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	October 06

NEWS AND VIEWS FOR COMPUWARE CUSTOMERS

Welcome from Pete Summers

Welcome to the October issue of Insight, our monthly newsletter for Compuware customers. In our News section, we bring you a new thought-leadership article outlining six steps to achieving effective IT governance for high profile public sector IT projects, and we reveal how one of China’s leading automotive manufacturers is using Compuware’s Covisint platform to collaborate with hundreds of suppliers worldwide.

The big news in the Development section this month is the upcoming CU2006 event in Strasbourg in November. Uniface users shouldn’t miss this excellent opportunity to get a first look at Uniface 9 and meet other users from around the world. In the meantime, you can read how 40 Swedish educational establishments have used Uniface to bring their legacy applications into line with the modern, business-driven academic environment. OptimalJ developers can download our white paper on overcoming the many challenges of developing enterprise J2EE applications, and we also feature a webcast with Forrester Research about using OptimalTrace to capture business requirements.

In our Quality section we reveal how New Zealand Post rescued a failing IT project with Compuware tools, we announce the general availability of Compuware TestPartner 5.6.0, and you can download a limited-availability Forrester white paper on introducing a performance-driven application development strategy.

The Application Performance section includes a new paper that examines the problem of supporting and managing heterogeneous Web Services environments. We also look at how Bavaria’s broadcasting corporation has resolved user application problems by implementing continuous user experience monitoring, and you can find out more about how you can deploy user experience monitoring to benefit your own organisation wih our featured webcast.

Finally, in our Enterprise section, you will find a comprehensive set of informational materials about ensuring data privacy, especially in applications development and testing environments. With governments and regulatory bodies across Europe currently tightening up data protection rules, we hope you will find our white paper, factsheet and archived webcast an excellent guide to what you need to do in your organisation to ensure compliance.

As always, I hope that you enjoy this issue of Insight and find it useful. We would love to receive your feedback, comments and questions, so please don’t hesitate to email us here.

Best wishes

Pete Summers, EMEA Marketing Director

Six steps to effective public sector IT governance

IT projects in the public sector are always high profile, so prioritisation and effective execution are critical for a successful roll-out. This article outlines six key steps in a phased approach to implementing effective IT governance. It includes a look at how the UK’s National Environment Research Council used novel training methods to ensure the success of an organisation-wide roll-out of Compuware’s portfolio management and professional services automation software.

Click to download the article ‘Painful Priorities’

Shanghai General Motors connects to hundreds of suppliers worldwide

Chinese automotive and power-train manufacturer Shanghai General Motors has signed a three-year contract to use Compuware’s Covisint platform to collaborate and integrate with thousands of suppliers around the world. The Covisint platform is a ready-made integration and data exchange platform that gives Shanghai GM instant visibility into its supply chain, allowing it to identify and exploit opportunities for supply chain efficiency.

Read the press release