Compuware

Compuware Corporation
Company type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: CPWR
Industry	Information technology
Founded	1973; 51 years ago
Founder	Peter Karmanos, Jr.; Thomas Thewes; Allen B. Cutting
Defunct	2020
Fate	Acquired by BMC Software
Headquarters	Detroit, Michigan, United States
Products	Enterprise software
Services	IT services
Website	bmc.com/it-solutions/brands/compuware.html

Compuware Corporation was an American software company based in Detroit.^[1] The company offered products aimed at the information technology (IT) departments of large businesses, and its services also included testing, development, automation and performance management software for programs running on mainframe computer systems.

History

Original Compuware logo

In 1973, Peter Karmanos Jr., Thomas Thewes, 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 Washington, D.C. and Baltimore area. In 1992, the company completed its initial public offering (IPO) and traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol CPWR. At the end of 1998, Compuware surpassed the $1 billion revenue mark.

In 2003, Compuware moved their headquarters from Farmington Hills, Michigan to a new headquarters building in downtown Detroit.^[2]^[3] In November 2014, the company's headquarters building was sold to a joint venture of Dan Gilbert's real estate group Bedrock Real Estate and Meridian Health for $142 million and renamed One Campus Martius. Later in the year in December, Compuware was acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo for approximately $2.5 billion, becoming a privately held company.^[4] In the years after that the company experienced a period of growth and reinvention of mainframe software.^[5]

In March 2020, Compuware was acquired by BMC Software for $2 billion.^[6]^[7]^[8] Compuware ceased to exist as a company, but all of its products remain available under the name BMC Automated Mainframe Intelligence (BMC AMI).^[9] 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 Southfield Town Center in nearby Southfield.^[10]^[11]

Operations

Integrations and Partnerships

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

Compuware Acquisitions

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

ISPW in January 2016^[12]
Itgrations in October 2016^[13]
Standard ware in December 2016^[14]
MVS Solutions in January 2017^[15]
XATester in July 2018^[16]
INNOVATION Data Processing in January 2020^[17]

References

^ "Compuware World Headquarters". Emporis. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Laitner, Bill (2003-12-18). "Oakland County is unfazed as jobs move to Detroit". Detroit Free Press. Gannett. pp. 6B.
^ "Contact Us". Compuware. Archived from the original on 2000-08-15. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
^ "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.
^ Reindl, J. C. "Compuware reinvents itself after midlife crisis". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
^ Reindl, J. C. "Detroit-based Compuware finalizes latest buyout, gets new name". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
^ Clabby, Joe (2020-03-05). "Why BMC+Compuware Is a Textbook Acquisition Case". eWEEK. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
^ "BMC Software adquiere Compuware". DealerWorld (in Spanish). 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
^ "BMC Automated Mainframe Intelligence - BMC Software". www.bmc.com. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
^ Reindl, J.C. (2022-10-26). "Compuware could leave downtown Detroit for Southfield". Detroit Free Press. Gannett. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
^ Reindl, J.C. (2022-10-27). "Mayor: Compuware is definitely coming to Southfield". Detroit Free Press. Gannett. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
^ ISPW in January 2016
^ Itgrations in October 2016
^ Standardware in December 2016
^ MVS Solutions in January 2017
^ "BMC Compuware - BMC Software".
^ "BMC Compuware - BMC Software".

External links

Official website
- Historical business data for Compuware Corp:
- SEC filings

[1] "Compuware World Headquarters". Emporis. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[2] Laitner, Bill (2003-12-18). "Oakland County is unfazed as jobs move to Detroit". Detroit Free Press. Gannett. pp. 6B.

[3] "Contact Us". Compuware. Archived from the original on 2000-08-15. Retrieved 2022-04-13.

[Compuware_Corporation_to_be_Acquired_by_Thoma_Bravo-4] "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.

[5] Reindl, J. C. "Compuware reinvents itself after midlife crisis". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2021-06-22.

[6] Reindl, J. C. "Detroit-based Compuware finalizes latest buyout, gets new name". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2021-06-22.

[7] Clabby, Joe (2020-03-05). "Why BMC+Compuware Is a Textbook Acquisition Case". eWEEK. Retrieved 2021-06-22.

[8] "BMC Software adquiere Compuware". DealerWorld (in Spanish). 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2021-06-22.

[9] "BMC Automated Mainframe Intelligence - BMC Software". www.bmc.com. Retrieved 2023-04-06.

[10] Reindl, J.C. (2022-10-26). "Compuware could leave downtown Detroit for Southfield". Detroit Free Press. Gannett. Retrieved 2022-10-30.

[11] Reindl, J.C. (2022-10-27). "Mayor: Compuware is definitely coming to Southfield". Detroit Free Press. Gannett. Retrieved 2022-10-30.

[12] ISPW in January 2016

[13] Itgrations in October 2016

[14] Standardware in December 2016

[15] MVS Solutions in January 2017

[16] "BMC Compuware - BMC Software".

[17] "BMC Compuware - BMC Software".

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