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 NEON Systems Products Now
 Available on IBM SystemPac
 
 SUGAR LAND, Texas, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- NEON© Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: NESY -
 news), a leading provider of eBusiness Integration, Security, and Subsystem Management software
 products, today announced that its products are available as part of IBM's SystemPac offering.
 Designed to assist IBM (NYSE: IBM - news) customers in planning, installing, customizing,
 exploiting, and maintaining their OS/390 systems, IBM SystemPac offers IBM customers the
 opportunity to integrate and trial IBM and third- party software.
 
 ``IBM and NEON Systems have partnered for years to develop software that provides high
 availability, reliability, and performance for OS/390 environments. IBM SystemPac provides
 immediate delivery of integrated software offerings, whatever the need. This is a great opportunity
 for IBM customers to experience the performance and cost-effectiveness of NEON Systems'
 product line,'' said NEON Systems CEO and President Joe Backer.
 
 ``The IBM SystemPac offering is a winning solution. The customer gets one- stop shopping with a
 load-and-go system,'' said Bill Pettus, IBM Global Product Support Executive for S/390.
 ``SystemPac helps facilitate rapid, integrated deployment of solutions from IBM and NEON
 Systems.''
 
 SystemPac is delivered to the customer on a single customized integrated tape, which offers
 improved ease of installation and implementation. NEON technical support is available to users of
 SystemPac allowing them to contact NEON directly with questions regarding NEON's products.
 IBM S/390 servers support the world's most successful businesses and organizations by providing
 industry-leading levels of scalability, availability, and security for large- scale enterprise computing
 needs. The S/390 platform is a leader in running multiple, diverse, mission-critical workloads,
 including eBusiness and enterprise applications.
 
 About NEON Systems
 
 NEON Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of eBusiness Integration, Security, and Subsystem
 Management software products for all industries. NEON Systems' eBusiness Integration solution
 delivers integrated, global information sharing in cross-platform, multi-functional environments via the
 Internet or client/server. Many Global 2000 companies have chosen NEON Systems software for
 the revitalization of legacy applications, e-commerce, enterprise application integration, and
 business-to-business integration. NEON Enterprise Security Management software products
 provide password synchronization for interoperable computing environments. NEON Enterprise
 Subsystem Management software products economically enhance and maintain the high availability,
 integrity, and performance of key CICS and IMS mainframe environments as the demand for
 existing and new applications increases. Headquartered in Sugar Land (Houston), Texas, NEON
 has sales, support, and distributor offices covering 25 countries around the world. NEON's website
 can be visited at www.neonsys.com.
 
 NEON is a registered trademark, and the NEON logo is a trademark of NEON Systems, Inc. in
 the USA and in other select countries.
 
 All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
 
 SOURCE: NEON Systems, Inc.
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