New Web Interface Enables Next Generation Mainframe Developers
DETROIT, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Compuware Corporation
(Nasdaq: CPWR) today announced the release of Abend-AID 11. This latest
version features an innovative web interface that helps leading IT
organizations enable new mainframe talent to support vital systems.
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As workers with decades of experience continue to retire from the
mainframe field, IT leaders must find new personnel to maintain and enhance
critical mainframe technologies. "Even those applications that satisfy
current business demands are often seen as difficult and expensive to
operate and not agile enough," said Dale Vecchio, Gartner. "One of the
greatest growing risks for these systems is not the applications
themselves, but rather the skills necessary to continue to develop,
maintain and operate them."(1)
Compuware Abend-AID 11 helps ease this transition through its new
web-based interface, providing point and click usability for employees
accustomed to a web-based world. Supplementing the traditional mainframe
"green screen" interface to these systems with agile, modern technology,
Abend-AID 11 helps IT organizations more quickly familiarize new personnel
with their systems.
"This modernization demonstrates Compuware's ongoing commitment to
meeting the evolving needs of our customers," said Rose Rowe, Vice
President Mainframe Solutions, Compuware. "By bringing new functionality
into the marketplace, Compuware meets the pressing problems of IT and
business leaders who depend upon the stability and security of the
mainframe for their most critical business applications."
Understanding that more than 80 percent of the world's corporate and
government data is stored on mainframes(2) helps Compuware stay focused on
advancing mainframe technology to consistently provide solutions for
customers.
"Hands-down, our mainframe solutions are the best in the world," said
Bob Paul, Compuware President and Chief Operating Officer. "We continue to
invest in the mainframe platform to bring our customers functionality they
cannot find elsewhere. New solutions like this demonstrate our continuing
dedication to advancing the business value of the mainframe platform."
In addition to the new web interface, Abend-AID 11 also improved
root-cause analysis for COBOL programs and enhanced DB2 support. These
enhancements allow users to diagnose issues with greater speed and further
enhance system productivity.
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 90 percent
of the Fortune 100 companies. Learn more about Compuware at
http://www.compuware.com .
(1) Impact of Generational IT Skill Shift on Legacy Applications, Dale
Vecchio, Gartner, March 14, 2007
(2) IBM Mainframe Acquisition Raises Antitrust Concerns, Grant Gross,
InfoWorld, July 2, 2008
Press Contact
Sean M. Patrick, Compuware Communications and Investor Relations,
sean.patrick@compuware.com, 313-227-5594
For Sales and Marketing Information
Compuware Corporation, One Campus Martius, Detroit, MI 48226,
800-521-9353, http://www.compuware.com
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