NEON Systems and Wipro Form Global Alliance To Expand Deployment of Mainframe Web Services in Service Oriented Architectures

Business Wire, June 24, 2005

SUGAR LAND, Texas & BANGALORE, India -- New Alliance Builds On the Complementary Strengths of the Two Companies To Meet Growing Worldwide Demand for Web Services

NEON(R) Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:NEON), The Mainframe Integration Experts, and Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), today announced a strategic alliance to wrap NEON's Shadow RTE mainframe integration technology into its expanding Web services and SOA practice solution set.

The alliance builds on the complementary strengths of the two companies by combining the global presence and execution excellence of Wipro Technologies with NEON's mainframe integration, SOA and Web services technology expertise.

In addition to building the alliance centered on NEON Systems' advanced mainframe integration, SOA and Web services technology, Wipro will extend its professional services to customers requesting application specific support beyond the scope of NEON's Professional Services focus or capacity.

"Using NEON products, Wipro shall be able to offer a comprehensive SOA solution to improve the internal efficiency of business processes associated with mainframe-based data, applications and presentation environments," said Krishnakumar Menon, GM and Practice head of the Wipro's Web services and SOA practice

"This alliance with Wipro is an important development for companies serious about using SOA to extend the life of their legacy systems. The global reach and deep domain expertise of Wipro, coupled with NEON's independently endorsed leadership and proven mainframe Web services technology, makes for a low-risk, high-return solution to the challenge of mainframe integration," said Mark Cresswell, CEO of NEON Systems.

Wipro's Web Services & SOA group works closely with major Fortune 500 clients to help them move applications from the core of the enterprise to the edge to reap the business benefits using Web services & SOA. With SOA specific tools and methodologies like SMART(Service Oriented Methodology for Architecting Real Time Enterprise) to back up its focused SOA offering for implementation across Utilities, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Telecom, Retail, Insurance, Finance, Embedded and Automotive industry domains.

About Shadow RTE

NEON's Shadow RTE technology provides a robust technical architecture to support the broad range of customer requirements for mainframe integration. Shadow RTE is the foundation upon which customers can integrate mission critical mainframe resources into a Real-time Enterprise. A single unified platform, Shadow RTE enables real-time mainframe integration with industry standard application development platforms - .NET and/or J2EE -in support of Web services for Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA), real-time events for Event-Driven Architectures (EDA), SQL for direct data access and transactional (XA) support, and Presentation integration for Web-enablement of legacy screen-based applications and data. Shadow RTE provides the auditing, tracing and logging layer required to meet new compliance reporting. With Shadow RTE, customers have a mainframe integration infrastructure that at its lower levels is designed and proven to be secure, scalable, high performance, reliable and manageable.

About NEON Systems

NEON Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:NEON) -- the Mainframe Integration Experts -- is a leading provider of enterprise-class mainframe integration solutions, delivering the only unified mainframe integration platform to support the entire range of requirements for Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) and Event-Driven Architectures (EDA) -- key requirements to underpin the Real-time Enterprise. NEON's Shadow technology is designed to reduce the complexity of mainframe integration allowing large organizations with significant commitment to mainframe systems to streamline incumbent technologies and lower total cost of ownership. NEON's Shadow z/Services and Shadow z/Events offerings attack the emerging mainframe Web services and real-time mainframe event-driven markets and are unique in their depth and breadth of support for the requirements of such markets. With extensive mainframe integration expertise, NEON is uniquely qualified to solve the complexities of supporting new business initiatives that must integrate with critical mainframe systems. For more information on the Powering the Real-time Enterprise, see our Web site at http://www.neonsys.com or call 800-505-NEON.

About Wipro Limited

Wipro Limited is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified IT Services Company globally. Wipro provides comprehensive IT solutions and services, including systems integration, information systems outsourcing, package implementation, software application development and maintenance, and research and development services to corporations globally. In the Indian market, Wipro is a leader in providing IT solutions and services for the corporate segment in India offering system integration, network integration, software solutions and IT services. Wipro also has profitable presence in niche market segments of consumer products and lighting. In the Asia Pacific and Middle East markets, Wipro provides IT solutions and services for global corporations. Wipro's ADSs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and its equity shares are listed in India on the Stock Exchange -- Mumbai and the National Stock Exchange, among others. More information is available at www.wipro.com.