT performance to achieve business goals. Compuware solutions
accelerate the development, improve the quality and enhance the performance of
critical business systems while enabling CIOs to align and govern the entire
IT portfolio, increasing efficiency, cost control and employee productivity
throughout the IT organization. Founded in 1973, Compuware serves the world's
leading IT organizations, including more than 92 percent of the Fortune 50
companies. Learn more about Compuware at http://www.compuware.com.
Press Contact
Kayla Siefker, Compuware Communications and Investor Relations,
kayla.siefker@compuware.com, 313-227-1402
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(1) Gartner: "Market Trends: Project and Portfolio Management Software,
Worldwide, 2007-2012" October 17, 2008; by Laurie F. Wurster, Matt Light,
Daniel B. Stang, Teresa Jones, Asheesh Raina, Donna Fitzgerald, Michael
Hanford
