Compuware

Compuware — the American software maker founded in 1973 for mainframes. The company also renders services in testing, development and optimization of the corresponding software.

History

2020: BMC Software purchased Compuware

At the beginning of March, 2020 BMC Software announced Compuware acquisition. The companies used the right not to open financial terms of transaction as both of them are non-public. BMC Software only called this purchase "one of the largest in recent years".

According to sources of the Bloomberg agency, owners of Compuware wanted to sell the company for $2 billion taking into account its debts.

BMC Software buys Compuware from Thoma Bravo investment fund which purchased software developer for mainframes in 2014 for $2.4 billion.

BMC Software purchased software developer for mainframes

BMC is going to use the products Compuware, first of all the Topaz tools, for application development for mainframes and expansion of own product line.

This ideal time for implementation of Compuware in our portfolio as the traditional market of mainframes AppDev passes to DevOps — the CEO of BMC Ayman Sayed said.

The SiliconANGLE edition reminds that BMC Software began as software developer for mainframes, but over time the company changed business accents towards more fast-growing directions, such as solutions for monitoring of cloud infrastructure. At the same time the company continues to develop an extensive line of software products for mainframes, including solutions for control automation by data, cyber security and other main options of use of such equipment.

BMC Software and Compuware long time competed, but since 2015 they are partners — the companies made mutual integration of the products.^[1]

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