Editing Compuware (section)

{{Short description|American software company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Compuware Corporation
| logo = Compuware logo 2019.svg
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{NASDAQ was|CPWR}}
| industry = [[Information technology]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1973}}
| founder = [[Peter Karmanos, Jr.]]<br />[[Thomas Thewes]]<br />Allen B. Cutting
| defunct = {{end date|2020}}
| fate = Acquired by [[BMC Software]]
| location = 
| hq_location_city = [[Detroit, Michigan]]
| hq_location_country = United States
| area_served = 
| key_people = 
| products = [[Enterprise software]]
| services = [[IT services]]
| parent = 
| homepage = {{url|bmc.com/it-solutions/brands/compuware.html}}
}}
'''Compuware Corporation''' was an American [[software company]] based in [[Detroit]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Compuware World Headquarters|url=http://www.emporis.com/building/compuwareworldheadquarters-detroit-mi-usa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005085505/http://www.emporis.com/building/compuwareworldheadquarters-detroit-mi-usa|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 5, 2012|access-date=12 March 2013|publisher=Emporis}}</ref> 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.