Covisint Also Nominated Third Straight Year for "Solution with Greatest
Market Potential" by Leading Healthcare, IT and Business Executives at
Invitation- only Event
DETROIT, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Compuware Corporation
(Nasdaq: CPWR) today announced that Compuware Covisint earned its second
consecutive "Best Demonstration of Value/ROI" Healthcare Innovation Award
at the recent Gartner Healthcare Summit 2007, sponsored by Gartner Vision
Events. Additionally, for the third consecutive year, Covisint was
nominated for "Solution with Greatest Market Potential."
The Healthcare Innovation Award was conferred through the votes of
healthcare executives and CIOs at the summit, which nearly doubled its
attendance this year by attracting approximately 450 professionals.
Covisint presented its on-demand collaboration platform for healthcare with
case studies on independent physician associations (IPAs), health payers
and regional health information organizations (RHIOs).
"The healthcare IT executives in attendance review many products and
services at Healthcare IT Summit," said Charles Badoian, Gartner Vice
President Program Management for Healthcare IT Summit. "A Healthcare
Innovation Award signifies that the attendees viewed the winners as having
a level of excellence for IT vendors in their category."
Covisint enables the secure access to and the improved visibility of
health information. Leading healthcare organizations and communities across
the healthcare continuum leverage Covisint to exchange information and
support real-time collaboration, including the automation and streamlining
of basic clinical and administrative processes that are generally
paper-based transactions today.
"We believe winning this prestigious award now for two consecutive
years publicly affirms the deep business value and return-on-investment
delivered daily by Covisint's on-demand healthcare solution," said Brett
Furst, Compuware Covisint Vice President of Healthcare. "Gartner Healthcare
Summit attracts the world's leading healthcare and business-IT thought
leaders-- people who demand the best technology to drive business gain. We
couldn't be more pleased than to know that these accomplished professionals
consistently think so highly of Covisint."
Covisint turns the extended enterprise into a competitive advantage for
45,800 organizations worldwide. Covisint's highly available platform
provides an on-demand infrastructure for secure collaboration,
interoperability and access to information. Covisint streamlines and
automates business processes, globally connecting business communities,
organizations and systems in the manufacturing, healthcare, aerospace,
public sector and financial services industries.
Gartner Healthcare Summit
The Gartner Healthcare Summit is widely regarded as the industry's most
comprehensive healthcare IT and business conference. The only healthcare
event to feature the insights of the world-renowned Gartner healthcare
analyst team, the Summit offers a uniquely interactive forum designed to
facilitate dialogues between Senior IT and business executives from both
payer and provider organizations and the world's leading healthcare
technology providers.
Vision Events
Vision Events, a Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) company, is a leading
producer of highly focused business events that bring resellers and end
users together with leading and emerging technology providers in private
boardroom appointments to form strategic partnerships and secure new
business in the technology sector. Additional information about vision
events can be found at visionevents.com.
Compuware Corporation
Compuware Corporation 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/.
Press Contact
Doug Anter, Compuware Communications and Investor Relations,
313-227-0127, doug.anter@compuware.com
For Sales and Marketing Information
Compuware Corporation, One Campus Martius, Detroit, MI 48226,
800-521-9353, http://www.compuware.com
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