Editing Compuware (section)

==History==
[[File:Compuware original logo.svg|thumb|Original Compuware logo]]
In 1973, [[Peter Karmanos, Jr.|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.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

In 2003, Compuware moved their headquarters from [[Farmington Hills, Michigan]], to a new [[One Campus Martius|headquarters building]] in [[downtown Detroit]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Laitner |first=Bill |date=2003-12-18 |title=Oakland County is unfazed as jobs move to Detroit |pages=6B |work=[[Detroit Free Press]] |publisher=[[Gannett]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111758078/oakco-unfazed/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date= |title=Contact Us |url=http://www.compuware.com/contact/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815100630/http://www.compuware.com/contact/ |archive-date=2000-08-15 |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Compuware}}</ref> In November 2014, the company's headquarters building was sold to a joint venture of [[Dan Gilbert (businessman)|Dan Gilbert]]'s real estate group Bedrock Real Estate and Meridian Health for $142 million and renamed One Campus Martius. In December of that year, Compuware was acquired by private equity firm [[Thoma Bravo]] for approximately $2.5 billion, becoming a privately held company.<ref name="Compuware Corporation to be Acquired by Thoma Bravo">{{cite web|title=Thoma Bravo Completes Take-Private Acquisition of Compuware Corporation in $2.4b Deal|url=http://www.thomabravo.com/2014/12/15/thoma-bravo-completes-take-private-acquisition-of-compuware-corporation-in-2-4b-deal/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230033527/http://www.thomabravo.com/2014/12/15/thoma-bravo-completes-take-private-acquisition-of-compuware-corporation-in-2-4b-deal/|archive-date=2014-12-30|access-date=2014-12-15|publisher=Thoma Bravo}}</ref> In the years after that, the company experienced a period of growth and reinvention of mainframe software.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reindl|first=J. C.|title=Compuware reinvents itself after midlife crisis|url=https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2017/01/21/compuware-hiring-chris-omalley-detroit/96783548/|access-date=2021-06-22|website=Detroit Free Press|language=en-US}}</ref>

In March 2020, Compuware was acquired by [[BMC Software]] for $2 billion.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reindl|first=J. C.|title=Detroit-based Compuware finalizes latest buyout, gets new name|url=https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2020/06/01/compuware-finalizes-buyout-gets-new-name/5265852002/|access-date=2021-06-22|website=Detroit Free Press|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Clabby|first=Joe|date=2020-03-05|title=Why BMC+Compuware Is a Textbook Acquisition Case|url=https://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/why-bmc-compuware-is-a-textbook-acquisition-case/|access-date=2021-06-22|website=eWEEK|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-03|title=BMC Software adquiere Compuware|url=https://www.dealerworld.es/actualidad/bmc-software-adquiere-compuware|access-date=2021-06-22|website=DealerWorld|language=es}}</ref> Compuware ceased to exist as a company, but all of its products remain available under the name BMC Automated Mainframe Intelligence (BMC AMI).<ref>{{Cite web|title=BMC Automated Mainframe Intelligence - BMC Software|url=https://www.bmc.com/it-solutions/bmc-ami-automated-mainframe-intelligence.html|access-date=2023-04-06|website=www.bmc.com}}</ref> 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, Michigan|Southfield]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reindl |first=J.C. |date=2022-10-26 |title=Compuware could leave downtown Detroit for Southfield |url=https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/michigan/2022/10/26/compuware-could-leave-downtown-detroit/69593832007/ |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=[[Detroit Free Press]] |publisher=[[Gannett]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reindl |first=J.C. |date=2022-10-27 |title=Mayor: Compuware is definitely coming to Southfield |url=https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/michigan/2022/10/27/compuware-relocating-southfield-mayor-says/69597125007/ |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=[[Detroit Free Press]] |publisher=[[Gannett]] |language=en-US}}</ref>