Wipro Unveils Compuware Center of Excellence for Application Reliability Testing and Service Management

Wipro Unveils Compuware Center of Excellence for Application Reliability Testing and Service Management

Center to Showcase Application Testing Solutions Leveraging Compuware QACenter and Vantage Products

DETROIT and BANGALORE, India, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) and Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ:CPWR) today inaugurated a dedicated Center of Excellence (CoE). This Center of Excellence will provide training and Proof- of-Concepts (PoC) on Compuware's automated testing and service management solutions for the Wipro Interop Solutions Horizontal.

Wipro's Compuware Center of Excellence will be based at Wipro's Electronic City campus in Bangalore, India. The Compuware Center of Excellence will provide Wipro's testing professionals with direct access to Compuware's comprehensive suite of automated testing solutions and best practices as well as comprehensive performance management and troubleshooting capabilities.

"The issues of application quality and performance continue to be of great concern to IT organizations. Our partnership with Compuware, along with this Center of Excellence, will allow us to help our clients to improve the reliability and availability of enterprise applications," said Gangadharaiah C P, Vice President--Interops Solutions of Wipro.

As part of this partnership, Wipro consultants will utilize Compuware QACenter and Compuware Vantage. Compuware QACenter delivers a unique offering of automated testing products and solutions designed to validate applications running in the full spectrum of environments, isolate and correct problems, and ensure that systems can handle anticipated load -- before applications go live. Compuware Vantage is an application service management solution that helps IT organizations manage application performance from the perspective that matters most: that of the end-user. Compuware products focus on business-critical applications throughout their life cycle offering the most complete set of solutions in the industry today, including IT governance and management, application development, comprehensive application reliability and quality assurance, service management and support.

"Wipro is a leader in the testing space, and we are pleased to partner with them on the Compuware Center of Excellence. This partnership enables our joint customers worldwide to benefit from Compuware's expertise in application testing and quality management technology. This will help IT organizations ensure the quality and performance of enterprise applications," said Jamie McGuffie, Senior Vice President, Global Partner Business Development, Compuware.

Wipro Limited

Wipro Limited is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified IT Services Company globally. Wipro provides comprehensive IT solutions and services, including systems integration, information systems outsourcing, package implementation, software application development and maintenance, and research and development services to corporations globally. In the Indian market, Wipro is a leader in providing IT solutions and services for the corporate segment in India offering system integration, network integration, software solutions and IT services. Wipro also has profitable presence in niche market segments of consumer products and lighting. In the Asia Pacific and Middle East markets, Wipro provides IT solutions and services for global corporations. Wipro's ADSs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and its equity shares are listed in India on the Stock Exchange - Mumbai and the National Stock Exchange, among others. More information is available at http://www.wipro.com/ .

Compuware Corporation

Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ:CPWR) maximizes the value IT brings to the business by helping CIOs more effectively manage the business of IT. 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 90 percent of the Fortune 100 companies. Learn more about Compuware at http://www.compuware.com/ .

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Press Contacts

Bob O'Brien, Compuware Corporation, 313-227-7300, bob_o'brien@compuware.com

At Wipro: Arjun Viswanathan, Manager, Strategic Marketing, +91-80-28440251; arjun.viswanathan@wipro.com

Compuware is a registered trademark of Compuware Corporation. All other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.


Source: Compuware Corporation

CONTACT: Bob O'Brien of Compuware Corporation, +1-313-227-7300,
bob_o'brien@compuware.com ; or Arjun Viswanathan, Manager, Strategic Marketing
of Wipro Limited, +91-80-28440251, arjun.viswanathan@wipro.com

Web site: http://www.compuware.com/
http://www.wipro.com/

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